Obituaries

Ralph Blanchard Sr., 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ralph Verne Blanchard Sr., 84, of 28 Dover St. died Saturday, July 6, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted June 29. Born in North Adams on May...

Nellie M. Karrey

Nellie Mary Karrey, 92, of 18 Marion Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Adams on Jan. 22, 1910, daughter of James F. and Irene Therieu Karrey, she was a 1928 graduate of Drury High School, where...

Anthony Pacholec

Anthony S. Pacholec, 75, of 54 Stoneybrook Drive, Millis, formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at Metro West Medical Center in Framingham. Born in Holyoke on May 8, 1927, son of Stanley and...

Anna M. Demary

Anna M. Demary, 68, of Englewood, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died July 1 at home. She moved to Englewood in 1989. Born on Aug. 18, 1933, daughter of Francisco and Angela Amendologinon DeVanna,...

Theodore H. Lieberman

Theodore H. Lieberman, 72, of 13 Muirfield Drive, Lenox, and 3040 Grand Bay Blvd., Florida, died July 3, 2002 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in New York City, son of the late Jacob and...

Philip D. Litano

Philip D. Litano Sr., 89, of 6 Orchard Ave. died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28, 1912, son of Frank and Elvera Tramentozzi Litano, he attended...

Lawrence Dupuis, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lawrence Sawyer Dupuis, 79, of 73 Furnace St. died Thursday, July 4, 2002, at home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 25, 1922, son of Victor E. and Mary Brown Dupuis, he...

Douglas R. Bond

Douglas Rice Bond, 73, of 8 Crandall St. died early yesterday morning at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Dec. 13, 1928, son of Nelson H. and Marion Alderman Bond, he attended school in Adams...

Aldora Babeu

Aldora Babeu, 93, formerly of 354 Kemp Ave., died yesterday at North Adams Commons, where she had resided since Aug. 22, 1997. Born in North Adams on Aug. 17, 1908, daughter of Hormidas and Ann...

Albert Dambrauskas

Albert J. Dambrauskas Jr., 54, of 42 Southpoint Drive, Amherst, formerly of 311 Osceola Road, died Wednesday at home. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on June 16, 1948, son of Albert J. Dambrauskas Sr....

Effie Pechewlys

Effie Pechewlys, 86, formerly of Appleton Avenue, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Nashua, N.H., on Aug. 10, 1915, she attended Nashua schools. She had resided in Pittsfield since...

Dorothy M. Potter

Dorothy M. Potter, 51, of 80 Bay State Road died Monday at home after a brief illness. Born in Stewartstown, N.H., daughter of Richard Smith and Warnetta L. Potter, she attended schools there and...

William O'Brien Jr.

William H. O'Brien Jr., 84, of 375 Marble St. died Saturday at Holyoke Soldiers' Home, where he had lived for two years. He had served on the Board of Selectmen, the Housing Authority and the Board...

Victor Malloy Jr.

Victor R. "Mugsy" Malloy Jr., 82, of Bradford Drive, West Springfield, a native of Adams, died Saturday at East Longmeadow Skilled Nursing Center. Born in Adams on Jan. 15, 1920, son of Victor...

Mildred Sprowson, 82

ADAMS, Mass. - Mildred H. Sprowson, 82, of 27 Overlook Terrace died Monday morning, July 1, 2002, at home. Born in Adams on Feb. 12, 1920, daughter of William A. and Dora Noel Johnson, she...

Michael J. Cullen

Michael J. Cullen, 61, of Clearwater, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Mease Hospital in Dunedin, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on June 6, 1941, son of Donald F. Cullen Sr. and Katherine...

Martha Fortier

Martha Fortier, 89, of 33 Pleasant St. died Saturday evening at North Adams Commons Health Care Center. Born in Adams on Dec. 27, 1912, daughter of John and Julia Plue Scott, she attended Adams...

Floyd J. Morse

Floyd J. Morse, 85, of 34 Burr Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. He served on the Board of Appeals and on the Conservation Commission. Born in Burlington, Vt., on April 12, 1917,...

Florence L. Voss

Florence L. Voss, 83, of 170 Appleton Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Shoreham, Vt., on Oct. 26, 1918, daughter of Henry R. and Emma L. Mohrmann Voss, she graduated from high...

Evelyn Craig

Evelyn Craig, 87, of Boston died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Center, where she had resided for 10 years. Born in Groton, Conn., on July 14, 1914, daughter of Thomas and Anne Tomlinson, she...

Wilfred F. Amlaw

Wilfred Francis Amlaw, 76, of 84 Cheshire Road died Saturday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center, where he was admitted Friday. Born in North Adams on May 4, 1926, son of Frank and Wilma Raymond...

Ralph Tirrell Sr.

Ralph E. Tirrell Sr., 88, of 21 Harold Ave., Westfield, formerly of Windsor, died yesterday at home. He was the brother of Donald Tirrell of East Windsor. Born in Cummington on Jan. 12, 1914, son...

Norman Oppermann

Norman V. Oppermann Jr., 83, of 44 Huron St. died Saturday afternoon at home. Born in Gladstone, N.J., on May 30, 1919, son of Norman V. and Mable Mettzler Oppermann, he moved to Stockbridge as a...

Julius H. Naventi

ulius H. "Mickey" Naventi, 81, of 59 Salisbury Court, formerly of Chapel Street in East Lee, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He moved to Pittsfield in 1995. Born in Lee on May 20, 1921,...

William Haines

William E. Haines, 65, of 51 Noblehurst Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in West Stockbridge on March 5, 1937, son of Emery and Rose Hains Haines, he was a 1955 graduate of...