Obituaries

Violet B. Donnelly, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— Violet Bernice Donnelly, 75, of 63 Montgomery St. died Monday, Jan. 26, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at home. Born in North Adams...

Ralph H. Cleveland

Ralph H. Cleveland, 94, formerly of 4 Columbia St., died Sunday morning at Renaissance Manor Nursing Facility in Westfield, where he had resided for 15 years. Born in Attleboro on June 11, 1909,...

Doris Irene Blais

Doris Irene Blais, 85, formerly of 27 Paisley Terrace died Saturday at Berkshire Place, where she had resided since April 1998. Born in Hay Springs, Neb., on April 4, 1918, daughter of Roma and...

Frances T. Bissaillon, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frances T. Bissaillon, 86, of 27 East Ave. died Monday, Jan. 26, 2004, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on April 16, 1917, daughter of Adriano and Francesca...

Constance D. Schoonmaker

Constance D. Schoonmaker, 88, formerly of 31 Bradford St., died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for several years. Born in North Adams on Jan. 31, 1915, daughter of Frank R....

Elaine Frances Franceschini

Elaine Frances Franceschini, 67, of 33 Victory St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on March 11, 1936, daughter of William and Gladys Kurpaska Alibozek, she attended...

Daniel William "Big Bill" Fallon Sr

Daniel William "Big Bill" Fallon Sr., 68, of 32 Old Stockbridge Road died Thursday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where he had been a patient for two weeks. Born in Pittsfield on July 9,...

Ralph Lee "Bud" Rood

Ralph Lee "Bud" Rood, 70, of 123 Pine St. died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Dalton on Sept. 13, 1933, son of Anna Connelly Rood of Dalton and the late Ralph...

Florence L. Chalmers

Florence L. Chalmers, 94, formerly of 127 Riverside Drive, died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Clarksburg on Jan. 7, 1910, daughter of Amedee and Angelina Trahan Roy, she attended...

Bernard Francis Caffrey

Bernard Francis Caffrey, 70, of 70 Oak St. Extension died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 24, 1933, son of Walter J. Caffrey Sr. and Florence E. Kelly Caffrey, he was a 1951 graduate...

Michael John Angelo

Michael John Angelo, 46, of 107 Union St. died Tuesday at home after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 17, 1957, son of Barbara Keehnle Angelo Keyes of Pittsfield and the late John...

Clement J. Rafferty

Clement J. Rafferty, 94, of 216 Pleasant St., Housatonic, died Saturday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Housatonic on March 18, 1909, son of Patrick and Bridget Gallagher...

Irene Eleanor Nuttelman

Irene Eleanor Nuttelman, 83, of 4 Columbia St. died Saturday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Northampton on March 21, 1920, daughter of Louis and Margaret Werzal Richter, she...

Richard J. "Jim" Malumphy

Richard J. "Jim" Malumphy, 73, of 51 Church Lane died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Farmington, Conn., on July 12, 1930, son of Richard J. and Katherine Dorsey Malumphy, he...

Belva Keyworth

Belva Keyworth, 89, of Williamstown Commons died Jan. 19 after a long illness. She was the former owner of radio stations WBTN-AM and WHGC-FM in Bennington, Vt. Born in Visalia, Calif., on...

Florence Mary Gosselin

Florence Mary Gosselin, 92, of 150 Ashland St. died Saturday at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on April 29, 1911, daughter of Hormidas and Delima Ouimet Beaudin, she...

Rose Delima Champagne

Rose Delima Champagne, 86, of 50 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Saturday at North Adams Commons, where she was admitted Feb. 27, 2003. Born in North Adams on Feb. 13, 1917, daughter of Felix and Delima...

Natalie Elizabeth Stoddard

Natalie Elizabeth Stoddard, 93, a longtime resident of Prospect Lane, North Egremont, died Monday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home in Great Barrington, where she had resided for several years....

Philomena J. "Fay" Placido

Philomena J. "Fay" Placido, 80, formerly of 27 Montgomery Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been a resident of Springside of Pittsfield since November 2000. Born in...

Rose M. Keefner

Rose M. Keefner, 74, of 899 South Main St. died yesterday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in New York City on April 25, 1929, the daughter of Charles and Florence...

Christine E. Harrison

Christine E. Harrison, 44, of 38 Cleveland St. died Wednesday evening at the home of her sister, Katherine Cowan of Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 29, 1959, daughter of Robert E. Harrison Sr....

G. Larry Davis

G. Larry Davis, 68, of 1185 Boylston St., Boston, formerly of Lee, died Wednesday at Mount Auburn Hospital in Boston. Born in Albany, Vt., on April 16, 1935, son of George and Florence Taylor...

George C. Besaw

George C. Besaw, 85, of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Lenox, died Tuesday in the Sarasota Hospice House in Sarasota. Born in Huntington on Oct. 16, 1918, son of George W. and Hazel Jones Besaw, he...

Jacqueline Ann Bard, 69

ADAMS, Mass. — Jacqueline Ann Bard, 69, of 3 Myrtle St. died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, after being stricken at home. Born in North Adams on May 11, 1934, daughter of Wallace and Viola...

Michael Casmir "Mickey" Pasterczyk

Michael Casmir "Mickey" Pasterczyk, 79, of 15 Pond St. died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Newark, N.J., on Nov. 25, 1924, son of John and Katherine...