Obituaries

Garland R. “Ray” Young

Garland R. “Ray” Young, 84, of 24 Manville Street, Great Barrington died Tuesday, January 9, 2001 at Geer Memorial in Canaan, CT. Born in Leaksville, North Carolina, July 16, 1916 he...

Lillian L. Bervy

Lillian L. Bervy, 67, of Frisbee Street died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield following a lengthy illness. Born in New Lebanon, N.Y., on Aug. 25, 1933, daughter of George Overly...

Ilya G. Olshever

Ilya G. Olshever, 88, of 140 Melbourne Road, 3280 Melbourne Place, Pittsfield, MA, died Sunday, January 7, 2001 at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA. She was the widow of...

Ida Martina Drumm

Ida Martina Drumm, 93, of 48 Seekonk Road in Great Barrington died on Sunday, January 7, 2001 at Fairview Hospital. Born on May 8, 1907 in Great Barrington, daughter of the late David and Nettie...

Beverly Schwartzman

Mrs. Beverly Schwartzman, 76, of South Undermountain Road, Route 41, Sheffield, died Sunday evening, January 7, 2000 at home following a long illness. Born April 18, 1925 in Patterson, NJ, she was...

Verda H. Spence

Verda H. Spence, 97, formerly of First Street, died Sunday at Laurel Lake Center. Born in Tyringham on July 20, 1903, daughter of Franklin and Hattie Dowd Mills, she attended Tyringham and South...

Rose A. Pericolosi

Rose A. Pericolosi, 79, of 5 Moscow Road died yesterday at Fairview Manor after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Lee on Jan. 8, 1922, daughter of Antonio and Louise Celadon Biasin, she was...

Lillian B. Jackson

Lillian B. Jackson, 90, of 118 Church St., Proprietors Field, died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Fall River on June 12, 1910, she attended schools there. After her marriage...

Henry Sojkowski

Henry Joseph Sojkowski, 84, of 100 Adelaide Ave. died Sunday evening at Willowood of Pittsfield. Born in Adams on July 18, 1916, son of Joseph and Sophia Klocek Sojkowski, he was a 1936 graduate...

Anthony Lachowicz

Anthony Lachowicz, 90, formerly of Unkamet Drive, a resident of Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New Bedford on May 25, 1910, son of Joseph...

THOMAS L. KOTLESKI

Thomas L.Kotleski,77, of 52 River St. Great Barrington died January 5 at Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Florida after a short illness while at his winter home. He was born in Great...

VIRGINIA OLIVE (MILLER) JONES

MRS. VIRGINIA OLIVE (MILLER) JONES, 80 formerly of Northway Eleven,Ballston Lake, New York died early Sunday morning January 7, 2001 at the Schuyler Ridge Nursing Home in Clifton Park, New...

JOHN F. ZAVERUKA

John F. "Skinny" Zaveruka, 85, formerly of 17 Whittier Ave., died Saturday at Monarch Assisted Living Center at the Village at Laurel Lake in Lee, where he had resided since September 1999. Born...

Francis J. Condron, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Francis J. Condron of 255 Second St., who served as Pittsfield's city clerk for many years, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2001, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was 82. Mr. Condron, who...

CATHERINE D. PRATT

Catharine D. Pratt, 90, of 175 Beartown Mountain Road, South Lee, died Friday at home. Born in Hancock on Oct. 23, 1910, daughter of Andrew and Lillian Goff Whitman, she spent her younger years in...

BLANCHE DUNHAM

Blanche M. Dunham, 77, of 16 Second St. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 13, 1923, daughter of Albert E. and Camelia Nardin Dion, she attended local schools. She was employed...

ALFRED TURNER

Alfred F. Turner Sr., 82, of 387 Greylock St. died Saturday morning at home. He was chairman of the Planning Board that wrote Lee's first bylaws and former member and chairman of the Lee School...

ALLEN R. BELL

Allen Richard Bell, 76, of St. Stephen's Lane East, Glenville, N.Y., died Wednesday at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y. He was manager of GE Ordnance Systems in Pittsfield from 1972 to...

CARMELA AMBROSE

Carmela Ambrose, 81, of 36 George St. died yesterday at Berkshire Place, where she was admitted in November. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 12, 1919, daughter of Joseph and Rose Santillo Ambrose, she...

ALLEN R. BELL

Allen Richard Bell, 76, of St. Stephen's Lane East, Glenville, N.Y., died Wednesday at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y. He was manager of GE Ordnance Systems in Pittsfield from 1972 to...

Chelsea L. Crowley, 18

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Chelsea L. Crowley, 18, of 160 Barlow Ave., died Wednesday evening, Jan. 3, 2001, as a result of an automobile accident. Born in North Adams on Sept. 23, 1982, a...

DONALD MICHAEL DIX

Donald Michael Dix, 17, of 121 Richview Avenue, North Adams, MA, died Wednesday night, January 3, 2001 as the result of an automobile accident on State Road, North Adams. He was born in North...

CECELIA F. SITNIK

Cecelia F. Sitnik, 94, of 19 Gilmore Avenue, Great Barrington, died Wednesday, January 3, at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington January 19, 1906 she was the oldest child of John T. and...

REED SHELDON BARROWS, JR.

Reed Sheldon Barrows, Jr., 78 of Spring Park Apartment #508, 45 Spring Street, North Adams, MA died, Saturday December 30, 2000 at his home. He was a former longtime businessman in North Adams,...

CONOR JOSEPH ARCHIBALD

Conor Joseph Archibald, 4, of 212 Park Street, Williamstown, MA died peacefully Monday January 1, 2001 at his home. He was born in Springfield, MA on January 20, 1997, a son of David Archibald and...