Obituaries

Frank Everett Rice Jr

Frank Everett Rice Jr., 39, of 205 Ashmere Road died early Monday morning on Old Windsor Road from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Pittsfield on May 26, 1965, son of Frank...

Martha Jacqueline "Jackie" Morin

Martha Jacqueline "Jackie" Morin, 57, of 19 Pleasure Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 28, 1947, daughter of Gilbert and...

Katherine T. Viola

2Katherine T. Viola, 90, of 104 Christian Hill Road died Monday at Fairview Hospital. Born at 104 Christian Hill Road on Aug. 17, 1914, daughter of Dominic and Maria Zucco Zucco, she was a 1932...

Emily Macek

Emily Macek, 86, of 97 Summer St. died Sunday morning at Williamstown Commons, where she was admitted Nov. 9. Born in North Adams on Nov. 25, 1918, daughter of Stanislaus and Victoria Mazur...

Edith M. Galvagni

Edith M. Galvagni, 88, of 334 Merrill Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 23, 1916, daughter of Giovanni and Giovanna Saracco Cavallo, she attended local...

Charles W. Ambery

Charles W. Ambery, 59, of Beaver Dam Road died Friday at home of prostate cancer. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 8, 1945, son of Thomas J. and Mary A. Ambery, he was a graduate of St. Francis'...

Lydia Quinn

Lydia Quinn, 94, died Tuesday afternoon at Curtis Manor Retirement Home, where she had resided for four years. Born in Dalton on March 7, 1910, daughter of Otto and Lydia Kellar Bachli, she...

Lauretta J. Baker O'Neil

Lauretta J. Baker O'Neil, 65, of 580 Main St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in Rutland, Vt., on Feb. 16, 1939, daughter of Paul and Mildred Cote LaPine,...

Antonio Joseph DiNicola

Antonio Joseph DiNicola, 81, formerly of 141 Cole Ave., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He had resided at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield since July 2003. He had moved to...

Jean E. Moran Colby

Jean E. Moran Colby, 80, of 56 Pollock Ave. died Wednesday at home. Born in Housatonic on Sept. 21, 1924, daughter of Eugene and Julia Dunn Bourquard, she was educated in local schools and was a...

Elizabeth Barcomb

Elizabeth Barcomb, 76, of 227 Franklin St. died Thursday at home. Born in Westfield on March 17, 1928, daughter of Charles and Martha Murphy Anderson, she attended schools in Chester. She...

Concetta Penna

Concetta Penna, 100, formerly of Providence Court Apartments, died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since August 1999. Born in Polia, province of Catanzaro, Italy, on Sept....

Edward Francis McHendry

Edward Francis McHendry, 97, formerly of Riverview West Apartments, died Wednesday at Noble Hospital in Westfield after a brief illness. He had resided at Harbor Side Health Care in Westfield for...

George Carson Lennox

George Carson Lennox, 85, formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 18, 1919, son of John and Lillian Mason Lennox, he was educated in Pittsfield schools. He was a...

Joseph L. Franklin Sr

Joseph L. Franklin Sr., 58, of 11 Wallace Place died Thursday evening at home. Born in Ashley Falls on May 27, 1946, son of Bertha Kittle Franklin of Great Barrington and the late Frank M....

Patricia May Donovan

Patricia May Donovan, 74, of 69 Nottingham Drive died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 1, 1930, daughter of James E. and Winifred Leahy Donovan, she was a 1947 graduate of St. Joseph's...

Peter John Decker

Peter John Decker, 75, of 10 Harding Ave., a longtime Adams businessman, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Nov. 17, 1929, son of John F. and Barbara A. Schneider...

Marion Clara Elliot

Marion Clara Elliot, 87, formerly of Park Lane, died early yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She had resided at Laurel Lake Assisted Living Residence in Lee for four...

Irene L. Davidson

Irene L. Davidson, 82, of 1108 Ashley Falls Road died Monday at Haven Health Care in Torrington, Conn. Born in Great Barrington on May 24, 1922, daughter of Leon and Louise Fischer Fuller, she...

James Joseph Cullen

James Joseph Cullen, 90, formerly of 16 Gordon St., died Friday at Port St. Lucie (Fla.) Nursing Home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 12, 1914, son of James F. and Kathryn C. Donovan Cullen, he was a...

Peter C. Betti

Peter C. Betti, 86, of Montvale Road, Gardner, a formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday evening at Hayward Memorial Hospital in Gardner. Born in Pittsfield on April 6, 1918, son of Cleto and...

Mary Jane White

Mary Jane White, 57, of 14 Crane Ave. died Friday evening at UMass Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 21, 1946, the daughter of Fred and Blanche Mason Demary, she was a 1964...

Dorothy A. Ward

Dorothy A. Ward, 85, of 64 Cleveland St. died Saturday afternoon at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 6, 1919, daughter of Frederick J. and Anna Hopper Carpenter, she was a 1937 graduate of...

William P. Quinn

William P. Quinn, 79, of 327 High St., a longtime Dalton educator, died Saturday at home after a long illness. Mr. Quinn was a former chairman of the Dalton Housing Authority. Born on March...

Rhoda Agnes Plaza

Rhoda Agnes Plaza, 89, formerly of 111 Mountain Drive, Cranston, R.I., died Saturday at Berkshire Place, where she had resided for two years. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1915, daughter of...