Obituaries

Jacob Penziner

Jacob Penziner, 87, of West Road died Tuesday at Willowood Nursing Home. Born in Sandisfield on April 14, 1914, son of Ellis and Rose Penziner, he attended local schools and graduated from the...

Anna Tatsapaugh

Anna Tatsapaugh, 90, of Canaan-Clayton Road died Tuesday at Great Barrington Healthcare and Nursing Center, where she had been a resident since October. Born in Garfield, N.J., on May 7, 1911,...

Anna Lashoones

Anna Belle Lashoones, 83, a former Southern Berkshire County resident, more recently of Marshfield, Vt., died Nov. 21 in Montepelier, Vt. Born in Ashley Falls on Jan. 29, 1918, daughter of Frank...

Winifred Green

Winifred "Winnie" Green, 89, of St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of Ashuelot Street in Dalton, died Friday in New York City after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 31, 1912, daughter of...

Margaret Spence

Margaret M. Spence, 83, of 247 Springside Ave. died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 30, 1918, daughter of John and Sarah Murphy Flynn, she attended local schools and was a 1936 graduate...

Margaret M. McDarby

Margaret M. McDarby, 93, of 415 Marble St. died yesterday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Lee on July 4, 1908, daughter of William and Mary Ann McHugo O'Brien, she graduated from...

Ida R. Bedell

Ida R. Bedell, 89, of 89 South St., Berkshire Place, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 20, 1912, daughter of Raymond and Florence Rico Suarez, she...

Harold C. Bornak

Harold C. Bornak, 80, of 99 Second St. died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had been a resident since March. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 24, 1920, son of Gustav and Natalie Reiner Bornak, he...

Elizabeth A. Beals

Elizabeth Alexander Beals, 66, of 96 Fourth St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 14, 1935, daughter of Leon and Elizabeth...

Dr. Frank Archibald

Dr. Frank W. Archibald, 84, of 108 New Lenox Road, a longtime Pittsfield dentist, died Monday at the Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born in Cheshire, son of Dr. Harry N. Archibald and Julia...

Paul Cherney

Paul Cherney, 94, died Monday morning at Kimball Farms in Lenox. Born in Budpest, Hungary, sone of Adele Kohn-Cola and Edward Cserneyei, he grew up in Vienna, where he received his education and...

Robert L. Maynard Sr.

Robert Leon Maynard Sr., 77, of 245 Cheshire Road died Sunday afternoon at home. Born in Lanesboro on May 15, 1924, son of Wyatt L. and Helena Mickle Maynard, he attended schools in Lanesboro and...

Robert J. Bersaw

Robert J. Bersaw, 73, of 193 Castle St. died Sunday at home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 30, 1928, son of Norman and Della Jennings Bersaw, he moved to Williamstown as a child and attended schools...

Norman Schulze

Norman Dwight Schulze, 92, of 55 Marion Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Quincy on Aug. 9, 1909, son of Henry H. and Edna Herrick Schulze, he attended grammar school in Quincy before...

William Pedercini

William Robert Pedercini, 64, of 45 Leonard St., owner of Simon's Market in Pittsfield, died Saturday evening at home. Born in North Adams on Oct. 14. 1937, son of George and Katherine Hickey...

Robert B. Rivel

Robert Bradin Rivel, 80, formerly of 2 Juliana Drive, died Friday at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, where he had resided since December 1994. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 13, 1921,...

Lena M. Boichot

Lena M. Boichot, 95, of 4 Columbia St. died Saturday morning at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Feb. 4, 1906, daughter of Ludger and Adele Charbonneau Jarvis, she graduated from Notre Dame...

Henry D. Farias

Henry D. "Rick" Farias, 77, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Prince George Healthcare in Georgetown, S.C. Born March 17, 1924 in East Falmouth, he was the son of Manuel D. and Adelaide...

Frances H. Bruno

Frances Helen Bruno, 64, of 315 Hungerford St. died yesterday morning shortly after being admitted to Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Jan. 29, 1937, daughter of Febronia Koza Andrus and...

Edward McDonald

Edward J. McDonald, 88, of 471 Wauregan Road, Killingly, Conn., died Saturday at home. He was elected a Pittsfield councilor at large in 1945 and served as president of the council from 1947 to 1948....

Edward M. Moyer

Edward M. Moyer, 83, of Onset, formerly of 75 Wealthy Ave., died Friday at Tobey Hospital in Wareham. Born in Rochester, N.Y., on Jan. 29, 1918, son of Oliver and Cecilia Hunt Moyer, he attended...

Aurore McDevitt

Aurore A. McDevitt, 92, formerly of 52 Maple St.,died yesterday at North Adams Commons, where she had been a resident for two weeks. Born Jan. 1, 1909, in Cochituate, daughter of Herman and...

James Christmann

James W. Christmann 37, of Arlington died Wednesday morning at home of cancer. He was the son-in-law of Frederick and Nancy Costello of Lee. Born in Camp Springs, Md., on April 18, 1964, son of...

Helen Kelley

Helen Kelley 89, of Nohoval, County Cork, Ireland, formerly of Troy, N.Y., and mother of Mary Edwards of Stockbridge, died Wednesday at Cork University Hospital. Born in Bedford on March 16, 1912,...

Gerard A. Dragon

Gerard Andrew Dragon 81, of 142 Church St. died Wednesday afternoon at home. Born in Gilbertville on May 21, 1920, son of Appolinaire and Alexina Richards Dragon, he attended schools in...