Obituaries

Doris Johnston

Doris Johnston, 86, formerly of 3 Ann Drive, died Friday at Laurel Center in Bedford, N.H., where she had resided for seven years. Born in Philadelphia on Feb. 6, 1920, daughter of Samuel and...

Madolyne E. Turner

Madolyne E. Turner, 98, of 44 Marcella Way died Friday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for two months. Born in Middletown, N.Y., on Aug. 28, 1907, daughter of William...

Lucille E. Ruel

Lucille E. Ruel, 81, of East Street died yesterday at home. Born in Passaic, N.J., on Feb. 16, 1925, she was the daughter of Hugh and Viola Collins. She lived in Queensbury, N.Y., for 12...

Dorothy Demary "Honey" Fowler

Dorothy Demary "Honey" Fowler, 62, of 265 Peck's Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 1, 1944, daughter of Francis Pike and the late Lillian Stroup Pike, she...

Raymond "Chester" Wisner Jr.

Raymond "Chester" Wisner Jr., 85, of 15 Day St., a former longtime resident of Dalton, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since August 2004. Born in Easthampton on Feb. 5,...

Barbara Wagner

Barbara Wagner, 67, of 173 Church St. died Saturday at home after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Cambridge on Jan. 18, 1939, daughter of Frederick V. and Martha Wall Nissen. Her...

Shirley L. Riggins

Shirley L. Riggins, 74, of 1039 Paquonnock Road, Groton, Conn., mother of Sherian L. Wrzesinski of Hinsdale, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Portland, Ore., on July 15, 1931,...

Michael J. Mach Jr., 22

ADAMS, Mass. - Michael Joseph Mach Jr., 22, of 12 Manners Ave. died Saturday, July 8, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on July 14, 1983, son of Michael J. Mach Sr. and...

David Arthur Faivre

David Arthur Faivre, 60, formerly of North Plain Road, Housatonic, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had lived at Laurel Lake Rehabilitation Center in Lee for seven years. Born in...

Patrick M. Dubiski

Patrick M. Dubiski, 29, of 46 Judith Drive died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 17, 1976, son of Michael P. Dubiski and Diane Almeida Dubiski Dassat, he was a...

Helen C. Casuscelli

Helen C. Casuscelli, 94, of 20 Sperry Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on June 17, 1912, daughter of Ferdinando Scerbo and Maria Scerbo Scerbo, she attended schools in North...

Russell Battis

Russell Battis, 83, of 165 West Road, formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday at his daughter's home at 31 Summer St., Adams. Born in Clarksburg on Aug. 6, 1922, son of Purcell John and Agnes Helen...

Richard Lawrence Basile

Richard Lawrence Basile, 82, of 53 Churchill Crest died yesterday at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 16, 1924, son of O. Lawrence and Louise Capucci Basile, he graduated from a Brooklyn...

Lucien Ernest Solak

Lucien Ernest Solak, 77, of Beaumont Drive died Thursday morning at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since April 17. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 24, 1928, son of Joseph and Pauline...

Lewis A. Rote Jr.

Lewis A. Rote Jr., 73, or 15 Home Road died Thursday at his home. Born in Sheffield on Aug. 5, 1932, son of Lewis A. Rote Sr. and Elizabeth Segalla Rote, he attended local schools and was a 1950...

James Terrence MacIvergan

James Terrence MacIvergan, 67, of Hendersonville, N.C., died peacefully on Monday, June 26, 2006, at the Kateri Residence in New York. Born in North Adams on Oct. 16, 1938, son of the late James...

John Arthur LeClair Sr.

John Arthur LeClair Sr., 76, of 35 Rand St. died Thursday morning at the North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on March 28, 1930, son of the late Zephyr Osias LeClair and Lillian Huttle...

Charles I. King

Charles I. King, 80, of 161 Bradford St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 6, 1926, son of Walter J. King Sr. and Theresa Gough King, he was educated in local...

Joseph S. George

Joseph S. George, 93, of Palm Bay, Fla., formerly of Adams died Wednesday at his home. Born in Adams on Sept. 2, 1912, son of Salem J. and Freda Shakar George, he attended Adams schools and...

Harry E. Greenlaw, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Harry Edwin Greenlaw, 74, of 740 Daniels Road died Sunday evening, July 2, 2007, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, following a long illness. Born in Calais, Maine,...

Antonio "Tony" J. Cosentino

Antonio "Tony" J. Cosentino, 82, of 27 Christian Hill Road died Sunday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Lawrence on Feb. 23, 1924, son of Joseph and Clementina Caruso Cosentino, he graduated from...

James E. Altman

James E. Altman, 71, of 37 Bossidy Drive died Sunday at home. Born in Four Oakes, N.C., on Jan. 7, 1935, son of Samuel and Nettie Lee Altman, he graduated from high school in North Carolina....

Alice Agnes Sheldon

Alice Agnes Sheldon, 93, formerly of 103 Main St., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on June 2, 1913, daughter of Charles and Alice Birch Sheldon, she lived in Pownal,...

Emma McDarby

Emma McDarby, 90, of Lynn Ann Drive died yesterday at the home of her brother, Raymond Bertelli of State Road in Great Barrington, where she had resided since she became ill in May. Born in Lee...

Sophie Kalisz, 94

ADAMS, Mass. — Sophie Kalisz, 94, of 16 Siara St. died Monday, July 3, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 13, 1911, daughter of John and Mary Banas Leja, she...