Obituaries

Frances Partenope

Frances Dolores Partenope, 83, of 12 Hospital Ave. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Sept. 14. Born in North Adams on July 28, 1918, daughter of Felice and...

Chester Wotkowicz

Chester Joseph Wotkowicz, 82, of 9 Hoosac St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Adams on Dec. 8, 1918, son of Joseph and Julia Wszolek Wolkowicz, he attended Adams schools and graduated from...

Beatrice L. Panus

Beatrice L. Panus, 87, of 331 Gale Ave. died Monday evening at the Center for Optimum Care Berkshire, where she had resided for three months. Born in Peru on Nov. 2, 1913, daughter of Martin and...

Robert Broderick

Robert E. "Captain" Broderick, 77, of 25 Cliffwood St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 27, 1923, son of Edward and Marion Holland Broderick, he...

Robert B. Carlson

Robert Bertil Carlson, 81, of Sidney, Maine, formerly of Pittsfield and Lenox, died Friday at home. Born in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 23, 1919, son of Frank and Martha Anderson Carlson, he graduated...

Murray Lewis

Murray Lewis, 93, of Pine Hill at Kimball Farms, formerly of Devonshire Estates, died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 7, 1908, son of Isidor and Lena...

Margaret Besancon

Margaret R. Besancon, 84, formerly of 909 South Main St., died Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore. She had resided with her granddaughter, Christine Begley, in Baltimore since...

Lorraine Cooney

Lorraine E. Cooney, 62, of 37 Chamberlain Ave. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 27, 1938, daughter of Paul and Theresa Cronin Depew, she...

John M. Hamilton

John Michael Hamilton, 38, of 291 First St. died Saturday afternoon at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 5, 1963, son of Paul and Phyllis Green Hamilton, he attended local...

Janet Lee Watson

Janet Lee Watson, 42, of Main Street (Route 43) died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 28, 1959, daughter of Mabel LaPier Watson of...

Francis Mongeau

Francis Charles Mongeau, 85, of Columbus Avenue died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lanesboro on Feb. 12, 1916, son of Joseph C. and Amelia Beauvais Mongeau, he graduated...

Florence Vincent

Florence Ellen Vincent, 82, of Boca Raton, Fla., a native of North Adams, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Hospice by the Sea Care Center in Boca Raton. Born in North Adams on Dec. 23,...

Dorothy Noble

Dorothy Robare Noble, 96, formerly of 175 Lakeway Drive, died Friday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Aug. 9, 1905, daughter of Albert F. and Margaret...

Barbara McCarthy

Barbara E. McCarthy, 76, of 8338 Windway Drive,San Antonio, formerly of Pittsfield, died Aug. 28 at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 10, 1925, daughter of George Van Loon Sr. and Blanche DeLong...

Albert Perras Sr.

Albert Ovide Perras Sr., 79, of Franklin Court Apartments, 227 Franklin St., died Monday at North Adams Commons, where he was admitted Aug. 24. Born in New Bedford on May 30, 1922, son of Louis...

Anne-Marie Archambault, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Anne-Marie Theresa Archambault, 76, formerly of 39 Dean St., died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001, at the home of her daughter Lois A. Hawkins in Old Fort, Tenn. Born in North...

Lucille R. Pellows

Lucille R. Burke Pellows, 81, of 1101 West St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Limoges, Ontario, Canada, on July 26, 1920, daughter of Fred and Eva Lajeunesse Desabrais, she...

Lillian K. Healy

Lillian K. Healy, 94, formerly of Main Street, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Dalton on Jan. 3, 1907, daughter of Henry V. and Lucy Gorman Kirchner, she was a 1923...

Colleen Garrity-Prudente

Colleen Marie Garrity-Prudente, 44, of 1 Michael Road, Berkley, a native of Lenox, died Thursday as a result of injuries sustained that day in a motor vehicle accident in Norton. Born in...

Carol L. Wechter

Carol Lynn Wechter, 54, of 81 Caroline St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 22, 1947, daughter of Caroline Ryczek Hermanski of Pittsfield and the late Majek...

Anthony D. Melillo

Anthony Dominick Melillo, 74, of 20 Bradley St. died Friday at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston after a brief illness. Born in North Adams on May 20, 1927, son of Anthony J. and Anna DeMarco...

Doris Crown

Doris Crown, 86, of Elgin Drive, Winter Springs, Fla., a former resident of Pittsfield and Lanesboro, died yesterday at home from cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 9, 1914, daughter of Frank and...

William G. Keser

William G. Keser, 51, of 3759 Route 9 died yesterday at the home of his parents and sister, who cared for him during his long illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 2, 1950, son of Joanne M. Griffin...

John N. Callahan

John N. "Jack" Callahan, 67, of Stamford, Conn., a native of Dalton, died Tuesday at Courtland Gardens in Stamford. Born in Dalton on Aug. 26, 1934, he was the son of John J. Callahan and Mary...

John Beauchamp

John Richard Beauchamp, 34, of 91 Appleton Ave. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center after being stricken earlier that evening. Born in Pittsfield on May 28, 1967, son of Antoinette Andrews...