Obituaries

Viola L. Young

Viola Louise Young, 92, a resident of Meadowvale, Adams Road, died Monday at Sweetbrook Care Center. Born in Bernardson, N.H., on March 20, 1909, daughter of Charles Martin and Bessie Fletcher...

Sophie N. Walach

Sophie N. Walach, 87, of 95 North Summer St. died yesterday at North Adams Commons Health Care Center. Born in Adams on Jan. 31, 1914, daughter of Albert and Anastasia Gajda Walach, she attended...

Samuel Katz

Samuel Katz, 80, of 19 Darlene Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 9, 1921, son of Max and Esther Cutler Katz, he attended local schools and was a 1941...

John C. Luz Jr.

John C. Luz Jr., 81, of 74 Williamsburg Terrace died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Taunton on Feb. 11, 1920, son of John and Maria Concecao Rodriguez Luz Sr., he moved to Pittsfield...

Eva J. Klein

Eva J. Klein, 69, of Clayton-Mill River Road, Mill River, died Tuesday at Great Barrington Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a long struggle with cancer. Born in Barkhamsted, Conn., on May...

Edith Quinn

Edith Quinn, 91, formerly of Ghent, N.Y., died yesterday at home following a lengthy illness. Born in New York City on Dec. 5, 1919, daughter of Frederick and Hilma Peterson Wallengren, she was...

Doris Fitzgerald

Doris M. Fitzgerald, 78, of 207 Francis Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 15, 1923, daughter of William V. and Mildred M. Garno Hook, she was a graduate of...

Catherine Lombardi

Catherine Mary Lombardi, 89, formerly of 44 Third St., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for more than a year. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 31, 1912, daughter of Rosario and...

Richard T. Kelly

Richard T. "Dick" Kelly, 59, of Waterbury, Conn., a Pittsfield native, died Monday evening at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury. Born in Pittsfield on March 10, 1942, son of John P. "Red" and...

Dennis T. Loran

Dennis T. "Dan" Loran, 69, of 70 Prospect St. died Monday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on Aug. 30, 1932, son of Harry and Fern Fisher Loran, he...

Constance Tompkins

Constance P. Tompkins, 82, of Beckett Road, Bridgewater, Conn., former resident of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Hartford Hospital. She moved to Bridgewater in 1995. Born in Hudson Falls, N.Y., on...

Clifford Vadakin Sr.

Clifford A. Vadakin Sr., 72, of 5 Dewey St. died Sept. 3 at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home in Great Barrington. Born in Hutchins, N.Y., on June 26, 1929, he was the son of John A. and Jessie A....

Norman Frederick Hoch

Norman Frederick Hoch, formerly of Osceola Road, Richmond, died peacefully in Oshawa, Ontario, on Sept. 8, 2001, in his 90th year. Beloved husband of the former Laura Foy of Oshawa. Father of Janet...

Francis Ciullo Sr.

Francis L. Ciullo Sr., 84, of The Birches Apartments, Ross Road, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, formerly of Lee, died Saturday at Southern Maine Medical Center. Born in Lee on Feb. 3, 1917, son of...

Ethel Richardson

Ethel Richardson, 78, of 99 Windsor Ave., died Sunday at home of lung cancer. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 30, 1923, daughter of Harry and Norma Winston Kane, she attended New York City schools....

Clarence R. Perry

Clarence Reeves Perry, 59, of 45 Versailles Ave. died Sunday at home after a long illness. He taught science at Drury High School for more than 20 years. Born in Adams on Dec. 24, 1941, son of...

Edward S. Skalski

Edward S. Skalski, 75, of Barrett House, 17 Pleasant St., formerly of 85 North Summer St., died yesterday afternoon at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield after a long...

Ronald L. Ross

Ronald Louis Ross, 67, of 215 Mohawk Forest Boulevard, formerly of 108 Church St., died yesterday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, where he was admitted July 2. Born in North Adams on May 25,...

Mary Agnes Gaffey

Mary Agnes Gaffey, 95, formerly of Ashland Street Apartments, died yesterday morning at North Adams Commons, where she had resided since Sept. 24, 1993. Born in Manchester, N.H., on April 20,...

Mildred McCarty

Mildred Waite McCarty of Kimball Farms, who was associated with Girls Incorporated of Pittsfield in various capacities for more than 65 years, died yesterday after a series of illnesses. She was...

Frank H. Matheke

Frank H. Matheke, 90, of 1561 Cold Spring Road died yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Health Care Center. Born in Newark, N.J., on July 5, 1911, son of John B. and Julia Scaub Matheke, he attended...

Carl R. Heflin

Carl R. Heflin, 68, of 40 William Parkway died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Texarkana, Texas, on July 22, 1933, son of Alfred...

Ray J. Cuevas Sr.

Ray J. Cuevas Sr., 74, of Theresa Terrace died yesterday morning at home. Born in Laurel, Miss., on Feb. 19, 1927, son of Louis and Elizabeth Murray Cuevas, he attended schools there, including...

Ramona Weeks

Ramona Phipps Weeks, 54, of Pilot Mountain, N.C., died Wednesday at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., of cancer. She was the daughter-in-law of Arthur Weeks of Peru. Born in Lannett,...

Paul E. Williams

Paul E. Williams, 61, of 33 Howe Road died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons of cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 29, 1939, son of Francis S. and Emily Breault Williams, he attended local...