Obituaries

Helen N.Pelkey

Helen N.Pelkey,89,formerly of 83 Curtis Ave., Dalton, Ma,., died Sunday, Dec.3,2000, at Hallmark Nursing Center in Glens Falls where she had resided for the past 2 1/2 years. Born on April...

Dorothy E.Hassley Boyle

Dorothy E.Hassley Boyle, 93, born 31 December 1906 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, daughter of Phillip J. and Cecelia Navin Hassley. Died Monday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, MA. Educated at...

Harriet R. Decker

Harriet R. Decker, 99, of 89 South St died at Berkshire Retirement Home on Sunday. She had been a resident there since 1992. Born in Canaan, NY November 25,19Ol the daughter of William D. and Louise...

Alma A.Olesiuk

Alma A.Olesiuk, 82, 784 North St., Pittsfield, died Thursday, November 30, 2000, at home. Born on August 28,1918, in Glade Hill, VA she was the daughter of the late H.H. and Mary Blakenship Whitlow....

Kathryn E. Pastor

Kathryn E. Pastor, 80,of 151 Christian Hill Rd., Great Barrington died Monday, December 4, 2000 in Fairview Hospital. She was born on January 7,1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, daughter of Elmer...

Raymond A. Nichols Sr., 72

Raymond A. Nichols Sr.. 72, of 36 Pontoosuc Ave. died yesterday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Mr. Nichols was founder and Owner, along with his brothers, the late Robert Nichols and...

David Raskin, M.D., M.Ed., 63

David Raskin, age 63, of Pollack Avenue in Pittsfield, died of cancer Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Dr. Raskin was born in New York City on January 4, 1937, son of William Raskin and Pearl...

Frank Joseph Messina

Mr. Frank Joseph Messina 80 of 19 Pine Street, Adams, MA died Saturday, December 2, 2000 in the Emergency Room of North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at his home. He was...

Chester F. Grande, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Chester Francis Grande, 83, of 55 Brooklyn St. died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2OOO, in the emergency room of North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at his home....

Mrs. Cecila F. (Ostellino) Marchetti

Mrs. Cecila F. (Ostellino) Marchetti DATE OF DEATH: November 27, 2000 Mrs. Cecelia F. (Ostellino) Marchetti, age 81, of 24 Brattle Street, Pittsfiel,d, Ma. died Monday at the Berkshire Medical...

Beatrice S. Goodermote

Mrs. Beatrice Sylvia (Cross) Goodermote, 91, of 39 Inward Commons, East Longmeadow, Mass., a former longtime resident of 17 Francis Ave., Adams, died Tuesday evening at Chestnut Hill Nursing...

Harold R. Felton

Harold R. Felton, 99, formerly of Cliffwood Street, died Monday afternoon at Willowood of Pittsfield where he had resided since July 22, 1999. Born in Lee on April 30,190l. the son of William R....

Joan B. Aragose, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Joan Beatrice Aragose, 76, of 21 River St. died Monday, Nov. 27, 2000, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on Nov. 25. Born in North Adams on March 24,...

Gerald James Palmer, Sr.

Mr. Gerald J. Palmer, Sr., 82, of 20 Hawley Road, Savoy, member of a prominent Adams family and former President & Chairman of the Board of the Adams Cooperative Bank. Died Thursday morning in...

Mary S. Cozzaglio

Miss Mary S. Cozzaglio, 83, of 98 Lincoln Street, North Adams, died Friday, November 24, 2000 at the North Adams Regional Hospital where she wae admitted on November 17, 2000 . She was born in...

Jill (Jean) Grant

Jill Suzanne (Jean) Grant, 39, of the Good Shepherd Farm, 1725 Main Road, Stamford, Vermont died Friday morning,November 17, 200O at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington,Vt. Death...

Harry R. Hill

Mr. Harry R. (Ralph), 84, of 1287 South Oakcrest Point Inverness FL, a former resident of Adams & North Adams, died Tuesday, Nov 7th, in Inverness, where he had resided for several years. Born in...

Esther R.Ring

Esther R. Ring, 82, formerly of Stockbridge, died Friday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home. A native of West Stockbridge, she was born August 18, 1918, the daughter of Guy and Maria Augustini...

Helen F. Rafferty

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Helen F. Rafferty, 89, of 216 Pleasant St., Housatonic, died early Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2000, at Fairview Manor. Born in Housatonic on June 10, 1911, she was...

Theodore Peter Stasiowski Sr., 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Theodore Peter "Ted" Stasiowski Sr., 86, of 53 Langlois Ave., The Spruces, died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2000, at the Centers for Living & Rehabilitation in...

John R. Darada

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — John R. Darada, 83, of 64 Summer St. died Thursday, Nov. 9, 2000, at Fairview Hospital. He was born March 19, 1917, in East Canaan, Conn., the son...

Laura T.(Marcone)Ebitz

Laura T.(Marcone)Ebitz,75,of 40 Kellogg Rd. Sheffield,formerly of North Egremont,died Thursday at Fairview Hospital. She was born in Sheffield daughter of the late Antonio and...

Diana F. Eccles, 41

LENOX, Mass. - Diana Faith Eccles, 41, of 615 North Crane Blvd., Los Angeles, formerly of Berkshire County, died Thursday, Nov. 23, 2000, Thanksgiving Day, at her home. Death followed five years of...

Mabel Elizabeth (Mottor) PASTERNAK

Date of Death: 17 Nov 2000 in Eloy, AZ Mrs. Mabel Elizabeth (Mottor) PASTERNAK, 85, of Eloy, AZ, a native and longtime resident of Adams, MA, died Friday, Nov.17,20OO in Eloy AZ. Born in Adams...

Stanlev J. Siok, 86

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Stanley J. Siok, 86, of 372 North Plain Road, Housatonic, died on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2000, at Fairview Manor. Born in Great Barrington on May 8, 1914, son of...