Obituaries

C. William "Bill" Strong

C. William "Bill" Strong, 68, of 14 Pease Ave. died Thursday at home. Born in Shaftsbury, Vt., on Sept. 1, 1936, son of Jesse and Bessie Sisco Strong, he graduated from North Bennington High...

Helen Louise Bowen Straleau

Helen Louise Bowen Straleau, 97, formerly of Main St., died Thursday at Noble Horizons in Salisbury, Conn., where she had been a resident for the past several years. Born in Ashley Falls on Sept....

Blanche Anne St. Armand

Blanche Anne St. Armand, 52, of 60 Mason St. died Thursday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Worcester on May 17, 1952, daughter of the late Theodore St. Armand and Mary E....

Mary T. Smith

Mary T. Smith, 86, of 97 Bromback St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 8, 1918, daughter of John and Philomena Kellar Ziemba, she was...

Kenneth E. Shepardson

Kenneth E. Shepardson, 85, of 160 Willow Hill Road, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lenox on Feb. 6, 1919, son of Robert and Margaret Misbel Shepardson, he was educated in...

Louise E. O'Donnell

Louise E. O'Donnell, 84, of 157 Bull Hill Road died early Wednesday morning after a battle with lung cancer at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and John Hogan of Bellingham, with...

Gordon Mills

Gordon Mills, 96, formerly of 293 High St., and former resident of Lee, died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where he resided since 2002. Born in Craftsbury, Vt.,...

Clara A. DiGrigoli

Clara A. DiGrigoli, 94, of 100 High Point Drive, Hartsdale, N.Y., formerly of Lee, died Thursday at home. Born in Indiana on March 16, 1910, daughter of Ezra and Ida McVay, she grew up in Dexter,...

Annie Mary Albano

Annie Mary Albano, 80, of 65 Hawthorne Ave. died Thursday morning at home. She had resided there for the past 52 years. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 1, 1924, daughter of Concetto and Chiairina...

Anna M. Adamo

Anna M. Adamo, 75, of Mount Kisco, N.Y., died Thursday at Westchester County Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y. She lived in Dalton for many years before moving to Mount Kisco in 2002. She was...

Duane W. "Duke" Poincelot

Duane W. "Duke" Poincelot, 83, of 62 Ensign Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1921, son of Albert and Helen Schnopp Poincelot, he was a...

Harry C. Lincoln Jr.

Harry C. Lincoln Jr., 83, of 180 High St. died Friday at Martin Memorial South Hospital in Stuart, Fla., where he had been visiting family. Born in Taunton on July 8, 1921, son of Harry C....

Marion Ann Chamberlain

Marion Ann Chamberlain, 91, of 59 Chestnut St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Jan. 22. Born in North Adams on Sept. 12, 1913, daughter of Edward and Anna...

David H. Stedman

David H. Stedman, 67, of 423 East Housatonic St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on July 24, 1937, son of Harry P. and Charlotte H. Mason Stedman, he...

Iona Eugenia "Jene" Rudd

Iona Eugenia "Jene" Rudd, 85, of 175 Park Ave. died yesterday morning at home after a long illness. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on Sept. 3, 1919, daughter of James J. and Viola VanBuren Reardon,...

Donald A. Raifstanger

Donald A. Raifstanger, 74, of 21 Quarry St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 12, 1930, son of Earl B. and Mildred...

Joseph J. Petersoli Sr.

Joseph J. Petersoli Sr., 84, of 116 Woodland Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Springfield on Oct. 19, 1920, son of Antonio and Bridget O'Sullivan Petersoli,...

Edith Lillian Shaw Miner

Edith Lillian Shaw Miner, 83, of 45 Hawley Road died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Savoy on Jan. 21, 1922, daughter of Archie and Ruth Kemp Harwood, she...

Colombe DesNeiges Coakley-Rice

Colombe DesNeiges Coakley-Rice, 88, formerly of 10 Sunnyside Drive, died Saturday evening at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for two weeks. Born in Valleyfield, Quebec,...

John Ziaja

John Ziaja, 89, of 236 East Road died Tuesday afternoon at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt. Born in Adams on May 16, 1915, son of Martin and Anna Orzechowski Ziaja, he attended...

Catherine F. Wilson Wood

Catherine F. Wilson Wood, 94, formerly of Colonial Gardens in Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. She had most recently lived at Devonshire Estates for a short time....

Fleta Bragdon Wellcome

Fleta Bragdon Wellcome, 97, died Wednesday at Sweetbrook Nursing Home. She had moved to Williamstown in 1955. Born in Limerick, Maine, on March 15, 1907, daughter of Franklin Augustus and...

The Rev. Miriam B. Eckard

The Rev. Miriam B. Eckard, 80, of Wilmont Street, Torrington, Conn., died Wednesday morning at the Hospital for Specialty Care in New Britain, Conn. Born in West Collingswood, N.J., on June 13,...

Mary C. Battis Bishop

Mary C. Battis Bishop, 88, of 4 Columbia St. died early yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on June 27, 1916, daughter of Brayton and Josephine...

Helen O'Brien

Helen O'Brien, 88, of 3655 West Lake Mary Blvd., Lake Mary, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died early Monday morning at South Seminole Community Hospital in Longwood, Fla., where she was admitted...