Obituaries

Barbara L. Crespi

Barbara L. Crespi, 75, of 30 Pembroke Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Gilman, Vt., on Feb. 21, 1932, daughter of Alvah and Alice Proulx Dresser, she was a 1950 graduate of...

Katherine Rose Chagnon

Katherine Rose Chagnon, 25, of 42A North Sturbridge Road, Charlton, died Friday at Harrington Memorial Hospital in Southbridge of apparent heart failure. She was a former resident of...

Angelo J. Bettega

Angelo J. Bettega, 87, of 46 Railroad St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Gambellara, Italy, on Oct. 31, 1919, son of Tullio and Agnes Capitanio Bettega, he moved...

Cecelia Eileen Elizabeth Gaarn

Cecelia Eileen Elizabeth Gaarn, 47, of Heaton Court, 5 Pine St., died Tuesday at Fairview Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Great Barrington. Born in New York City on Sept. 15, 1959,...

Dorothy Ferguson

Dorothy Ferguson, 91, of Kingsway Arms Nursing Center in Schenectady, N.Y., a teacher at the former Highland Elementary School in Pittsfield for 28 years, died Wednesday at Ellis Hospital in...

Ann R. Smith

Ann R. Smith, 63, of Myrtle Street Apartments, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 23, 1944, daughter of Paul B. and Marion Pezinelli...

David R. Hill

David R. Hill, 79, of Lake Mansfield Road, died Monday at Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital. He spent summers as a child in Great Barrington and retired to the house built by his grandfather. Born...

Joseph G. Wirth

Joseph G. Wirth, 81, of West Street, died at home on Monday. Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Nov. 17, 1925, son of Joseph and Mathilde Obergrieser Wirth, he was raised and educated in Germany and...

Pearl A. Spigarolo

Pearl A. Spigarolo, 83, of 123 Lumbert Crossroad, Southfield, died yesterday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Aug. 3, 1923, daughter of Hampton and Bertha...

Beatrice M. Pierce, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beatrice M. Roy Pierce, 93, of 1100 Mohawk Trail, died Monday, June 4, 2007, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 15, 1913, daughter of Calix "Chick" and...

Donald Napoleon LaFleur

Donald Napoleon LaFleur, 80, of 45 Main St., died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Northampton on June 18, 1926, son of Dugald N. and Laura Vignault LaFleur, he attended local...

Jean Elizabeth Frieri

Jean Elizabeth Frieri, 85, of 169 Valentine Road, died Friday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she had resided for the past five years. Born in South Lee on June 9, 1921, daughter of...

Geraldine E. Accetta, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Geraldine Evelyn Accetta, 72, of 5681 Isabelle Ave., Port Orange, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died Friday, June 1, 2007, at Halifax Medical Center in Port...

John R. "Chip" Taft Jr.

John R. "Chip" Taft Jr., 53, of 278 Houghton St., died Sunday at West Haven (Conn.) Veterans Hospital. He was the veterans' agent for the city of North Adams and a former president of the City...

Nancy Marie Pierce

Nancy Marie Pierce, 74, of 90 Veazie St., died Sunday at home of cancer. Born in Adams on June 30, 1932, daughter of Alice Alarie Davis Sweeney, she was a 1950 graduate of the former Adams High...

William D. Lepine

William D. Lepine, 51, of 75 Center St., Rock Springs, Wyo., a former resident of Cheshire, died Thursday at home. He moved to Wyoming in 1980. Born in Adams on Feb. 13, 1956, son of Theresa...

Frank Stanley Kruzel

Frank Stanley Kruzel, 94, of 86 North Summer St., died yesterday at home. Born in the town of Florida on Sept. 21, 1912, son of Matthew and Helen Meczywor Kruzel, he attended schools in...

Anne E. Rodrigues

Anne E. Rodrigues, 83, of Ensign Avenue died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 23, 1923, daughter of John H. and Anna Harte Sturgeon, she was a 1942 graduate of...

Robert Patrick Quadrozzi

Robert Patrick Quadrozzi, 69, of 422 South Wayne St., Portland, Ind., a native of Pittsfield, died Thursday in an auto accident in Delaware County, Ind. He was returning from cancer...

Percy G. Dodge

Percy G. Dodge, 50, of 152 School St., died Tuesday at home after a short illness. Born in Marlboro, Vt., on April 25, 1957, son of Ralph Dodge and the late Ilene O'Dell Dodge, he graduated from...

Doris C. Redeker

Doris C. Redeker, 104, died Saturday at Laurel Lake Assisted Living Center. She was a longtime resident of Rochester, N.Y., before moving to Lee in 2000. Born in Breslau, Germany, on Nov. 30,...

Helen M. O'Neill, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Helen Mary O'Neill, 84, of 379 East St. died Saturday, June 2, 2007, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Pownal, Vt., on April 8, 1923, daughter of Fritz and Marianne...

Frank E. Green Jr.

Frank E. Green Jr., 72, of 15 Beech Road, Richmond Shores, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Winchester, Conn., on Dec. 10, 1934, son of Frank E. Green...

Adrien "Pete" Chalifoux

Adrien "Pete" Chalifoux, 77, of 151 Wahconah St., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was the former owner and operator of Adrien's Diner on Wahconah Street. Born in Adams on June...

Andrew Ruthven Bridges

Andrew Ruthven Bridges, 15, of Main Street, died at home on Saturday. Born in Spartanburg, S.C., on Sept. 3, 1991, son of the Revs. Frances Ruthven and Steven Bridges, he moved to Stockbridge in...