Obituaries

Clara Mandel

Clara Mandel, 88, of 349 Haydenville Road, Leeds, died Thursday at Linda Manor Extended Care Facility following a long illness. Born in Turok, Russia, on March 15, 1915, daughter of Benzion and...

Elizabeth M. Gaylord

Elizabeth M. Gaylord, 88, formerly of 696 Cheshire Road, died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in the Berkshire section of Lanesboro on July 1, 1915, daughter of Arthur W. and Lillie Carrow...

Edna M. Blanchard

Edna M. Blanchard, 99, of North Falmouth and formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Harborside Healthcare of Falmouth. She was the sister of Lillian Anderson of Pittsfield. Born in...

Lewis M. Smith Jr

Lewis M. Smith Jr., 82, of 3 Whitcomb Hill Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Thursday. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on Feb. 11, 1922, son of Lewis M. Smith Sr....

Eleanor Frances McCarthy Horton

Eleanor Frances McCarthy Horton, 85, formerly of 62 Bachand Ave., died Friday evening at Sweetbrook Care Centers, where she had resided since March 1995. Born in Haverhill on Jan. 17, 1919,...

William Charles Hanke

William Charles Hanke, 73, of 213 East Road died early yesterday morning at home. Born in Adams on Sept. 11, 1930, son of Walter and Eva Perreault Hanke, he attended schools there. An Army...

Robert D. Goff

Robert D. Goff, 70, of 24 Monroe St. died Friday at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Dec. 13, 1933, son of Edward James Goff Sr. and Lillian Brosseau Goff, he...

Sears Roy Van Alstyne Jr

Sears Roy Van Alstyne Jr., 58, of Sherwood Drive died Saturday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 5, 1945, son of Sears R. Van Alstyne Sr. and Mary Una Barnes...

Mario H. Scapin

Mario H. Scapin, 65, of 25 School St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on July 25, 1938, son of Eugenio and Angelina Maule Scapin, he was a graduate of...

Herman G. Morelli

Herman G. Morelli, 85, of 28 Gilmore Ave., and a winter resident of Venice, Fla., died Friday at Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital. He was a former chairman of the Board of Selectmen. Born in...

Dorothy L. Marchio, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Louise Marchio, 87, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Sunday morning, March 14, 2004, at North Adams Commons, where she had resided since October 2002....

Alfred Richard Kenyon

Alfred Richard Kenyon, 77, of 3B Village East died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 31, 1926, son of Richard and Viola Charron Kenyon, he attended schools...

Carolyn M. Hoppe

Carolyn M. Hoppe, 72, of 752 State Road died Saturday at home. Born in Catskill, N.Y., on Feb. 5, 1932, daughter of Charles and Bertha Meyer Beck, she was a 1949 graduate of Catskill High School....

Allan H. Clark, 77

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Allan Harry Clark, 77, of 46 Benlise Drive died Saturday, March 13, 2004, at home. He was a former vice president of operations at Cascade School Supplies Co. Inc. in...

Colleen Marie Bonnivier

Colleen Marie Bonnivier, 55, of 179 Hancock Road died Friday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a long, courageous battle with ovarian cancer. She was a former resident of Dalton. Born...

Catherine "Maureen" Birge

Catherine "Maureen" Birge, 73, of Pittsfield Road died Friday at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. She was a former 24-year resident of Lee. Born in Easthampton on Oct. 20, 1930, daughter of...

Robert E. Nixon

Robert E. Nixon, 64, of Pittsfield died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 4, 1940, son of Loretta Delaney Nixon of Pittsfield and the late Francis Emmett Nixon, he...

Jean Morel

Jean Morel, 70, of 992 Green River Road died Tuesday evening at home. Born in Bourg-en-Bresse, France, on Oct. 2, 1933, son of Claudius and Emilie Temporel Morel, he attended schools in France...

Valida Columbus Loszynski, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Valida Columbus Loszynski, 92, of 75 Commercial St. died Tuesday afternoon, March 9, 2004, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on June 3, 1911, daughter of William...

Peter Gomberg, 51

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. â€' Peter Gomberg, 51, of Main Street died Monday, March 8, 2004, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Boston on May 19, 1952, son of Abbott...

Paul Joslyn Chrzanowski

Paul Joslyn Chrzanowski, 57, of State Road died Friday at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, Maryland. He was returning from his home in Florida. Born in Great Barrington on July...

Sam Blachinsky

Sam Blachinsky, 90, of 38 East Road and Renaissance Gardens, 16565 Northeast 4th Ave., North Miami Beach, Fla., died yesterday morning at his Florida home. Born in New York City on July 1, 1913,...

Robert Thomas Arnold Jr

Robert Thomas Arnold Jr., 79, of Dennisport and Naples, Fla., formerly of Adams, died Tuesday in Naples. A longtime area businessman, he had owned the former R.T. Arnold Lumber Co. Born in...

Walter Legrand Wheat Jr

Walter Legrand Wheat Jr., 70, of 23 Ivy Lane died yesterday morning at home after a long illness. He was a senior vice president and trust investment officer at Bank Boston. Born in Natick on...

Mary B. Spazioso

Mary B. Spazioso, 58, of Albany, N.Y., died Wednesday at Albany Memorial Hospital after a battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on March 4, 1946, daughter of Luke and Laurinda Forgey Brophy, she...