Obituaries

Robert Theodore Posey

Robert Theodore Posey, 62, of Plymouth Lane died Sunday evening at home. Born in Fall River on May 29, 1943, son of Theodore and Azilda Yokel Posey, he graduated from Monsignor Prevost High...

Jane Chard England

Jane Chard England, 86, of 233 East New Lenox Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Aug. 10, 1919, daughter of Harold E. and Margaret Chard...

Eleanor Cumm

Eleanor Cumm, 86, formerly of 567 State Road, died Sunday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Dec. 2, 1919, daughter of Samuel and Addie Chittenden Foster, she attended schools there and in...

Gertrude Mary "Peggy" Falvey Churchill

Gertrude Mary "Peggy" Falvey Churchill, 98, of 1096 North Hoosac Road died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Clarendon, Vt., on May 13, 1907, daughter of Fred and Catherine McAllister...

Marian Claire Bradley

Marian Claire Bradley, 90, of 110 Riverside Drive died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Williamstown on July 16, 1915, daughter of Willard and Katherine Hastings Perry, she graduated...

Stella Oparowski

Stella Oparowski, 79, of 139 Willow Cove Road died Thursday at home. Born in Adams on Sept. 29, 1926, daughter of Walter and Tekla Musialek Jzyk, she attended schools there. She moved to...

Richard Henry Frew Sr.

Richard Henry Frew Sr., 52, of 196 Phelps Ave. died yesterday at home from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig disease. Born in Walpole on Sept. 19, 1953, son...

Martha Blanchard

Martha Blanchard, 89, of 23 Gilead St. died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 1, 1916, daughter of Fritz and Elfreida Kleiner Koch, she was 1933 graduate of the...

Rosie L. Anthony

Rosie L. Anthony, 94, of 219 Church St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown, where she had resided since July 2004. Born in Adams on July 4, 1911, daughter of Walter and Nancy...

Frank P. Consolati

Frank P. Consolati, 96, of 325 Fairview St. died yesterday at his home. Born in Canaan, Conn., on Jan. 14, 1910, son of Revino and Mary Brighenti Consolati, he was educated in Lee schools,...

Irene Novak

Irene Novak, 69, formerly of 61 Dewey Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Sand, Hungary, on Aug. 20, 1936, daughter of the late Pal and Julia Szmodics...

Thomas Francis Burke

Thomas Francis Burke, 71, of 131 Hale St. Extension died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 7, 1934, son of Louis and Mary Hart Burke, he attended Dalton schools and...

Marian C. Brace

Marian C. Brace, 96, of 334 East St. died Saturday morning at home. Born in Stamford, N.Y., on June 6, 1909, daughter of Richard P. and Margaret Thiem Canfield, she was a 1928 graduate of Stamford...

Ina Gordon

Ina Gordon, 89, of Worcester and Great Barrington, died yesterday at the Jewish Healthcare Center in Worcester following a brief illness. Born in Worcester on April 1, 1916, daughter of the...

Wanda E. Dolle, 99

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Wanda E. Dolle, 99, of 541 West Road died Wednesday evening, Jan. 24, 2006, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on March 18, 1906, daughter of Paul and Selma Thiel...

Carol Ann Schneider

Carol Ann Schneider, 71, of 9 Elm St. died Tuesday afternoon at her home. Born in Adams on Jan. 15, 1935, daughter of Alphonse and Dorothy Steele Brodeur, she attended Adams schools, graduating...

Beatrice Meranti, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Beatrice Meranti, 90, of 34 North St. died Wednesday morning, Jan. 25, 2006, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on June 28, 1915, daughter of Antonio and Rosaria...

Rita McLear

Rita McLear, 78, of 49 Meadow St. died Tuesday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Nov. 4, 1927, daughter of the late Josephat and Katherine Scott Daigneault, she...

Louis P. Schmitz Jr.

Louis P. Schmitz Jr., 83, formerly of Route 183 in Interlaken, died Sunday at the Veteran's Hospital in Albany, N.Y. He had lived in Nassau, N.Y., for the last two years. Born on Dec. 29, 1922,...

Leonore Elizabeth McDermott

Leonore Elizabeth McDermott, 81, of Colonial Gardens, a former longtime resident of Broadway, died yesterday morning at her home. Born in Pittsfield, Aug. 28, 1924, a daughter of Arthur C. and...

Irene E. Hewitt, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Irene E. Hewitt, 84, of 200 East Quincy St., died Monday, Jan. 23, 2006, at home surrounded by her family. Born in North Adams, Jan, 1, 1922, a daughter of Levi and Odna...

Edna R. Grossenbacher

Edna R. Grossenbacher, 85, of 21 Marlboro Drive, died at her home on Monday. Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, April 2, 1920, she was the daughter of Carl and Ella Matz Cohrs. She was graduated...

Dennis E. Whalen

Dennis E. Whalen, 57, of 1 Jerusalem Road died yesterday at home. Born in Saco, Maine, on Sept. 28, 1948, son of Joseph P. Whalen and the late Marion Hines Whalen, he was educated in Lee schools,...

Hazel E. Rondot, 92

POWNAL, Vt. — Hazel Emily Rondot, 92, of Route 346 died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006, at Williamstown (Mass.) Commons. Born in Chesterfield, N.Y., on May 6, 1913, daughter of Albert and Louise Hull...

Lucie W. Lyall

Lucie W. Lyall, 93, died Saturday at Kimball Farms, 235 Walker St., where she had resided since 1989. She was a former resident of 47 Beverly St. in Pittsfield. Born in Richfield, Utah, on...