Obituaries

John Breen, 44

ADAMS, Mass. - John Paul Breen, 44, of 14 Second St. died Monday evening, March 11, 2002, at Lake Umbagog, Errol, N.H., as a result of a snowmobile accident. Born in North Adams on May 16, 1957,...

Joan Marie Myers

Joan Marie Myers, 51, of 353 Cheshire Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 3, 1950, daughter of Francis P. and Rosella M. Wall McGee of Pittsfield, she was a...

Cecelia A. Maher

Cecelia Agnes Maher, 93, of 165 Cottage St., Chelsea, formerly of Beech St., died Sunday at home following a brief illness. Born in Winooski, Vt., on Jan. 17, 1909, daughter of William and Agnes...

Antonio Pino

Antonio "Tony" Pino, 103, formerly of Baldwin Hill, South Egremont, died Tuesday at Fairview Commons Nursing Home, where he had been a resident since 1999. Born in Jaruco, Cuba, on Aug. 27, 1898,...

William G. Irvine

William G. "Bill" Irvine, 77, of 358 South Main St. died March 6 at home. He also resided briefly at Bostwick Gardens in Great Barrington. Born in Natick on May 28, 1924, son of David L. and Annie...

Stanley J. Oslizlo

Stanley John Oslizlo, 73, of 102 Francis St. died Monday at home. Born in Adams on Jan. 31, 1929, son of Anthony and Mary Mihalec Oslizlo, he attended Adams schools. He served with Company M of...

Simeon Decelles

Simeon H. Decelles, 90, of 87 Quirico Drive died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 12, 1912, son of Joseph A.O. and Victoria Rheaume Decelles, he was a 1930 graduate...

Sherry Russell

Sherry Phillips Quick Russell, 53, of 215 Crescent Circle, Cheshire, Conn., formerly of Dalton, died Sunday at home. Born in Charlotte, N.C., on May 9, 1948, daughter of Vanda Phillips Reeb of...

Elizabeth Beckwith, 96

ADAMS, Mass. — Elizabeth Beckwith, 96, formerly of 5 Pinnacle Drive and a former longtime North Adams resident, died Monday, March 11, 2002, at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since...

Elinor Marie Zagorski

Elinor Marie Zagorski, 79, of 58 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Monday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Nov. 26, 1922, daughter of George H. and Gladys Palmer Whipple, she attended North...

Alfred Schirmer

Alfred N. Schirmer, 88, formerly of Pine Grove Manor, died yesterday at Four Corners Health Care Center in Durango, Colo., where he had resided for more than a year. Born in London on Oct. 29,...

Robert J. Stanton

Robert J. Stanton, 68, of 447 River St. died Sunday at Western Massachusetts Hospital in Westfield after a long illness. Born in North Adams on May 6, 1933, son of Francis W. and Victoria Arrighi...

Madeline Dillon

Madeline M. Dillon, 94, of 320 Pittsfield Road died Sunday evening at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided for 2 1/2 years. Born on May 31, 1907 in Pittsfield, daughter of David...

Helen Ina James

Helen Ina James, 54, of Ashland Street High Rise died Wednesday at New England Medical Center in Boston. Born in New Ashford on Jan. 8, 1948, daughter of Garold T. and Violet Carr Packard, she...

Gilmore T. Schjeldahl

Gilmore Tilmen "Shelly" Schjeldahl, 89, of Devonshire Estates, 329 Pittsfield Road, died Sunday evening at home. Born in Esmond, N.D., on June 1, 1912, son of Ole C. and Anna Bentley Schjeldahl,...

Evan A. Giaquinta

Evan Arthur Giaquinta, 20, of 5194 Hemingway Circle, Naples, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 2 in Naples. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 7, 1981, son of Charles L. and JoAnne Serelis...

Douglas Romano

Douglas Joseph Romano, 53, of 178 Barbour St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on April 18, 1948, son of Joseph J. and Marie A. Simon Romano, he was a 1966 graduate of...

Clifford F. Brochu

Clifford Francis Brochu, 97, of Lehigh Acres, Fla., formerly of Reed Street, died Saturday at Lehigh (Fla.) Medical Center. Born in Monterey on Sept. 23, 1904, son of Clifford and Lillian Mansir...

Chester Brodalski

Chester John Brodalski, 83, of 117 Meadowview Drive died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on March 15, 1918, son of Joseph and Victoria Belch Brodalski, he was a 1936...

Walter A. Duquette Sr., 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Walter Arthur Duquette Sr., 86, of 178 Fuller Ave., Corning, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died Saturday at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, N.Y. Born in...

Rudolph J. Dassat

Rudolph J. Dassat, 88, of 81 Howard St. died yesterday at home. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Jan. 24, 1914, son of Emilio and Anna Cengia Dassat, he attended schools there and moved to Pittsfield in...

Bertl F. Just

Bertl Fleischer Just, 83, of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community died yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Health Care Center. Born in Vienna, Austria, on March 6, 1919, daughter of Benzion and Taube...

Megan Robles-Perkins

Megan Elizabeth Robles-Perkins, 7, of Brown St., died Tuesday at Children's Hospital in Boston. Born in Easthampton on March 5, 1995, daughter of Marcel Robles and Hope Perkins, she moved to...

Joyce Richardson

Joyce Ellen Richardson, 48, of 161B Spring Road died Wednesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center following a motor vehicle accident in Adams. Born in Adams on March 25, 1953, daughter of Doris...

Fadie J. Boone

Fadie J. Boone, 56, of Bernie Gibbons Drive died Monday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Vienna, Ga., on Jan. 9, 1946, daughter of Gladys Pringle Young, she graduated from Vienna High and Industrial...