Obituaries

Harvey Charles Rubin

Harvey Charles Rubin, 56, formerly of Great Barrington, died December 20 at his home on Spring Crest Drive in San Antonio, Texas. Born on May 1, 1949, in Brooklyn, N.Y., son of the late David and...

Mary A. Kirby

Mary A. Kirby, 90, of Hillsdale Drive, died Christmas night at her home. Born in Pittsfield on May 14, 1915, daughter of Emil A. and Mary A. Brielman Wechter, she was a 1932 graduate of St....

Albert P. Denelli

Albert P. Denelli, 81, of 277 Shadowland Cove, died Sunday morning in Raynham at the home of his daughter. Born on April 4, 1924, in North Adams, son of the late Giovanni and Maria Barbieri...

Margaret Connors

Margaret Connors, 92, of 129 Southworth St. died Tuesday at her home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 5, 1913, daughter of William and Anna Crowley Sullivan, she graduated in 1931 from Drury High...

Richard L. Brazeau

Richard L. Brazeau, 65, of 43 Jason St. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 31, 1940, son of Lionel and Muriel Boudreau Brazeau, he was a lifelong resident of Pittsfield. He...

The Rev. Charles E. McNeice, S.S.E.

The Rev. Charles E. McNeice, S.S.E., 71, of Colchester, Vt., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday, Dec. 19, in Underhill (Vt.) State Park while on his daily walk. Born in Pittsfield on May 28,...

Stanley Lazor

Stanley Lazor, 85, of Danvers died Wednesday at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, son of Peter and Mary Lazor, he was educated in New York City. A...

Catherine Lahey Kelley

Catherine Lahey Kelley, 88, daughter of Linda Baxter of Great Barrington, died Friday, Dec. 9, 2005 at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had been a resident for the last 18 months....

Rose Marie Suriner

Rose Marie Suriner, 84, of 386 North St. died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since August. Born in Dalton on April 20, 1921, daughter of David and Theresa...

Aline B. Parmenter, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Aline Beatrice Parmenter, 84, of Valley Drive, Bridgeport, W.Va., formerly of North Adams, died early Tuesday morning, Dec. 20, 2003, at United Hospital Center, Clarksburg,...

Edward Theodore Jamros

Edward Theodore Jamros, 93, of 13 Haggerty St. died Monday evening. Born in Adams on Jan. 12, 1912, son of the late Michael and Catherine Lukaszewski Jamros, he attended Adams schools. Mr....

Galen Andrew Davis

Galen Andrew Davis, 68, of Southwick, formerly of Pittsfield, died at home on Dec. 17 from melanoma. Born in Dexter, Maine, on Aug. 24, 1937, son of John A. and Pauline Ramsay Davis, he was a 1955...

Charles Walter Bonin

Charles Walter Bonin, 78, of 12 Egremont Ave. died Friday at his winter home in Arroyo Grande, Calif. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 10, 1927, son of J. Leon and Yvonne Dube Bonin, he was a 1945...

Alan "Skip" Summers

Alan "Skip" Summers, 56, of 1634 North St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Great Barrington on Jan. 4, 1949, son of Doris Love Warner, he was educated in...

Sarah "Sally Jo" Restivo

Sarah "Sally Jo" Restivo, 59, of 203 Narragansett Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a 2 1/2-year battle with ovarian cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 17, 1946,...

Robert Milton Hunt

Robert Milton Hunt, 74, of 117 Danforth Ave. died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 31, 1931, son of James H. and Ruth Van Buren Hunt, he was a 1949 graduate of Pittsfield...

Fred A. "Art" Gwinnell

Fred A. "Art" Gwinnell, 77, of 88 McArthur St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. For more than 25 years, he was a basketball referee at the Boys' Club and umpired baseball games...

Laura M. Benedetti

Laura M. Benedetti, 78, of 325 McClure Road, Franklin, N.C., died Friday at Angel Medical Center in Franklin after a long illness. She was a former resident of Bennington, Vt., Williamstown and...

Bruce C. Bard

Bruce C. Bard, 68, of 1095 Mohawk Trail died Sunday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long battle with squamous cell cancer. Born in Adams on Feb. 6, 1937, son of Edgar O. and Anna...

Ann M. Archey

Ann M. Archey, 73, of 47 Springside Ave. died Sunday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 31, 1932, daughter of John and Agnes Kelly Herrick, she was a 1950 graduate of...

Mary Zucco

Mary Zucco, 90, of Fairview Terrace died yesterday at Fairview Commons. Born in Great Barrington on June 7, 1915, daughter of Morris and Mary Viea Spadaccini, she attended schools in East Canaan,...

Bernard Joseph Simoneau Sr.

Bernard Joseph Simoneau Sr., 78, of 115 Memorial Drive died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Auburn on Jan. 1, 1927, son of Ferdinand and Marguerite Simoneau, he...

Sydelle Shapiro

Sydelle Shapiro, 78, of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community on Cold Spring Road, a former longtime resident of 81 Appleton Ave., Pittsfield, died Thursday night at Berkshire Medical Center. Born...

Tadeusz Piekos, 73

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Tadeusz Piekos, 73, of Daniels Road, Ransomville, N.Y., a native of Cheshire, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005, at Kenmore (N.Y.) Mercy Hospital. Born on Oct. 14, 1932, son of...

Dorothy M. Gageant

Dorothy M. Gageant, 87, of 34 Phelps Ave. died Thursday at home. Born in Adams on July 14, 1918, daughter of Philias and Lillian Perrault Sauve, she attended schools there. Mrs. Gageant was a...