Obituaries

John F. Shaw

John F. Shaw, 60, of 276 East St., died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 29, 1947, son of John and Priscilla White Shaw, he moved to Albany, N.Y., at an early age and was a 1967...

Lillian Grace Schnopp

Lillian Grace Schnopp, 94, of 876 South St., died Thursday at home. Born in Greenwich, N.Y., on April 7, 1913, daughter of Albert and Margaret Moon Ward, she was educated in schools there and...

John Samuel "BeeBop" Ordyna

John Samuel "BeeBop" Ordyna, 84, of 1248 Main Road died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being admitted Wednesday. Born in Adams on March 24, 1923, son of Walter and Josephine...

Virginia McAuley

Virginia McAuley, 87, of 8 Whipple St., formerly of Cheshire, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Feb. 26, 1920, daughter of George and Caroline Urban McAuley, she attended...

Bernice J. Estes

Bernice J. Estes, 97, formerly of 130 East Windsor Road, died Wednesday at Curtis Manor Retirement Home, where she had resided since November 2005. Born in Mansfield on April 17, 1910, daughter of...

Mary Agnes Bonneville

Mary Agnes Bonneville, 75, of 350 Ponce Place, Boulder, Colo., died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 30, 1931, daughter of Eugene and Mary Anna Bonneville, she graduated from Smith...

Daniel P. Mahoney

Daniel P. Mahoney, 62, of 58 Brown St., died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 30, 1945, son of Daniel J. and Gertrude Tyer Mahoney, he was a graduate of St. Mary's Grammar School in Lee...

Dina Costi Gardieff

Dina Costi Gardieff, 90, of 415 East Housatonic St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 21, 1917, daughter of Faustino and Lena Volpi Fontana, she lived in the...

William J. Cuthbertson

William J. Cuthbertson, 90, formerly of 31 Donna Ave., died Thursday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where he had resided for a month. Born in Pittsfield on March 15, 1917, son of William and Anna...

Sylvia S. Ayers

Sylvia S. Ayers, 64, of 92D Pomeroy Ave., died Friday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a battle with cancer. Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, on April 21, 1943, daughter of Jennie...

Lillian M. Wagner

Lillian M. Wagner, 85, formerly of Benedict Road, died Saturday at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 22, 1921, daughter of Erik and Sarah Kernam Meyer, she was a St. Joseph's...

Ruth A. McCarthy, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Ruth Ann McCarthy, 77, formerly of 149 Church St., died Sunday, May 27, 2007, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on July 13, 1929, daughter of Arthur and Marion...

Alan Lipton

Alan Lipton, 69, of 169 Valentine Road, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 16, 1938, son of Esther Bashevkin Lipton and the late William Lipton, he attended...

Patricia Claire Webber

Patricia Claire Webber, 84, of Middle Road, Rockport, formerly of Great Barrington, died Wednesday at Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester. Born in Gloucester on Nov. 29, 1922, daughter of...

Mary Brosseau Lefebvre, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Mary Rose Brosseau Lefebvre, 97, of 353 River St., died Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Oct. 25, 1909, daughter of William and Rose...

Joseph Waszkierscz

Joseph Waszkierscz, 86, of 28 Brooks Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Fulton, N.Y., on July 22, 1920, son of Michael and Helen Zalenski Bator, he moved to Pittsfield at a...

Rita Pierce

Rita Pierce, 70, of 155 Marble St., formerly of Savoy, died yesterday at home. She was postmaster of Richmond from 1991 to 2000. Born in Lenox on Nov. 7, 1936, daughter of Henry M. and Dorothy...

Ronald Murray Leach

Ronald Murray Leach, 69, of 65 Clydesdale Drive, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Camden, Maine, on Sept. 16, 1937, son of Lawrence and Isabelle Johnson Leach, he attended...

Robert V. Cowdrey

Robert V. Cowdrey, 83, of 42 Dalton Division Road, died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where he had resided since January 2004. Born in Albany, N.Y., on May 27, 1923, son of Leon...

Barbara Lynn LaFrance

Barbara Lynn LaFrance, 39, of 18 South St., died Monday at home. Born in North Adams on July 7, 1967, daughter of Raymond E. LaFrance Jr. and Lynda Adams LaFrance Sherman, she attended schools in...

Paul George Paquin

Paul George Paquin, 73, of 91 Emerald Lane, a former 45-year resident of 28 Blackstone Road in the town of Florida, died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Worcester on Oct. 24, 1933, son...

George E. Horner

George E. Horner, 92, of Providence Court died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 11, 1915, son of George F. and Katherine Keresey Horner, he attended local schools...

Jacqueline Harrison

Jacqueline Harrison, 87, of 143 Grange Hall Road, died Sunday at home. Born in West Haven, Conn., on March 30, 1920, daughter of James and Clara Harris Malcolm, she was educated in schools there...

Aline D. Deshaies

Aline D. Deshaies, 83, of 89 Asci Drive died Friday at Berkshire Place, where she had resided since January. Born in Leominster on Sept. 23, 1923, daughter of Joseph and Eva Bussiere Tourigny, she...

Henry Blanchet

Henry Blanchet, 91, of 28 Prospect St., died Thursday at home. Born in Youngsville, La., on July 15, 1915, son of Kossuth and Rose LaBlanc Blanchet, he was a 1933 graduate of Lafayette (La.) High...