Obituaries

Marion Selma Kennedy

Marion Selma Kennedy, 79, of 7 Grandview Terrace, died Thursday afternoon at North Adams Commons. Born in Utica, N.Y., on May 8, 1925, a daughter of the late John and Ida Coury Peters, she moved...

Odo Ploner

Odo Ploner, 69, of Brookman Drive, East Otis, died Friday at Parkview Specialty Hospital in Springfield. Born in Itter Tyrol, Austria, on Feb. 25, 1935, son of Josef and Anna Ploner, he was...

Kaley Rose Mahoney Nicotra

Kaley Rose Mahoney Nicotra, 6, of Chestnut Lane died Saturday evening at home after a three-year battle with brain cancer. Born in Boston on Nov. 1, 1998, daughter of Nicholas and Kelly J....

James Richard Moore

James Richard Moore, 75, of 1684 Norfolk Ave., The Villages, Fla., formerly of Sheffield, died Saturday at The Villages Hospice House. Born in Cazenovia, N.Y., on Feb. 4, 1929, son of Walter S....

Norman Joseph Marlowe

Norman Joseph Marlowe, 82, of 943 Massachusetts Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Commons after a short illness. Born in North Adams on March 30, 1922, son of Herman J. and Helen Josephine...

Sidney Jaffe

Sidney Jaffe, 88, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Saturday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 14, 1916, son of Louis and Lillian Levine Jaffe, he was a 1933 graduate...

Cathleen J. Glass

Cathleen J. Glass, 49, of 59 Third St., died early Friday morning after being stricken at home. Born in Cincinnati on March 12, 1955, daughter of Raymond and Melanie Dylewski Stupak of...

Delmae Ferrelli

Delmae Ferrelli, 71, of Austin Farm Road, Exeter, R.I., formerly of Lee, died Thursday at Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I. Born in Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., on Nov. 17, 1933, daughter of...

Margaret Eichstedt

Margaret Eichstedt, 85, formerly of Sheffield, died Thursday evening at Beckley House in Canaan, Conn., where she had resided since March 2002. Born in Rouen, France, on Sept. 16, 1919, daughter...

Dorothy May Brazie

Dorothy May Brazie, 92, formerly of 2 Bernard Gibbons Drive and 25 Pleasant St., died Saturday at Great Barrington Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where she had resided since October 2003....

Margaret H. Cavanaugh

Margaret H. Cavanaugh, 86, of North Hill Assisted Living in Needham, formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at North Hill. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 12, 1918, daughter of Thomas P. and Helena...

Frank J. Maffuccio

Frank J. Maffuccio, 87, of 57 Ontario St. died yesterday at home. Born in Monteforte Cilento, province of Salerno, Italy, on Dec. 10, 1916, son of Giuseppe and Carmella Mondeli Maffuccio, he...

Cecil Bartholomew

Cecil Bartholomew, 91, of South Under Mountain Road, died yesterday morning at home. She was a member of the Sheffield School Committee before it became regionalized. Born in New York City on...

Gordon A. Spinney

Gordon A. Spinney, 71, of 21 Ann Drive died Saturday at home. Born in Greenville, Maine, on March 9, 1933, son of Albert and Violet Stilwell Spinney, he was a graduate of schools there. He...

Frank Everett Rice Jr

Frank Everett Rice Jr., 39, of 205 Ashmere Road died early Monday morning on Old Windsor Road from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Pittsfield on May 26, 1965, son of Frank...

Martha Jacqueline "Jackie" Morin

Martha Jacqueline "Jackie" Morin, 57, of 19 Pleasure Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 28, 1947, daughter of Gilbert and...

Katherine T. Viola

2Katherine T. Viola, 90, of 104 Christian Hill Road died Monday at Fairview Hospital. Born at 104 Christian Hill Road on Aug. 17, 1914, daughter of Dominic and Maria Zucco Zucco, she was a 1932...

Emily Macek

Emily Macek, 86, of 97 Summer St. died Sunday morning at Williamstown Commons, where she was admitted Nov. 9. Born in North Adams on Nov. 25, 1918, daughter of Stanislaus and Victoria Mazur...

Edith M. Galvagni

Edith M. Galvagni, 88, of 334 Merrill Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 23, 1916, daughter of Giovanni and Giovanna Saracco Cavallo, she attended local...

Charles W. Ambery

Charles W. Ambery, 59, of Beaver Dam Road died Friday at home of prostate cancer. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 8, 1945, son of Thomas J. and Mary A. Ambery, he was a graduate of St. Francis'...

Lydia Quinn

Lydia Quinn, 94, died Tuesday afternoon at Curtis Manor Retirement Home, where she had resided for four years. Born in Dalton on March 7, 1910, daughter of Otto and Lydia Kellar Bachli, she...

Lauretta J. Baker O'Neil

Lauretta J. Baker O'Neil, 65, of 580 Main St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in Rutland, Vt., on Feb. 16, 1939, daughter of Paul and Mildred Cote LaPine,...

Antonio Joseph DiNicola

Antonio Joseph DiNicola, 81, formerly of 141 Cole Ave., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He had resided at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield since July 2003. He had moved to...

Jean E. Moran Colby

Jean E. Moran Colby, 80, of 56 Pollock Ave. died Wednesday at home. Born in Housatonic on Sept. 21, 1924, daughter of Eugene and Julia Dunn Bourquard, she was educated in local schools and was a...

Elizabeth Barcomb

Elizabeth Barcomb, 76, of 227 Franklin St. died Thursday at home. Born in Westfield on March 17, 1928, daughter of Charles and Martha Murphy Anderson, she attended schools in Chester. She...