Obituaries

Harold C. Olsen, 91

PITTSFIELD - Harold Clarence Olsen, 91, died Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 6, 1916, son of Anton B. and Martha M. Olsen, he attended local...

Lillian V. Smith, 84

GREAT BARRINGTON - Lillian V. Smith, 84, formerly of Highland Drive, died peacefully on Sunday, March 16, 2008, at Fairview Hospital. Born in Springfield on June 28, 1923, daughter of Peter and...

Raymond J. Keefner Sr., 92

GREAT BARRINGTON - Raymond J. Keefner Sr., 92, of 31 Fairview Terrace, died Sunday, March 16, 2008 at home. Born in Housatonic on June 21, 1915, son of John and Carrie Race Keefner, he attended...

Elvira Encarnacao, 91

LEE - Elvira Encarnacao, 91, of Laurel Lake Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, died March 15, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was the mother of Doreen Hutchinson of Lee. Born...

June M. Alexander, 71

PITTSFIELD - June M. Alexander, 71, of 38 Spring St., died on Friday March 14, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield, Dec. 6, 1936, daughter of Arthur...

Roy C. Shaw, 85

EGREMONT â€' Roy C. Shaw, 85, of Creamery Road, South Egremont, died Wednesday morning, March 12, 2008, at the Soldier's Home in Holyoke. The Berkshires native was born on April 3, 1922, son of...

Joseph D. Welch, 84

SHEFFIELD - Joseph D. Welch, 84, of 115 Main St., died Sunday, March 9, 2008, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born on Dec. 8, 1923, son of Robert and Anna Pinkava Welch, he attended...

Cheryl Kane, 60

SHEFFIELD - Cheryl Shmulsky Kane, 60, of Sheffield died Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at home. Born in Great Barrington on Dec. 26, 1947, daughter of Mildred Tatsapaugh Shmulsky and the late...

Paul G. Lopez, 64

GREAT BARRINGTON - Paul Gardener Lopez, 64, of Baldwinville, a native of Great Barrington, died in Baldwinville on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Born on June 14, 1943, the son of Paul and Mary Preston...

Eleanor G. Blowe, 77

PITTSFIELD - Eleanor G. Blowe, 77, of 37 Darlene Ave., died Thursday, March 6, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center, following a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 25, 1930, daughter of John...

Margaret K. Stevens, 93

NEW MARLBOROUGH - Margaret Kirk Burnett Stevens, 93, a resident of Southfield for six decades, died Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, at Tidewell Hospice in Sarasota, Fla. Born in Phelps, N.Y., on Feb. 9,...

Kathryn E. Hunt, 82

GREAT BARRINGTON - Kathryn E. Hunt, 82, formerly of Schenectady, N.Y., died Saturday, March 1, 2008, at Fairview Hospital. She had been residing at Timberlyn Heights Nursing and Alzheimer's...

Henry J. Cerny, 88

HILLSDALE, N.Y. - Henry J. Cerny, 88, of Holm Road died Monday morning, March 3, 2008, at his home. Born in Queens on May 24, 1919, the son of John and Bonida Linek Cerny, he graduated from...

Mary M. Kelly, 91

PITTSFIELD - Mary M. Kelly, 91, formerly of 45 Delaware Ave., died Sunday, March 2, 2008, at Berkshire Place, 89 South St., where she resided since December 2003. Born in Pittsfield, daughter of...

Lotte E. Goden, 93

GREAT BARRINGTON - Lotte Emma Goden, 93, formerly of Silver Street, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Center. Born in Hamburg, Germany, on Dec. 2, 1914, the daughter of...

Emily M. Schait, 92

GREAT BARRINGTON - Emily Marie Schait, 92, of 42 Division St. died Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at home. Born in Passaic, N.J., on May 9, 1915, daughter of John and Lucy Stojaczk Horka, she graduate...

Roy E. Ellsworth Jr., 66

WILLIAMSTOWN - Roy Edward Ellsworth Jr., 66, of 74 Langlois Ave., died early Tuesday morning, Feb. 26, 2008, at home. Born in Williamstown on Nov. 26, 1941, son of Roy E. Ellsworth Sr. and Hazel...

Catherine Comerford, 92

GREAT BARRINGTON - Catherine "Kay" Comerford, 92, a longtime resident of Lewis Avenue, died Monday morning, Feb. 18, 2008, at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Center. She was the register of deeds for...

Cora Daigle, 79

GREAT BARRINGTON - Cora Daigle, 79, of South Main Street, formerly of Church Street, died Friday morning, Feb. 22, 2008, at Fairview Hospital. Born in Frenchville, Maine, on Sept. 26, 1928, the...

Eleanor D. Blake, 87

SHEFFIELD - Eleanor Dorothea Blake, 87, formerly of Sheffield, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, at St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond, Va. Born in New York City on Jan. 22, 1921, to William Cyril...

Gloria C. St. John, 83

PITTSFIELD - Gloria C. St. John, 83, of Highview Drive, died Monday morning, Feb. 18, 2008, at Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born in Pittsfield, May 31, 1924, daughter of Andrew and May Bain...

Edith J. Byington, 89

ALFORD â€' Edith J. Byington, 89, a longtime resident of Alford Road, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, at Laurel Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lee. She was the former Alford librarian for...

Phyllis L. Smith, 73

SHEFFIELD - Phyllis L. Smith, 73, of Dewey Way died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, at home. Born at home in Sheffield on July 19, 1934, daughter of Edward L. and Marge Markham Bradley, she attended...

Richard E. Hartman, 80

NORTH ADAMS - Richard Earl Hartman, 80, of 546 Union St., died early Thursday morning, Feb. 14, 2008, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 1, 1927, son of Charles and...

William J. Charon Jr., 84

ADAMS - William J. Charon Jr., 84, of 31 Grove St., died Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008, at North Adams Regional Hospital after being taken there by Adams Ambulance Service after suffering a cardiac seizure...