Obituaries

Colombe DesNeiges Coakley-Rice

Colombe DesNeiges Coakley-Rice, 88, formerly of 10 Sunnyside Drive, died Saturday evening at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for two weeks. Born in Valleyfield, Quebec,...

John Ziaja

John Ziaja, 89, of 236 East Road died Tuesday afternoon at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt. Born in Adams on May 16, 1915, son of Martin and Anna Orzechowski Ziaja, he attended...

Catherine F. Wilson Wood

Catherine F. Wilson Wood, 94, formerly of Colonial Gardens in Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. She had most recently lived at Devonshire Estates for a short time....

Fleta Bragdon Wellcome

Fleta Bragdon Wellcome, 97, died Wednesday at Sweetbrook Nursing Home. She had moved to Williamstown in 1955. Born in Limerick, Maine, on March 15, 1907, daughter of Franklin Augustus and...

The Rev. Miriam B. Eckard

The Rev. Miriam B. Eckard, 80, of Wilmont Street, Torrington, Conn., died Wednesday morning at the Hospital for Specialty Care in New Britain, Conn. Born in West Collingswood, N.J., on June 13,...

Mary C. Battis Bishop

Mary C. Battis Bishop, 88, of 4 Columbia St. died early yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on June 27, 1916, daughter of Brayton and Josephine...

Helen O'Brien

Helen O'Brien, 88, of 3655 West Lake Mary Blvd., Lake Mary, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died early Monday morning at South Seminole Community Hospital in Longwood, Fla., where she was admitted...

Rita M. Moreau, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rita M. Moreau, 85, of 5 Navajo Drive died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2005, at home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 4, 1920, daughter of Joseph H. and Alice Moreau Allard, she was...

Andrea C. Gillooly

Andrea C. Gillooly, 52, of 287 River St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Bennington, Vt., on May 30, 1952, daughter of Edward Gaudette and Eva...

Theresa Marie Consolini

Theresa Marie Consolini, 56, of State Road died yesterday morning at home after a brief illness. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 1, 1948, daughter of Philip Consolini and the late Jane S. Hayes...

Geraldine "Rae" Arasimowicz

Geraldine "Rae" Arasimowicz, 83, of 96 Danforth Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Albany, N.Y., on July 24, 1921, daughter of Thomas J. and Daphene L. Gallup Powers, she was a 1939...

George Leonard Lacross

George Leonard Lacross, 88, formerly of 29 Mohawk Forest Boulevard, died Monday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 24, 1917, son of Edmond and Exilda Cote Lacross, he attended...

Beatrice Louise Driscoll

Beatrice Louise Driscoll, 94, formerly of 55 Herie Ave., died yesterday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox where she had resided since March 26, 2003. Born Aug. 25, 1910, in...

George E. Drewniak

George E. Drewniak, 64, of 62 Smith Ave. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Chicopee Falls on Aug. 5, 1940, son of John and Hazel Frances Voudren Drewniak, he attended schools...

Jack Vernon Beverly

Jack Vernon Beverly, 67, of Ballou Lane died Monday afternoon at home following a long illness. Born in Williamstown on Jan. 28, 1937, son of C. Frederick and Frances Louise Sweet Beverly, he...

Margaret Constance Astorino

Margaret Constance Astorino, 99, formerly of 86 Lincoln Court, died Monday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since May 28, 2004. Born in North Adams on Sept. 16,...

Joseph C. Savery

Joseph C. Savery, 78, of 185 Stockbridge Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a longtime member and former chairman of the School Committee and a former member of the...

Bernard C. Robillard

Bernard C. Robillard, 72, of Sampson Parkway died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Holyoke on July 25, 1932, son of Albert E. and Yvonne T. Robillard Robillard, he was a 1950...

Catherine F. "Kay" O'Gara

Catherine F. "Kay" O'Gara, 80, of 69 Warren Ave. died Sunday at home. Born at 69 Warren Ave. on April 8, 1924, daughter of Martin and Katherine Dwyer O'Gara, she was a 1942 graduate of the former...

Carleton Horton Mott

Carleton Horton Mott, 96, of Main Street died Saturday evening at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where he had resided for a few months. Born in Far Rockaway, Long Island,...

Susan Nancy Levinsky

Susan Nancy Levinsky, 44, of 2 Quail Run, Shelburne, Vt., died Friday at home after a long illness. She was the wife of Mark Levinsky, a native of Pittsfield. Born in El Paso, Texas, on Oct....

Marie T. Gravelle

Marie T. Gravelle, 71, of 38 Velma Ave. died Saturday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where she had been a patient since November. Born in Nancy, France, on Aug. 7, 1933, daughter of Adrien and...

Douglas Melvin Gordon

Douglas Melvin Gordon, 69, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshire Town Apartments, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 30, 1935, son of Wilford and Claire Lemoine...

Richard L. George

Richard L. George, 82, of 38 Fisk Road died Sunday morning at home after a long illness. Born in Adams on Jan. 16, 1923, son of Louis J. and Jamellia Shaker George, he was a 1941 graduate of the...

William Kelly Collins Sr.

William Kelly Collins Sr., DDS, 81, of 175 Spring St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on May 15, 1923, son of Dr. Bernard M. Collins and Elizabeth...