Obituaries

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...

Samuel Wallach

Samuel Wallach, 91, of West Road died Wednesday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Dolina, Poland, on July 1, 1909, son of Abraham and Bertha Schor Wallach, he emigrated to the United States with his...

Lawrence Mullett

Lawrence E. Mullett Sr., 72, of 251 Linden St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Aug. 6, 1928, son of William and Elizabeth Brown Mullett, he attended Pittsfield...

Josephine Maugere

"Badia" Maugere, 85, of 99 Second St. died Wednesday evening at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Adams on June 13, 1915, daughter of Salem and Freda Shaker George, she graduated from the former...

George W. Kelsey

George W. Kelsey, 86, of 1032 North St. died Wednesday at East Ridge Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 24, 1914, son of George W. and Bertha Noble Kelsey, he was a 1932...

Edith M. LaBrode

Edith M. LaBrode, 76, of 109 Euclid Ave. died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had been a patient for less than two months. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 7, 1924, daughter of William J. and...

Mark R. Riley

Mark Raymond Riley, 35, of 3 Sprague Place, Albany, N.Y., formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Albany Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 9, 1966, son of Raymond...

William S. Linscott

William Sterling Linscott, 75, of 113 West Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. He was a longtime Adams businessman and community leader. Born in...

Grace M. Fuller

Grace M. Fuller, 76, of 2805 Main St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hinsdale on Feb. 27, 1924, daughter of Charles and Grace Randall Yakey, she attended Hinsdale and Pittsfield...

Mildred Parkhurst

Mildred Beatrice (Herzog) Parkhurst, 95, of 142 Columbia St., Adams, died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2001, at the North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Feb. 8. Born in Adams on Feb. 23,...

Karl G. Kromer

Karl Gottlob Kromer, 89, of 17 Livingston Ave. died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had been admitted Sept. 3, 2000. Born in Honau, Germany, on March 18, 1911, son of Jakob and Luise...

Janis A. Latimer, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Janis A. Latimer, 85, of 482 East Main St. died Monday, Feb. 12, 2001, at Willowood of Williamstown. Born in Clarksburg, W.Va., on Aug. 14, 1915, daughter of Jess and Mary...

Frank Monterosso

Frank Monterosso, 77, of 34 Easton Ave. died Monday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born on March 3, 1923, in Polia, Italy, son of Antonio and Flavia Gaccetta Monterosso, he graduated...

Elias Vranas

Elias "Jerry" Vranas, 75, of 31 Jericho Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 21, 1925, son of James and Marion Briggs Vranas, he left Pittsfield at an early...

Arnold B. Hale

Arnold B. Hale, 98, of 74 Main Road, longtime farmer and former Tyringham selectman, School Committee member and fire chief, died Sunday at Willowood Health Care Center in Great Barrington. Born...

Ann M. Flint

Ann M. "Babe" Flint, 77, of Twin Spruce died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 18, 1924, daughter of Adolph and Ann Corcoran Quellette, she attended Pittsfield schools. Mrs. Flint was...

Charles Norcross

Charles H. Norcross, 87, of 404 Walker St., North Adams, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2001, at the North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted three weeks ago. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 4, 1913,...

Lloyd B. Phillips

Lloyd B. "Ozzie" Phillips, 81, of Holly Hill, Fla., formerly of Westminster Street, died Thursday at home. Born in Colton, N.Y., on Aug. 28, 1919, son of George J. and Doris Brewer Phillips, he...

Robert Anthony Mossolani

Robert Anthony Mossolani, 50, of 49 Twitchell Hill Road, Shaftsbury, Vermont, died Saturday February 10, 2001, at Willowood Health Care Center, 25 Adams Road, Williamstown, MA, where he was admitted...

Francis E.'Ginger' Gerard

Francis E.'Ginger' Gerard, 84,of 318 Park St., Housatonic died Sunday, February 11 at Timberlyn Heights. He was born in Great Barrington on October 16,1916, the last of 10 children of the late Eugene...