Obituaries

Thelma L. Wilker

Thelma L. Wilker, 80, formerly of Rose Manor, died yesterday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where she had been a resident for six years. Born in the town of Washington on Feb. 6, 1921, daughter of...

Ruth N. Lizotte

Ruth N. Lizotte, 92, of Portland, Ore., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 11 at Crestview nursing home in Portland. Born in Waterville, Maine, on July 7, 1908, daughter of John D. and Theodora...

Msgr. John Lunney, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Monsignor John A. Lunney, 77, formerly of North Adams, died Friday, March 16, 2001, at Mary Conrad Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Garnerville, N.Y., on March 15,...

Lydia E. Russo

Lydia E. Russo, 82, of 250 Dalton Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center's Skilled Nursing Facility. Born in Biviara, province of Calabria, Italy, on Sept. 17, 1918, daughter of Pasquale and...

Isabel Egan

Isabel Egan, 91, formerly of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since Oct. 2, 1998. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on...

George S. Demos

George S. Demos, 82, of 211 Northside Drive, Torrington, Conn., a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Wolcott Hall Nursing Facility after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Born in...

Esther T. Keegan

Esther Teresa Keegan, 98, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments in Pittsfield, died Sunday at Curtis Manor Rest Home, where she had resided for eight years. Born in Leigh, England, on Aug. 24, 1902,...

Czeslaw Mysliwy

Czeslaw Mysliwy, 76, of 370 Park St., Housatonic, died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Lublin, Poland, on July 25, 1924, son of Tony and Tekla Mysliwy, he attended schools in Poland....

Blanche Millette

Blanche L. Millette, 75, formerly of Dewey Way, died yesterday at Willowood Nursing Home, where she had resided since February 1997. Born in Holyoke on May 25, 1925, daughter of Joseph and...

Richard. J. Kinne

Richard J. Kinne, 81, of Berkshire Heights, Great Barrington, died Thursday at Fairview Hospital. He was born in Great Barrington, son of the late Roy and Sarah Broderick Kinne on March 20, 1920....

John Joseph Poirot Jr.

John Joseph Poirot Jr. 44 of 54 Jackson Rd. Savoy, MA, died Friday March 23, 2OOl at the North Adams Regional Hospital where he was admitted on March 20, 2001. Death followed a brief illness with...

Rita T. Bresmon

Rita Theresa Bresmon, 56, of 24 Silver St. died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Norwalk, Conn., on July 1, 1944, daughter of Ralph and Helen Lussier Robichaud, she attended...

Lois S. Exford

Lois S. Exford, 91, of 120 New Lenox Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cummington on May 7, 1909, daughter of Robert and Anna Sears Streeter, she graduated from the former...

Albert Wellington

Albert J. "Bud" Wellington, 76, of 155 Marble St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on March 2, 1925, son of Charles and Julia Ferry Wellington, he attended...

Velma G. Sage

Velma G. Sage, 85, of 152 South Mountain Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in East Haven, Conn., on Nov. 15, 1915, daughter of Anton and Daisy Knaub Schile, she graduated from...

Fredrica T. Judge, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Fredrica T. Judge, 94, of 118 Church St., formerly of 24 Mountain View Drive, died Thursday afternoon, March 22, 2001, at Sweet Brook Care Center. Born in Trento,...

Charles Strong

Charles Minot Strong, 81, formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday in San Rafael, Calif. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 19, 1919, son of Henry Taft Strong and Isabella Liecty Strong, he attended local...

Hermine Bloniarz

Hermine Carolyn Bloniarz, 89, of 46 Deborah Ave. died Tuesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had been a resident since April 1998. Born in Adams on July 20, 1911, daughter of...

Emilio P. Passetto

Emilio P. "Grap" Passetto, 78, of 9 Mountain View Terrace, Housatonic, died Tuesday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Lee on March 9, 1923, son of John and Emilia Scaramuzzi Passetto, he graduated...

Beatrice E. Monte

Beatrice E. Monte, 93, of 18 Lebanon Ave. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Aug. 29, 1907, daughter of James and Carrie Hanks Moloney, she moved to Pittsfield at the...

Mario Spadaccini

Mario Spadaccini, 82, of East Canaan died March 11 at Valerie Manor in Torrington. Born in Housatonic, Mass., on Nov. 25, 1918, he was the son of Morris and Maria Veia Spadaccini. Mr....

Herbert P. North

Herbert P. North, 80, of 145 New Lenox Road died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on April 26, 1920, son of Herbert P. and Mary Babcock North, he was a 1937 graduate of Lenox...

Alice O'Dell, 79

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Alice O'Dell, 79, of Grants Pass, Ore., died Monday, March 19, 2001, at home. She was the mother of Elizabeth McCreesh of Lenox. Born in Scotia, N.Y., on May 23 1921,...

Alfred Gluckin

Alfred Gluckin, 96, of Five Strawberry Landing, Mill Valley, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died Feb. 17 at home. Born in Leipzig, Germany, on Oct. 5, 1904, son of Abraham and Mania Gluckin, he...

Peter C. Dolby

Peter C. Dolby, 55, of Osprey, Fla., a native of Great Barrington, died Saturday at home. Born July 3, 1945, son of the late Warren and Isabell Adams Dolby, he graduated from Springfield College....