Obituaries

Rita E. Charron

Rita Elizabeth Charron, 84, of 150 Ashland Park Apartments died Sunday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on July 2, 1916, daughter of Nelson D. and Georgianna...

Hiram A. Young

Hiram A. Young, 66, of Congress, Ariz., a former resident of Dalton, died Thursday at Wickenburg (Ariz.) Regional Hospital. Born in Middleburg, N.Y., on June 2, 1934, son of Herb and Marguerite...

Helen Miner

Helen "Lena" Miner, 89, of 1031 Main St., Housatonic, died Sunday at Fairview Commons. Born in Housatonic on June 25, 1911, daughter of Louis and Erminia Tassinari Ferioli, she attended Housatonic...

David F. Cassidy

David F. Cassidy, 77, of Stephentown died Saturday at Albany & Stratton Veterans' Hospital in Albany. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on May 29, 1923, son of Harry A. Cassidy Jr. and Clara Brown...

Andrew S. Gonska

Andrew S. Gonska, 91, of 299 Lenox Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Housatonic on July 30, 1909, son of Jacob and Frances Piontek Gonska, he attended schools there. Mr....

Alvah J. Rawling

Alvah J. "Peanut" Rawling, 86, of Woodstock, Ga., died Friday at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga. Born in Pittsfield on July 28, 1914, son of Tracey and Alice O'Brien Rawling, he attended...

Donald F. Nelligan

Donald F. Nelligan, 80, of 218 Allengate Ave. died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Northampton on March 29, 1921, son of William J. and Grace Smith Nelligan, he came to...

Paul T. “Butch” Upright

Paul T. “Butch” Upright, 64, of 388 Park Street, Housatonic section of Great Barrington, died Friday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington February 22, 1937 he was the son of...

Richard J. “Ripper” Olszewski

Richard J. “Ripper” Olszewski, 66, formerly of 3 Hart Street, Housatonic section of Great Barrington, died Saturday at Great Barrington Rehab & Nursing Center after a long illness. Born...

Robert Grunow

Robert William Grunow, 64, of 230 Shore Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 14, 1936, son of the late Otto and Jessie M. Smith Grunow, he was a graduate...

Martha Eichinger

Martha Eichinger, 79, of 85 Eagle St., formerly of Main Road, Stamford, Vt., died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Skien in Telemark, Norway, on June 7, 1921, daughter of Jorgen J....

John W. Bergen

John William Bergen, 91, of 2425 Ashdale Drive, Austin, Texas, a former resident of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Christopher House Hospice in Austin. Born in Patterson, N.J., on March 29, 1910,...

Helen E. Dean

Helen E. Dean, 76, formerly of Curtis Manor, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Haverhill on Sept. 14, 1924, daughter of William L. and Elizabeth Cahill Phair, she was a...

Barbara Boeglin

Barbara Ruth "Bobbi" Boeglin, 59, of Budd House, 185 Marble St. died Thursday morning at home. Born in Newark, N.J., on April 15, 1942, daughter of Mary Barones Boeglin and the late Julius J....

Ann F. Hoffman

Ann F. Hoffman, 73, of 35 Delancy Ave. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 1, 1927, daughter of L. Hobart and F. Ethel Martin Merritt, she was a 1944 graduate of...

Josephine Campedelli, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Josephine "Pep" Campedelli, 85, of 115 Phelps Ave., died Wednesday, April 18, 2001, at her home. Death followed a brief illness. Born in Piani di Albanesi, Italy, on...

Ralph E. Strange, 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ralph Emerson Strange, 65, of 119 Sullivan St. died Tuesday, April 17, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 14, 1935, son of Florina...

Louis F. Decker

Louis Francis Decker, 65, of Atlantic Beach, Fla., formerly of Lenox, died Sunday at Baptist Medical Center-Beaches in Jacksonville, Fla. Born in Lenox on Sept. 15, 1935, son of Frank and Helen...

Edna Finkle

Edna Finkle, 80, of Canaan-Southfield Road died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Torrington, Conn., on Sept. 27, 1920, daughter of Frederick and Anna Seedorf Hastedt, she moved with her...

Aldo L. Galvagni

Aldo L. Galvagni, 82, of 332 Merrill Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 14, 1919, son of Giovanni and Rosa Galvagni Galvagni, he attended local...

Jacqueline Ann Peck

Mrs. Jacqueline Ann (Miller) Peck, 69, of 343 Cross Road, Clarksburg, MA, died Wednesday afternoon April 18, 2001, at the North Adams Regional Hospital where she was admitted on Monday, April...

William J. Newell

William J. Newell Sr., 75, formerly of 40 Willard Place, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 19, 1925, son of George and Marie Vanderlee Newell, he was educated in...

Rose L. Cianfarini

Rose L. Cianfarini, 85, formerly of 98 Cromwell Ave., died Thursday, April 12, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since 1994. Before entering the nursing home, she had...

Robert Lorenzini

Robert A. Lorenzini, 83, of 3506 Hancock Road died at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. an engineer and the holder of many patents, he had resided in Hancock for the past 31 years, moving from...

Olive C. Pudlo

Olive Cathleen Pudlo, 97, of 10 Briggs St. died Monday at Willowood Health Care Center in North Adams. Born in North Adams on Aug. 26, 1903, daughter of Patrick and Sarah Murphy Prendergast, she...