Obituaries

Gail McKenna

Gail McKenna, 58, of 27 Eagle Wing Lane died April 9 at home of heart failure. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1946, daughter of Ghislaine Durivahee Brogan of Stratford, Conn., and the late...

Julie R. Macchi, 51

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Julie Rae Macchi, 51, of 44 Maplewood Ave. died Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 14, 1952, daughter of John J. Macchi...

Jerome A. LaRoche

Jerome A. LaRoche, 83, of 8 First Ave., a native and longtime resident of Adams, died Wednesday evening at Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt. Born in Adams on Dec. 9, 1920, son of Delphis...

Kevin L. Boland, 39

NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— Kevin Leo Boland, 39, of 21 Sunset Road, Key Largo, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died April 9, 2004, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Key Largo. Born...

Madeline W. Gleason VanBramer

Madeline W. Gleason VanBramer, 95, a formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at East Pasco Medical Center in Zephyrhills, Fla. Born in Philmont, N.Y., on Feb. 10, 1909, daughter of Harry and...

Robert S. Townend

Robert S. Townend, 83, died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Melbourne Place for two years. Born in Providence, R.I., on March 21, 1921, son of Daniel and Mabel...

Carrie C. Todd, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Carrie Carolyn Todd, 68, of 45 Spring St. died Saturday, April 10, 2004, at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, N.Y., where she was admitted April 4. Born in North Adams on...

Joyce A. Stolfo

Joyce A. Stolfo, 58, of 27 Abbott St. died Sunday at home after a long illness. Born in Akron, Ohio, on Nov. 6, 1945, daughter of Fred Carpenter and Marie Gardner Carpenter Boykin, she was...

Ruth May Packard

Ruth May Packard, 76, of 139 Hubbard Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pownal, Vt., on Oct. 22, 1927, daughter of George P. and Bertha "Agnes" Jones Kenyon, she was a 1947...

Esther Edith Moulthrop

Esther Edith Moulthrop, 94, of the Old Homestead, 486 Bancroft Road, died Saturday at Calvin Coolidge Extended Care Facility in Northampton. Born in Becket on March 30, 1910, daughter of James B....

Dorothy Marie LeMire

Dorothy Marie LeMire, 81, of Holy Family Terrace died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Shushan, N.Y., on April 23, 1922, daughter of Ernest and Elizabeth Thomas Gibbons, she...

Justine E. Callaghan

Justine E. Callaghan, 77, of 41 Livingston Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 10, 1926, daughter of William H. and Doris Brown Cooney, she was a 1943 graduate of Pittsfield...

Elizabeth W. Valenti

Elizabeth W. Valenti, 94, of 1382 Memorial Ave., West Springfield, died Monday at the home of her daughter, Christine Rathbun, in Stockbridge. Born in Holyoke on March 2, 1910, daughter of Joseph...

Dorothy Elizabeth Paquin

Dorothy Elizabeth Paquin, 88, of 54 Summer St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Sept. 6, 1915, daughter of Olin G. and Grace E. Foster Stupplebeen, she...

Louise E. Musgrove

Louise E. Musgrove, 81, of Dade City, Fla., formerly of Hinsdale, died April 3 in Roanoke, Va. Born in Northampton on May 15, 1922, daughter of Ruth and John Evans, she attended Henry W. Bishop...

Alice Lampron

Alice Lampron, 91, formerly of Berkshiretown Apartments and the Center for Optimum Care, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 24, 1912, daughter of August and Frieda...

Florence Cole

Florence Cole, 96, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons where she had resided since 1995. Born in Adams on Oct. 5, 1907, daughter of Charles and Marie Russette Cole, she attended Adams schools for...

Floyd J. "Jay" Bennett

Floyd J. "Jay" Bennett, 55, of 215 Dalton Division Road died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Franklin, N.J., on May 28, 1948, son of June Forgacs Bennett and...

Elizabeth M. O'Connor

Elizabeth M. O'Connor, 71, of 40 New York Ave. died Wednesday at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 18, 1932, daughter of Vincent and Angie Kepp Lavelle, she...

Eva Marie Evangelisto

Eva Marie Evangelisto, 79, formerly of 32 Monroe St., died Wednesday afternoon at Melbourne Place, where she had resided for three years. Born in Fall River on April 19, 1924, daughter of James...

Stella Marie Carey

Stella Marie Carey, 53, of 27 Easton Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a six-year battle with ovarian cancer. Born in North Adams on June 27, 1950, daughter of Lawrence D. and...

Seth Andrew Nieves

Seth Andrew Nieves, infant son of the Rev. Joseph Andrew Nieves and Ruth E. Mendoza Nieves of 30 Thomson Place, died Saturday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where he was born Feb. 19....

Teresa Veronica DePari

Teresa Veronica DePari, 85, formerly of 125 Protection Ave., died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown after a long illness. Born in North Adams on July 7, 1918, daughter of...

Hope Cimini

Hope Cimini, 72, of 58 Easton Ave. died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 26, 1932, daughter of Walter L. and Mary A. Hall Murray, she graduated from St. Joseph's...

Louis P. Angeli, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Louis Peter Angeli, 79, of 97 Front St. died Saturday, April 10, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital, after being stricken earlier at home. Born in Adams on Sept. 1,...