Obituaries

George Harvey Culverwell

George Harvey Culverwell, 90, formerly of 43 Crane Ave. died Monday afternoon at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since 1999. Born in Port Jervis, N.Y., on Sept. 15, 1912, son of...

Donald Edward Mayotte

Donald Edward Mayotte, 59, of 12 Kitchen Brook Park died Monday morning at Hillcrest Commons, where he had been a patient since Jan. 7. Born in Munising, Mich., on June 22, 1943, son of Violet...

Anthony G. Russo

Anthony G. Russo, 77, of 49 Peck's Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 7, 1926, son of Frank and Caroline Lucci Russo, he was a...

Helen Marion Santelli

Helen Marion Santelli, 76, of 23 Hermon Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 10, 1927, daughter of George A. and Emma Schabot DeMers , she attended the former St....

Irene Ann Kline

Irene Ann Kline, 102, of 180 West Main St. died yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Health Care Center. Born in North Adams on Oct. 28, 1900, daughter of Eli and Katherine Linton Russett, she...

Bernard O. Plouffe

Bernard O. Plouffe, 86, of 90 McIntosh Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 30, 1916, son of Frank and Emma Langer Plouffe, he was a 1936 graduate of...

Ellen A. Norcott

Ellen A. Norcott, 92, of 82 Emerald Lane died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Cranston, R.I., on Nov. 28, 1910, daughter of Elmer and Eleanor DeWitt Winsor, she attended...

Ronald F. "Skip" Hammond Jr.

Ronald F. "Skip" Hammond Jr., 44, of 30 Beacon St., died suddenly Friday morning at home. Born on July 2, 1958, in Pittsfield, the son of Ronald F. and Marlene W. Ketcham Hammond Sr., he was...

Ralph Lawrence Walsh

Ralph Lawrence Walsh, 91, of 182 Maple Grove Drive, died Friday morning at Hillcrest Commons. Born in New York City on April 5, 1911, he attended Pittsfield public schools. He moved to Pittsfield...

John E. Boucher

John E. Boucher, 67, of New Port Richey, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died Jan. 1 at North Bay Hospital in New Port Richey after suffering a heart attack. Born in North Adams on March 29, 1935,...

Donald A. LeClair, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Donald Anthony LeClair, 75, of 172 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003, of emphysema at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted...

James E. Leffingwell

James E. Leffingwell, 90, of Leffingwell Road, Southfield, died Tuesday morning at home. Born on the family farm in Southfield on April 4, 1912, son of Ernest J. and L. Dowd Leffingwell, he...

Joanna "Blondie" Biernacki

Joanna "Blondie" Biernacki, 78, of 45 Hart St., Housatonic, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Poland on April 26, 1924, daughter of Wladyslawa and Teofili Budniak...

Carol Olson

Carol Olson, 56, of Shunpike Road died Wednesday at home, following a long battle with cancer. Born in Canaan, Conn., on April 28, 1946, daughter of Eleanor Hughes Griffiths and the late William...

Dr. Ernest James Manuel

Dr. Ernest James Manuel, 70, of 212-12 73rd Ave., Bayside, N.Y., died Tuesday at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Lakeville Road, New Hyde Park, N.Y., after being stricken earlier in the...

Margaret E. Bentley

Margaret E. Bentley, 91, formerly of 103 Main St. died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. She had resided at the former Edgecomb Nursing Home in Lenox before transferring to...

Frances R. Louison, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Frances Rita Louison, 87, formerly of 200 Cheshire Road, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2003 at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on June 22, 1915, daughter...

Catherine Connolly

Catherine Connolly, 83, of 36 Edward Ave. died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since January 2000. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1919, daughter of C. Arthur...

Esther May Dickinson, 81

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Esther May Dickinson, 81, of 722 New Ashford Road died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Jan. 2. Born in Williamstown on...

Dorothy Alice Gary

Dorothy Alice Gary, 69, of 63 Bossidy Drive died early Saturday morning at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1933, daughter of William and Anna Lee LeBarnes, she attended...

Cecile Adrienne Little

Cecile Adrienne Little, 91, of St. Joseph's Court died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Saturday after a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Nov. 22,...

David Thomas Wyman

David Thomas Wyman, 81, of 42 Maple St. died Saturday evening at home after a three-year battle with lymphoma. Born in South Dorset, Vt., on Feb. 25, 1921, son of David J. and Helen Tilston Wyman,...

Raffaele "Ralph" Comarato

Raffaele "Ralph" Comarato, 80, of Hillsdale Road, South Egremont, died Friday at home. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on Jan. 29, 1922, son of Luigi and Anna Maria Addesso Comarato, he graduated from...

Helen R. Nieratka

Helen R. Nieratka, 86, of 1035 North St. died Wednesday morning at home. She had been a resident of Pittsfield for seven years. Born in Detroit on April 27, 1916, daughter of Walter and Rose...

George W. Adams Jr.

George W. Adams Jr., 74, of 6 Adelaide Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1928, son of George W. and Ethel Hathaway Adams, he was a 1946 graduate of...