Obituaries

Edward P. O'Neil

Edward P. O'Neil, 63, of Pelham, a retired AV equipment technician in Communications, died March 2 in Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton.

He served the University for 38 years before retiring in 1997. He subsequently worked as a projectionist and stagehand at the Academy of Music in Northampton.

He was a member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 232.

A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he had traveled to a number of European countries with his family.

He was a communicant of St. Brigid's Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1619.

He leaves his wife of 37 years, Mary A. O'Neil, a clerk IV in Art; three daughters, Margaret A., Patricia A., a computer specialist in the Library, and Colleen M. Wetzel, a clerk III in Art, all of Amherst; two sons, Timothy D. of Lenox and Edward D. of Germany; two brothers, Gerald of Amherst and John of Pelham; a sister, and several nieces and nephews.