Obituaries

Corinne L. Shapiro

Corinne L. Shapiro, 79, of 43 Bishop Parkway died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on June 20, 1926, the daughter of Arthur and Sally Lubin, she attended...

Charles Michael Pallos

Charles Michael Pallos, 74, of 34 Howe Road died yesterday morning at UMass Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Monroe, Mich., Feb. 11, 1931, a son of Michael C. and Mary J. Sever Pallos, he was...

Viola L. Jacobs

Viola L. Jacobs, 84, formerly of 11 Stearns Road, died at Springside of Pittsfield on Saturday. She had resided there since September 2002. Born in Nassau, N.Y., Feb. 20, 1921, the daughter of...

Donald P. Brookman, 79

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Donald Phelps Brookman, 79, of 370 Pine St., Springfield, a formerly of Williamstown, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born on...

Dorothy Roche

Dorothy Roche, 84, of 101 Brooklyn St. died Sunday at the Sweetbrook Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on May 8, 1921, daughter of Alfred and Mary Timothy Foote, she attended...

Patricia Kibby

Patricia Kibby, 73, of 1645 West Housatonic St. died at her home Sunday morning. Born Sept. 22, 1932, in North Adams, daughter of Leo C. and Julia A. Reardon Gagnon, she graduated from St....

Howard S. Frye

Howard S. Frye, 79 of 58 Meadow Lane died Saturday at his home. Born in Adams on Sept. 5, 1926, son of the late Howard Frye and Anita Fitzroy Frye, he attended schools in New Ashford and also...

Nathan Edward Kulis

Nathan Edward Kulis, 86, formerly of Columbia Arms Apartments, 65 Columbus Ave., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since December 2004. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27,...

Frances D. Callahan

Frances D. Callahan, 91, of 74 Beverly St. died Thursday at home. Born in Dalton on Feb. 4, 1914, she attended schools there and graduated in 1936 from Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree...

Anthony Vigna, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony Vigna, 85, of 14 Haggerty St. died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Sept. 1, 1920, son of Frank and Carolina Gaglianese...

Gerardo C. Murano

Gerardo C. Murano, 95, of 580 East St. died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided for a short time. Born in Cairano, province of Avellino, Italy, on April 13, 1910,...

John W. Palomba

John W. Palomba, 68, of 16 Depot St., Housatonic, died Saturday at home. Born in Waterbury, Conn., on April 8, 1937, son of the late Rocco and Jane Kirdzik Palomba, he lived in Oakville, Conn.,...

Gertrude Stella Noel

Gertrude Stella Noel, 86, of 25 Adams Road, Williamstown Commons, died there Saturday. She had resided there for five years. Born in Clarksburg on April 10, 1919, daughter of William and Agnes...

Gladys Campoli

Gladys Campoli, 82, formerly of 100 Commonwealth Ave., died Friday evening at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown, where she had resided since 2004. Born in North Adams on Dec. 7, 1923, daughter...

Elizabeth Pearl Young

Elizabeth Pearl Young, 88, of 3246 Main St. died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she has lived since Oct. 8, 2004. Born on May 23, 1917, in Leicester, daughter of Amos E. and...

Cecelia Bertha Verchot

Cecelia Bertha Verchot, 63, of 123 Danforth Ave. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 8, 1943, daughter of the late Bertha Benson Shaw Ballato and the late Arthur Shaw, she...

Ruth L. Northrup

Ruth L. Northrup, 62, of 28 Hubbard Ave. died Wednesday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 13, 1943, daughter of William and Helen McGurk Stanger, she was a 1961 graduate of St. Joseph's...

Idele R. Huff

Idele R. Huff, 95, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died Wednesday at Providence Care Center after a long illness. Born in Araduck, Russia, on Oct. 5, 1910, daughter of Berel and Sora...

Sadie E. Woodard

Sadie E. Woodard, 92, of 187 E. Dugway Road died Tuesday night at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 18, 1913, daughter of Edward J. and Sara A. Ellery Munsinger, she attended...

Dorothy R. Porio, 73

ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Rose Porio, 73, of 48 Melrose St. died in her sleep Wednesday morning, Feb. 1, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on April 15, 1932, daughter of...

Rachel C. Daniels

Rachel C. Daniels, 84, of 813 Simonds Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Williamstown on May 8, 1921, daughter of J. Fred and Ruth C. Torry Cummings, she attended...

Dorothy G. Connelly

Dorothy G. Connelly, 81, of 76 Fassell Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born Nov. 26, 1924, in Westfield, daughter of Harold L. and Violet Merritt Hunt, she...

George J. Ciuk

George J. Ciuk, 87, of 47 Leonard St. died early Wednesday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Oct. 28, 1918, son of Jacob and Anna Mlecek Ciuk, he attended Adams schools. A veteran of the...

Catherine M. Sullivan

Catherine M. Sullivan, 85, died Sunday evening, Jan. 29, at Fairview Commons, where she had been a resident for the past few years. Born on June 23, 1920, in Pittsfield, she was the daughter of...

Arthur H. Brown

Arthur H. Brown, 92, of 135 Orchard St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Cranston, R.I., on Aug. 15, 1913, he was the son of Arthur and Laura Harrop Brown. He graduated...