Obituaries

Frances E. Baker

Frances E. Baker, 94, of 710 Greylock St. died Saturday at home. Born in East Lee on May 22, 1908, daughter of William and Minnie Olds Ingraham, she was a 1926 graduate of Lee High School and a...

Lillian H. Kirchner

Lillian H. Kirchner, 98, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshire Town, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 11, 1904, daughter of Reinhold C. and Hedwig W. Boerner Welz, she...

Maureen T. Snyder

Maureen T. Snyder, 36, of Park Lane died early Friday morning at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston after a battle with leukemia. Born in Pittsfield on April 9, 1966, daughter of James Snyder...

Mathew Paul Savard

Mathew Paul Savard, 75, of Merritt Island, Fla., died Friday at Island Health and Rehabilitation Center in Merritt Island. He was the father of Linda Silverman of Lee. Born in St. Albans, Vt., on...

Armand Medrick Lively

Armand Medrick Lively 86, of 254 Walker St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Heath on Oct. 23, 1916, son of Medrick and Eleanor Cote Lively, he attended schools there. He moved to North...

James "Jay" Harrison

James "Jay" Harrison, 88, of 37 Westwood Road died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 16, 1914, son of William and Mary Ann Walsh Harrison, he was a 1932...

Virginia Julia Filiault

Virginia Julia Filiault, 78, formerly of 1 Cherokee Drive, died yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since 1998. Born in North Adams on July 11, 1924, daughter of...

Mildred B. Stewart

Mildred B. Stewart, 96, formerly of South Dennis, died yesterday at Fairview Commons. Born on June 3, 1906, in Pine Bush, N.Y., daughter of John F. and Mary Barnes Stewart, she attended local...

Marjorie Mae Moran

Marjorie Mae Moran, 78, of 150 Ashland St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital where she was admitted Jan. 24. Born in North Adams on Jan. 19, 1925, daughter of Armand and Eva C. Cross...

Nancy Higgins Flory

Nancy Higgins Flory, 63, of 23 Winter St., Fitchburg, died Thursday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 17, 1939,...

Henry R. Butler

Henry R. Butler, 91, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown, died at the Berkshire Medical Center yesterday shortly after being admitted. He was a resident of 914 E. New Lenox Road during summers and...

Leonard A. Bona

Leonard A. Bona, 66, of 75 Roaring Brook Road, died Thursday night at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 27, 1936, son of Leila Merletto Bona and the late Lawrence Bona, he was...

Gae E. Manning

Gae E. Manning, 55, of 175 Smith Road, died yesterday morning at her home after a three-year battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield Dec. 7, 1947, daughter of William D. Striebel Sr. of Dalton and...

Gertrude M. Flaherty

Gertrude M. Flaherty, 88, of 505 Union St. died Wednesday evening at North Adams Commons, where she was admitted Jan. 7. Born in North Adams on May 11, 1914, daughter of Frank and Gertrude Ashline...

Joseph Casmir Grucelski

Joseph Casmir Grucelski, 87, of 179 Highland Ave., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Goetzville, Mich., March 18, 1915, son of Alexander Grucelski and Helen Zich...

Domenico A. Grande, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Domenico Alfonso Grande, 85, of 216 North St., died Tuesday evening, Jan. 1, 2008,  at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, following a brief illness. Born...

Violet M. Toelken

Violet M. Toelken, 91, of the Village at Laurel Lake, a former resident of Pine Road in East Otis, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Springfield on April 4,...

Tanya Williams

Tanya Williams, 28, of 20 Canal St. died Monday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester because of complications from childbirth. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 28, 1974,...

Robert S. Brouillet, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Stanley Brouillett, 50, of 2 Winter St. died Monday, Jan. 27, 2003, at home following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on July 2, 1952, son of Mildred Embry...

Richard F. Falcon

Richard F. Falcon, 56, of Briar Drive, Milford, formerly of North Adams, died Monday at Milford-Whitinsville Regional Hospital in Milford. Born in North Adams on Jan. 24, 1947, son of William N....

Laurette C. Kegresse

Laurette C. Kegresse, 79, of 17 Pleasant St. died Monday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Montreal on Oct. 30, 1923, daughter of Arthur and Marie Pelletier Bonsant, she moved to...

Hermann A. Clement

Hermann A. Clement, 94, formerly of 65 Columbus Ave., died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons. He was a longtime local businessman and dairy farmer. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on Jan. 12, 1909, son...

Francis J. "Mac" McCarthy

Francis J. "Mac" McCarthy, 83, of 1 Colt Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Holyoke on April 30, 1919, son of Roy and Rhea Beauchmien McCarthy, he attended Holy Rosary School...

Caroline Copeland

Caroline Copeland, 86, of Oblong Road died Monday at Sweet Brook. Born in Hanover, N.H., on July 15, 1916, daughter of Edmund E. and Emily Emerson Day, she graduated from Smith College in 1938....

Gladys E. Schmolze

Gladys E. Schmolze, 89, of 28 Out of Bounds Road, Palmyra, Va., died yesterday at home. She was the mother of Douglas Schmolze of Great Barrington. Born in Paterson, N.J., on April 6, 1913, she...