Obituaries

Robert Anthony O'Neill

Robert Anthony O'Neill, 79, of 35 North St. died Wednesday at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Feb. 5, 1926, son of Thomas and Hazel Estes O'Neill, he attended schools...

Francis Eugene Messina

Francis Eugene Messina, 53, of 75 Commercial St. died Wednesday at home, following a short illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 15, 1952, son of Francis Joseph and Mary V. MacTavish Messina, he...

Dante Botto

Dante Botto, 90, a former longtime resident of 26 Foote Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. He had resided at Laurel Lake Center in Lee since July...

Helen S. Walker

Helen S. Walker, 89, died yesterday morning at home. Born in South Norwalk, Conn., on June 6, 1915, daughter of Alex and Julia Hutkai Erdos, she was educated there. In the 1950s and 60s, she...

Ethel "June" Kauppi

Ethel "June" Kauppi, 90, a longtime resident of North Pownal Road in Pownal Center, died yesterday morning at home after a short illness. Born in Williamstown, Mass., on June 1, 1914, daughter of...

Major Gen. Garth Bryant Dettinger

Retired Air Force Major Gen. Garth Bryant Dettinger, 83, of 9120 Belvoir Woods Parkway, Fort Belvoir, Va., formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday of heart disease at Inova Fairfax (Va.) Hospital. He...

Catherine A. Cadorette

Catherine A. Cadorette, 93, formerly of 32 Stockbridge Road, died Thursday at Providence Care Center, where she had resided for the past few years. Born in Pittsfield on May 11, 1911, daughter of...

Holly Sipma

Holly Sipma, 45, of 219 Saratoga Ave., Chicopee, died Wednesday at home after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 5, 1959, daughter of Russell Clark and Joan D. Couch...

Mary A. Sini

Mary A. Sini, 93, of 19 Maple St., Greenfield, died Wednesday at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, following a period of failing health. A native of Capaci, Palermo, Italy, she was born on...

Dolores M. Passardi

Dolores M. Passardi, 69, of 16 Walnut Lane, Essex Junction, Vt., formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday evening at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt. She moved to Essex Junction in 1987....

Peter N. Palmer

Peter N. Palmer, 60, of 35 Arnold St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at his home. Born in Lynn on Nov. 7, 1944, he was the adoptedson of John and Wilma...

Edward L. Manley Jr.

Edward L. Manley Jr., 79, of 12 Grove Ave., died at home on Tuesday. Born in Springfield on Nov. 2, 1925, son of Edward L. Manley Sr. and Harriett Gelinas Manley, he attended schools there He...

Michaelina G. Handerek

Michaelina G. Handerek, 83, of 37 Albro St., died Wednesday morning at home. Born in Montague on Nov. 5, 1921, daughter of Michael and Stella Aptacy Saharceski, she was a 1939 graduate of...

Jean Baldwin, 81

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Jean Baldwin, 81, of West Center Road died early Thursday morning, March 17, 2005, at Kimball Farms in Lenox, where she had resided for three months. She had resided...

Marie Volff

Marie Volff, 66, of 4 Columbia St. died Monday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Nov. 15, 1938, daughter of Archibald and Hazel O'Dell Brown, she attended Adams schools....

Ruth Jannesse Parks Smith

Ruth Jannesse Parks Smith, 94, of Theresa Terrace died yesterday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Center in Lenox. Born in Norwalk, Conn., on Aug. 20, 1910, daughter of Wallace and Ruth Denton...

Marie Bohlen

Marie Bohlen, 86, of North Plain Road, Housatonic, died Monday afternoon at Providence Health Care in Lenox, where she had resided since September. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 9, 1918,...

Lynn Vincent, 49

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lynn Arigoni Wroldson Vincent, 49, of 65 East Quincy St. died Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in North Adams on May...

Mark Kenneth Stevens

Mark Kenneth Stevens, 37, of 5465 Curry Ford Road, Hollowbrook Apartments, Orlando, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Florida Hospital East in Orlando after a brief illness. Born in...

Florence A. Senecal, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Florence Ann "Sandy" Senecal, 82, formerly of 37 Veazie St., died Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, after a long illness. Born in...

John C. "Butch" Procopio Jr.

John C. "Butch" Procopio Jr., 63, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where he was admitted this month. Born in Pittsfield on July 10, 1941, son of...

Evelyn Mae Elliott

Evelyn Mae Elliott, 83, of 5312 Royal Cypress Circle, Tampa, Fla., formerly of Imperial Avenue, died Monday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa. Born Evelyn M. Prockett in Springfield on July 5,...

The Rev. Charles T. Brown

The Rev. Charles T. Brown, 92, a native of Stockbridge, died Sunday at Hawthorne House in Freeport, Maine, where he had resided for a year. Born Nov. 21, 1912, son of Willie C. and Edith Janes...

Gustav J. Berkel Jr.

Gustav J. Berkel Jr., 88, of Mcgee Road died yesterday at home. He was a member and chairman of the Selectmen in Alford for many years. He spearheaded one of the earliest transfer-station and...

Lucille F. Baker, 77

ADAMS, Mass. — Lucille F. Baker, 77, of 19 Arnold St. died Sunday, March 14, 2005, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, following a long battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on...