Obituaries

Clarence White Jr.

Clarence Wellman White Jr., 65, of Gainesville, Fla., formerly of Lee, died Jan. 25 at home. Born in Westfield on Oct. 8, 1936, son of Clarence Wellman White Sr. and Alice Elizabeth Bartlett...

Dominick Vecellio, 48

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dominick Anthony Vecellio, 48, of 51 Hathaway St. died Friday, Feb. 1, 2002, at home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 10, 1953, son of Rita Fulginiti Vecellio of North...

Robert McAvoy

Robert W. McAvoy, 59, of Sunrise Village died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield following an auto accident in which his vehicle hit a tree on Old Dalton Road in Hinsdale. He...

Beatrice Thibert

Beatrice Thibert, 93, of 475 Union St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since December. Born in Clarksburg on Nov. 5, 1908, daughter of Fabian and Caroline Castanguay...

Sidney D. Ross

Sidney David Ross, 84, of 30 Colonial Ave., former director of research for Sprague Electric Co., died Thursday at home. Born in Lynn on Jan. 31, 1918, son of Sam and Dora Pross Ross, he graduated...

Marion Sorel, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marion Sorel, 82, of Spring Park, 45 Spring St., died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002, at home. Born in North Adams on April 6, 1919, daughter of Henry Sorel and Marie LaBonte...

Janet Sugden

Janet Sugden, 68, of Lynchburg, Va., died Wednesday at Lynchburg General Hospital after a five-year battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on June 17, 1933, she was the daughter of Dean W. and...

Edward J. Zoltek

Edward J. "Sharkey" Zoltek, 81, of 12 Hoosac St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Wednesday. Born in Adams on May 18, 1920, son of John and Sophie...

Wanda J. Peters

Wanda J. Peters, 84, of New Port Richey, Fla., a former resident of Housatonic, died Jan. 22 at Hernando-Pasco Hospice Hospital in New Port Richey. Born in Holyoke on April 16, 1917, daughter of...

Ronald S. Bayles

Ronald S. Bayles, 65, of East Longmeadow died Jan. 21 at the East Longmeadow Skilled Nursing Center. He was the father of Lawrence E. Bayles of Stockbridge. Born in Oklahoma City on Dec. 7, 1936,...

Roman Kaczmarczyk

Roman Kaczmarczyk, 78, of 912 Cold Spring Road died Sunday at home. Born in Szklanow, Poland, on July 10, 1923, son of Jozef and Wiktoria Kosmaia Kaczmarczyk, he attended schools there and resided...

Emma Balardini, 80

ADAMS, Mass. — Emma Rosetta Balardini, 80, of 19 Apremont St. died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2002, at home. Born in Adams on May 13, 1921, daughter of John and Madeline Nicolini Morelli, she...

Bertha Havey

Bertha Havey, 79, of 35 Pleasant St. died Tuesday at North Adams Commons Health Care Center. Born in Berlin, N.Y., on Feb. 8, 1922, daughter of Allan and Orcelia Horton Southard, she attended...

Anthony J. Valotta, 77

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Anthony Joseph Valotta, 77, of 346 Crossroads died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002, at Williamstown Commons, where he was admitted Jan. 18. He was involved in the operations of North...

Louise P. Daniels

Louise P. Daniels, 81, of 45 North St. died Monday at the home of her son, Stephen Daniels of 32 Monument Valley Road. Born in Shoreman, N.Y., on Jan. 23, 1921, she moved to Great Barrington as a...

Dario J. DiVirgilio

Dario J. DiVirgilio, 85, formerly of Miami Beach, a native of Florida, died Jan. 18 at Gulf Crest Nursing Home in Hollywood, Fla., where he was admitted Aug. 30, 2000. Born in Pittsfield on Dec....

Roderick Bates Sr.

Roderick L. Bates Sr., Navy retired, 76, of Route 20, Nassau, N.Y., formerly of Dalton, died yesterday at the Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albany, N.Y. Born in Dalton on April 17,...

Mildred Gasperini

Mildred Josephine Gasperini, 87, of Clayton Road, Ashley Falls, died yesterday in Great Barrington. Born in New Marlboro on Oct. 28, 1914, daughter of Dwight H. and Mary Rood Bentley, she attended...

Leona M. Audette

Leona M. Audette, 82, of 145 West Housatonic St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 19, 1919, daughter of Joseph and Irene Packard Levitre, she was a graduate of...

Helene Whitehead

Helene "Sandy" Whitehead, 76, of 235 Walker St. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Kimball Farms for two years. Born in Newton on July 26, 1925, daughter of...

Helen Cleary

Helen Cleary, 81, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Cornelia Webster of Southfield. She was the mother of Eugene Cleary of New Marlboro. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on June 16,...

Florence L. Miner

Florence L. Miner, 86, of 550 South Main St. died yesterday at the Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center. Born in Tyringham on July 14, 1915, daughter of Benjamin and Georgia...

Flora L. Laliberte, 48

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Flora Leona Laliberte, 48, of 165 Lindley Terrace died Monday, Jan. 28, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital of cancer. Born in North Adams on June 30, 1953, daughter...

Charles E. Stone

Charles Edward Stone, 76, of Melbourne Place, 140 Melbourne Road, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided for two weeks. Born in Pittsfield on March 30, 1925,...

Albert D'Ilio

Albert D'Ilio, 84, of 76 Elaine Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in San Giovanni Teatino, province of Chieti, Italy, on Jan. 10, 1918, son of Livino and Anna DiNicola D'Ilio,...