Obituaries

William E. Coons

William E. Coons, 73, of 57 Maple St. died Friday at home. Born in Williamstown on Feb. 6, 1934, son of Elmer and Dorothy Lewis Coons, he was a 1953 graduate of the former Williamstown High...

Cornelia W. Burts

Cornelia W. Burts, 89, formerly of South Dennis, died Friday at Fairview Commons Nursing Home, where she had lived for more than a year. She was the mother of Nina Foppe of Alford. Born in...

Jane E. Landry

Jane E. Landry, 80, formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Sentara Nursing Home in Barco, N.C., where she had resided for two years. She moved to Tennessee in 1987 and to North Carolina in...

Karl August Joppich

Karl August Joppich, 79, of 356 Wells Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on April 15, 1928, son of August and Maria Kabierske Joppich, he attended schools there and in...

Nina Dawidjan

Nina Dawidjan, 84, of Baystate Place, 414 Chestnut St., Springfield, died Monday at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. She was the mother of Sharon S. McClelland of Pittsfield. Born in the...

Alphonse Spagnuolo

Alphonse Spagnuolo, 88, of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Sept. 26 at Hospice of Volusia/Flagler in Fort Orange, Fla. Born on July 2, 1919, son of Giosue and Maria Grazia...

Donald Vincent Kenney

Donald Vincent Kenney, 85, of 155 Hillsdale Road died Monday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in New York on April 9, 1922, son of Charles and Mamie McGuire Kenney, he attended...

Mary Ward

Mary Ward, 96, of Main Road died Monday at home. Born in Williamsburg on Aug. 16, 1911, daughter of John Milton and Alta Bates Black, she attended local schools and graduated from Massachusetts...

Richard N. Schneider

Richard N. Schneider, 86, of East Road and New York City, died yesterday at Noble Horizons Nursing Center in Salisbury, Conn. Where he has been a resident for the past few years. Born in...

Albert C. Scaccia

Albert C. Scaccia, 83, of 8 Vinal Ave., died yesterday at home after a short illness. Born in Scranton, Pa., on June 1, 1924, son of Liborio and Anna Longo Scaccia, he attended schools in Scranton...

O. James Noon Jr.

O. James Noon Jr., 64, of 13 Iroquois Way, Lake Monticello, Palmyra, Va., died Monday, at home of pancreatic cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1943, son of the late Orrin and Margaret Noon,...

Ruth M. LaChapelle

Ruth M. LaChapelle, 95, of Becket, died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 23, 1912, daughter of John B. and Mary J. Briggs Bennett, she had been a resident of Becket for 40 years before...

Marion Ellen Folino

Marion Ellen Folino, 76, of 221 Mohawk Forest Blvd., died Monday at home. Born in North Adams on March 3, 1931, daughter of John Albert and Amie Sawyer Lowe, she attended schools in North Adams...

Lucille H. Finch

Lucille H. Finch, 75, of Daytona Beach, Fla., died Oct. 12 at Indigo Manor in Daytona Beach after a long illness. Born in White River Junction, Vt., on April 6, 1932, daughter of Roy and Dorothy...

Raymond L. Biron

Raymond L. Biron, 92, of 17 Pleasant St., died Tuesday at the North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 20, 1914, son of Leon and Elma Levesque Biron, he attended Adams schools. Mr....

Frances R. Latini

Frances R. Latini, 73, of Esther Terrace died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 10, 1934, daughter of Bennie and Amelia Lattanzzi Latini, she was educated in...

Edgar E. Hover

Edgar E. Hover, 81, of 34 Preston Ave. died Sunday at home after a brief illness. He was a longtime member of the Pittsfield Conservation Commission. Born in Pittsfield on June 15, 1926, son...

Charles P. Fezzie

Charles P. Fezzie, 92, of 32 McArthur St. died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for two weeks. For the past seven months, he had lived at Melbourne Place. Born in Lee on June...

Frances Ann Dastoli

Frances Ann Dastoli, 90, of The Pines, 1450 North St., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 1, 1917, daughter of Rocco and Mary Sanginetti Yervasi, she was a...

Martha M. Crandall

Martha M. Crandall, 77, of 12 Monterey Road died Oct. 8 at home. Born in Otis on Aug. 24, 1930, daughter of Raymond and Irene Dorhamer Bliven, she was educated in Otis and Lee and was a 1948...

Peter Gregory Sheran

Peter Gregory Sheran, 58, of Springfield, a native of Pittsfield, died Monday at Baystate Medical Center. Born on March 13, 1949, son of Francis J. and Lillian Carrow Sheran, he was a 1967...

Stephen Peter Belouin

Stephen Peter Belouin, 39, of 34 May St. died yesterday at home. Born in Eatontown, N.J., on Oct. 1, 1968, son of Peter and Mary Anne Connors Belouin, he moved to Williamstown in 1977. Mr....

John W. Murray Sr.

John W. Murray Sr., 86, of 150 Greylock St., died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1921, son of Walter and Mary Hall Murray, he attended local schools and was a 1939 graduate of...

Matthew T. Kut

Matthew T. Kut, 89, of 245 Cheshire Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Sept. 8, 1918, son of the late Thomas and Anna Ciempa Kut, he was educated in schools there...

Joan Elizabeth Heaphy

Joan Elizabeth Heaphy, 55, of First Avenue in Troy, N.Y., a Pittsfield native, died Friday at the Village at Laurel Lake in Lee after a three-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy. Born...