Obituaries

John Wampler Jr.

John H. Wampler Jr., 49, of Fayetteville, Ark., formerly of Otis, died Tuesday at home from a heart attack. Born in New Bedford on Nov. 15, 1951, son of John H. and Barbara Bedford Wampler, he...

Helen Diamond

Helen M. Diamond, 75, of Lee died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 28, 1925, daughter of George and Carmella Waddock Diamond, she attended Lee schools and was a 1943...

Elizabeth Ingram

Elizabeth Diamond Ingram, 82, of Sarah Lane, Simsbury, Conn., formerly of Lee, died Tuesday at Hartford (Conn.) Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 5, 1918, daughter of Frank and Florence...

Thomas Tierney

Thomas F. Tierney, 63, of 3906 47th St., Sunnyside, N.Y., a Pittsfield native, died Monday at Mount Sinai Hospital in Astoria, N.Y. Born in Pittsfield on May 25, 1938, son of the late Orville E....

Robert LaBrode

Robert Danis LaBrode, 81, of 109 Euclid Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 1, 1920, son of Henry C. and Anna May Danis LaBrode, he was a 1938 graduate of...

Michael L. Burnett

Michael L. Burnett, 56, sergeant first class, 86th Troop Command, Vermont Army National Guard, of Northfield, Vt., formerly of Adams, died July 4 at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin, Vt.,...

George A. DeWitt

George A. DeWitt, 64, of 240 Francis Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 18, 1936, son of the late George A. and Harriet E. Chadwell DeWitt, he attended local schools and was a...

Genevieve Nesbit

Genevieve J. Nesbit, 88, of 350 West St. died July 4 at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 9, 1912, daughter of William and Alice Lawlor Blache, she attended local...

Francis C. Gofton

Francis C. Gofton, 86, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at The Aristocrat in Naples. Born in Providence, R.I., on July 5, 1915, son of Frederick C. and Elizabeth Worthington...

Daniel C. Conley

Daniel C. Conley, 90, of 35 Lowden St. died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 16, 1911, son of Edward and Julia Walsh Conley, he was a 1929 graduate of St. Joseph's High School. He was a...

Albert J. Sawyer

Albert J. Sawyer, 75, of 10 South Willow St. died Monday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Feb. 13, 1926, son of Alfred and Rosana Lemieux Sawyer, he attended Adams schools. He was a...

Mary Archer

Mary Archer, 83, of Bradford Arms died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Stamford, Conn., on Oct. 4, 1917, daughter of John and Xenia Sanik, she graduated from Stamford High...

Dorothy M. Reilly

Dorothy M. Reilly, 87, formerly of 31 Sherrill Ave., died Sunday evening at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Lawrence on Feb. 7, 1914, daughter of Martin F. and Ellen Burke Dowd, she came to...

Donald A. Lafave, 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Donald A. Lafave, 63, of Clearwater, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday, June 29, 2001, of natural causes at Morton F. Plant Hospital in Clearwater. Born in...

Clarence Decker

Clarence R. Decker, 83, of 290 East St. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Housatonic on Dec. 22, 1917, son of Byron and Lydia Kinne Decker, he attended Housatonic grammar...

Philip Audet Sr.

Philip E. Audet Sr., 72, of 35 High St. died yesterday morning at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Fitchburg on Aug. 2, 1928, son of Philip J. and Albina LeBlanc Audet, he...

Laurette Genest

Laurette Marie Genest, 92, of 640 State Road died Saturday evening at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown, where she was admitted April 25, 2000. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on Nov. 29, 1908,...

John F. Dagesse

John F. Dagesse, 66, of 2844 Hancock Road died Wednesday at home. Born in Woonsocket, R.I., on Nov. 23, 1934, son of Pierre and Dora Brodeur Dagesse, he received an associate of science degree...

Harold T. Buxton Jr.

Harold T. "Bucky" Buxton Jr., 77, of 33 Brunell Ave. died Saturday of heart failure at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. He served on the Board of Health for 26 years....

F. William Trautwein

F. William Trautwein, 84, of 490 Williams St. died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. He and his family owned and operated the Heart of the Berkshires Motel from 1972 until selling it in...

Dorothy Lemieux

Dorothy Lemieux, 93, of Berkshiretown Apartments died Saturday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided since March. Born in Winooski, Vt., on Feb. 7, 1908, daughter of William...

Dorothy Brothers

Dorothy Alice Brothers, 90, of Ashland Park Apartments, 150 Ashland St., died Saturday at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since May 2000. Born in North Adams on March 1, 1911, daughter...

Domenica Melchiori, 100

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Domenica Maria Melchiori, 100, of 279 Houghton St. died Sunday, July 8, 2001, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since February. Born in...

Charles Hibbard

Charles R. Hibbard Jr., 78, of 250 Laurel St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Lenox on Sept. 3, 1922, son of Charles R. and Albertha Hutchinson Hibbard, he...

Thomas J. Supka

Thomas J. Supka, 88, of 3 Clarendon St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Thorndike on July 1, 1913, son of Martin and Katherine Drzal Supka, he moved to Pittsfield in 1918 and...