Obituaries

Albert Tavares

Albert Tavares, 83, of Manchester, Conn., died yesterday at the Haven Health Center of East Hartford in Connecticut. Born in Pittsfield on July 23, 1921, son of Jose and Maria do Cormo Mendes, he...

Alfons Michael Wiater Sr

Alfons Michael Wiater Sr., 83, of 389 Harbor Road died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on July 4, 1921, son of Jakob and Katarzyna Kolis Wiater, he was a 1941...

Bridget Watkins-Hannock

Bridget Watkins-Hannock, 42, of 30 Colonial Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield of a brain tumor. Born in Cleveland on Aug. 29, 1962, daughter of Dr. James Watkins and...

Harry O'Gara

Harry O'Gara, 86, of 21 Kensington Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 17, 1917, son of Michael E. and Letitia Krommes O'Gara, he was a 1936 graduate of...

Lisa Ann Murillo

PITTSFIELD -- Lisa Ann Murillo, 44, of 11 Southbrook Lane, died October 3, 2004 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1960, daughter of...

Elizabeth H. Clark

Elizabeth H. Clark, 55, of 55 New State Road, Montgomery, died Monday at home after a brief illness. She was the mother of Kimberly E. Denault of Washington. Born in Westfield in March of...

Charles Leon Bliven Sr

Charles Leon Bliven Sr., 70, of 32 Martha St., Seymour, Conn., formerly of Otis, died Friday at home. Born in Otis on May 8, 1934, son of Raymond F. and Irene Door-hamer Blivenhe graduated from a...

Dino J. Perego

Dino J. Perego, 38, of 121 Plunkett St. died Saturday morning of injuries sustained in a truck accident on Route 7 in Pittsfield. Born in Dorchester on Feb. 21, 1966, son of Eugene J. Perego of...

Patricia Drane

Patricia Drane, 68, of 34 Bayberry Road, Newburyport, a native of Dalton, died Saturday at Country Manor in Newburyport. Born on Oct. 18, 1935, daughter of William and Elizabeth Carey Allen, she...

Silvia Domenichini-Durant, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Silvia Ann Domenichini-Durant, 50, of 46 Marietta St. died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown after a brief illness. Born in North Adams on...

Jean M. Brown, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jean Mabel Brown, 68, of 3 Cherokee Drive died Friday, Oct. 1, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on April 16, 1936, daughter of Mary "Mabel" Dupras...

Monica M. Wojcik

Monica M. Wojcik, 92, of 16 Crandall St. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on July 28, 1912, daughter of Frank and Veronica Szetela Urbanek, she...

Lisa Ann Murillo

Lisa Ann Murillo, 44, of 11 Southbrook Lane, died Sunday afternoon from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1960, daughter of Kenneth and...

Barbara J. Parizo Laraway

Barbara J. Parizo Laraway, 66, of 309 Elm St. died Sunday at home after a long illness. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Jan. 29, 1938, daughter of Stanley R. King Sr. and Barbara Kupfer King, she...

Stephanie M. "Stacia" Dabrowski

Stephanie M. "Stacia" Dabrowski, 86, of 2 Cross St. died Sunday morning at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on June 21, 1918, daughter of Wojciech and Apolonia Lesniewska Banas, she attended...

Dr. Ira S. Colby

Dr. Ira S. Colby, 87, of Ann Drive died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in New York City on Dec. 31, 1916, son of Philip and Sadie Sherman Colby, he graduated from high...

Gertrude Albina Bressett

Gertrude Albina Bressett, 85, of 45 Millard Ave. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on May 15, 1919, daughter of Elphege and Rose Marie Cyr Adam, she attended schools...

Amy Belknap McGraw

Amy Belknap McGraw, 89, of 253 State Road died Wednesday, at Fairview Hospital. Born in Springfield on May 28, 1915, son of Sumner E. and Rebecca B. Webb Wood, she was a 1933 graduate of West...

Thomas P. Lyons

Thomas P. Lyons, 73, of 32 Spring St. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Lee on July 1, 1931, son of Thomas P. and Nora O'Brien Lyons, he moved to Cheshire as a child and attended schools...

Joseph S. Santanello

Joseph S. Santanello, 77, of Lion Hill Road, East Otis, and Floral City, Fla., died Saturday at Noble Hospital in Westfield. Born in Thompsonville, Conn., on July 28, 1927, son of Angelo and...

Nellie Alzina Mead

Nellie Alzina Mead, 86, of State Road died yesterday afternoon at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing, where she had resid-ed since August. Born in Lee on Oct. 25, 1917, daughter of Floyd...

Betty L. Gray

Betty L. Gray, 73, of Berkshire Town Apartments died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 24, 1930, daughter of William and Elizabeth Carey Allen, she attended local schools. She had...

Anne Euchler

Anne Euchler, 88, of Village at Fillmore Pond retirement community in Bennington, Vt., formerly of Adams, died Monday evening at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Ben-nington. Born in...

Melba Agnes Wendling

Melba Agnes Wendling, 90, formerly of Epworth Arms, died yesterday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since June 2002. Born in New York City on Oct. 14, 1913,...

Jasper S. Romano

Jasper S. Romano, 91, formerly of Heaton Court, died yesterday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox, where he had resided for two years. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 27,...