Obituaries

William A. Lindsay

William A. Lindsay, 77, of 11 Wahconah Heights died Thursday at the Center for Optimum Care, where he had resided since June 2000. Born in Detroit on Oct. 31, 1924, son of William and Vera Allen...

Thomas Goyette

Thomas M. Goyette, 50, of Panama, Okla., a native of Pittsfield, died Monday at home of heart failure. Born Sept. 3, 1951, son of Gaston R. and Helen Benson Goyette, he attended Notre Dame...

Lois A. Degere

Lois A. Degere, 69, of 70 Langlois Ave. died Thursday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Adams on Nov. 17, 1932, daughter of Francis and Rachel Brodeur Kelly, she was a...

Pierena Gardino

Pierena "Rena" Gardino, 93, formerly of The Curtis, 6 Main St., died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since May 1998. Born in Nizza, Province of Monferato, Italy, on Jan. 7,...

Phyllis Nadelmann

Phyllis Nadelmann, 91, of 88 Notch Hill Road, North Branford, Conn., died Sunday. She was the mother of Stephanie Beling of Richmond. Born Sept. 14, 1910, in Brooklyn, N.Y., daughter of Morris...

Mary Wiswell

Mary Wiswell, 87, of Stone Mountain, Ga., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Thursday at her daughter's home in Stone Mountain. Born in Adams on Jan. 7, 1914, daughter of Henry J. and Mary E....

Harry Nowobilski

Harry "The Cat" Nowobilski, 84, of New Britain, Conn., formerly of Housatonic, died Tuesday at New Britain General Hospital. Born in Housatonic on May 5, 1918, he was the son of Carl and Jadwiga...

Gladys Abderhalden

Gladys K. Abderhalden, 82, formerly of Washington Mountain Road, died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Lee on Feb. 14, 1920, daughter of Martin and Hattie Crawford Carty, she...

Mary Rixse

Mary Rixse, 86, of 75 Bellmore Drive died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1916, daughter of John and Justine Iwanyczak Olekson, she attended Pittsfield High...

Mary L. Roberts

Mary L. Roberts, 97, formerly of 226 Lenox Ave., died Monday at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she resided for four years. Born in Pittsfield on May 16, 1904, daughter of Leon and Emilie...

Donna M. Ruhl

Donna M. Ruhl, 71, of 1913 Sylvan Park Drive, Burlington, N.J., died yesterday at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Hospital in Worcester. She was the mother of Jean E. Thompson of...

Mary F. Corrigan

Mary Frances Corrigan, 82, of 11 Randall St. died yesterday at home. Born in Montague on Feb. 5, 1920, daughter of Arthur J. and Helen Firth Courteau, her family moved in 1923 to Adams, where she...

Lennox N. Lee

Lennox N. Lee, 73, of Dover, N.H., formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday at Langdon Place of Dover. Born in Pennsauken, N.J., on Oct. 31, 1928, he was the son of Lennox and Ethel Melville Lee. He...

Frank Pniak

Frank Pniak, 85, of 30 Greylock Ave. died yesterday morning at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in New Bedford on June 17, 1916, son of John and Louise Pasterzyk Pniak, he moved to Adams as a...

Catherine Hyams

Catherine Mary Hyams, 89, of 84 Bachand Ave. died Wednesday at North Adams Commons. Born in Scotland on June 12, 1912, daughter of Felix and Rose Foran McParland, she came to the United States as...

C. Bruce Lepisto

C. Bruce Lepisto, 57, of 1008 Jennifer Lane, Falls Church, Va., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at home of an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 28, 1944, son of Karl O....

Richard Marden

Richard Gibbs Marden, 92, of Topsham, Maine, died Monday at Midcoast Memorial Hospital in Brunswick, Maine. He was the father of Alan L. Marden, president of the North Adams City Council. Born in...

Francis C. Tetlow

Francis C. Tetlow, 64, of 175 Elm St. died Monday afternoon at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since 1999. Born in Pittsfield on April 11, 1938, son of George and Margaret Shea...

Bruce E. Coe

Bruce E. Coe, 52, of Lutz, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died April 24 at home. Born May 6, 1949, in Pittsfield, son of Vera C. Bemis Coe of Pitts-field and the late George E. Coe, he graduated...

Virginia Fielding

Virginia B. Fielding, 98, formerly of Morgan Manor, died Sunday morning at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where she had resided since 1998. Born in Stockbridge on Feb. 4, 1904, daughter of Harry and...

Rose M. Ross

Rose M. Ross, 94, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court Apartments, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since June 14, 1990. Born in Pittsfield on...

Ronald Greenleaf

Ronald L. Greenleaf Sr., 68, of 360 Onota St. died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 29, 1933, son of Louis A. and Cora Blake Greenleaf, he attended local...

Robert A. Yerkes

Robert A. Yerkes, 54, of 272 View Drive died Saturday at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. An active member of the community, he was a former president of the Richmond Civic Association...

Mary Tildsley

Mary "Mae" Tildsley, 81, of 151 Christian Hill Road died yesterday at home. Born in Allentown, Pa., on May 21, 1920, daughter of Herbert and Agnes Rooney Stewart, she moved to Great Barrington in...

Lucy R. Cozzaglio

Lucy Rita Cozzaglio, 82, of 31 Veazie St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. She had resided there since January 2001. Born in North Adams on Feb. 25, 1920, daughter of Saverio and Nicolina...