Obituaries

Marie L. Gattuso

Marie Louise Gattuso, 84, of 48 College Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 10, 1918, daughter of Alfred and Roseanne Lanier Lefebvre, she attended...

John C. O'Brien

John C. "Jack" O'Brien, 32, of 3332 Eliot St., Denver, died Thursday at St. Anthony's Central Hospital in Denver after being stricken at home with an apparent heart attack. Formerly of 20 Longview...

Jean Rufo

Jean Rufo, 71, of Agawam, formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at home. Born Jan. 21, 1931, in Pittsfield, daughter of Leon and Anna Tarantino Dragone, she was a 1948 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Edward J. Bishop

Edward J. Bishop, 77, of Bourg, La., a native of Hinsdale, died July 31. Born on Feb. 13, 1925, son of Thomas and Clara Briggs Bishop, he attended local schools. An Army veteran of World War...

Rosa P. Maurer

Rosa P. Maurer, 84, of 59 Circular Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1918, daughter of Antonio and Virginia Curcio Parisi, she attended local...

Joseph M. Tracy

Joseph Murray Tracy, 87, of 49 Main St. died Sunday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Mr. Tracy served on the Stockbridge School Committee from 1950 to 1968 and on the Berkshire Hills...

James C. Allen

James C. Allen, 70, of 305 Fenn St. died Saturday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Aug. 29, 1931, son of Clifford E. and Mary Louise Lecuyer Allen, he attended local...

Helen C. Gallivan

Helen Catherine Gallivan, 89, of 20 Summer St. died Sunday morning at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she was admitted several years ago. Born in Worcester on Aug. 5, 1913, daughter of Frank J....

Frances MacArthur

Frances A. MacArthur, 76, of 362 South Main Road died Saturday afternoon at home. Born in Chelsea on Nov. 14, 1925, daughter of Charles G. and Mabel Frances Butt Bearce, she attended schools in...

Exilda Bianco

Exilda "DeeDee" Bianco, 96, formerly of 51 Chestnut St., died Sunday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center, where she had resided since 1997. Born in North Adams on Sept. 6, 1905, daughter of John...

Edward C. Perkins

Edward C. Perkins, 83, of Tyringham and Bethlehem, Pa., died Monday morning at home in Tyringham. Born in Ridgefield, Conn., on July 31, 1919, son of Edward N. and Kate Riggs Perkins, he was...

William Nacorchuk

William Nacorchuk, 83, of 68B Highview Drive died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1919, son of Anthony and Anastasia Kowchuk Nykorchuk, he was a 1938...

Sharon Hamblin

Sharon Hamblin, 49, of Route 23B, Claverack, N.Y., a native of Egremont, died yesterday at Hospice in the Catskills in Hudson, N.Y. Born on May 18, 1953, daughter of Donald and Grace Taylor...

Leonard Hoffman

Leonard A. Hoffman, 74, of Cherry Plain and Malone, N.Y., died yesterday morning of cancer at home in Malone. He was the father of Patricia Schmidt of Windsor. Born in Cherry Plain, son of Michael...

Jeannine A. Macchi, 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Jeannine A. Macchi, 72, of 48 Adam St. died Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 7, 1929, daughter of Anthony and Roseanna...

Carmen DiGrigoli

Carmen DiGrigoli, 54, of Canton, Ga., a native of Lee, died Friday at home of cancer. Born on Nov. 21, 1947, son of Angelo and Susie Pizzuto DiGrigoli, he was a graduate of Lee High School, where...

Alwina Wood

Alwina Wood, 102, of Providence Care Center, formerly of Northfield and Shelburne Falls, died early Saturday morning at the nursing facility. She was the mother of Helen McCarthy of Lenox. Born in...

Sonya Sokolove

Sonya Sokolove, 92, of 175 West 12th St., New York City, formerly of North Adams, died Thursday afternoon at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Manhattan, N.Y. She moved to New York in 1959 to be with...

Nicholas Mounsey

Nicholas David Mounsey, 18, of Castle Rock, Colo., formerly of Hazelwood Terrace, Pittsfield, died July 27 in Englewood, Colo., in a rock-climbing accident. Born in North Charleston, S.C., on...

Helen Rita Dean

Helen Rita Dean, 77, of 108 Meadow St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 5, 1924, daughter of Felix and Julia Cavey Duquette, she attended North Adams schools, including...

Dorothy E. Amato

Dorothy Eva Amato, 90, of 489 East Main St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Cobalt, Ontario, on May 15, 1912, daughter of Frank H. and Eva M. Harris Stockwell, she attended elementary...

Arthur A. Rock Jr.

Arthur Albert Rock Jr., 72, formerly of 892 South Church St. died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown, where he had resided since March 2000. Born in North Adams on Nov. 24, 1929,...

Roger Morrisey Sr.

Roger Joseph Morrissey Sr., 86, a former resident of Quincy Street, North Adams, died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons following a brief illness. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 19, 1916, son of...

Mary I. Tobin

Mary I. Tobin, 87, of 209 Housatonic St., Lenox, a former resident of 92 Seymour St., died yesterday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1914,...

Marie Lafayette

Marie "Marion" Lafayette, 84, of Burlington, Vt., died Saturday at the Starr Farm Nursing Care Center in Burlington. She had suffered a stroke in January 2001 from which she never fully recovered....