Obituaries

Robert E. Harrison Sr.

Robert E. Harrison Sr., 74, of 222 Dalton Division Road died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 15, 1932, son of Herbert E. and Marjorie Renfrew Harrison, he was a 1949 graduate of...

Shirley Edna Curry

Shirley Edna Curry, 81, formerly of 247 Harryel St., died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since May 12, 2004. Born in Montville, Calif., on July 19, 1925, daughter of...

Frank P. Wilk, 94

ADAMS, Mass. — Frank Peter Wilk, 94, of 21 Paul's Hill Road, West Falmouth, a native of Adams, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, at JML Care Center in Falmouth. Born on Oct. 13, 1912, son of Justyn...

Raymond F. Tremlett Jr.

Raymond F. Tremlett Jr., 73, of Tewksbury died Saturday at home. He was the father of Scott D. Tremlett of Pittsfield. Born in Boston on Aug. 31, 1933, son of Raymond F. and Cecily Dunn...

Helen Dolores Monette

Helen Dolores Monette, 76, of 14 Isbell St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 9, 1930, daughter of Joseph and Adrienne Kuza Rodovick, she attended the former...

Helen G. Lord

Helen G. Lord, 89, formerly of 25 Grove St., died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Sept. 5, 1917, daughter of Albert T. and Mary Beaubien Gregoire, she...

R. Jack Kelly

R. Jack Kelly, 78, of 531 West St. died Friday at Hillcrest Commons Heath Care Facility, where he had resided for two weeks. He was the owner of Berkshire Hearing Aid Center. Born in...

Peter D. Foote Jr.

Peter D. Foote Jr., 52, of 9 Southbrook Lane died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 31, 1954, son of Peter D. Foote Sr. and Adelia Cilli...

William Matthew Czelusniak

William Matthew Czelusniak, 88, of 19 Mill St. died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in Fall River on Dec. 7, 1918, son of John and Mary Soltys Czelusniak, he...

Doris P. Scrivens, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Doris Pauline Scrivens, 82, of 118 Church St., died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006, at the North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on June 9, 1924, daughter of Wilfred...

Joan M. Ross

Joan M. Ross, 50, of 286 Main St., died at home Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on April 28, 1956, daughter of Harry and Martha Shock Freshler, she was a 1974...

Paul F. Allyn

Paul F. Allyn, 81, of 291 East Canaan, Conn., died yesterday morning at Sharon (Conn.) Hospital. Born June 7, 1925 in Great Barrington, son of Louis E. and Margaret Goggin Allyn, he attended local...

Clara Ann Rivers, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Clara Ann Rivers, 90, of 7 Ash Lane died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Dec. 29, 1915, daughter of Albert and Amanda...

Theodore J. Nylic

Theodore J. Nylic, 52, of 11 Silver St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 5, 1954, son of the late William J. and Helen Laston Nylic, he was a 1973 graduate of Mount Greylock...

Lillian Uttal Chesanow

Lillian Uttal Chesanow, 102, formerly of Taconic Avenue, died yesterday in Sacramento, Calif., of complications arising from Alzheimer's disease. Born Oct. 27, 1904, in Newark, N.J., he was the...

Elizabeth M."Beth" Cariddi

Elizabeth M."Beth" Cariddi, 58, of 211 Church St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Commons. Born in Malden on April 4, 1948, daughter of Madeline Williamson Marchand Grasso and the late...

Patricia Deanna Romeo

Patricia Deanna Romeo, 67, of 81 Park St. died early Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter, Carla Martel of Savoy. Born in North Adams on Oct. 4, 1939, daughter of Harold R. Palmer and Mary...

The Rev. Donald Platt

The Rev. Donald Platt, 90, of 80 Taconic Ave. died Monday at the Great Barrington Rehab and Nursing Center. Born in Everett, Wash., on June 18, 1916, son of Thomas and Bessie Martin Platt, he...

Norman T. O'Brien

Norman T. O'Brien, 77, of 315 Upper Valley Road died Sunday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield Aug. 19, 1929, son of Norman B. and Irene Pratt O'Brien, he was educated in...

John Merola

John Merola, 80, of 8 Mapleview Drive died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Rome, Italy, on Nov. 28, 1926, son of Adolfo and Antoinette Tucheron Merola, he moved with his family to New...

Irene V. McDonald

Irene V. McDonald, 79, a former Broadway singer and dancer and a longtime drama teacher at Berkshire School, died Sunday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born Alice Reid in Brooklyn,...

Matthew David Masiero

Matthew David Masiero, 34, of 171 Magnolia St. in Dorchester, formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Born in Pittsfield on March 16, 1972, son of the...

Mary Ann Gwozdz

Mary Ann Gwozdz, 93, of 418 Fales Road died Monday at her home. Born in Adams on May 16, 1913, daughter of Johann and Maria Breidenbach Schneider, she moved with her family to a farm on Stafford...

Adrienne Eve Cornellier

Adrienne Eve Cornellier, 96, formerly of Dartmouth Street, died in Nashua, N.H., on Saturday. Born in Lac Megantic, Canada, Dec. 14, 1910, daughter of Adelard and Marie Lamontagne Charland, she...

Rita M. Brassard

Rita M. Brassard, 89, formerly of Elm Street, died Sunday evening at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided since August 2002. Born in Pittsfield Dec. 15, 1917, daughter of Robert...