Obituaries

Edmund T. Mack

Edmund T. Mack, 81, of Springfield died Thursday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He was the father of Carol Mack of Lenox. Born in Springfield on Aug. 12, 1923, son of George F. and...

Donald Thomas "Red" Livsey

Donald Thomas "Red" Livsey, 82, of Port Charlotte, Fla., a former longtime resident of Williamstown, died Oct. 18 at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte. Born in Adams on May 11, 1922,...

Anne R. VanBlarcom

Anne R. VanBlarcom, 77, of Darlene Avenue and Sarasota, Fla., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Springfield on July 23, 1927, daughter of Joseph and...

Cecelia Dufresne, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Cecelia Dufresne, 86, a native of North Adams, died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004, at St. Mary's Home in West Hartford, Conn., where she had resided for 10 years. Born on...

Dorothy H. "Dottie" Proper

Dorothy H. "Dottie" Proper, 75, of 66 Westchester Ave. died Tuesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been a patient at Hillcrest Commons for three years. Born in Pittsfield on...

Henry T. Mach, 86

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Henry Thaddeus Mach, 86, of 1454 Windsor Road died early Tuesday morning, Oct. 19, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital after being admitted Oct. 15 with an acute infection....

Mary A. Knapp, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Annietta "Mabel" Carrier Knapp, 86, of 45 Spring St. died Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 19, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Oct. 9,...

James Robert Flynn

James Robert Flynn, 26, of 81 West Housatonic St. died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 11, 1978, son of James R. Rand of Pittsfield...

Lucia M. DiNicola

Lucia M. DiNicola, 80, of 30 Putnam Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Springside of Pittsfield since April 2003. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1924, daughter...

Barbara L. Daley

Barbara L. Daley, 77, 15491 Garfield St., Salem, Ohio, formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday evening at St. Elizabeth's Select Specialty Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 5,...

Peter Lavelle

Peter Lavelle, 90, formerly of 101 Somerset Ave., died Friday at Hopewell House Hospice in Portland, Ore. Born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, on June 24, 1914, son of Patrick and Nora Devlin...

Arnold M. Huskins

Arnold M. Huskins, 86, of 340 Onota St. died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since September. Born in Boston on June 13, 1918, son of Joseph A. and Margaret Atwood Huskins,...

Margaret Elliott

Margaret Elliott, 74, formerly of North Adams, died Saturday at Farren Care Center in Turners Falls. Born in North Adams on July 1, 1930, daughter of John and Margaret Ford Fenton, she was a 1947...

Gerard Burke

Gerard Burke, 77, of 40 Curran Road died Saturday at home. Born in Adams on Dec. 19, 1926, son of Ralph and Margaret LaFave Burke, he attended schools in North Adams. He also had resided on...

Mary Ann Rusk

Mary Ann Rusk, 73, of New Lebanon, Ohio, died Thursday at home. She was the sister of Mark Humphrey of Lanesboro. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Feb. 25, 1931, daughter of Mark and Lucile...

Thomas A. "Chuck" Raimer

Thomas A. "Chuck" Raimer, 78, of 36 Imperial Ave., died Thursday, Oct. 14, at home after a long illness. Born in Adams on March 29, 1926, the son of John and Elizabeth Burke Raimer, he attended...

Thomas F. McNamara

Thomas F. McNamara, 85, of 359 State Road, died Wednesday at Fairview Hospital after a short illness. Born in Manhattan, N.Y. on Aug. 9, 1919, son of Daniel and Mary J. Burke McNamara, he...

Max R. Liebich

Max R. Liebich, 96, of 30 Highland Ave., died Monday at home. Born in Roesendoerff, Germany on March 9, 1908, son of Gustaf and Emma Keller Liebich, he came to Adams in 1922, where he attended...

Elizabeth C. Walsh

Elizabeth C. Walsh, 85, formerly of 34 Noblehurst Ave. and of Devonshire Estates, died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since May 2002. Born in Pittsfield on...

Catherine Milette

Catherine Milette, 91, of Rose Manor died Thursday at home after a brief illness. Born in Little Falls, N.Y., on Jan. 17, 1913, daughter of James and Mary Donioto Giachetti, she was educated...

Evelyne W. McClelland

Evelyne W. McClelland, 87, of 86 Lincoln St. died Friday evening at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 22, 1917, daughter of Lester E. and Florence E. Maxwell Farnham, she attended...

Inez M. Fierro, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Inez Maria Fierro, 78, of St. Joseph's Court died Friday evening, Oct. 15, 2004, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in North Adams on Jan. 25, 1926,...

Arna Jean Blaney

Arna Jean Blaney, 81, formerly of Patterson Road, Lenox Dale, died Thursday at Ozark (Mo.) Riverview Manor nursing home. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 12, 1923, daughter of George and Lucille...

Vincent H. Arthur

Vincent H. Arthur, 72, of 2116 Swamp Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 20, 1931, son of Russell H. and Mary Toner Arthur, he was a 1949 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Rosemary B. Schmidt

Rosemary B. Schmidt, 65, of Brown Street died Friday at work at Berkshire Recovery Center after suffering an apparent heart failure. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 11, 1938, daughter of Charles M....