Obituaries

Mary N. O'Leary, 86

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Mary Noela O'Leary, 86, of 24 Wheeler Ave. died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on July 11, 1917, daughter of Henry Sorel and Mary...

Josephine Mary Cernauskas

Josephine Mary Cernauskas, 87, of 121 Brooklyn St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Jan. 20, 1916, daughter of Adam and Marcella Bajorin Cernauskas, she...

Edna D. Beacco

Edna D. Beacco, 93, formerly of West Stockbridge Road, died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where she had resided for several years. Born in Oxford, England, on March 26, 1910, daughter of...

Ruth L. LaPier, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ruth Laura Bailey Baumann LaPier, 92, of 85 Eagle St. died Monday, Sept. 3, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Saturday. Born on July...

Fred E. King, 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Fred Edward King, 57, of 117 Furnace St. died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2003, in the North Adams Regional Hospital emergency room. Born in North Adams on Dec. 8, 1945, son of...

James Anthony Golin

James Anthony Golin, 69, of 27 Hillcrest Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 3, 1934, son of Giacomo and Giuditta Zanpieri Golin, he graduated from Pittsfield High School in...

Norman Leo Devio

Norman Leo Devio, 90, formerly of 16 Drossey Place died yesterday at Williamstown Commons, where he had resided for more than a year. Born in North Adams on May 29, 1913, son of Olyzan and Mary...

Joseph Edward Botz

Joseph Edward Botz, 58, of 63 Balance Rock Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 26, 1944, son of Joseph and Irene Scherban Drozda Botz, he...

Blanche Tenczar

Blanche Tenczar, 87, of 46 Friend St. died late Thursday night, Oct. 30, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on March 13, 1916, daughter of John and Mary Zeman Szukala, she attended...

Arnold W. Butler

Arnold W. Butler, 81, of 47 Shaker Lane died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 12, 1922, the son of Louis and Marion Wilmont Butler, he attended local schools and...

Helen J. Bruneau

Helen J. Bruneau, 77, of 315 Devon Road died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Boston on Sept. 12, 1926, the daughter of Richard and Gladys MacDonald Marshall, she was a...

Amy B. Phelps

Amy B. Phelps, 89, of 375 Tyler St. died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bennington, Vt., on July 29, 1914, daughter of Chafe and Amy Bell Bagley, she was a resident of...

Marilyn G. Connor

Marilyn G. Connor, 55, of 183 Ashuelot St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 19, 1947, daughter of Herbert and Harriet Osbourne Sabin of Dalton,...

Isabella Bufis

Isabella Bufis, 91, of 310 Prospect St. died Friday evening at home. Born in Rodi Garganico, province of de Foggia, Italy, on April 12, 1912, daughter of Nicola and Maria Martella Mercurio, she...

Flora M. Arment

Flora M. Arment, 85, of 169 High St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Suffield, Conn., on Oct. 16, 1918, daughter of Salvitor and Rose Serafini Frulla, she moved...

Gladys Spratling

Gladys Spratling, 68, of East Street died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Camp Hill, Ala., on May 6, 1934, daughter of William and Mary Drake Hutcherson, she graduated from Edward...

Beatrice E. McCarthy, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Beatrice E. McCarthy, 93, of 130 Versailles Ave. died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 26, 1910, daughter of Henry and M....

A. Michael DeSisto

A. Michael DeSisto, 64, founder of DeSisto School, died Saturday afternoon at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after suffering a stroke. He had undergone a kidney transplant at the...

Sophie Irene DelMasto

Sophie Irene DelMasto, 85, formerly of Highland Street, Housatonic, died Saturday evening at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided since May 2002. Born in Great...

Claire A. Rondeau, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Claire Ann Rondeau, 67, formerly of 19 Navajo Drive, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003, at Springside Nursing Home of Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Nov. 18, 1935,...

Gary A. Wowk

Gary A. Wowk, 53, of 2 Doyle Drive died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 8, 1949, son of Andrew Wowk of Pittsfield and the late Edith M. Benson Wowk, he was a 1969 graduate of...

Vito P. "Vic" DiNicola

Vito P. "Vic" DiNicola, 84, of 30 Putnam Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Sambuceto, province of Pescara, Italy, on Dec. 5, 1918, son of Pietro and Lucia Caldarella DiNicola, his...

Alton E. Britigan

Alton E. Britigan, 84, of 56 Cloverdale St. and Hudson, Fla., died Tuesday afternoon at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 14, 1919, son of Clarence and Florence Williams Britigan, he attended...

Dorothy Marie Melideo

Dorothy Marie Melideo, 77, of 24 Fairview Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center, where she had been admitted Oct. 20. Born in Springfield on Jan. 21, 1926, daughter of John and Agnes Irene...

John Leslie

John Leslie, 81, died Saturday at Timberlyn Heights, where he had resided for 15 years. Born on July 11, 1922, in Glasgow, Scotland, son of William K. and Christina Carroll Leslie, he came to the...