Obituaries

Charles W. Donaldson

Charles W. Donaldson, 79, of Oswald Avenue died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 15, 1926, son of Charles R. and Anna Herforth Donaldson, he was a 1944 graduate of...

Sandra K. Clark

Sandra K. Clark, 65, of 132 Cranbrook Blvd., Monroe, Mich., a native of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born on Feb. 23, 1941, daughter of Guy and Ria Brundage Simmons, she was a 1959 graduate...

Rita S. Shorey

Rita S. Shorey, 85, formerly of 42 Scammel Ave., died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since April 2004. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 13, 1920, daughter of William and...

Floyd A. Knight

Floyd A. Knight, 86, of Brown Street, Lenox Dale, died Saturday at Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Cherry Hill, N.J., after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 5, 1920, son of Edward C. and...

Elizabeth Sabrina Dodge

Elizabeth Sabrina Dodge, 87, of Hartford, Conn., died Friday at Avery Heights, a skilled-care nursing facility in Hartford. She was the mother of Deborah Dodge of Great Barrington. Born in...

Jennifer M. Brown

Jennifer M. Brown, 45, of 9 Mieczkowski Circle, Whately, a native of Dalton, died Wednesday, at home after a brief illness. Born on March 3, 1961, daughter of Philip G. Brown and the late Roberta...

Maureen S. O'Laughlin

Maureen S. O'Laughlin, 86, of Garfield Town Houses died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on April 18, 1919, daughter of Fred and Helen Coughlin...

Edith M. Kowalczyk

Edith M. Kowalczyk, 82, of 192 Dalton Division Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 12, 1924, daughter of Joseph and Frances Leab Latimer, she attended local...

Lucille C. Hanke

Lucille C. Hanke, 85, of 32 Columbia St. died Friday at home. Born in Limekiln, Vt., on Nov. 25, 1920, daughter of Stephen and Katherine Krovack Cravish, she attended Beeman Academy. She moved...

John Emmet Gogan

John Emmet Gogan, 85, of 41 Acorn St. died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 13, 1920, son of W. Harry and Sarah Farley Gogan, he was educated in Pittsfield schools. A World War II...

Irene M. Correia

Irene M. Correia, 86, of 26 Judith Drive died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided since February. Born in Nizza Monferrato, province of Asti, Italy, on Nov. 8,...

Bruno S. Simonetta

Bruno S. Simonetta, 87, of 32 Farnsworth Terrace died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 13, 1919, son of Raffeale and Raffeala Manella Simonetta, he graduated from...

Catherine M. Dunsmore

Catherine M. Dunsmore, 63, of 26 Lowden St. died Thursday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center from complications due to an aneurysm. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 12, 1942, daughter of the late James E....

Rhoda Zablow

Rhoda Zablow, 95, of 1611 Cold Spring Road, died Tuesday at her home. Born in Manhattan on Feb. 22, 1911, daughter of Louis Goldshein and Sophie Nizimowitz Goldshein, she attended schools in New...

Thomas Aquinas Kane

Thomas Aquinas Kane, 90, of 235 Walker St., died Wednesday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care center, where he had been a patient for the past fifteen months. Born in Lenox on March 7, 1916,...

Anna Jaworski

Anna Jaworski, 101, of 5 Cherry St., died Tuesday evening at Williamstown Commons Care Center. Born in Adams on April 18, 1904, daughter of August and Frances Szamanska Wandrei, she attended...

Viola S. Pepperman

Viola S. Pepperman, 80, of 44 Dexter St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on April 29, 1925, daughter of Anthony and Mary Orchel Stankiewicz, she moved to Pittsfield at the...

James F. "Harvey" Keenan

James F. "Harvey" Keenan, 59, died yesterday morning at his home on Lasher Lane in Lenox Dale. Born in Pittsfield on March 28, 1947, son of Mary Sorrentino and the late Joseph Keenan, he was...

Loretta Matthews

Loretta Matthews, 88, of 123 Commercial St. died Sunday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on June 28, 1917, daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Raposki Bezzie, she attended North...

Anna May Chapman

Anna May Chapman, 69, formerly of 65 Columbus Ave., Columbia Arms Apartments, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since November 2005. Born in Pittsfield on April 10, 1937,...

Lillian M. Shufelt

Lillian M. Shufelt, 94, of 174 Fort Hill Ave. died Sunday at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since October. Born in Leominster on March 15, 1912, daughter of William and Mary Bugus...

Mary-Edna Searing

Mary-Edna Searing, 86, of 6 Lukeman Lane died Sunday at home. Born in Stockbridge on April 9, 1920, daughter of Raymond and Beatrice Jerome Pixley, she was a 1938 graduate of the former Williams...

Alice M. Rondeau

Alice M. Rondeau, 85, of 909 South Main St. died Sunday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Westfield on March 21, 1921, daughter of Arthur and Hazel Dewey House, she attended schools there and was a...

Francis Joseph LeBlanc

Francis Joseph LeBlanc, 75, of 203 Connecticut Ave. died Sunday at home after a 14-year battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. Born in Somerville on June 2, 1931, son of Alfred and Stephania Szymanski...

Pearl Edna Devins

Pearl Edna Devins, 81, of 10 Union Court died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had been a patient since Friday. Born in Pittsfield on April 11, 1924, daughter of...