Obituaries

Hareptia Ball, 90

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Hareptia Ball, 90, formerly of Clayton Road, Ashley Falls, died Sunday at Geer Nursing Facility in Canaan, Conn., where she had resided for two years. Born in Port...

Eileen Dorothy Wilk

Eileen Dorothy Wilk, 70, of 148 Brier Road died Monday morning at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt. Born in North Adams on Dec. 21, 1933, daughter of Loren and Dorothy...

Kenneth J. Mercure

Kenneth J. Mercure, 84, of 96 Marian Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 2, 1920, son of Raymond and Florence Fentner Mercure, he attended Pittsfield High School. Mr....

Alice May Derosia

Alice May Derosia, 95, formerly of Adams, died Aug. 7 at Hospice Care Center in Port Orange, Fla. Born in Savoy on Nov. 17, 1908, daughter of Felix Ducharme and Gertrude Powling Ducharme Butler,...

Zelda Josephine Brandon

Zelda Josephine Brandon, 83, of 56 Lillian St. died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 15, 1920, daughter of Louis and Rena Bettini Brandon, she was a 1938...

Richard J. Ryan

Richard J. Ryan, 90, a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Newfield House nursing home in Plymouth following a short illness. Born April 8, 1914, son of John and Susan Quinn Ryan, he graduated...

Edward Lovering Philbrick Sr

Edward Lovering Philbrick Sr., 98, of Cobble Road, died Friday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington, where he had resided since April. Born in Woburn on Oct. 25, 1905, son of James S. and...

Eric P. Newton

Eric P. Newton, 28, of 15 Briggs Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident that night. Born in Pittsfield on July 9, 1976, son of...

Priscilla Ethredge

Priscilla Ethredge, 61, of 6 Main St., died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 11, 1943, daughter of Stella Borkowski Spence of Pittsfield and the late Edward Spence, she was a 1961...

Lucy Bassi

Lucy Bassi, 70, formerly of 611 State Road, died Sunday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on April 16, 1934, daughter of Giacomo and Ermelinda Riccitti Cozzaglio, she graduated...

Elmira Barzottini

Elmira Barzottini, 98, of Indialantic, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died Friday at Tandem Health Care of Melbourne, Fla. Born in North Adams on Oct. 3, 1905, daughter of Albert and Mary Yarder...

Stephen Matranga

Stephen Matranga, 92, of 7 Robinson St. died Thursday evening at North Adams Commons. Born in Piana del Grece Albanese, Sicily, Italy, on Nov. 27, 1911, son of Angelo and Rosina Guidera Matranga,...

Aileen A. Sidway

Aileen A. Sidway, 69, of 379 East St., Providence Court, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 27, 1934, daughter of Dennis and Helen Broderick Murphy, she was a...

John F. O'Leary, 86

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — John Francis O'Leary, 86, of 24 Wheeler Ave. died Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 12, 1917, a son of Patrick J. and...

Christine Marie Lorenz

Christine Marie Lorenz, 53, of 65 Dalton Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 29, 1950, daughter of Robert W. Finnegan Sr. and Mary E. Weldon Finnegan, she was...

Emily M. Larkin

Emily M. Larkin, 98, of Melbourne Place assisted-living facility died yesterday morning at home. Born in Lee on Jan. 12, 1906, daughter of Patrick J. and Mary Costello Larkin, she was a 1923...

Eldon Lionel LaDouceur Sr

Eldon Lionel LaDouceur Sr., 70, of 13109 North 24th Ave., Phoenix, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 12, 1934, son of Joseph LaDouceur II and Hazel Amlaw...

Harriet E. Sabin

Harriet E. Sabin, 77, of 39 John St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Watertown on July 16, 1927, daughter of Harry and Helen Jameson Pollard, she was a 1945...

William Francis Powers Jr

William Francis Powers Jr., 73, of Great Egret Circle, Sunset Beach, N.C., formerly of Lee, died Friday at Brunswick Community Hospital in Supply, N.C. Born in Pittsfield on June 15, 1931, son of...

Theodore J. Mezejewski Sr

Theodore J. Mezejewski Sr., 80, of 2706 5th Court, Palm Harbor, Fla., died Thursday at Helen Ellis Hospital in Tarpon Springs, Fla. He was the football, basketball and baseball coach at St....

Constance Jeannette Alcombright

Constance Jeannette Alcombright, 65, of 71 Benlise Drive, formerly of 37 Angeli St., North Adams, died early yesterday morning at home. Born in Stamford, Vt., on July 11, 1939, daughter of Thomas...

Frank A. "Red" Russo

Frank A. "Red" Russo, 79, of 321 Wahconah St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 29, 1924, son of Antonio and Elizabeth Stillitano Russo, he was a 1943...

Diane L. Martin

Diane L. Martin, 65, of Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, formerly of 93 Cummings Ave., died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. She was the former co-owner of the former Heritage...

Lauretta Marie Josephine Lefebvre

Lauretta Marie Josephine Lefebvre, 82, of 217 Central Shaft Road, formerly of Adams, died Wednesday at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Canada on July 6, 1922, daughter of...

Madelyn T. Harte

Madelyn T. Harte, 73, of 108 Somerset Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 5, 1930, daughter of William J. and Elizabeth H. Curtain Harte, she was a...