Obituaries

Rufus M. Walker

Rufus Mason Walker, 91, of 100 Chestnut St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital following an long illness. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 26, 1909, he was the son of the late Henry...

Norma M. Gallese

Norma Mary Gallese, 96, of 34 Lower Westfield Road, Holyoke, a native and former longtime resident of North Adams, died Tuesday at home. Born in North Adams on June 27, 1905, daughter of Stephen...

Joseph LaPlante

Joseph B. LaPlante, 92, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 30, 1909, son of Henry and Helen Delaney LaPlante, he attended local...

E. Barbara Rudd

E. Barbara Cronin Rudd, 78, of 182 Ashuelot St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 20, 1922, daughter of John T. and Elizabeth Sitzman Cronin, she attended the...

Benjamin Wilbur

Benjamin Wilbur, 91, of 9 Sunnyside Drive died yesterday at home. Born in Swanton, Vt., on Oct. 3, 1909, son of Herbert H. and Ellen Benson Wilbur, he traveled to different cities as a child, and...

Allen W.P. Hart, 71

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Allen W.P. Hart, 71, of Williamstown died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at home. Born in Williamstown on Oct. 1, 1929, son of Henry Hart Sr. and Kate Alexander Hart, he attended...

Thomas Reilly Sr.

Thomas J. Reilly Sr., 77, of 1070 South St. died Sunday at Craneville Place of Dalton, where he had resided since July 17. Born in Rensselaer, N.Y., on April 21, 1924, son of Joseph and Mary...

Thomas B. Janes

Thomas Benedict Janes, 85, of 2165 Tupper St., Montreal, formerly of Pittsfield, died July 30 at Montreal General Hospital. Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, on Aug. 23, 1915, son of...

Rita Lacross

Rita Cecile Lacross, 86, of 29 Mohawk Forest Boulevard died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Stamford, Vt., on March 28, 1915, daughter of Francis and Delina Lagenesse Robillard,...

Helen R. Harris

Helen R. Harris, 86, of 546 Union St., Village East, died Monday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on July 6, 1915, daughter of Emile J. Goyette and Nellie Shays Goyette, she attended...

Helen D. Arienti

Helen D. Arienti, 80, of 72 Oswald Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 24, 1920, daughter of Lewis and Helen Wesley Wetzel, she attended schools in...

Dorothy DeGrenier

Dorothy H. DeGrenier, 80, of 54 Melbourne Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 3, 1921, daughter of William and Marie Suttung Hebert, she was a 1939 graduate...

Dennis Reynolds

Dennis M. "Mickey" Reynolds, 50, of 12 Vernon St., Holyoke, a native of Pittsfield, died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 8, 1950, son of the late Michael and Betty Gough Reynolds, he...

Clara A. Doran

Clara A. Doran, 93, formerly of 149 Bradley St., died yesterday at Laurel Lake Nursing Center in Lee, where she had been a patient for several years. Born in Adams on Feb. 29, 1908, daughter of...

Christina Gifford

Christina Gifford, 89, of Catskill, N.Y., died yesterday at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y., where she was admitted Monday. She was the mother of Elizabeth Kiriakedes of the Ashley Falls...

Cecilia DiLego, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Cecilia Theresa Scarbo DiLego, 92, of St. Joseph's Court, 85 Eagle St., died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted...

Aimee B. Locke

Aimee B. Locke, 94, formerly of Great Barrington, died Monday in Dunedin, Fla. Born in Milmine, Ill., on Aug. 12, 1906, daughter of Samuel and Mary Bevilhimer Brandenburg, she attended schools...

Theresa Callahan

Theresa A. Callahan, 75, of 5 Chatham St. died Sunday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 7, 1926, daughter of Michael and Margaret Kearney Callahan, she attended local schools. Miss...

Rose M. Greehey

Rose M. Greehey, 79, of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 3, 1922, daughter of Louis and Anna Montanaro Pasquarelli, she moved to Sarasota 35...

Peter Pyrzanowski

Peter Pyrzanowski, 58, of 55 Spring St., New Britain, Conn., died Sunday at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn., after a short battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on April 22, 1943, son of...

L. George Reder

L. George Reder, 80, of 464 Williams St., a prominent Pittsfield attorney, died yesterday at home. Born in Perth Amboy, N.J., on Sept. 27, 1920, son of Hyman and Hannah Linsky Reder, his family...

John M. Wojtaszek, 32

ADAMS, Mass. — John Martin Wojtaszek, 32, of 16 1/2 East Hoosac St. died Sunday afternoon, Aug. 5, 2001, as a result of a motor vehicle accident on Route 8. Born in North Adams on Nov. 6,...

Inez M. Peron

Inez M. Peron, 88, a longtime resident of Lee, died Friday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. Born in Lee on Nov. 12, 1912, daughter of Bartolo and Leonilda Adamoli Zanetti, she...

Gladys Osgood

Gladys Osgood, 86, of Seekonk Crossroad died Sunday morning at home. Born in Jersey City, N.J., on July 9, 1915, daughter of Otto T. and Wilhelmina Anderson Nelson, she was a 1932 graduate of...

Col. Harold Heap

Retired Col. Harold A. Heap, 82, of Springfield died early Friday morning at Baystate Medical Center. He served more than 33 years of active and reserve duty in the Army, retiring as a full...