Obituaries

Richard Francis Benham

Richard Francis Benham, 77, of 73 Paul Ave. died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Fort Edward, N.Y., on July 4, 1927, son of Enos and Laura Paquette Benham, he was educated in...

Wilfred "Pete" Asselin

Wilfred "Pete" Asselin, 90, of 56 Glendale Road died Saturday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. He died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident Oct. 19 in Columbia County, N.Y. Born...

Shirley K. Greenleaf

Shirley K. Greenleaf, 74, of 3F East Deming St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on May 30, 1930, son of Robert J. and Lena Newberry Greenleaf, she was a...

Mariette Marie Getchell

Mariette Marie Getchell, 58, of North Plain Road died yesterday morning at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield following a long illness. Born in Morrisville, Vt., on May 3, 1946, daughter of...

Patrick J. Andrews

Patrick J. Andrews, 26, of 15 Greenhill Road died Monday afternoon in an automobile accident on Route 116 in Savoy. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 7, 1978, son of Ronald O. and Janet Riley Andrews,...

Marian DeMastrie

Marian DeMastrie, 93, of 72 Lincoln St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Oct. 19. Born in North Adams on Oct. 8, 1911, daughter of Salvatore and Virginia...

Margot H. Archer

Margot H. Archer, 83, of 64 Sabin Drive died Friday evening at home. Born in Passaic, N.J., on Jan. 28, 1921, daughter of Arthur and Julia Lakotsy Hanko, she was educated in the Los Angeles...

Irving J. Amazon

Irving J. Amazon, 84, of West Dover, Vt., formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on Nov. 25, 1919, son of...

Wilma Ethel Durfey Wheeler

Wilma Ethel Durfey Wheeler, 86, of 98 East Main St. died yesterday morning at Crescent Manor Nursing Home in Bennington. Born in Wilmington, Vt., on April 21, 1918, daughter of William and Viola...

Marguerite M. Simpson

Marguerite M. Simpson, 87, formerly of Tamarack Road, died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since July. Born in Pittsfield on May 2, 1917, daughter of...

Joan F. Hyndman, 74

ADAMS, Mass. — Joan Frances Hyndman, 74, of 281 West Road, died Thursday morning, Oct. 21, 2004, at Craneville Place in Dalton after a long battle with diabetes. Born in Adams on June 6,...

Frederick W. Harrington

Frederick W. Harrington, 81, formerly of 95 Bryant St., died Thursday morning at St. Ann's Community in Rochester, N.Y., where he had resided for six months. Born in Pittsfield on July 11, 1923,...

Serafino J. "Skee" Fusco

Serafino J. "Skee" Fusco, 72, of Wilbraham, formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday in a Cooperstown N.Y. Hospital. Born in Cranston, R.I., on Sept. 28, 1932, son of Alfred L and Catherine DiOrio...

Lillian Delia Fulginiti

Lillian Delia Fulginiti, 82, formerly of 131 State St., died Thursday at Springside of Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 21, 1922, daughter of Giuseppe and Adele...

Walter Curphey

Walter Curphey, 88, of Ghent, formerly of Old Chatham, N.Y., died Thursday at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y. He was the father of Peter S. Curphey of Pittsfield. Born in...

Madelyn R. Naylor

Madelyn R. Naylor, 51, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., formerly of Great Barrington, died Oct. 15 of breast cancer. Born in Teaneck, N.J., on July 28, 1953, daughter of Peter and Dorothy Hauser...

James P. Matteau

James P. Matteau, 91, of Old Cemetery Road, Westminster, Vt., died Friday at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. He was the father of Lorene Burke of Pittsfield. Born in...

Edmund T. Mack

Edmund T. Mack, 81, of Springfield died Thursday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He was the father of Carol Mack of Lenox. Born in Springfield on Aug. 12, 1923, son of George F. and...

Donald Thomas "Red" Livsey

Donald Thomas "Red" Livsey, 82, of Port Charlotte, Fla., a former longtime resident of Williamstown, died Oct. 18 at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte. Born in Adams on May 11, 1922,...

Anne R. VanBlarcom

Anne R. VanBlarcom, 77, of Darlene Avenue and Sarasota, Fla., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Springfield on July 23, 1927, daughter of Joseph and...

Cecelia Dufresne, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Cecelia Dufresne, 86, a native of North Adams, died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004, at St. Mary's Home in West Hartford, Conn., where she had resided for 10 years. Born on...

Dorothy H. "Dottie" Proper

Dorothy H. "Dottie" Proper, 75, of 66 Westchester Ave. died Tuesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been a patient at Hillcrest Commons for three years. Born in Pittsfield on...

Henry T. Mach, 86

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Henry Thaddeus Mach, 86, of 1454 Windsor Road died early Tuesday morning, Oct. 19, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital after being admitted Oct. 15 with an acute infection....

Mary A. Knapp, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Annietta "Mabel" Carrier Knapp, 86, of 45 Spring St. died Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 19, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Oct. 9,...

James Robert Flynn

James Robert Flynn, 26, of 81 West Housatonic St. died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 11, 1978, son of James R. Rand of Pittsfield...