Obituaries

Lola A. Gordon-Palma

Lola A. Gordon-Palma, 78, of 79 Doreen St., died Friday evening at home after a long illness. Born on Dec. 19, 1927, in Swifton, Ark., daughter of Rufus and Mary Hatfield Jones, she attended...

Jennie J. Gilardi

Jennie J. Gilardi, 86, formerly of 61 Elberon Ave. died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since January. Born in Hinsdale, Aug. 11, 1919, a daughter of Ignatius and Maria...

Frank Edward Deminoff

Frank Edward Deminoff, 83, of 41 James St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 30, 1922, son of the late Walter and Anna Kosowan Deminoff, he attended local schools...

Paul S. Blanchette

Paul S. Blanchette, 80, of 1 Berkshire Square died Friday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Springfield on July 4, 1925, son of Arthur and Anna Smith Blanchette, he came to Adams...

April L. Willey

April L. Willey, 22, of 6 Stonebridge Way died Saturday at home after a long batle with a rare metabolic disorder. Born in Pittsfield on May 25, 1983, daughter of Gary and Janet Willey Willey, she...

Mary Ellen McMahon, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mary Ellen McMahon, 89, of 118 Church St., Proprietor's Field, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, at Williamstown Commons. Born in the Blackinton section of North Adams on...

Sally Joan Mayhew

Sally Joan Mayhew, 74, of State College, Pa., died Wednesday at the Mount Nittany Medical Center, in State College, Pa. Born in Pittsfield on April 26, 1931, to the late Wilford and Mary L. Ryder...

Tyson Thomas Kueblbeck

Tyson Thomas Kueblbeck, 33, of 18411 South Tapps Drive, East Sumner, Wash., died Tuesday in Tacoma, Wash., from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 24,...

Mary C. Kearns

Mary C. Kearns, 81, a longtime resident of Sibley Street, died on Tuesday at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 22, 1924, daughter of Orestio and Isola Rocetai Ricciarini, she...

Herbert William Spence Jr.

Herbert William Spence Jr., 73, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on June 11, 1932, in Melrose, son of Herbert and Hazel Friburg Spence, he grew up in Saugus where he graduated from...

Eugene B. Scerbo

Eugene B. Scerbo, 86, of 460 Walker St. died Friday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital where he was admitted earlier in the day. Born in North Adams on July 23, 1919, he was a son of...

Sidney Mishcon

Sidney Mishcon, 88, of Long Boat Key, Fla., and Great Barrington died Wednesday at Fairview Hospital. Born July 5, 1917, in New York, son of Samuel and Anna Frey Mishcon, he graduated from Erasmus...

Virginia Elizabeth Giroux

Virginia Elizabeth Giroux, 59, of 384 East Main St., died Tuesday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on July 24, 1946, daughter of the late Harvey A. Giroux and...

Joan Marie Kulesa Almori

Joan Marie Kulesa Almori, 66, of 1 Alcott Lane died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center from complications of recurrent breast cancer. Born in Pittsfield on March 21, 1939, daughter of Jennie...

Leverne John "Butch" Taylor

Leverne John "Butch" Taylor, 75, of 1300 East St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on July 3, 1930, he was the son of Leverne H. and Agnes Luczynski Taylor. When he was...

Mandell L. Smith

Mandell L. Smith, 67, of 90 Windigo Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Orange, Fla., on Feb. 1, 1939, son of MacDonald and Norma Hinds Smith, he attended Williamsburg schools...

Virginia P. Moore

Virginia P. Moore, 87, of Cooper Town Road, Tyringham, died yesterday at Fairview Commons. Born in Housatonic on Nov. 10, 1918, the daughter of John and Louise Minor Post, she moved to Pittsfield...

Bernice "Betty" Elizabeth Lawrence

Bernice "Betty" Elizabeth Lawrence, 86, formerly of 12 Pleasant St., died yesterday at Craneville Place, where she had been a resident since January. Born Feb. 15, 1920, in Pittsfield, the...

Michael C. Kuzara

Michael C. Kuzara, 92, formerly of 147 Dalton Ave., died Monday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. He resided at Kimball Farms, 235 Walker St., for the past two and a half...

Ursula K. Krueger Godyn

Ursula K. Krueger Godyn, 84, of 44 Arnold Place, died Sunday evening at North Adams Commons, where she was admitted on Feb. 6. Born in Elmshorn, Germany, on Oct. 26, 1921, she was a daughter of...

Carl J. Fenner Jr.

Carl J. Fenner Jr., 91, of East Otis and, more recently, of Devonshire Estates died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Pittsfield on Nov. 12, 1914, son of Carl J. and Margaret...

Joan J. Boutin

Joan J. Boutin, 75, formerly of Melbourne Place, died Monday afternoon at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. She had been a patient there since December. For the past 10 years, she resided in...

Iris Bertha Bland

Iris Bertha Bland, infant daughter of Tasha A. Persip of 55 John St., died at birth on Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Besides her mother, she leaves her maternal grandparents, Earl...

Lawrence G. "Pete" Vieau

Lawrence G. "Pete" Vieau, 61, of Chicopee died Sunday at Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Agawam from heart and kidney disease. His sister, Nancy Devane, lives in Becket. Born in Tupper Lake,...

Ruth M. Simon

Ruth M. Simon, 87, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died Saturday at home. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1918, daughter of Aaron and Dora Siegel Moskowitz, she graduated from Evander...