Obituaries

Rose Marie Sauerborn

Rose Marie Sauerborn, 86, of 63 Northumberland Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on Aug. 20, 1915, daughter of Charles and Mary Barbera Gaetani, she moved to...

Prosper Lussier

Prosper Edward "Brownie" Lussier, 94, of 161 West Shaft Road died Saturday evening at home. Born in Williamsburg on Oct. 29, 1907, son of Prosper E. and Albina Cote Lussier, he moved to North...

Mildred Smith

Mildred Smith, 99, formerly of 39 Willow St., died Thursday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 10, 1902, daughter of Daniel and Catherine Fitzsimmons O'Connell, she...

Mariellen Elger

Mariellen "Patty" Jefferies Elger, 80, of 9 Briarwood Lane died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided in Hinsdale for 20 years before moving to Pittsfield 20 years ago. Born in...

Evelyn C. Thibault

Evelyn Corrine Thibault, 92, formerly of 15 Abbott St., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Place. Born in Adams on Nov. 10, 1909, daughter of Harvey and Corrine Gagne Rabouin, she was a graduate...

Claire E. LaCasse, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Claire Emma LaCasse, 71, of 557 Church St. died Sunday morning, March 3, 2002, at North Adams Commons. Born in Pittsfield on April 14, 1930, son of John and Constance...

Winifred Tassone

Winifred J. Tassone, 82, of Millhouse Apartments, 75 Commercial St., died Wednesday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on April 3, 1919, daughter of William and Ora McConnell Edwards,...

Evannah Donovan

Evannah Lee Donovan, 96, formerly of Kirchner Road, died Wednesday evening at Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born in Adams on Aug. 30, 1905, daughter of John A. and Mary Harrington O'Brien, she...

William J. Kinsella

William J. Kinsella, 84, of 80 Maple Grove Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 4, 1917, son of Charles and Florence Trainor Kinsella, he was a 1935...

Rev. Peter Hickey

The Rev. Peter D. Hickey, 63, a Jesuit and a teacher at Boston College High School, died Monday just before classes. Born in Great Barrington, he graduated from Boston College in 1960. He worked...

James E. Holcomb

James E. Holcomb, 89, of Melbourne Place died Tuesday at the Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided for more than three years. Born in Rogers, Ark., on Aug. 11, 1912, son of...

F. Russell Lyons II

F. Russell Lyons II, 75, of School Street, Ashley Falls, died Feb. 18 at home. Born in New York City on June 23, 1926, son of F. Russell Lyons and Murray Celeste Bartlett Lyons, he attended...

Billy Madewell Jr.

Billy Dean Madewell Jr., 53, of 45 Spring St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Prior to moving to North Adams a year ago, he had resided in Adams and Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on...

Anne H. Moore

Anne H. Moore, 70, of Spring Arbor, Mich., formerly of Sandisfield, died Feb. 18, at home after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 23, 1931, daughter of Willard...

Martha Patton

Martha Frances Adele Patton, 67, of Sudbury, formerly of Cheshire, died Feb. 20 at Wayside Hospice in Wayland. Born in Pittsfield on July 6, 1934, daughter of Kenneth D. and Hope H. Negus, she...

Catherine Morrison

Catherine "Kitty" Morrison, 93, of 118 Church St., Proprietors Field, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Boston on Dec. 18, 1907, daughter of Robert and Mary Gunn Dowling,...

Anna Jablonski

Anna H. Jablonski, 85, 46 Stratford Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 1916, daughter of John M. and Sophie Raczkowski Jablonski, she moved to Pittsfield as a young...

Aline J. Love

Aline Josephine Love, 83, of Providence Court, Apt. 401, 379 East St., died Monday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation Center in Lee, where she had resided for a week. Born in...

Alexis Moka

Alexis Moka, 78, of 4668 Cates Avenue, Jacksonville, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Monday at Memorial Medical Center in Jacksonville. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 16, 1923, son of Stephen and...

Alan James Gay

Alan James Gay, 49, of 74 Porter St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at home. Born in North Adams on June 16, 1952, son of Lois Gay Roy of North Adams, he...

Vivian E. Wallach

Vivian Esner Wallach, 89, of New York City, mother of Laurence Wallach of Great Barrington, died Friday at Noble Horizons in Salisbury, Conn. Born in New York City on July 9, 1912, daughter of...

Ray D. Cowell

Ray D. Cowell, 84, of 168 Tolland Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He served as a selectman from 1974 to 1980. Born in East Otis on Jan. 5, 1918, son of Robert and Mary...

Gary J. Skubel

Gary J. Skubel, 49, of 39 Wells Road died early Sunday morning at home, following a long illness. Born in Adams on Jan. 6, 1953, son of Thaddeus and Elaine Noel Skubel, he attended the former...

Franklin R. Scace

Franklin R. Scace, 90, formerly of 1150 Barker Road, died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 14, 1912, son of Frank and Hanna Tierney Scace, he was a 1930 graduate of...

Donald J. Smith

Donald J. Smith, 70, of 24 Silver St. died Monday, Feb. 18, at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, Conn., after a long illness. Born in Glen Ridge, N.J., on Nov. 9, 1931,...