Obituaries

Herman C. Brown

Herman C. Brown, 86, of 109 Housatonic St. died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where he had resided for two years. Born in Waterford, N.Y., on Sept. 20, 1914, son of Richard and Lorena...

Carol A. Pacheco

Carol A. Pacheco, 58, of 94 B Pomeroy Ave. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Born in Putnam, Conn., on Dec. 25, 1942, daughter of Aurore Benac...

Audrey Turner

Audrey Turner, 79, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Martin Memorial Medical Center in Stuart, Fla. Born in Carnforth, Lancashire, England, on May 29, 1921, daughter...

Mr. Edward Lawrence Moreau

Mr. Edward Lawrence Moreau, Sr., 77, of 611 State Road, Holy Family Terrace, North Adams, MA died Friday, March 30,2001 at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA. He was born in North...

Elaine L. Donsbough

Elaine L. Donsbough, 62, of 122 Cottage Street, Great Barrington, died at her home Wednesday, March 28. Born in Great Barrington June 8, 1938 she was the daughter of William and Virginia Viola...

Elsie Wellspeak

Elsie Wellspeak, 90, of 7312 Sheephead Drive, Hudson, Fla., formerly of Adams, died Friday at Richey Manor Health Care Center in Richey, Fla. Born in Adams on March 16, 1911, daughter of Joseph P....

Mary E. Gore

Mary E. Gore, 84, formerly of 105 Livingston Ave., died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on July 29, 1916, daughter of John and Helen Kretchmer Gore, she was...

Jason Kirshen

Jason Kirshen, 75, of 145 East New Lenox Road died yesterday at home. Born in Boston on Dec. 5, 1925, son of Simon and Frances Menkes Kirshen, he attended schools there and was a graduate of...

Grace McLaughlin

Grace K. McLaughlin, 94, of Lenoir, N.C., formerly of 45 Bel Air Ave., died Tuesday at Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir. She moved to North Carolina in 1994. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 13,...

Florence Buffoni

Florence J. Buffoni, 77, of Marble Street died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 10, 1923, daughter of Charles E. and Mary Olaray Sermini, she was a graduate...

Ethel R. Brown

Ethel R. Brown, 95, of East Main St. died yesterday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in West Springfield on April 19, 1905, daughter of Frank and Mabel Dale Ruesch, her family moved...

Denise E. Filkins

Denise E. Filkins, 42, of 150 Barton Hill Road died Wednesday at home. Born in Dalton on March 3, 1959, daughter of Bernice Mongue Filkins and the late Ronald C. Filkins, she was a 1977 graduate...

Beverly Ann Carpenter

Beverly Ann Carpenter, 65, of Mount Vernon, Ind., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 22 at her winter home in Haines City, Fla. Born Oct. 31, 1935, in Crossville, Ill., daughter of Cyril J. and...

Benjamin Virgilio

Benjamin N. Virgilio, 84, of 66 Winesap Road died Wednesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on May 18, 1916, son of Bernardino and Maria DiPaola Virgilio, he...

Anne W. Dawson

Anne W. Dawson, 84, of 195 Elberon Ave. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 19, 1916, daughter of Peter and Mary Woloshyn Yarmey, she attended local schools and...

Adolph N. Louison

Adolph N. "Duddie" Louison, 89, of 227 Franklin St. died Wednesday evening at Willowood Care Center of North Adams after a chronic illness. Born in Adams on May 9, 1911, son of Adolph P. and...

Joseph F. Chucka

Joseph F. Chucka, 66, of Cochran Street, West Warwick, R.I., died Monday at Kent Hospital in Warwick. He was the father of Joyce A. Amuso of Pittsfield. Born in Old Town, Maine, son of Joseph A....

John C. Boomsma

John C. Boomsma, 80, of 620 Laurel St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Newbury, England, on March 20, 1921, son of Jon and Ann Farnham Boomsma, he moved to Chester at the age of...

Jadwiga T. Ahola

Jadwiga T. Ahola, 88, of 90 Lime St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Nov. 14, 1912, daughter of John Szurek and Tekla V. Rozek, she graduated from St. Stanislaus...

J. Raymond Scarmana

J. Raymond Scarmana, 84, formerly of Sheffield and Summerville of Torrington, Conn., died March 13 at the Litchfield Woods Health Care Center. Born in Torrington, Conn., on Sept. 7, 1916, son of...

Harold Korn

Harold Korn, 71, of 20 Nielsen Lane and 160 E. 65th St., New York City, died Tuesday at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York City. He was born on June 25, 1929, son of Jack and Nettie Korn....

George Stalker Sr., 38

COPAKE, N.Y. — George Raymond Stalker Sr., 38, of Route 22 died Tuesday, March 27, 2001, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington,Mass. Born in Hudson on Sept. 19, 1962, he was the son of...

Edward Langevin, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Edward Langevin, 88, of 1 Nelson St. died Wednesday, March 28, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pittsfield, N.H., on June 18, 1912, son of Peter and...

Doris Horbal

Doris Veronica Horbal, 97, of 458 East Main St. died Tuesday at Willowood of North Adams Health Care Center. Born in Bristol, Conn., on Oct. 7, 1903, daughter of James Edward and Mary Ellen...

Alvia F. Diamond

Alvia F. Diamond, 79, of Madden Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton, Mass., on Jan. 18, 1922, son of Martin E. and Madeline M. Hart Diamond, he resided in the...