Obituaries

Robert J. “Sleepy” McDonough

Robert J. “Sleepy” McDonough, 70, of Cedar Street died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 24, 1932, son of Donald J. McDonough and Doris Granger McDonough...

Jeffrey M. LaCosse, 28

HANCOCK, Mass. — Jeffrey Matthew LaCosse, 28, of 2519 Hancock Road, and formerly of Williamstown, died Friday, June 27, 2003, at home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 17, 1974, son of Daniel A....

Ruth E. Donovan

Ruth E. Donovan, 90, of 19 Westover St. died yesterday at home. She had wintered in Boynton Beach, Fla., since 1980. Born in Rochester, N.Y., on Sept. 11, 1912, daughter of Frank and Mary...

Anita M. Quirico

Anita M. Quirico, 69, of 123 Lucia Drive died Thursday at Berkshire Place, where she was admitted March 6. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 19, 1933, daughter of James J. and Florina Alberti Quirico,...

Lucy Alice Armstrong Langlois

Lucy Alice Armstrong Langlois, 82, formerly of 353 West Road, died Wednesday at the Golden Age Home in Lockhart, Texas, where she had resided for four years. Born in Clarksburg on Feb. 29, 1921,...

William Comeau

William Comeau, 78, died Thursday at the home of his cousin and caregiver, Margaret Comeau of 31 North Summer St. Born in Adams on Sept. 2, 1924, the son of René and Rachael Rowe Comeau, he...

Vesta R. Melle

Vesta R. Melle, 82, of 977 Holmes Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 28, 1921, daughter of Harold J. and Ruth Perry Martin, she was a 1939 graduate of...

Arthur Richard MacNeil II

Arthur Richard MacNeil II, 65, of Hillsdale Road, South Egremont, died Wednesday at home. Born on Aug. 4, 1937, in Sharon, Conn., son of Lewis and Minni Phoebe Potter MacNeil, he attended schools...

Enfield B. “Flicky” Ford Sr

Enfield B. “Flicky” Ford Sr., 74, of The Avenue, South Egremont, died Sunday at home. Born in Birmingham, Ala., on Nov. 24, 1928, son of William W. and Sarah Ewing Ford, he attended...

Clarice Bourdon

Clarice Bourdon, 73, of 149 Church St., died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 20, 1929, daughter of Joseph W. and Mary L. Bissaillon Bourdon, she attended...

Joseph Thomas Liverseidge Jr

Joseph Thomas Liverseidge Jr., 85, of 176 Columbus Ave. died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 24, 1917, son of Joseph T. Liverseidge Sr. and Johanna Kiley...

Shirley A. Frenkel

Shirley A. Frenkel, 79, of 122 Ann Drive died yesterday morning at home, following a long illness. Born in Northampton on Feb. 11, 1924, daughter of Adolph and Dora Silverman Raymond, she was a...

Lorene Baccaro

Lorene Baccaro, 48, of 89 Raymond Drive died Tuesday afternoon at home. Born in Carona, Calif., on Aug. 21, 1954, daughter of Gerald P. and Elizabeth A. Bell Erb of Dalton, she moved to Dalton in...

Peter Zack

Peter Zack, 91, of 12 Ridgeway Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1912, son of Peter and Elena Zack, he attended local schools. A Army veteran of...

Ronald Tovani Sr

Ronald Tovani Sr., 72, of 23 Blackstone Road died yesterday at 73 North Main St., Webster, the home of his son, Ronald Tovani Jr. Born in North Adams on Aug. 12, 1930, son of Arthur L. and Eva...

Timothy M. Sheldon

Timothy M. Sheldon, 65, of 46 Bartlett Ave. and Tophill Farm, Devon Road, Lee, died Sunday while undergoing surgery at Berkshire Medical Center. He had been selected as Pittsfield’s poet...

Grace G. Jakacky

Grace G. Jakacky, 78, of 35 Wagner Drive, Orono, Maine, formerly of North Street, died Monday morning at Ross Manor in Bangor, Maine. Born in Kingman, Maine, on Oct. 2, 1924, daughter of Joseph...

Mabel E. Gilardi

Mabel E. Gilardi, 89, died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for two years. Born in Pittsfield on March 25, 1914, daughter of Anton B. and Martha M. Olsen Olsen, she...

Stephen Peter Naprava

Stephen Peter Naprava, 90, of 310 Lenox Ave. died Friday evening at Craneville Place of Dalton, where he had resided since October 1999. Born in Adams on May 17, 1913, son of Stanislaw and...

Edna A. Mills

Edna A. Mills, 86, died Saturday evening at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where she had resided since April 2002. Born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., on June 4, 1917, daughter of...

Lori Jean Killmaier

Lori Jean Killmaier, 45, of Altamonte Springs, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday after being stricken at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 6, 1957, the daughter of Jeanne Vincent...

Concetta Mary Kellar, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Concetta Mary "Connie" Kellar, 87, of 52 Burke Ave. died June 23, 2003, at Berkshire Place on South Street, where she had resided since January 2002. Born in Pittsfield...

Peregrina “Tina” Garcia

Peregrina “Tina” Garcia, 83, of 162 Bull Hill Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, following a brief illness. Born in Samiera, province of Gallicia, Spain, on...

Nancy Ann Daniels, 63

FLORIDA, Mass. — Nancy Ann Daniels, 63, of 28 North County Road died Sunday, June 22, 2003, at Cobleskill (N.Y.) Hospital, where she was taken shortly after being stricken with an apparent...

Paul Joseph Capitanio Jr

Paul Joseph Capitanio Jr., 21, of 106 Parkside Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 23, 1982, son of Paul J. Capitanio Sr. and Beth E. Taylor Capitanio, he was a 2000 graduate of...