Obituaries

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....

Lavender Kennedy "Larry" Goodsill Jr

Lavender Kennedy "Larry" Goodsill Jr., 60, of 84 Clarkson Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on June 29, 1944, son of Lavender K. Goodsill Sr. and Betty Enos...

Cecile Pamela White

Cecile Pamela White, 79, of 42 Kinnicutt Road, Worcester, died yesterday afternoon at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, where she had been admitted 10 days ago. Born in...

Vito R. Puyia Jr

Vito R. Puyia Jr., 77, formerly of 120 Onota St., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since September. Born in Italy on Sept. 1, 1927, son of Vito Puyia Sr. and Filomena...

Rose Najmy

Rose Najmy, 78, of East Main Road, Portsmouth, R.I., formerly of White Plains, N.Y. and Lenox, died Monday at Newport Hospital in Newport, R.I. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 10, 1926, she was...

William E. Davis Sr., 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William Edward Davis Sr., 87, of 7 Murray Ave. died Tuesday evening, Oct. 12, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted earlier in the day. Death...

Alexander A. Borelli Sr

Alexander A. Borelli Sr., 89, of 379 East St., Providence Court, a former resident of 52 Wellington Ave., died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hudson, N.Y., on Nov. 1, 1914,...

Leonardo Alcaro Jr.

ADAMS, Mass. — Leonardo Alcaro Jr., 61, of 205 East Road died Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 12, 2004, at home, following a long illness. Born in North Adams on May 23, 1943, son of Leonardo and...

Kathryn A. Krisenski

Kathryn A. Krisenski, 90, of 40 Sunset Ave., formerly of Holmes Road in Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Kimball Farms Nursing Center, where she had resided since January. She had moved to Kimball...