Obituaries

Joseph Anthony Falbo Jr

Joseph Anthony Falbo Jr., 67, of 13 Pinnacle Drive died yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown after a short illness. Born in North Adams on Feb. 17, 1936, son of Joseph A....

Ralph L. Lavigne, 62

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ralph Louis Lavigne, 62, of 4 Walker St., died Thursday, June 19, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted on June 8. Born in North Adams on July...

William D. Frommer

William D. Frommer, 49, of 185 Blue Heron Drive, Portsmouth, N.H., died Thursday, June 19, at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, as the result of an accident on a construction project....

J. Player Crosby

J. Player Crosby, 61, of 137 Jerusalem Road died Thursday of an apparent heart attack as he was flying his single-engine airplane. He was the president of Lenox Capital, an international...

Hazel A. Wells

Hazel A. Wells, 86, a longtime resident of Williamstown, died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born in Montague on April 19, 1917, daughter of Cyrus and Clara...

Lena Agnes Testa

Lena Agnes Testa, 86, of 58 Salisbury Court, died Wednesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since August 2000. Born in Pittsfield on March 23, 1917, daughter of...

Stanley M. Shapiro

Stanley M. Shapiro, 88, of 81 Appleton Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Nov. 5, 1914, son of Samuel and Annie Kronick Shapiro, he was educated in North...

Jerry Rufo

Jerry Rufo, 89, a resident of the Village at Laurel Lake in Lee, died Wednesday at its Center for Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 5, 1913, son of Antonio and Carmella Desena...

Anna I. MacLean, 85

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Anna Isabel "Izzy" MacLean, 85, of formerly of 118 Church St., Williamstown, died Sunday, June 15, 2003, in Summerfield, Fla. Born in Fitchburg on Sept. 29,...

James C. Speller

James C. Speller, 68, of 11 Cherry St. died Monday morning at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Windsor, N.C., on Oct. 10, 1934, son of Bradshaw and Ophelia Holley Speller, he attended schools in...

Jane Sokop

Jane Sokop, 88, of Oak Hill Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Aug. 28, 1914, daughter of John and Margaret Gilligan Maloney, she was a graduate Catholic Central High...

Richard J. Mottarella

Richard J. Mottarella, 87, of 214 High St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Lee on May 7, 1916, son of Dominick and Mary...

Ruth R. Malins

Ruth R. Malins, 88, of 52 Spadina Parkway died Tuesday afternoon at home. Born in Norwalk, Conn., on Jan. 27, 1915, daughter of Charles and Clara Johnson Reddy, she was a graduate of schools...

Seigelinde Ingrid Leach

Seigelinde Ingrid Leach, 61, formerly of 44 Yorkshire Ave., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been a resident of Hillcrest Commons for 2 1/2 years. Born in Aussig, Germany, on...

Virginia DiNicola

Virginia DiNicola, 83, a formerly of Williamstown, died yesterday at North Adams Commons, where she had resided for several years. Born in Williamstown on May 16, 1920, daughter of Byron F. and...

George J. Quadrozzi

George J. Quadrozzi, 85, of 50 Highview Drive died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1918, son of Joseph and Theresa R. Pullano Quadrozzi, he was a 1936 graduate of Pittsfield...

Herbert Miller Jr., 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Herbert "Bud" Miller Jr., 73, of 32 Washington Ave. died Wednesday, June 17, 2003, at home. Born in Meadville, Pa., on Feb. 15, 1930, son of Herbert Miller Sr. and...

Galen J. Bolte

Galen J. Bolte, 50, of 21 Tilton Road died Monday afternoon at home. Born in Butler, Pa., on Oct. 17, 1952, son of Joseph W. Bolte of Savoy and the late Margaret M. Erb Bolte, he attended schools...

Timothy M. Crandall

Timothy M. Crandall, 42, of South Main Road died Sunday evening, June 15, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield as a result of injuries sustained in a motor-vehicle accident in Becket. Born...

William A. “Peaches” Schneyer

William A. “Peaches” Schneyer, 82, of Willow Street, Stockbridge, died yesterday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Stockbridge on Oct. 12, 1920, son of Walter N. and...

Thomas D. Wallace

Thomas D. Wallace, 73, of 81 Palomino Drive died Sunday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in North Bergen, N.J., on Sept. 29, 1929, son of Thomas D. and Mary...

Francesca M. Mancini, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Francesca Mildred "Frances" Mancini, 88, of 5 Windsor Lake Road, died Sunday, June 15, 2003, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, surrounded by family. Born in...

Rose Marie Blair

Rose Marie Blair, 85, of 141 Veazie St., died yesterday at the North Adams Commons. She was born in New York City on Aug. 13, 1917. The daughter of Rosario Troia and Josephine DeBella Mantica...

Rita K. LePrevost

Rita K. LePrevost, 84, of 270 Laurel St. died Saturday at the home of her son, Peter C. LePrevost of Monterey. Born in Lee on Dec. 4, 1918, daughter of Robert and Dormicille Patrickio Kearin, she...

Nellie W. Kaczka

Nellie W. Kaczka, 89, formerly of 34 Powers St., died Saturday afternoon at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Dec. 8, 1913, daughter of Henry and Blanche Dabrowski Banas,...