Obituaries

Ida E. Strickland

Ida E. Strickland, 83, formerly of South Main Road, died Saturday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Great Barrington, where she had resided for three years. Born in Otis on...

Helen Stalker

Helen Stalker, 86, of Humphrey Street died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center, where she was admitted last week. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 7, 1917, daughter of Gustav and Elina Kouvnen Mintz,...

Beverly Ann Flagg, 52

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beverly Ann Flagg, 52, of 42 Taft St. died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Nov. 8,...

Marilyn Farnsworth

Marilyn Farnsworth, 84, of 8615 Bayshore Road, Palmetto, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Friday at Blake Medical Center in Bradenton, Fla. She and her husband, the late Theodore Farnsworth,...

Michael Dennis Donovan

Michael Dennis Donovan, 22, of 67 Baldwin Ave., a junior at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, died at his apartment in Brighton Friday evening after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield...

James "Jazz" DiCicco

James "Jazz" DiCicco, 75, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court Apartments, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since July. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1928, the...

Alfred George Bartini

Alfred George Bartini, 83, of Main Street, Housatonic, died Saturday evening at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. He was the former owner of Shirl Toolin Bartini Insurance Co. in Housatonic...

Sarah Elizabeth Alcombright

Sarah Elizabeth Alcombright, 83, of 1 Summit St., Whitinsville, died Saturday at Continuing Care Center in Hopedale, where she was admitted Jan. 16. A former longtime resident of North Adams, she...

Madelyn F. Pulver Wessman

Madelyn F. Pulver Wessman, 90, of Keene, N.Y., formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, N.Y. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 28, 1914, daughter of Henry C....

Jean Elizabeth Torres

Jean Elizabeth Torres, 86, of 77 Otis Ave. died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she had resided for the past four weeks. Born in Hillburn, N.Y., on May 31, 1917, daughter of...

Corey J.B. Olsen

Corey J.B. Olsen, 100, formerly of 54 Alden Ave., died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since July 2002. Born in New York City on May 24, 1903, son of Anton B. and Martha M....

Roberta Madeline Decensi

Roberta Madeline Decensi, 67, of 1 Tracie Ave. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Lee on March 7, 1936, the daughter of Robert and Madeline Dellea Porrini, she attended schools there and was...

Olive E. Vanier

Olive E. Vanier, 63, of Watervliet, N.Y., died Monday at St. Mary's Hospital in Amsterdam, N.Y. She was the sister of Marjorie L. Larkin of Pittsfield. Born in Watervliet on Nov. 27, 1940,...

Carla Lauranzano

Carla Lauranzano, 59, of Henrietta, Texas, formerly of Lenox, died Saturday in Clay County Memorial Hospital in Henrietta after a long illness. Born March 23, 1944, in Los Angeles, daughter of...

Paul Boucher

Paul Boucher, 50, of 25 Evelyn Park died Tuesday at home after a battle with cancer. Born in West Hartford, Conn., on Sept. 24, 1953, son of Paul J. and Constance Wass Boucher, he was educated in...

Louis E. Wheeler, 41

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Louis Elwin Wheeler, 41, of 16 Estes St. died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2004, in the town of Florida. Born in North Adams on May 7, 1962, son of Mary Elizabeth Truesdell...

Edward L. Mann

Edward L. Mann, 79, of Castle Hill Avenue died Sunday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Vineland, N.J., on July 2, 1924, son of Edward L. and Maude Devonshire Mann, he graduated from Ocean City...

Barbara Lesser

Barbara Lesser, 75, of 405 North Hemlock Lane died Thursday at Lee Memorial Medical Systems Hospital in Fort Myers, Fla., of injuries sustained in an automobile accident Jan. 23 in Naples, Fla., that...

Tina-Marie Leja, 41

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Tina-Marie Leja, 41, of 1205 Clark St., Fort Collins, Colo., formerly of North Adams, died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, as the result of injuries suffered in an automobile...

Mariann M. Jacobs

Mariann M. Jacobs, 54, of 46 Franklin St. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 6, 1949, daughter of John J. and W. Regina Foley Mawhinney, she was raised in Dalton and graduated in...

Madison Rose Clark

Madison Rose Clark died shortly after birth Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. She was the daughter of Everett D. and Tammy Gaffey Clark of 191 Prospect St. Besides her parents, she...

Margaret M. Bogino

Margaret M. Bogino, 88, of 1859 East St. died Saturday at the Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had been admitted in July 2003. Born in Wilmington, Vt., on March 25, 1915, daughter...

Ruth D. Harris

Ruth D. Harris, 61, of Salisbury Road did Sunday evening at home. Born Dec. 5, 1942, in the Bronx, N.Y., daughter of Milton A. and Leah Kessler Bleier, she was a graduate of Herricks High School...

Thomas F. Flynn

Thomas F. Flynn, 88, of Bonita Springs, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at home. Mr. Flynn founded Flynn Volkswagen in 1964. Born in Boston on Aug. 2, 1915, son of Cornelius J. and...

Joseph Anthony Wechter

Joseph Anthony Wechter, 86, formerly of 326 Old Windsor Road, died Wednesday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 24, 1917, son of Emile A. and MaryAnn Brielman Wechter, he...