Obituaries

James F. "Harvey" Keenan

James F. "Harvey" Keenan, 59, died yesterday morning at his home on Lasher Lane in Lenox Dale. Born in Pittsfield on March 28, 1947, son of Mary Sorrentino and the late Joseph Keenan, he was...

Loretta Matthews

Loretta Matthews, 88, of 123 Commercial St. died Sunday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on June 28, 1917, daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Raposki Bezzie, she attended North...

Anna May Chapman

Anna May Chapman, 69, formerly of 65 Columbus Ave., Columbia Arms Apartments, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since November 2005. Born in Pittsfield on April 10, 1937,...

Lillian M. Shufelt

Lillian M. Shufelt, 94, of 174 Fort Hill Ave. died Sunday at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since October. Born in Leominster on March 15, 1912, daughter of William and Mary Bugus...

Mary-Edna Searing

Mary-Edna Searing, 86, of 6 Lukeman Lane died Sunday at home. Born in Stockbridge on April 9, 1920, daughter of Raymond and Beatrice Jerome Pixley, she was a 1938 graduate of the former Williams...

Alice M. Rondeau

Alice M. Rondeau, 85, of 909 South Main St. died Sunday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Westfield on March 21, 1921, daughter of Arthur and Hazel Dewey House, she attended schools there and was a...

Francis Joseph LeBlanc

Francis Joseph LeBlanc, 75, of 203 Connecticut Ave. died Sunday at home after a 14-year battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. Born in Somerville on June 2, 1931, son of Alfred and Stephania Szymanski...

Pearl Edna Devins

Pearl Edna Devins, 81, of 10 Union Court died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had been a patient since Friday. Born in Pittsfield on April 11, 1924, daughter of...

Marjorie Eileen Cutler

Marjorie Eileen Cutler, 81, of 17 Pleasant St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Friday. Born in North Adams on Feb. 22, 1925, daughter of John J. and Eileen...

Anna Helena Billings

Anna Helena Billings, 89, of 855 Middle Road died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 20, 1917, daughter of Milton O. and Anna Rooney Wilbur, she was a graduate of Pittsfield High...

Anthony F. Fachini, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony Francis Fachini, 74, of 57 D St. died Thursday, April 6, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted April 1. Born in North Adams on Dec. 28,...

Theresa G. "Mim" Robert

Theresa G. "Mim" Robert, 69, of 154 White Birch Lane, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 22, 1936, daughter of the late Napoleon and Albertine Janson Fontaine, she...

James P. "Jay" Norton

James P. "Jay" Norton, 36, of 92 Dalton Ave. died of natural causes Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 28, 1969, son of James K. and Barbara Dean Norton, he was a 1988...

Roland George Morgan

Roland George Morgan, 67, of 27 Apache Drive died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on July 21, 1938, son of the late Henry F. and Leona Goodrow Morgan, he...

Rita E. Stanley

Rita E. Stanley, 89, of 45 Main St., Sugar Hill Assisted Living Facility, died there Saturday. Born in Pittsfield on May 30, 1916, daughter of Albert B. Jones Sr. and Katherine Harrington Jones,...

Kathleen "Cookie" Smith

Kathleen "Cookie" Smith, 78, of 37 Anita Drive died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1927, daughter of Alexander and Albina...

Maryjane Sarah Sherman

Maryjane Sarah Sherman, 85, of 54 Belair Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Berwick, Maine, on Aug. 19, 1920, daughter of Adelarde and Delphine Potvin Tremblay, she attended...

Charles W. Rutkowski

Charles W. Rutkowski, 88, of Granby, Conn., died Friday at St. Francis' Hospital in Hartford, Conn. His daughter, the late Christine Tierney, was a resident of Pittsfield. Born in Northampton...

Inez Marie Roe

Inez Marie Roe, 79, of 64 Henderson Road died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Providence, R.I., on April 20, 1926, daughter of Frank and Mabel Logan Walters, she was a 1943...

Olisse John Pellegrini

Olisse John Pellegrini, 73, of VanDeusenville Road, Housatonic, died Saturday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Dec. 16, 1932, son of Olise and Freda Springstube Pellegrini, he...

Geraldine Lillian McGowan

Geraldine Lillian McGowan, 91, of 193 North St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 15, 1914, daughter of Henry E. and Ora Anderson Arnold, she attended...

Harriet Welch

Harriet Welch, 98, of 40 Laurie Dr. died Thursday at her home. Born in North Adams on June 27, 1907, daughter of George B. and Marian Gallup Flood, she attended schools in North Adams and...

Henrietta Ryan

Henrietta Ryan, 85, of the Holly House Apartments died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born Oct. 31, 1920, in Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y., daughter of Otto and Emma Fluhr...

Robert G. Berkel

Robert G. Berkel, 83, of Lee Road died yesterday at home. Born in Mineola, N.Y., on Jan. 25, 1923, son of Gustav and Jennie Rein Berkel, he was educated in Freeport, N.Y., schools and was a 1941...

Jerry Allen Whitney Jr.

Jerry Allen Whitney Jr., 64, of 61 Chase Ave. died Monday morning at the North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Edinburgh, N.Y. on Dec. 7, 1941, son of the late Henry J. Whitney Sr. and Anna Ruth...