Obituaries

Eleanor Gilligan

Eleanor "Ellie" Gilligan, 88, of Park Lane died yesterday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home, where she had been a resident for three months. Born in Sheffield on Nov. 26, 1912, daughter of Zacheus...

Yvonne C. Herlihy

Yvonne C. Arnspiger Herlihy, 57, of 20 Myrtle Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Falls, Mont., on Jan. 21, 1944, daughter of Edwin and Esther Rautio Haagenson, she...

Robert Montleon

Robert J. Montleon, 77, of 41 Hollister St. died Sunday at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 2, 1923, son of Joseph and Gertrude Vaughan Montleon, he was a 1942 graduate of Brooklyn...

John H. Wells II

John Hoxie Wells II, 83, of 6 Wells Park Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was a former member of the Cemetery Committee. Born in Cheshire on April 2, 1917, son of Ray B. and...

Gretta L. Neely

Gretta L. Neely, 93, of 1611 Cold Spring Road died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Union County, N.C., on May 22, 1907, daughter of James M. and Minnie Griffin Little, she...

George F. Honiker

George F. Honiker, 85, of 76 Maplewood Ave. died Sunday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 22, 1915, son of George M. and Nellie Gowdy Honiker, he attended local schools. Mr. Honiker...

Robert N. Carlotto

Robert N. Carlotto, 62, of 8 Grant Lane, Housatonic, died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 10, 1938, son of Albina Storti Carlotto Opperman and the late...

John J. Vadala

John J. Vadala, 56, of 327 South St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 16, 1944, son of Joseph and Mary Pyrzanowski Vadala, he was a 1963 graduate of...

Francis Alarie Sr.

Francis E. Alarie Sr., 83, of 119 Commercial St. died Saturday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital after suffering a heart attack. Born in Adams on Dec. 21, 1917, son of James and Gertrude...

William Dewhurst

William E. "Bud" Dewhurst, 73, of 1827 Jacob's Ladder Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New Kingston, N.Y., on Sept. 26, 1927, son of Howard and Wilmah Yaple Dewhurst, he was...

MaryAnn Goodreau

MaryAnn Goodreau, 54, of 125 Devonshire Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 14, 1946, daughter of Louis N. and Sophie Rogekevich Sicard, she graduated...

Mabel L. Mann

Mabel L. Mann, 94, of 67 Otis Ave. died Tuesday at home. Born in North Abington on March 14, 1906, daughter of Arthur G. and Emma Farr Stevens, she attended schools in Easthampton. A homemaker,...

M. June Platt

M. June Platt, 70, of 221 Orlando Ave. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Abingdon, Va., on Feb. 12, 1931, daughter of Leslie and Mary Grace Lloyd Kestner, she attended schools...

Cecile Fontaine

Cecile Fontaine, 78, of 23 Laurel St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Highgate Springs, Vt., on March 1, 1922, daughter of John and Emma Tatro Fournier, she attended school there and in...

Austin T. Riiska

Austin T. Riiska, 73, of 198 New Hartford Road died yesterday at home. Born in Winsted, Conn., on June 13, 1927, he was the son of John Axel and Katherine Treacy Riiska. He moved to Sandisfield in...

Catheryn A.'Kay' Staebler Strommer Fisher

Catheryn A.'Kay' Staebler Strommer Fisher,83, of 151 Christian Hill Road Great Barrington formerly of Rockford, Illinois died Sunday at Fairview Hospital. She was born February 12, 1918 the daughter...

Florence (Sampson) Wheelock

Mrs. Florence(Sampson)Wheelock, 92, of 1591 Massachusetts Ave. North Adams, MA, died early Sunday morning Feb. l8, 2001 at her home. She was a former longtime resident of School St. in Cheshire,...

Edward Carl Therrien

Mr. Edward Carl Therrien, 79 of 1685 Oblong Rd., Williamstown, MA, died Friday morning Feb. 16, 200l in the emergency room of the North Adams Regional Hospital where he was taken after being stricken...

Adele Wojtaszek

Adele A. "Del" Wojtaszek, 83, of 100 Church St., a longtime businesswoman, died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Savoy on Oct. 13, 1917, daughter of Walenty and Susanna Eliasz...

Elizabeth Pellizzaro

Elizabeth Irene Pellizzaro, 93, of Monroeville, Pa., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Beverly Manor in Monroeville. She and her husband, Oliver O. "Red" Pellizzaro, owned and operated...

Ethel M. Hornyak

Ethel Mae Hornyak, 85, of 43 Vivian Ave. died Sunday at the Center for Optimum Care, where she had resided for four years. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 31, 1915, daughter of Louis and Mabel Schaffer...

Ann E. Crouser

Ann E. Crouser, 71, of 19 Cambridge Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in State College, Pa., on Dec. 30, 1929, daughter of James F. and Jennie Kelley Shigley, she graduated...

Philip A. Coons

Philip A. Coons, 76, of 892 Sheffield Egremont Road, died Friday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Richmond, MA, November 9, 1924 he was the son of Harold and Aletta Brasse Coons and attended the...

William J. West

William J. West, 71, of 61 Revere Parkway died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Chicago on Oct. 26, 1929, son of Archibald and Catherine Quaid West, he attended schools in Chicago. He was an...

Ursula Matuszak

Ursula Helena Matuszak, 92, of 79 Bachard Ave. died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown, where she was admitted Feb. 9. Born in Adams on Oct. 21, 1908, daughter of John and...