Obituaries

Norman Andrew Lappies

Norman Andrew Lappies, 83, of 250 Pittsfield Road died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in Chatham, N.Y., on April 28, 1920, son of Raymond and Mabel Rathbun Lappies, he attended schools in...

Josephine Theresa Iwanowicz

Josephine Theresa Iwanowicz, 86, of 551 Summit Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Adams on June 7, 1917, daughter of Joseph and Helen Nida Gwozdz, she was a graduate of the former Adams...

Worthington G. "Bunny" Tucker

Worthington G. "Bunny" Tucker, 87, of 140 Melbourne Road, formerly of Devonshire Estates Retirement Residence and Palm Harbor, Fla., died Thursday at Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born in...

Ida Pozzoni, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ida Pozzoni, 90, of 16 South Merriam St. died Thursday, March 25, 2004, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Canaan, Conn., on Oct. 29, 1913, daughter of Lorenzo and...

Frances R. Kelley

Frances R. Kelley, 93, of Berkshiretown Apartments, 176 Columbus Ave., died Friday at home. Born in Hinsdale on Feb. 2, 1911, daughter of Maurice and Elizabeth Murray O'Brien, she attended...

Evelyn Virginia Fahey

Evelyn Virginia Fahey, 87, formerly of 44 Egremont Ave., died Friday at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, Storrs, Conn., where she had resided for the past year. Born in Pittsfield...

Florence M. DiCicco

Florence M. DiCicco, 84, formerly of Maud Street, died yesterday morning at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 25, 1920, daughter of Joseph and Rosina Coiro Sangiovanni,...

William F. "Perch" Kennedy

William F. "Perch" Kennedy, 73, of Cheshire Road died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1930, son of Robert and Katherine Maloney Kennedy, he was a 1948 graduate of St. Joseph's...

Norah A. Burke

Norah A. Burke, 99, formerly of Lenox, died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Steelton, Pa., on Sept. 6, 1904, daughter of Maurice and Catherine O'Connell...

David Shaun Sedgwick

David Shaun Sedgwick, 61, of 31 Salinger Court, Coto de Caza, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home after an extended illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 23, 1942, son of Volney...

Elizabeth Fredericka Henry

Elizabeth Fredericka Henry, 82, formerly of 38 Bernard St., Springfield, died Tuesday at Chapin Center in Springfield. She was the mother of Constance M. Flynn of Pittsfield. Born in...

William J. McMahon

William J. McMahon, 73, of 123 Ashuelot St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center, where he was admitted Jan. 18. Mr. McMahon signed with the Red Sox in 1949 and pitched well in the minors...

Lisolette W. Kowalski

Lisolette W. Kowalski, 76, of 45 Seymour St. died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since last October. Born in Germany on June 25, 1927, daughter of Hermann and Wilhelmina...

Raymond Joseph Pellerin

Raymond Joseph Pellerin, 83, of 190 Brown St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Jan. 25, 1921, son of George and Grace Couture Pellerin, he was educated in...

Aaron Orlando King

Aaron Orlando King, 31, of 76 Bossidy Drive died Tuesday at the University of Massachusetts Health Alliance Hospital in Leominster after suffering an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on...

Sol Toscher

Sol Toscher, 86, of Delray Beach, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 18, 1917, son of David and Molly Toscher, he was raised in Denver but...

Eleanor A. LaRochelle

Eleanor A. LaRochelle, 75, of 29 Richmond Ave. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she was admitted in December 2003. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 31, 1929, daughter of Sofio...

Wayne Upton Bidwell

Wayne Upton Bidwell, 85, of 245 Cheshire Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in St. Albans, Vt., on Jan. 29, 1919, son of Ernest and Katie Loveland Bidwell, he attended schools in...

Dorothy E. Leab

Dorothy E. Leab, 84, of 59 Carson Ave. died yesterday at Craneville Place. Born in Dalton on Jan. 4, 1920, daughter of Charles D. and Carrie J. Rarick Zink, she was a 1937 graduate of the former...

Richard Franklin Lacatell

Richard Franklin Lacatell, 85, of EPOCH Assisted Living, 140 Melbourne Road, died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he was admitted two weeks ago. Born in Pittsfield on Feb....

Faith A. Trepania

Faith A. Trepania, 62, of Berkshiretown Apartments, 176 Columbus Ave., died Saturday at home following a long illness. Born in Albany, N.Y., on June 9, 1941, daughter of Grayce Laramee Rogers,...

Mary T. Melle

Mary T. Melle, 84, of Maple Street, a native of Lenox, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center, where she had been a patient for a week. Born in Lenox on Aug. 26, 1919, daughter of Giuseppe...

Clara Mandel

Clara Mandel, 88, of 349 Haydenville Road, Leeds, died Thursday at Linda Manor Extended Care Facility following a long illness. Born in Turok, Russia, on March 15, 1915, daughter of Benzion and...

Edna M. Blanchard

Edna M. Blanchard, 99, of North Falmouth and formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Harborside Healthcare of Falmouth. She was the sister of Lillian Anderson of Pittsfield. Born in...

Sears Roy Van Alstyne Jr

Sears Roy Van Alstyne Jr., 58, of Sherwood Drive died Saturday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 5, 1945, son of Sears R. Van Alstyne Sr. and Mary Una Barnes...