Obituaries

Sheila A. Mack

Sheila A. Mack, 63, formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Ellis Hospital, Colonie, N.Y., surrounded by her loving family. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 21, 1941, she was the daughter of Margaret...

Elizabeth L. Karl

Elizabeth L. Karl, 82, of 45 Church St. died Tuesday at her home. Born in Amsterdam, N.Y., on Oct. 29, 1922, daughter of Charles and Anna Bender Blinzinger, she was educated in Albany, N.Y.,...

Stella Caroline Young

Stella Caroline Young, 82, of 25 Centennial Ave. died Monday afternoon at Craneville Place. Born in Hinsdale on Oct. 28, 1922, daughter of Joseph and Caroline Slowik Jakubiec, she was a graduate...

Velma Louise Shank

Velma Louise Shank, 77, of 115 Plunkett St. died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided in Williamstown for five years, Hancock for 15 years and Pittsfield for the past five...

Mary Elser Refeen

Mary Elser Refeen, 93, formerly of Old North Rd in Worthington died Monday at Curtis Manor in Dalton, where she had been a resident since July. Born in Mansfield on Aug. 16, 1912, daughter of...

Albert A. Papirio

Albert A. Papirio, 82, of 582 Cheshire Road died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided since March. Born in North Adams on Dec. 24, 1922, son of Nicholas and...

Frances "Betty" Walsh

Frances "Betty" Walsh, 84, formerly of 1641 North St., died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for the past year. Born in Milton on July 16, 1921, daughter of Joseph and Ada Bauer...

Mary Stapor

Mary Stapor, 87, formerly of Whitcomb Street, Webster, died Sunday at Webster Manor. She was the mother of Janice M. Doboszynski of Pittsfield. Born in Webster on Aug. 11, 1918, daughter of...

Anna T. St. James

Anna T. St. James, 94, formerly of Side by Side assisted-living facility, died yesterday morning at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for the past week. Born in Pittsfield on...

Mary G. Scrivens, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Mary Grace Scrivens, 74, of 1027 Massachusetts Ave. died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since August. Born in...

Peter J. Domenichini, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Peter Joseph Domenichini, 84, of 22 Lyman St. died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005, at home. Born in Sherman, Vt., on April 24, 1921, son of Silvio and Maria Valenti Domenichini,...

Wilma M. Cherry

Wilma M. Cherry, 83, of 10 Bartow Drive died Sunday at home. She moved to Otis in 1992. At one time, she and her husband owned a summer home in Chesterfield. Born in Point Pleasant Beach,...

Edith G. Tinson

Edith G. Tinson, 89, a former resident of 620 Laurel St., died Thursday evening at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee, where she had lived since October 2003. Born in New...

Stanley W. Taikowski

Stanley W. Taikowski, 71, of 151 Wahconah St. died Thursday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 29, 1934, son of Joseph and Mary...

Amy J. Marino

Amy J. Marino, 90, of 61 Yale St. died yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons. Born in Bolton, England, on Dec. 9, 1914, daughter of Edward and Bertha Surr Shepherd, she moved to North Adams...

Dennis Mitchell Lemieux

Dennis Mitchell Lemieux, 43, of 180 Barlow Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after being stricken at home on Thursday. Born in North Adams on Sept. 15, 1962, son of...

Marguerite "Theresa" Lapointe

Marguerite "Theresa" Lapointe, 78, of 150 Ashland St. died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Burlington, Vt., on Dec. 22, 1926, daughter of Hector and Lydia Courtois Jodoin, she...

Jacob "Jack" Pevzner

Jacob "Jack" Pevzner, 83, of South Street and Lakeworth, Fla., died Friday evening at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Boston after a brief illness. In 1954, Mr. Pevzner and his wife, the...

Helen M. Halsted

Helen M. Halsted, 77, of Marion Avenue, Torrington, Conn., formerly of Great Barrington, died Friday at the University of Connecticut Medical Center in Farmington. Born in Amesville, Conn., on...

Bernard Paul Cimini

Bernard Paul Cimini, 75, of Wimbleton Drive, Longmeadow, a native of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born on Jan. 6, 1930, son of Samuel and Angelina Cimini Cimini, he was a 1947 graduate of...

Dana L. Bridges

Dana L. Bridges, 64, of 368 Williams St. and West Melbourne, Fla., died Friday at Boston Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 17, 1941, daughter of Russell E. and...

Priscilla Helen Kinney

Priscilla Helen Kinney, 84, of Tyron Estates, Columbus, N.C., formerly of Warwick Street, died Sunday at St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, N.C. She had resided in North Carolina since 1997. She...

Stella Bove

Stella Bove, 100, formerly of Berkshiretown Apartments and Epoch Assisted Living at Melbourne, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since January 2003. Born in Pittsfield on...

Ethel Roy, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ethel Roy, 75, of 611 State Road died Monday, Oct. 10, 2005, at the home of her daughter, Deborah A. Robert, in Adams. Born in the Greylock section of North Adams on...

Russell Robert Johnson

Russell Robert Johnson, 59, of 258 Lenox Ave. died Sunday afternoon at home. Born in Cambridge on May 30, 1946, son of Charles and Bridget Buckley Johnson, he was educated there. From 2003 to...