Obituaries

Catherine A. Cooney

Catherine A. Cooney, 94, formerly of 12 Maple St., died Sunday evening at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for four years. Born in Lenox on Oct. 19, 1911, daughter of John J. and...

Alice Cecelia Carrigan

Alice Cecelia Carrigan, 82, of 584 East St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 15, 1923, daughter of Francis and Mary Grace Pelissier Carrigan, she was a graduate...

Laura Alexander

Laura Alexander, 96, of Paisley Terrace died Saturday at home. Born in New York City on Oct. 28, 1909, daughter of Israel and Frieda Linder, she was educated and attended design schools in New...

Barbara Ellen Sedgwick

Barbara Ellen Sedgwick, 75, of 109 Housatonic St. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 12, 1930, daughter of Allen J. and Olla Graham McIntyre, she was a 1947 graduate of Pittsfield...

Richard John Masefield

Richard John Masefield, 50, of 11 Cardinal St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 13, 1955, son of Gladys Westover Masefield Frank and the late John A....

Giulio G. Brondoni, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Giulio Gino Brondoni, 83, of 189 State St., a resident of North Adams for 71 years, died Monday morning, Jan. 9, 2006, at home. Born in Voghera, province of Pavia,...

Richard R. "Rip" Vanasse Jr.

Richard R. "Rip" Vanasse Jr., 59, of Furnace Colony Drive, Pembroke, a native of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Tufts-NEMC Hospital after a long illness. Born on Dec. 25, 1946, son of Richard R....

Robert A. Martin Sr.

Robert A. Martin Sr., 62, of 152 North Summer St. died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 6, 1943, son of the late William N. and Marian...

Robert H. Flagg

Robert H. Flagg, 53, of 42 Taft St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pownal, Vt., on March 3, 1952, son of George Flagg and Pauline Lincoln Flagg Ames, he attended Drury...

Joyce A. Cote, 65

FLORIDA, Mass. â€' Joyce Anne Cote, 65, of 69 Moores Road died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Florida on March 30, 1940, daughter of R. Harold and Albina...

Barbara A. Soule

Barbara A. Soule, 72, of 46 Merriam St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 10, 1933, daughter of Francis and Laura Fiehrer Duggan, she was a 1951 graduate of...

Joan A. Phelan

Joan A. Phelan, 62, of 6 Bow Center Road, Bow, N.H., died Friday at Kindred Hospital of Boston/Northshore in Peabody, following a long illness. She left the Berkshires in 2002. Born in...

Margaret T. McKeever

Margaret T. McKeever, 94, of 379 East St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1911, daughter of John and Agnes Tully Fitzgerald, she graduated in 1928 from St....

Lola Belle Johnson

Lola Belle Johnson, 82, formerly of Haley Road, died Tuesday at Berkshire Place in Pittsfield, where she had resided for about two years. Born in Seguin, Texas, on Sept. 23, 1923, daughter of Dr....

Preston L. Smith III

Preston L. Smith III, 47, of 163 Pleasant St. died Saturday at North Adams Commons after a long illness. Born in North Adams on April 22, 1958, son of Preston L. Smith Jr. and Patricia Roy Smith,...

Bruno Rufo

Bruno Rufo, 77, of 61 Langlois Ave., a longtime area businessman and entrepreneur, died Saturday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 22, 1928, son of Candido...

Charles John "Jack" Quinlan

Charles John "Jack" Quinlan, 57, of 30193 Destiny Drive, Murrieta, Calif., died Monday at Scripps Hospital in Encinitas, Calif. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 14, 1948, son of the late John F. and...

Emily B. Olsen

Emily B. Olsen, 97, formerly of 54 Alden Ave., died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since July 2002. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 21, 1908, daughter of Irving and Ellen Morris...

Kenneth E. Murrell

Kenneth E. Murrell, 66, of 81 Appletree Lane died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Carthage, Mo., on April 14, 1939, son of Mildred Edmondson Murrell and the late Keith A. Murrell, he...

Guido R. "Guy" Masiero

Guido R. "Guy" Masiero, 81, of 45 Taconic Ave. died Friday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 30, 1924, son of Dominico and Antonia Guarda Masiero, he grew up...

Charlotte R. Gardner

Charlotte R. Gardner, 77, of 39 Gale Ave. died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since April 2005. Born in Canaan, Conn., on March 26, 1928, daughter of Ellen Drumm VandeBogart...

Virginia Flynn

Virginia Flynn, 83, of 10541 Collinsville-Martin Road, Martin, Miss., died Friday at home. Her late husband, Daniel J. Flynn Jr., was a native of Great Barrington. Born in Meridian, Miss., on...

David E. Finney, 88

STAMFORD, Vt. — David Eugene Finney, 88, of 117 Jepson Road died Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, at Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, where he had resided since October 2004. Born in Deer Park,...

Veronica C. "Bonnie" Duncan

Veronica C. "Bonnie" Duncan, 77, of 899 South Main St. died Saturday at Fairview Hospital. Born in New York City on May 27, 1928, daughter of Thomas and Mary Hopkins Pickersgill, she moved to...

Phyllis B. Avery, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Phyllis Burghardt Avery, 88, of 225 Adams St., Brooklyn, N.Y., a former resident of Williamstown, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, at home. Born in Bennington, Vt., on July...