Obituaries

Harry C. Lincoln Jr.

Harry C. Lincoln Jr., 83, of 180 High St. died Friday at Martin Memorial South Hospital in Stuart, Fla., where he had been visiting family. Born in Taunton on July 8, 1921, son of Harry C....

Marion Ann Chamberlain

Marion Ann Chamberlain, 91, of 59 Chestnut St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Jan. 22. Born in North Adams on Sept. 12, 1913, daughter of Edward and Anna...

David H. Stedman

David H. Stedman, 67, of 423 East Housatonic St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on July 24, 1937, son of Harry P. and Charlotte H. Mason Stedman, he...

Iona Eugenia "Jene" Rudd

Iona Eugenia "Jene" Rudd, 85, of 175 Park Ave. died yesterday morning at home after a long illness. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on Sept. 3, 1919, daughter of James J. and Viola VanBuren Reardon,...

Donald A. Raifstanger

Donald A. Raifstanger, 74, of 21 Quarry St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 12, 1930, son of Earl B. and Mildred...

Joseph J. Petersoli Sr.

Joseph J. Petersoli Sr., 84, of 116 Woodland Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Springfield on Oct. 19, 1920, son of Antonio and Bridget O'Sullivan Petersoli,...

Edith Lillian Shaw Miner

Edith Lillian Shaw Miner, 83, of 45 Hawley Road died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Savoy on Jan. 21, 1922, daughter of Archie and Ruth Kemp Harwood, she...

Colombe DesNeiges Coakley-Rice

Colombe DesNeiges Coakley-Rice, 88, formerly of 10 Sunnyside Drive, died Saturday evening at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for two weeks. Born in Valleyfield, Quebec,...

John Ziaja

John Ziaja, 89, of 236 East Road died Tuesday afternoon at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt. Born in Adams on May 16, 1915, son of Martin and Anna Orzechowski Ziaja, he attended...

Catherine F. Wilson Wood

Catherine F. Wilson Wood, 94, formerly of Colonial Gardens in Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. She had most recently lived at Devonshire Estates for a short time....

Fleta Bragdon Wellcome

Fleta Bragdon Wellcome, 97, died Wednesday at Sweetbrook Nursing Home. She had moved to Williamstown in 1955. Born in Limerick, Maine, on March 15, 1907, daughter of Franklin Augustus and...

The Rev. Miriam B. Eckard

The Rev. Miriam B. Eckard, 80, of Wilmont Street, Torrington, Conn., died Wednesday morning at the Hospital for Specialty Care in New Britain, Conn. Born in West Collingswood, N.J., on June 13,...

Mary C. Battis Bishop

Mary C. Battis Bishop, 88, of 4 Columbia St. died early yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on June 27, 1916, daughter of Brayton and Josephine...

Helen O'Brien

Helen O'Brien, 88, of 3655 West Lake Mary Blvd., Lake Mary, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died early Monday morning at South Seminole Community Hospital in Longwood, Fla., where she was admitted...

Rita M. Moreau, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rita M. Moreau, 85, of 5 Navajo Drive died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2005, at home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 4, 1920, daughter of Joseph H. and Alice Moreau Allard, she was...

Andrea C. Gillooly

Andrea C. Gillooly, 52, of 287 River St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Bennington, Vt., on May 30, 1952, daughter of Edward Gaudette and Eva...

Theresa Marie Consolini

Theresa Marie Consolini, 56, of State Road died yesterday morning at home after a brief illness. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 1, 1948, daughter of Philip Consolini and the late Jane S. Hayes...

Geraldine "Rae" Arasimowicz

Geraldine "Rae" Arasimowicz, 83, of 96 Danforth Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Albany, N.Y., on July 24, 1921, daughter of Thomas J. and Daphene L. Gallup Powers, she was a 1939...

George Leonard Lacross

George Leonard Lacross, 88, formerly of 29 Mohawk Forest Boulevard, died Monday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 24, 1917, son of Edmond and Exilda Cote Lacross, he attended...

Beatrice Louise Driscoll

Beatrice Louise Driscoll, 94, formerly of 55 Herie Ave., died yesterday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox where she had resided since March 26, 2003. Born Aug. 25, 1910, in...

George E. Drewniak

George E. Drewniak, 64, of 62 Smith Ave. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Chicopee Falls on Aug. 5, 1940, son of John and Hazel Frances Voudren Drewniak, he attended schools...

Jack Vernon Beverly

Jack Vernon Beverly, 67, of Ballou Lane died Monday afternoon at home following a long illness. Born in Williamstown on Jan. 28, 1937, son of C. Frederick and Frances Louise Sweet Beverly, he...

Margaret Constance Astorino

Margaret Constance Astorino, 99, formerly of 86 Lincoln Court, died Monday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since May 28, 2004. Born in North Adams on Sept. 16,...

Joseph C. Savery

Joseph C. Savery, 78, of 185 Stockbridge Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a longtime member and former chairman of the School Committee and a former member of the...

Bernard C. Robillard

Bernard C. Robillard, 72, of Sampson Parkway died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Holyoke on July 25, 1932, son of Albert E. and Yvonne T. Robillard Robillard, he was a 1950...