Obituaries

Josephine F. Melikan

Josephine F. Melikan, 93, of Chatham, formerly of Pittsfield, died at Liberty Commons Nursing Home in Chatham on Saturday. Born in Manchester on March 29, 1913, daughter of Joseph Eulian and Susan...

Palm Rose Maruco, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Palm Rose Maruco, 89, of 225 East 95th St., New York, died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had been living for the past...

Judith A. Loeb

Judith A. Loeb, 57, of 2305 Jacob's Ladder Road, died Monday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Great Barrington on April 23, 1949, daughter of Leo A. Loeb and the late Marion...

Ruth M. Ostrander Healy

Ruth M. Ostrander Healy, 71, of Berkshire Village, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Lenox on Oct. 21, 1935, daughter of Elmer G. Ostrander and Kathleen Hosker...

Spencer J. Akers, 18

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Spencer James Akers, 18, of 170 Christian Hill Road, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007, in the alpine village of Leysin, Switzerland. Born in New York on Aug. 24, 1989,...

Gary A. Smith, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gary Alvin Smith, 50, of 150 Ashland St. died Friday, Feb. 16, 2007, at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 11, 1956, son of Alvin C. Smith and Mary Rahilly Smith Miller,...

Richard M. Potter

Richard M. Potter, 61, of 57 Churchill Crest, died Saturday at home. Born on Jan. 7, 1946, in Pittsfield, son of the late Harry J. and Yolanda Procopio Potter, he was a lifelong resident of...

Gary Mekdeci

Gary Mekdeci, 52, of 27 Temple St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on March 12, 1954, son of Mary Crockwell Mekdeci and the late Samuel J. Mekdeci, he...

Cecelia Lucy Krzanik

Cecelia Lucy Krzanik, 90, formerly of 5 Marshall Ave., died Tuesday at River Garden Hebrew Home in Jacksonville, Fla., where she had resided for the past four years. Born in North Adams on Dec....

James K. Chapman Sr.

James K. Chapman Sr., 89, of 149 Osceola Road, died Friday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox following a long illness. Born in Newberry, S.C., on July 22, 1917, son of Francis W. and...

Wildred Irene Briggs

Wildred Irene Briggs, 94, of 722 West Shaft Road, died Thursday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Aug. 21, 1912, daughter of Arthur and Mary Jane Daniels Hosley, she attended local...

Sophie A. Perron

Sophie A. Perron, 89, of 730 Main St., died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since December. Born in Dalton on Feb. 20, 1917, daughter of Rudolf and Agatha...

Carol M. O'Keefe-Stachura

Carol M. O'Keefe-Stachura, 66, of 14 Aztec Drive, died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., while on vacation. Born in Philadelphia, on Dec. 15, 1940, daughter of the late Charles A. and Margaret...

Paul W. Miner

Paul W. Miner, D.V.M., 84, of 17 Cherry St., died Saturday at home. Born in Chicago on Jan. 17, 1923, son of Frederick T. and Marion Potts Miner, he was a 1942 graduate of the Pennington (N.J.)...

Floyd W. Curtiss Jr.

Floyd W. Curtiss Jr., 49, of State Road, died Saturday after being struck by a tractor-trailer in Lenox. Born in Great Barrington on April 24, 1957, son of Eleanor Koncelik Curtiss and the late...

Joan F. Buckley

Joan F. Buckley, 76, of Northampton Street, Holyoke, died Friday at home. Born Nov. 10, 1930, daughter of John and Irene Lawrence Buckley, she graduated from Henry W. Bishop III Memorial School of...

Isabelle Helen Leonesio

Isabelle Helen Leonesio, 88, of 9 Mill St., died Wednesday at home. Born in Adams on July 28, 1918, daughter of Alexander and Sophie Kuna Konat, she attended St. Stanislaus' Elementary...

Harold G. Oles Jr.

Harold G. Oles Jr., 78, of Park Circle Drive, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 16, 1929, son of Harold G. Oles Sr. and Sara Benson Oles, he was a 1946 graduate...

Julius Lawrence "Toots" Iemolini

Julius Lawrence "Toots" Iemolini, 91, of Goodrich Street, died yesterday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 22, 1915, son of Lucio and Ermenia Sartor...

Shirley B. Carrozza

Shirley B. Carrozza, 76, of 375 North Plain Road, Housatonic, died Friday at home. Born in Great Barrington on Jan. 17, 1931, daughter of Oliver Curtiss Sr. and Ethel McCormick Boutin Curtiss, she...

Carleton Godfrey Bechard

Carleton Godfrey Bechard, 84, of 94 Emerald Lane, Williamstown, formerly of 21 Bob's Hill, Adams, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted nine days ago. Born in...

Dorothy Beaupre, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Beaupre, 81, of 10 Grant St., died Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. Born in North Adams on Dec. 4, 1925, daughter of Giuseppe (Joseph)...

Helen Lawson Trayon

Helen Lawson Trayon, 84, of 2 Haley St. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 11, 1922, daughter of Joseph H. and Helen Lawson Trayon, she graduated from Drury High School and...

William P. Smith

William P. Smith, 86, of 21 Prospect St. died Saturday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 21, 1920, son of Henry and Bessie Caul Smith, he attended local schools. He was an...

Alphonse A. Seney

Alphonse A. Seney, 81, of 42 Meadow St. died Saturday at home. Born in Schuylerville, N.Y., on June 29, 1925, son of Arthur A. and Florence Bentley Seney, he attended schools there. He moved...