Obituaries

Lauretta M. Loughman

Lauretta M. Loughman, 82, of 1 Berkshire Square died Thursday at home. Born in Northampton on May 29, 1925, daughter of David and Yvonne Brais Jones, she graduated from St. Michael's Elementary...

Myrtle Hadsell

Myrtle Hadsell, 78, of Home Road died Thursday at home. Born in Sharon, Conn., on Nov. 26, 1928, daughter of Pierre and Myrtle Ball Thomen, she attended Salisbury Central School in Lakeville,...

John E. Champagne

John E. Champagne, 79, a resident of Otis since 1985, died Thursday at Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Agawam. Born in Chicopee on March 24, 1928, son of John E. and Lillian Ketterle Champagne, he...

Joseph S. Janiga, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joseph Stanley Janiga, 87, of 45 Hudson St. died Thursday, July 12, 2007, at home. Born in Adams on Oct. 11, 1919, son of Frank and Gertrude Janiga, he was educated in...

Norbert M. Jacoby

Norbert M. Jacoby, 64, of 145 Buckman Road, Rochester, N.Y., died Friday in Wilmington, Vt., while on vacation. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 18, 1943, son of Norbert H. and Beulah Ressler Jacoby, he...

Mary F. Duma

Mary F. Duma, 89, formerly of School Street, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee on Oct. 7, 1917, daughter of Fiore and Anna Borelli Troiano, she attended local...

Eleanor M. Beitzel

Eleanor M. Beitzel, 79, of 47 Pine Grove Drive died yesterday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on May 24, 1928, daughter of Andrew J. and Mary Ruff Miller, she was a...

Elaine Talcott Whitney

Elaine Talcott Whitney, 83, of 253 Sand Springs Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Oxford, Iowa, on Aug. 31, 1923, daughter of Daniel J. and Grace Danforth...

Jane S. Bradley

Jane S. Bradley, 88, of 1265 West St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 25, 1918, daughter of Hubert C. and Alice Harlow Sykes, she was a 1936 graduate of...

Hubert E. Olsen

Hubert E. Olsen, 95, of 20 Knox Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Jan. 8, 1912, son of Johan and Hilda Loufquist Olsen, he was a...

Sharon Ann Driscoll

Sharon Ann Driscoll, 53, of 38 Christian Hill Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on July 20, 1953, daughter of Edwin G. Winters Sr. and Mary Marusarz...

Frances Eleanor Desautels

Frances Eleanor Desautels, 86, of 35 Broadway, Cohoes, N.Y., a native of North Adams, died Thursday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born on April 6, 1921, daughter of Homer L. Card...

Richard J. Brodalski

Richard J. Brodalski, age 56, of Alpharetta, Ga., died Tuesday after a battle with multiple myeloma. Born in Adams on Nov. 4, 1950, the son of Stanley and Genevieve Brodalski, he graduated from...

Anna Bard

Anna Bard, 82, of 25 Adams Road, formerly of 45 Spring St., North Adams, died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 9, 1924, daughter of John and Blanche Anuszewski Mikaniewcz,...

Rose M. Stracuzzi

Rose M. Stracuzzi, 85, of 379 East St., Providence Court Apts., died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield, Jan. 17, 1922, a daughter of Giuseppe and Giovanna Gentile Frangipane,...

Ruth Elizabeth LeBeau

Ruth Elizabeth LeBeau, 87, formerly of Dalton, died Tuesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since August 2004. Born in Rensselaer, N.Y., Nov. 2, 1919, daughter of Arthur J. and...

Orville G. Heath, Jr.

Orville G. Heath, Jr., 87, of Pine Road and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, died June 23, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born May 29, 1920, in Monterey, he was the son of Orville Gregory...

Victoria B. Conte

Victoria B. Conte, 87, formerly of 71 Newton Ave., died Monday at her daughter's home in San Jacinto, Calif. Mrs. Conte, the daughter of Joseph and Helen Bannick Stockley, was born in Waterbury,...

Jared M. Benham

Jared M. Benham, 21, of 11 Constitution Ave., died Wednesday morning as the result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Mr. Benham was born in Pittsfield, March 18, 1986, the son of...

Denise Lynn Perkins Cope

Denise Lynn Perkins Cope, 32, of Windermere, Fla., died Sunday at Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Fla. Born Nov. 8, 1974, in Pittsfield, daughter of W.E. Bill and Maureen Perkins. She moved...

William Ronald Carmon

William Ronald Carmon, 58, of 75 Massachusetts Ave., died Monday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield, May 1, 1949, son of William W. and Florence S. Killela Carmon, he...

Jane S. Hennelly

Jane S. Hennelly, 83, of 235 Walker St., a former longtime resident of 555 Williams St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 11, 1923, daughter of Thomas P. and...

Claire T. D'Amico, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Claire Theresa D'Amico, 82, of 19 Bracewell Ave., died Sunday, July 8, 2007, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 11, 1925, daughter of William T. and Marion...

William H. Beck

William H. Beck, 77, of Fulton, N.Y., died Saturday at Vassar Hospital in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Mr. Beck was a former resident of Becket. Born in New York state on June 10, 1930, he was the son...

Maura E. Taillefer

Maura E. Taillefer, 43, of 63 Pollock Ave., died Thursday at home after a long illness. Born in Manhattan, N.Y., on Oct. 7, 1963, daughter of John and May Cavanaugh Hickey, she was a 1982 graduate...