Obituaries

Maria C. Rufo

Maria C. Rufo, 95, of 30 Sunset Ave. died Wednesday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. She had resided in Lenox for the past five years, having moved here from Brighton. Born in...

George V. Perreault

George V. Perreault, 83, of 45 Main St., Sugar Hill died Tuesday evening at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where he had resided for the past month. Before moving to Sugar Hill, he had also...

Karen Ann Golomb

Karen Ann Golomb, 53, of Charlotte, N.C., died Tuesday, Sept. 6, at home. Born on July 17, 1952, in Worcester, daughter of Beverly J. Mayo and the late Donald E. Mayo, she graduated from Lenox...

Ida H. Bayer

Ida H. Bayer, 97, of George Street died Sunday at home, following a short illness. Born in Schaki, Lithuania, on May 4, 1908, daughter of Gustav and Johanna Reil Winkler, she was a graduate of...

Sally Young

Sally Young, 64, of 139 North Egremont Road died yesterday of lung cancer. She died at the home of her son, Stephen Sagarin of 113 Egremont Plain Road. Born in Nyack, N.Y., on April 22, 1941,...

Carlos Fidel Seminario

Carlos Fidel Seminario, 57, of 53 Westminster St. died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Lima, Peru, on April 24, 1948, son of Jose and Alicia Falero...

Leona Marie Pero

Leona Marie Pero, 81, of Starbrooke Drive, Newton, N.C., died Saturday at Palliative CareCenter and Hospice of Catawba Valley. Born in Adams on Nov. 16, 1923, daughter of Amedee Joseph and Mary...

William J. Kennedy

William J. Kennedy, 53, of 112 Melbourne Road died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 18, 1951, son of John and Lillian Dwyer Kennedy, he attended local schools, including Pittsfield High...

Alice M. Godfrey

Alice M. Godfrey, 75, of 580 Henderson Road died Monday morning at the Sweetbrook Health Care Centers. Born in Williamstown on Feb. 27, 1930, daughter of Archie and Bessie Davis Godfrey, she...

Robert F. Gerhardt

Robert F. Gerhardt, 93, of 38 East Demming St., formerly of Lanesborough, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Aug. 22, 1912, son of Louis and Minni...

Dorothy Moon Miner, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Mae Moon Miner, 90, of Village East, 546 Mohawk Trail, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, at home. Born in Stephentown, N.Y., on April 27, 1915, daughter of John H....

Lawrence R. Keefe

Lawrence R. Keefe, 89, formerly of 50 1/2 Melrose St., died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Nov. 11, 1915, son of Patrick and Virginia M. Wing Keefe, he was a...

Francis A. Colli

Francis A. Colli, 89, of 821 Pattison Road died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. He had moved to North Adams in 2004. Born in Agawam on Nov. 29, 1915, son of Frank and Susie Cebrelli...

Mabel Walton

Mabel Walton, 86, of 917 North Main St. died Saturday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where she had resided for 11 years. Born in Williamstown on Sept. 30, 1918, daughter of William and Della...

Sophie Lutynski

Sophie Lutynski, 83, of Silver Brook Road died Saturday evening at home. Born in New Britain, Conn., on Feb. 2, 1922, daughter of John and Alexandra Witanowska Silkowski, she graduated from high...

Gerald E. St. Jean

Gerald E. St. Jean, 64, of 46 Mallard Cove died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He had resided in Cheshire for 5 1/2 years. Before that, he lived in Savoy, Adams and the town of...

Anthony Rufo

Anthony Rufo, 84, of 160 East Slope Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 7, 1921, son of Antonio and Mary DeSenna Rufo, he was educated in...

Eugene J. Loveday Sr.

Eugene J. Loveday Sr., 75, of 291 Onota St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pontiac, Ill., on April 19, 1930, son of Henry and Clara Marker Loveday, he was educated there and...

Hilda Mae Farnum

Hilda Mae Farnum, 80, of 55 Sheffield Road died yesterday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Great Barrington on May 1, 1925, daughter of Arthur and Hazel Connors Duryea, she was a...

Americo "Merc" G. Contenta

Americo "Merc" G. Contenta, 76, of 58 Valentine Road died Sunday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee. Born in Sonnino, province of Latina, Italy, on Oct. 26, 1928, son of Augusto and Esther DiMicco...

Marilyn Shirley Gorman Alderman

Marilyn Shirley Gorman Alderman, 78, of 615 North Eagle St., formerly of 9 Meadow St., North Adams, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield of arteriosclerosis and kidney failure. Born...

Dominic Joseph Mangano

Dominic Joseph Mangano, 92, of 129 Plunkett St. died Wednesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Palermo, Sicily, on March 12, 1913, son of Michael and Rosalia Ferrante Mangano, he...

John Michael Kelly

John Michael Kelly, 75, of 65 Columbus Ave. died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons Nursing Home after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 15, 1929, son of John R. and Mary Irene...

Leona Lillian Ethier

Leona Lillian Ethier, 90, of 4 Columbia St. died early yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on July 8, 1915, daughter of Zotique and Angelina Gauthier...

Harold E. "Red" Affhauser

Harold E. "Red" Affhauser, 81, of 552 Reservoir Road died Wednesday evening at the Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where he had resided since 1993. Born in North Adams on June...