Obituaries

Shirley F. Roberts

Shirley F. Roberts, 70, of 12 Sunnyside Drive died yesterday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington, where she had resided since November 1999. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 24, 1931, daughter of...

Hazel Merriam Geraghty

Hazel Merriam Geraghty, 103, formerly of Meadowvale, Apt. B1, 35 Adams Road, died Sunday morning at Sweet Brook Health Care Center, where she had resided since April 20, 1994. Born in Pittsfield...

Maria Dorotea Jaroslava Hybler Krofta

Maria Dorotea Jaroslava Hybler Krofta, 85, of Yokun Ave. died yesterday at home. Born October 27, 1916, in Jaroslav, which is now part of Poland, she was the daughter of Marie Swoboda and Julius...

The Rev. James Sherman Chase

The Rev. James Sherman Chase, 85, of South Egremont died yesterday morning at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington, where he had resided since February 2001. Born in Mechanic Falls, Maine, on May...

Gerald Edward Varuzzo

Gerald Edward Varuzzo, 81, of 1386 South Church St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons, where he had resided since March. Born in North Adams on Nov. 4, 1920, son of Joseph and Frances Myers...

Janet E. "Snookie" Seelig

Janet E. "Snookie" Seelig, 61, of 50 Cook Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in New Marlboro on Nov. 7, 1940, daughter of Luella P. Hart Keefner, she was a 1958...

Rose A. Sudacki

Rose A. Sudacki, 88, of 8 Baskin Lane died Saturday evening at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on July 23, 1914, daughter of Joseph and Anna Kciuk Dobrowolski,...

Frederick H. Hoffstedt

Frederick H. Hoffstedt, 69, of 33 Aqua St. died Friday evening at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Austerlitz, N.Y., on May 17, 1931, son of Herman C. and Mildred...

Edward J. Morin

Edward J. Morin, 65, of 896 North Hoosac Road died Saturday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt., after being stricken earlier in the day. He was the owner of Sand Springs...

Franklin Curtiss

Franklin Curtiss, 89, of North Undermountain Road died yesterday at home. He was a selectman for 10 years and a Republican candidate for state representative in the 4th Berkshire District in...

James A. Tobin

James A. Tobin, 95, of 270 Allengate Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 15, 1907, son of William H. and Eleanor Cahill Tobin, he was a 1926 graduate of St....

Alfred R. Boulerice, 88

ADAMS, Mass. — Alfred Raymond Boulerice, 88, of 1 Pinnacle Lane died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Nov. 12, 1913, son of Rosario and Rose Alma Bleau...

Corrine Marie D'Errico

Corrine Marie D'Errico, 62, of 150 Ashland St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Aug. 28, following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Nov. 21, 1939,...

Isabelle H. Solak

Isabelle H. Solak, 89, of 31 New Hampshire Ave. died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 27, 1913, daughter of Joseph and Apolonia Zarzecki Solak, she attended local...

Agnes Barbara Kolbusz

Agnes Barbara Kolbusz, 89, of 46 Madison Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 29, 1913, daughter of Stanislaw and Stephanie Kuzia Kobus, she attended local schools. She...

Merle William Wynn

Merle William Wynn, 71, of Bow Wow Road died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 31, 1931, son of Merle A. and the late Mildred Parker Wynn, he was a graduate of Pittsfield High School. He...

Susan K. Kaufmann

Susan K. Kaufmann, 47, of 115 Adams Road died Friday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 13, 1955, daughter of Jan and June Piper Pedersen, she attended schools in the state of...

Wladyslaw Drag

Wladyslaw Drag, 75, of 20 Meadow St., Hartford, Conn., a former resident of Housatonic, died Monday at Hartford Hospital. Born in Krakow, Poland, on Nov. 16, 1926, son of Josef and Maria Drag, he...

Joseph A. Guerrieri

Joseph A. Guerrieri, 93, of Baker Street died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Stockbridge on Dec. 16, 1908, son of Antonio and Anna Maria d'Andrea Guerrieri, he was a...

Patricia Benoit

Patricia Benoit, 77, of Devonshire Estates, 329 Pittsfield Road, Lenox, a former longtime resident of 857 North Hoosac Road, died yesterday at Sunridge Nursing Home in East Longmeadow. Born in...

Diletta C. Marzotto

Diletta C. Marzotto, 93, of 39 Stockbridge Road died Sunday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. She and her husband, Tarcisio B. Marzotto, owned and operated the Card Lake Hotel from 1939...

Joseph Exzear St. Cyr

Joseph Exzear St. Cyr, 83, of 85 Eagle St., Apt. 411, died Friday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Jan. 3, 1919, son of Joseph E. and Exilia Bergeron St. Cyr, he...

Charles A. Cardinal, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Charles Albert "Chuck" Cardinal, 63, of 354 Kemp Ave. died Saturday morning, Sept. 21, 2002, at North Adams Commons, where he had been admitted Tuesday. Born in...

Betsey Camp

Betsey Camp, 79, of Elephant Rock Road died yesterday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 1, 1923, daughter of Walter Sherman Whitestone and Beulah Taggart...

Edward Davidson Sr

Edward Davidson Sr., 84, formerly of Pearl Street, died Saturday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Center, where he had resided since 1998. Born in New Milford, Conn., on May 7, 1918, son of Charles...