Obituaries

Mark J. Drury

Mark J. Drury, 43, of 135 Parkview Terrace died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 27, 1958, son of Betty Chapman Drury and the late Bartholomew Drury, he attended local schools and was...

Marilyn Middlebrook

Marilyn Conrow Middlebrook, 76, of 36 Judith Drive died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Susan A. Salvatore of 380 Hinsdale Road, Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on March 15, 1925, daughter of...

Kenneth Charron

Kenneth Paul Charron, 67, of 12 Powers St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. Born in Chicopee Falls on Aug. 21, 1934, son of Harvey H. and Paula Marie...

James W. Hoffman

James W. Hoffman, 79, of 13030 S. 44th Way, Phoenix, Ariz., formerly 62 Putnam Ave., died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 14, 1922, son of Louis and Mary Sanford Hoffman, he graduated...

James M. Farnum

James M. Farnum, 96, formerly of Cherry Hill Road, more recently of Martin Avenue, Lee, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Worcester on Jan. 11, 1905, son of Frederick Lamb Farnum...

George F. Scace

George F. Scace, 86, of 260 Cheshire Road died Saturday at Fish Memorial Hospital in Orange City, Fla. He had been wintering in Florida. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 22, 1915, son of George H. and...

Dorothy M. Zeitler

Dorothy M. Zeitler, 82, of 440 Maple St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Baldwinsville, N.Y., on Sept. 3, 1919, daughter of James and Florence Luney Roberts, she attended Albany...

Celia W. Shute

Celia Weltman Shute, 96, of Richmond and Devonshire Estates, Lenox, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 17, 1905, she was the daughter of Nathan and Sarah...

Anthony Teti Sr.

Anthony C. Teti Sr., 89, of 91 Francis Ave. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 31, 1912, son of Joseph and Mary Talarico Teti, he attended local schools. Mr....

Wayne Sagendorph

Wayne Henry Sagendorph, 60, of West Coxsackie, a former resident, died Tuesday at the Community Hospice at Columbia Memorial Hospital, Hudson, N.Y. Born in Pittsfield on July 5, 1941, son of...

Margaret L. May

Margaret L. May, 95, formerly of 44 Pine St., died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had been a resident since October 1998. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 23, 1906, daughter of Louis...

Nicholas Speranzo

Nicholas J. Speranzo of 10 Union Court, longtime chairman of the Pittsfield Housing Authority and a labor leader, died Sunday at his home. He was 82. Mr. Speranzo served on the Housing...

John J. Wajda

John J. Wajda, 93, of 10 High St. died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Nov. 2, 1908, son of Thomas and Katherine Alibozek Wajda, he attended Adams schools, including...

Daniel E. Pemble

Daniel Earl Pemble, 86, of 69 Baker St. died Sunday at Providence Care Center where he had been a patient for the last two months. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 1, 1915, son of Earl P. and Regina...

Cornelius Boccagni

Cornelius William Boccagni, 86, of 1440 Rose Terrace, Apopka, Fla., died Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Florida Hospital in Altamonte Springs following a short illness. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Oct. 30,...

Barbara A. Asta

Barbara Ann Asta, 52, of Memorial Drive died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 12, 1949, daughter of Basil and Natalie Malczynski LaTorre, she attended...

Richard Ferrell

Richard S. Ferrell Sr., 80, of Westford, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Emerson Hospital in Concord. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 31, 1920, son of Albert A. and Lena Muzette Rogers...

Harry R. Wilson

Harry R. Wilson, 70, of Epworth Arms, 350 West St., died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 30, 1931, son of Charles L. and Anna Bocock Wilson, he grew up...

Arthur L. George

Arthur Lester George, 100, of 54 Oblong Road died Friday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center. He held many town posts, including forest and tree warden, and moth superintendent Born on Berlin...

Robert Earl Pause

Robert Earl Pause, 68, of 28 Meadow St. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Adams on July 21, 1933, son of William and Frances Demarais Pause, he graduated from the former Adams High School in...

Muriel B. Rowe

Muriel Buesing Rowe, 69, of 303 Harlan Road, North Bennington, Vt., died Monday following a long illness. She retired as a secretary from Williams College. Born April 5, 1932, in Belvidere, Ill.,...

Diana Liszka

Diana Liszka, 89, of 32 Richmond St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 8, 1912, daughter of Joseph and Katherine Hospod Gorczyca, she attended local...

Rita L. Robinson

Rita L. Robinson, 80, of 169 Valentine Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 20, 1921, daughter of William J. and Blanche Lange Mooney, she attended local...

Lillian L. Downey

Lillian Lorraine Downey, 82, formerly of Rose Manor, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for the past two years. Born in Pittsfield on April 8, 1919, daughter of John P. and...

James McMahon

James F. McMahon, 84, of Westfield died Tuesday at Laurel Lake Center, where he had resided since August. Born in Westfield on June 13, 1917, son of Thomas and Mary Ellen Donovan McMahon, he...