Obituaries

Natalie Bye

Natalie Steele Bye, 74, of Greenwater Pond died Monday in Bethlehem, Pa. Born in Brockton on Nov. 7, 1926, daughter of George A. and Disa M. Lawson Steele, she attended Brockton schools. Mrs....

Joseph Baldessarini

Joseph "Joe" Louis Baldessarini, 84, of 20 Dorchester Ave. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in North Adams on June 23, 1917, son of John and Catherine Fachini...

Elvira A. Spagnola

Elvira Ann Spagnola, 81, of Champagne Circle, Orlando, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Born in Farnums on June 24, 1920, daughter of Peter and...

Agnes E. Wentzell

Agnes E. Higgins Wentzell, 91, of 265 Main St., formerly of Truro, Nova Scotia, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Truro on April 23, 1910, daughter of Thomas H.L. and...

Adelaide Schwarz

Adelaide B. Schwarz, 87, formerly of Mill River and more recently of Great Barrington, died Tuesday at the Great Barrington Rehab and Nursing Center, where she had resided since 1994. Born in...

J. Michael Silsby

J. Michael Silsby, 51, of 16 Belmar Drive died Friday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he had been admitted Oct. 6. Death followed a brief illness. Mr. Silsby was known for his...

Robert A. Arnold

Robert A. Arnold, 65, of 73 Beale Road died Friday in Ghent from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on May 29, 1936, son of William and Lillian Keeler Arnold,...

Prescott Coan

Prescott Coan, 84, of Stillwell Street, formerly of Boardman Street in Sheffield, died yesterday morning at Fairview Commons Nursing Home, where he had resided since 1996. Born in Haverill on July...

Philip H. Smith

Philip H. Smith, 87, of 131 Appleton Ave. died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where he had resided for three months. Mr. Smith was employed in administration with the YMCA at various...

Mary E. Janacek

Mary Elizabeth Janacek, 82, of Pittsfield Road died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Burgettstown, Pa., on Sept. 30, 1919, daughter of Michael and Katie Wassil Wasylo, she...

Johanna A. New

Johanna A. New, 94, of 899 South Main St., Bostwick Gardens, died Saturday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home. Born in Norfolk, Conn., on April 16, 1907, daughter of Battista and Maria Zanzi...

Christine Adrean

Christine Adrean, 89, formerly of 13 Second St., died Sunday at Berkshire Retirement Home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 17, 1911, daughter of Augustine and Regina Milani Adrean, she was a 1930...

Bertha Lamon

Bertha Lamon, 89, of South Ocean Boulevard, Jensen Beach, Fla., and 85 Clarendon St., formerly of Summer Street, Lanesboro, died Saturday evening at home in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Dec....

Harry E. Budz, 85

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Harry E. Budz, 85, of 123 Front St., Housatonic, died Wednesday at Laurel Lake Center for Rehabilitation in Lee. Born in Housatonic on July 2, 1916, son of George and Anna...

Marilyn Rose Hayes

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Marilyn Rose Hayes, infant daughter of Nicholas and Amy Heath Hayes of Housatonic, died Tuesday morning at Fairview Hospital after complications at birth. Besides her parents,...

Hilda G. Johnsen, 96

PITTSFIELD -- Hilda G. Johnsen, 96, formerly of Columbia Arms, died Tuesday. Born in Northampton on May 29, 1905, daughter of George F. and Andrea Thompson Paul, she attended Northampton schools....

Hilda Kaminsky, 81

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Hilda Kaminsky, 81, of Mahaiwe Street died Tuesday. Born in Newark, N.J., on Dec. 28, 1919, daughter of Jacob and Ruby Diamond Hoffer, she graduated from Irving High School and...

Hazel V. Dunham, 65

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Hazel V. Dunham, 65, of Silver Street died Tuesday. Born in Sharon, Conn., on April 25, 1936, daughter of Arthur and Gladys Surdam Ostrander, she attended schools in...

Helen Culverwell, 84

DALTON -- Helen Catherine Culverwell, 84, formerly of 43 Crane Ave., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton on Nov. 25, 1916, daughter of James and Gertrude Hughes Briggs, she...

Henry Andrews Sr., 54

BECKET -- Henry J. Andrews Sr., 54, of Becket, a former selectman and assessor, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Mr. Andrews served as a selectman from 1980 to 1990 and from 1991 to 1998....

Melissa R. Padilla, 24

GREAT BARRINGTON -- Melissa Rebecca Padilla, 24, of Denver, formerly of Park Street North, died Sunday in Commerce City, Colo. Born in Denver on Dec. 3, 1976, daughter of Daniel Padilla of Denver...

Mildred O'Grady, 77

Mildred U. "Dollie" O'Grady, 77, of Barefoot Bay, Fla., died Sept. 26, 2001, at Sebastian River Medical Center, Roseland, after a prolonged illness. She was born Jan. 3, 1924, in North Adams and...

Yvonne E. Hamel, 95

PITTSFIELD -- Yvonne E. Hamel, 95, formerly of Willimansett section of Chicopee, died yesterday at a nursing home in Chicopee. She was the mother of Robert G. Hamel of Pittsfield. Born in...

Robert F. Lucia, 34

ADAMS -- Robert Francis Lucia, 34, of 22 Crandall St. died of cystic fibrosis Monday. Born in North Adams on Sept. 11, 1967, son of Donald and Dorothy Wooley Lucia of Adams, he attended Adams...

Ralph Head Jr., 84

PITTSFIELD -- Ralph Dudley Head Jr., 84, of Weston, Conn., a native of Pittsfield, died Monday. Born in Pittsfield on June 7, 1917, son of Dr. Ralph Head and Margarett Cole Head, he was a 1936...