Obituaries

Marie Lafayette

Marie "Marion" Lafayette, 84, of Burlington, Vt., died Saturday at the Starr Farm Nursing Care Center in Burlington. She had suffered a stroke in January 2001 from which she never fully recovered....

John C. Prenguber, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John C. Prenguber, 77, of 62 Sadler Ave. died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2002, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had been admitted July 25. Born in North Adams on...

Allison M. Kittler

Alison M. Kittler, 76, of 77 Partridge Road died Monday at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Deolali, India, on Jan. 12, 1926, daughter of Arthur and Alison McMorran Jones, she moved to Scotland...

Alfred V. Ostrowski, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Alfred Victor Ostrowski, 85, of 5 Elm St. died Wednesday morning, Aug. 7, 2002, at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Adams on Sept. 10, 1916, son of Jozef and Katarzyna...

Robert P. Fyler

Robert P. Fyler, 76, of Brea, Calif., a former Pittsfield resident, died July 12 at home of lung cancer. Born in New Haven, Conn., on July 21, 1925, son of Lane K. and Elsie Parmalee Fyler, he...

Lillian DelSoldato

Lillian J. DelSoldato, 65, of State Line Road died yesterday at Willowood Commons, where she had resided for a month. Born in West Stockbridge on Aug. 30, 1936, daughter of William and Carmella...

Helen J. Adams

Helen Jean Adams, 65, of 840 Peaceful Valley Road, North Creek, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died yesterday morning at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Utica, N.Y., as a result of an automobile accident...

Ruth E. Salvini

Ruth E. Salvini, 95, formerly of School Street, Chester, died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Chester on June 10, 1907, daughter of Eugene J. and Edna Soule Besancon,...

Robert E. Rohane, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert E. Rohane, 84, of Gibsonton, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died Saturday, July 27, 2002. He was a member of the North Adams City Council during the 1940s. Born in...

Norman V. Blair

Norman Victor Blair, 67, of 46 1/2 Hall St. died Thursday at home after a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 20, 1934, son of the late James H. and Clara McPhail Blair, he attended North...

Kevin J. Brennan

Kevin James Brennan, 53, of 192 Holmes Road died yesterday morning at home of cancer. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Nov. 28, 1948, son of James F. and Thelma Cunningham Brennan, he graduated from State...

Kenneth MacCuish

Kenneth MacCuish, 96, of Malden died Thursday at McFadden Memorial Manor in Malden. He was the father of Jean M. Dunn of Great Barrington. Born in Malden on Nov. 16, 1905, son of William and...

Georgiana Spellios

Georgiana Spellios, 80, of 654 Dalton Division Road died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since March. Born in Greenfield on Aug. 27, 1921, daughter of Thomas and Penelope...

Salvatore Mangano, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Salvatore Joseph "Sammy" Mangano, 72, formerly of 378 Cottrell Road, Hoosick Falls, N.Y., and of North Adams, died Thursday, Aug. 1, 2002, at the Vermont Veterans Home in...

Keith A. Witherell, 45

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Keith Allyn Witherell, 45, of 11 Apache Drive died Thursday morning, Aug. 1, 2003, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center as a result of a motorcycle accident July 29. Born in...

José Garcia

José Garcia, 95, of 162 Bull Hill Road died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Canseco, providence of Leon, Spain, on May 1, 1907, son of Pascual and Fermina Fernandez...

John F. Bacon

John Francis Bacon, 77, of 75 Wendell Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 11, 1924, son of Francis Bacon Sr. and Julia Nelligan Bacon, he was a 1943 graduate of...

Helen Van Horn, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Helen E. Van Horn, 92, a resident of Water Street, died Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at Sweet Brook Care Centers following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 1,...

Edward J. Bury

Edward J. Bury, 82, of 42 Summer St. died yesterday afternoon at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt. Born in Adams on April 18, 1920, son of Frank and Catherine Kuza Bury, he attended...

David R. Whitman

David Richard Whitman, 68, of 108 Bryant St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 25, 1934, son of Charles and Olive Snell Whitman, he was a...

Ronald Lapin

Ronald Lapin, 70, of 7754 Glendevon Lane, Delray Beach, Fla., died Tuesday of heart failure at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a summer resident of Richmond since 1985. Born in...

Paul S. Campbell

Paul S. Campbell, 86, of 22 County Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He moved to Hinsdale in 1991. Born in Cambridge on Aug. 18, 1915, son of Walter M. and Esther O'Neil...

Cortland Heath Jr.

Cortland Floyde Heath Jr., 60, of 17 Middleton Road, New Durham, N.H., died Sunday at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.H., of heart disease. Born May 14, 1942, in Pittsfield, son of the...

Trude Dominguez

Trude Dominguez, 74, of 162 Tower Road died Sunday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Altena, Germany, on Sept. 24, 1927, daughter of Karl Hugo and Elfriede...

Joseph Lysonski

Joseph C. Lysonski, 85, of 15 Weller Ave. died Sunday of a heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on May 10, 1917, son of Charles and Mary Dubiski Lysonski, he was a 1935 graduate of Pittsfield High...