Obituaries

Robert H. Benedict

Robert H. Benedict, 69, of 16 Cresant Lane died Sunday at Fletcher Allen Medical Center from injuries suffered in a car accident. Born in Pittsfield on January 28, 1937, son of Harold and Zella...

Dorothy A. Barrett

Dorothy A. Barrett, 68, of 87 Joseph Drive died Monday at her home. Born in Bronxville, N.Y., on July 22, 1937, daughter of the late William and Alfreta Burton Blackie, she attended East Chester...

Archibald D. "Red" Wilson Jr.

Archibald D. "Red" Wilson Jr., 85, of 1067 North Hoosac Road died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Bainbridge, N.Y., on May 19, 1920, son of Archibald D. Wilson Sr. and Mabel Lewis...

John D. Springstube

John D. Springstube, 88, of 82 East Alford Road died yesterday at home after a long illness. He was a former member of the town's Finance and Conservation committees and was a field driver and...

William B. Lutz

William B. Lutz, 106, formerly of Epoch at Melbourne Place and 117 Jason St., died Sunday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. He owned the former Lutz Jewelry Store at 50 South St. from 1944...

Elaine A. Lussier

Elaine A. Lussier, 68, of 11 Opechee St. died Sunday morning at Baystate Medical Center. Born in Bayside, N.Y., on Jan. 16, 1938, daughter of Thomas and Edith Mazzone DiPalo, she was a graduate of...

Janet M. Feeley

Janet M. Feeley, 72, of 28 Sturgis Ave. died yesterday at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on May 2, 1933, daughter of Walter and Isabelle Carey Eichelser, she was a...

Kathleen Deacon

Kathleen Deacon, 75, of 32 Bailey Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Liverpool, England, on June 24, 1930, daughter of George and Margaret Ambrose Clarke, she attended Holy Name...

Thomas R. Cook

Thomas R. Cook, 93, of Great Barrington Nursing and Rehabilitation Center died there yesterday. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Oct. 19, 1912, son of Thomas E. and Mary Rheinheimer Cook, he...

Caroline A. Bregg

Caroline A. Bregg, 46, of 3 Morgan St., Norwood, N.Y., formerly of Pittsfield, died of cancer Friday afternoon at Canton-Potsdam Hospital in Potsdam, N.Y., where she had been a patient since March...

Frances Stanley

Frances Stanley, 88, of One Berkshire Square died Saturday at Williamstown Commons, where she was admitted March 16. Born in Adams on Aug. 21, 1917, daughter of William and Mary Gran Levy, she...

Irving Rosenbaum

Irving Rosenbaum, 85, of 147 Ann Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on Dec. 15, 1920, son of Nathan and Tillie Rosenhoch Rosenbaum, he graduated from James...

Rose M. Rocca

Rose M. Rocca, 92, of 101 Gamwell Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Mountain Mills, Vt., on Jan. 1, 1914, daughter of Bruno and Michalena Matta Pisani, she moved to Pittsfield...

Laurence E. Fairfield

Laurence E. Fairfield, 89, of Kimball Farms, Lenox, formerly of Lenox Road, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Mr. Fairfield served on the Richmond School Facilities...

Alma J. Doyle

Alma J. Doyle, 44, of 58 Ingalls Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Richmond, Va. on Feb. 27, 1962, daughter of the late Malcolm and Helen Crawford Campbell, she was a 1980...

Pompi G. "Mr. D." DiNicola

Pompi G. "Mr. D." DiNicola, 52, of 16 Fairway Ave. died of natural causes yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 15, 1953, son of Clara Spelorzi DiNiola and the late...

J. Robert Rankin Jr.

J. Robert Rankin Jr., 79, of Villa Crest Healthcare Center in Manchester, N.H., died there Friday after a 19-year battle with Parkinson's disease. He was a former resident of Pittsfield. Born in...

Orrin E. Hall

Orrin E. Hall, 69, of 56 Bachand Ave. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Oct. 23, 1936, son of the late Orrin F. and Marion Stratton Hall, he attended North...

Thomas F. "Murphy" Grace

Thomas F. "Murphy" Grace, 88, of 42 Fern St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 2, 1918, son of Richard H. and Eliza Jones Grace, he was a...

Mary A. Giarolo

Mary A. Giarolo, 100, of 20 Lois St. died Saturday at home. She was the holder of the Boston Post Cane, which was presented to her on Nov. 18, 2002. Born in Montebello, Italy, on Oct. 3, 1905,...

Philip J. Gardner Sr.

Philip J. Gardner Sr., 61, of 16 West Mountain Road died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Hynesburg, Vt., on Sept. 16, 1944, son of the...

Mary "Mary Chev" Chevalier

Mary "Mary Chev" Chevalier, 80, of 23A Highview Drive died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Walpole, N.H., on April 22, 1925, daughter of Waldo and Agnes Henry Sanborn, she...

Daniel Arthur Beaumier

Daniel Arthur Beaumier, 78, died Thursday at Craneville Place, where he had resided since 2001. He was a former resident of Springfield and Longmeadow. Born in Springfield on Jan. 3, 1928, son of...

Joseph E. Perkins

Joseph E. Perkins, 55, of 76 Daniel Shays Highway, Orange, a native of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at home of an apparent heart attack. Born on Sept. 11, 1950, son of the late Wilfred E. Perkins...

Gloria Jane Lipka Nye

Gloria Jane Lipka Nye, 72, of 3 Cherokee Drive died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Saugus on Oct. 23, 1933, daughter of Russell and Phyllis Griffin Collins, she attended...