Obituaries

Elizabeth M. O'Connor

Elizabeth M. O'Connor, 71, of 40 New York Ave. died Wednesday at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 18, 1932, daughter of Vincent and Angie Kepp Lavelle, she...

Eva Marie Evangelisto

Eva Marie Evangelisto, 79, formerly of 32 Monroe St., died Wednesday afternoon at Melbourne Place, where she had resided for three years. Born in Fall River on April 19, 1924, daughter of James...

Stella Marie Carey

Stella Marie Carey, 53, of 27 Easton Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a six-year battle with ovarian cancer. Born in North Adams on June 27, 1950, daughter of Lawrence D. and...

Seth Andrew Nieves

Seth Andrew Nieves, infant son of the Rev. Joseph Andrew Nieves and Ruth E. Mendoza Nieves of 30 Thomson Place, died Saturday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where he was born Feb. 19....

Hope Cimini

Hope Cimini, 72, of 58 Easton Ave. died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 26, 1932, daughter of Walter L. and Mary A. Hall Murray, she graduated from St. Joseph's...

Harry L. Giguere Jr

Harry L. Giguere Jr., 60, of 11 Day St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center of respiratory failure. Born in Pittsfield on July 17, 1943, son of Antoinette P. Pizzuto Giguere of Pittsfield...

Nancy Hayn

Nancy Hayn, 82, of Cedar Street, West Barnstable, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday, April 3, at Geer Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in North Canaan, Conn. Born in Great Barrington on...

Eleanor L. Kelly

Eleanor L. Kelly, 89, of 379 East St. died Tuesday at Providence Health Care Center of Lenox. Born in West Stockbridge on Aug. 31, 1914, daughter of John L. and Elizabeth Gorman Quirk, she was a...

Daniel G. Raftery Sr

Daniel G. Raftery Sr., 47, of 1167 North St. died yesterday morning at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 21, 1956, son of Frederick and Dorothea Brancazzu Raftery of Lenox, he...

Patricia A. Fairfield

Patricia A. Fairfield, 60, of Warren Street, Hudson, N.Y., died Friday at home. She was the mother of David Fairfield of Dalton. Born in Chatham, N.Y., on Sept. 21, 1943, daughter of Dominick...

Clara J. Dietz

Clara J. Dietz, 88, of 298 Jarvis Ave., Holyoke, and formerly of 21 McArthur St., died yesterday at Holyoke Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on May 15, 1915, daughter of Joseph and Adele Huser Dietz,...

Anthony Michael Eliecer Ante

Anthony Michael Eliecer Ante of 107 Cadwell Road died Saturday at birth at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. He was the son of Jorge Eliecer Ante and Kristi-Lee Lannan, both of Pittsfield....

John F. Sheerin Jr

John F. Sheerin Jr., 59, of 89 Greylock Terrace died Sunday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on June 3, 1944, son of John F. Sheerin Sr. and Mary...

Claire L. Momnie

Claire L. Momnie, 80, of 16 Cortland St., Chicopee, died Sunday at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. She was the sister of the Rev. Eugene Momnie of Pittsfield. Born in Chicopee on Dec. 4,...

Robert C. Hare

Robert C. Hare, 65, of Main Street, Douglas, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born in Northbridge on Oct. 19, 1938, son of Richard C. Hare of Whitinsville and the late Ruth E....

George Everett Cook

George Everett Cook, 76, of 405 Pittsfield Road, died Friday at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital. He had been visiting in Pennsylvania. Born in Unity, Maine, on Oct. 24, 1927, son of James E. and...

Florence Sonya Carmon

Florence Sonya Carmon, 73, of 45 Paul Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 7, 1930, daughter of Frank J. and Sally Olson Killela, she was a...

Richard R. Rabideau

Richard R. Rabideau, 64, of 16A Duncan Drive, South Deerfield, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at North Shore University Hospital in Syosset, N.Y., after suffering a heart attack. Born in...

Elizabeth Matilda Peaslee

Elizabeth Matilda Peaslee, 86, of 10 Keeler St. died Tuesday morning at home. Born March 21, 1918, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wayne, she attended Pittsfield schools. A homemaker, Mrs....

Louis "Larry" Lucaroni

Louis "Larry" Lucaroni, 80, of 1733 Briarwood Drive, Santa Clara, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 9 at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose, Calif. Born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1923, son of...

Mary C. "Marion" Hurley

Mary C. "Marion" Hurley, 90, died Monday at Jewish Nursing Home in Longmeadow. She was the mother of William J. Hurley of Dalton. Born in Springfield, daughter of Thomas J. and Rosanna B....

Albert C. Hayford Sr., 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Albert C. "Buddy" Hayford Sr., 80, of 201 Brown St. died Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at Berkshire Medical Center following a yearlong battle with lung cancer. Born in...

Kevin Matthew Quinn

Kevin Matthew Quinn, 74, of 71 Lexington Parkway died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center after suffering an apparent heart attack earlier at his home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 26, 1929, son...

John J. Quinn Sr

John J. Quinn Sr., 77, of 71 Lexington Parkway died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1926, son of Dr. John R. and Sara Collins Quinn, he graduated from St....

Mary A. McGovern

Mary A. McGovern, 92, of 34 Daniels Ave. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield Feb. 14, 1912, daughter of Peter T. and Mary Ann Dunn McGovern, she was a 1930 graduate of Pittsfield...