Obituaries

Timothy J. Kelley

Timothy J. Kelley, 42, of 430 Columbia Drive, Tampa, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died suddenly Saturday at home. Born in Milwaukee on Oct. 3, 1961, son of Helen Broderick Kelley of Tampa and...

April Mae French

April Mae French, 49, of Yale Court died early yesterday morning at home after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 15, 1955, daughter of Clayton and Anna Mae Donovan Gile, she was a 1973...

John Chandler Bulger

John Chandler Bulger, 87, of Rosebank Drive died Tuesday at home. Born in Chicago on April 9, 1917, son of James W. and Marie Chandler Bulger, he was a 1936 graduate of Mount Carmel High School...

Sophie S. Zawistowski

Sophie S. Zawistowski, 90, of 41D Highview Drive died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She was an original owner of the Richmond Bakery. Born in Fall River on March 14, 1914,...

Cecile F. Valenti

Cecile F. Valenti, 69, of 46 Cecelia Terrace died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1934, daughter of Ernest and Louise Cyr Sirois, she was...

Mary T. "Dolly" Torra

Mary T. "Dolly" Torra, 71, of 50A Hillcrest Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 4, 1932, daughter of Salvatore and Rose...

Robert W. Sykes

Robert W. Sykes, 83, of 43 Taylor St. died yesterday morning at home following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 13, 1920, son of Hubert C. and Alice S. Harlow Sykes, he was a 1938...

Betty Ives

Betty Ives, 59, of Robert Street died Monday at home after fighting Alzheimer's disease for several years. Born in Canaan, Conn., on Aug. 21, 1944, she was the daughter of Sniffin and Florence...

Sister Eleanor Haskell

Sister Eleanor Haskell of the Sisters of Providence, also known as Sister Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, 74, formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at the Sisters of Providence Infirmary in Holyoke....

Edith A. Hart

Edith A. Hart, 72, of 43 Baystate Road died Sunday at home. Born in Great Barrington on July 30, 1931, daughter of Chester and Marian Reed Pixley, she was educated in Housatonic and Great...

Robert John Galvin Sr

Robert John Galvin Sr., 83, of East Road died Friday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing and Alzheimer's Center in Great Barrington after a long illness. Born in Hempstead, N.Y., on April 6, 1921, son...

Grace Anna Duffy

Grace Anna Duffy, 90, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Hillcrest Commons since March. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on Jan. 3, 1914, daughter of John C. Duffy Sr. and...

Charles R. Van Alstyne

Charles R. Van Alstyne, 68, of Holmes Road died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on July 9, 1936, son of Sears R. and Mary Una Barnes Van Alstyne, he...

Viola G. Surprenant

Viola G. Surprenant, 96, of Rockwell Victorian Assisted Living, 221 Church St., died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been a patient since July 7 after suffering a...

Shirley J. Soules

Shirley J. Soules, 66, of 17 Glendale Road, Glendale, died Saturday at home. Born in Austerlitz, N.Y., on Jan. 8, 1938, daughter of Harry and Edythe Campbell Coons, she was educated in Austerlitz...

Raymond Michael Roche

Raymond Michael Roche, 60, of Pomeroy Manor died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after having been stricken earlier in the day. Born in Washington, D.C., on July 16,...

Douglas G. Poland

Douglas G. Poland, 71, of 1338 Washington Mountain Road died Saturday at home after a short illness. He served on the town's Finance Committee, Planning Board and Board of Assessors. Mr....

Elizabeth Agnes Neyland

Elizabeth Agnes Neyland, 87, of 685 Main St. died Saturday at Sweet Brook Health Care Centers. Born in Williamstown on Oct. 28, 1916, daughter of John B. and Catherine Maher Neyland, she was a...

Robert Edmund Moore

Robert Edmund Moore, 78, of 68 Gravesleigh Terrace died Saturday evening at Tanglewood after being stricken while attending a performance. Born in West Orange, N.J., on Dec. 11, 1925, son of...

Thomas A. Killion

Thomas A. Killion, 71, of 84 Burke Ave. died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 23, 1933, son of Thomas E. and Jennie M. Auernig Killion, he was a 1952...

M. Inez Eisenberg

M. Inez Eisenberg, 81, of 260 East St. died Saturday at home. Born in Lee on Nov. 11, 1922, daughter of Carlo and Adele Pellegrini Laurenti, she was a graduate of Lee High School. During the...

Brian Davis

Brian Davis, 29, of East Lyme, Conn., died Friday in his sleep. He was employed by Joe Wilkinson Excavating Co. in Great Barrington. Born in New London, Conn., on Sept. 19, 1974, son of...

Dr. Robert S. Cleaver

Dr. Robert S. Cleaver, 84, of Kimball Farms died Sunday at its nursing care center. Born in Brewster, N.Y., on April 14, 1920, son of Dr. Robert Cleaver and Lucy McGrath Cleaver, he graduated...

Bessie B. Casey

Bessie B. Casey, 77, of 13 Glendale Road, Glendale, died Sunday at home. Born in Glendale on Jan. 12, 1927, daughter of Frank and Frances Dombroski Koloski, she was a 1944 graduate of the former...

Eleanor F. Beattie

Eleanor F. Beattie, 72, of 133 Lincoln St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 4, 1932, daughter of Dominique and Julia Yetz Mazza, she attended Pittsfield High School....