Obituaries

Frances D. Callahan

Frances D. Callahan, 91, of 74 Beverly St. died Thursday at home. Born in Dalton on Feb. 4, 1914, she attended schools there and graduated in 1936 from Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree...

Anthony Vigna, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony Vigna, 85, of 14 Haggerty St. died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Sept. 1, 1920, son of Frank and Carolina Gaglianese...

Gerardo C. Murano

Gerardo C. Murano, 95, of 580 East St. died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided for a short time. Born in Cairano, province of Avellino, Italy, on April 13, 1910,...

John W. Palomba

John W. Palomba, 68, of 16 Depot St., Housatonic, died Saturday at home. Born in Waterbury, Conn., on April 8, 1937, son of the late Rocco and Jane Kirdzik Palomba, he lived in Oakville, Conn.,...

Gertrude Stella Noel

Gertrude Stella Noel, 86, of 25 Adams Road, Williamstown Commons, died there Saturday. She had resided there for five years. Born in Clarksburg on April 10, 1919, daughter of William and Agnes...

Gladys Campoli

Gladys Campoli, 82, formerly of 100 Commonwealth Ave., died Friday evening at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown, where she had resided since 2004. Born in North Adams on Dec. 7, 1923, daughter...

Elizabeth Pearl Young

Elizabeth Pearl Young, 88, of 3246 Main St. died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she has lived since Oct. 8, 2004. Born on May 23, 1917, in Leicester, daughter of Amos E. and...

Cecelia Bertha Verchot

Cecelia Bertha Verchot, 63, of 123 Danforth Ave. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 8, 1943, daughter of the late Bertha Benson Shaw Ballato and the late Arthur Shaw, she...

Ruth L. Northrup

Ruth L. Northrup, 62, of 28 Hubbard Ave. died Wednesday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 13, 1943, daughter of William and Helen McGurk Stanger, she was a 1961 graduate of St. Joseph's...

Idele R. Huff

Idele R. Huff, 95, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died Wednesday at Providence Care Center after a long illness. Born in Araduck, Russia, on Oct. 5, 1910, daughter of Berel and Sora...

Sadie E. Woodard

Sadie E. Woodard, 92, of 187 E. Dugway Road died Tuesday night at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 18, 1913, daughter of Edward J. and Sara A. Ellery Munsinger, she attended...

Dorothy R. Porio, 73

ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Rose Porio, 73, of 48 Melrose St. died in her sleep Wednesday morning, Feb. 1, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on April 15, 1932, daughter of...

Rachel C. Daniels

Rachel C. Daniels, 84, of 813 Simonds Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Williamstown on May 8, 1921, daughter of J. Fred and Ruth C. Torry Cummings, she attended...

Dorothy G. Connelly

Dorothy G. Connelly, 81, of 76 Fassell Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born Nov. 26, 1924, in Westfield, daughter of Harold L. and Violet Merritt Hunt, she...

George J. Ciuk

George J. Ciuk, 87, of 47 Leonard St. died early Wednesday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Oct. 28, 1918, son of Jacob and Anna Mlecek Ciuk, he attended Adams schools. A veteran of the...

Catherine M. Sullivan

Catherine M. Sullivan, 85, died Sunday evening, Jan. 29, at Fairview Commons, where she had been a resident for the past few years. Born on June 23, 1920, in Pittsfield, she was the daughter of...

Arthur H. Brown

Arthur H. Brown, 92, of 135 Orchard St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Cranston, R.I., on Aug. 15, 1913, he was the son of Arthur and Laura Harrop Brown. He graduated...

Robert Theodore Posey

Robert Theodore Posey, 62, of Plymouth Lane died Sunday evening at home. Born in Fall River on May 29, 1943, son of Theodore and Azilda Yokel Posey, he graduated from Monsignor Prevost High...

Jane Chard England

Jane Chard England, 86, of 233 East New Lenox Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Aug. 10, 1919, daughter of Harold E. and Margaret Chard...

Eleanor Cumm

Eleanor Cumm, 86, formerly of 567 State Road, died Sunday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Dec. 2, 1919, daughter of Samuel and Addie Chittenden Foster, she attended schools there and in...

Gertrude Mary "Peggy" Falvey Churchill

Gertrude Mary "Peggy" Falvey Churchill, 98, of 1096 North Hoosac Road died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Clarendon, Vt., on May 13, 1907, daughter of Fred and Catherine McAllister...

Marian Claire Bradley

Marian Claire Bradley, 90, of 110 Riverside Drive died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Williamstown on July 16, 1915, daughter of Willard and Katherine Hastings Perry, she graduated...

Stella Oparowski

Stella Oparowski, 79, of 139 Willow Cove Road died Thursday at home. Born in Adams on Sept. 29, 1926, daughter of Walter and Tekla Musialek Jzyk, she attended schools there. She moved to...

Richard Henry Frew Sr.

Richard Henry Frew Sr., 52, of 196 Phelps Ave. died yesterday at home from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig disease. Born in Walpole on Sept. 19, 1953, son...

Martha Blanchard

Martha Blanchard, 89, of 23 Gilead St. died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 1, 1916, daughter of Fritz and Elfreida Kleiner Koch, she was 1933 graduate of the...