Obituaries

William J. Foster

William J. Foster, 80, a resident of Pinehill at Kimball Farms, died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where he had resided for a short time. Born in Bridgeport,...

Walter Guiltinan

Walter "Bud" Guiltinan, 77, of Camarillo, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 16, 1924, son of Walter Leo Guiltinan Sr. and Alice Purnell Guiltinan, he...

Sharon Kaplan

Sharon Ann Kaplan, 56, of 237 Schulze Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 1, 1945, daughter of David and Paula Kazminsky Kaplan of Boca...

Marsha L. Elder

Marsha L. Elder, 54, of 84 Marion Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Oklahoma City on Sept. 8, 1947, daughter of Leona Plumer Kamp of Edmond, Okla., and the late Walter Kamp Sr., she attended...

Helen L. Bannick

Helen Louise Bannick, 86, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since 1996. Born in Brockton on Aug. 11, 1915, daughter of Joseph and Amelia...

Flora L. Kiely

Flora Louise Kiely, 86, of 1612 South Church St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where she was admitted Wednesday. Born in North Adams on July 27, 1915, daughter of Wilfred...

David A. Connelly

David A. Connelly, 75, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach. Born in Cambridge on June 28, 1926, son of Edwin A. and...

Barbara A. Russell

Barbara Ann Russell, 70, of 14 Navin Heights died Friday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in Louisville, Ky., on March 26, 1932, daughter of Thomas and Edna Von Allmen Harris, she...

Olive M. Stanley

Olive M. Stanley, 90, formerly of Heaton Court, died Friday at Laurel Lake Nursing Center in Lee, where she had resided since May 2000. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 28, 1911, daughter of Harold F....

Rebecca Williams

Rebecca Marie Williams, 24, of 2 Cherry St., died yesterday as a result of an automobile accident on Curran Highway in North Adams. Born in North Adams on March 9, 1978, daughter of John M....

Frederick Butler

Frederick D. Butler, 71, formerly of Francis Plaza, died Wednesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had lived for the past year. Born in Pittsfield on May 27, 1930, son of Laura Ethier Butler...

Charles Reiner

Charles Reiner, 55, of Larchmont, N.Y., a summer resident of West Otis for more than 15 years, died Wednesday in New York City at Mount Sinai Hospital. Born in New York City on Oct. 13, 1946, son...

Delima R. Martin

Delima Rosemarie (Gelinas) Martin, 87, of 689 Church St., North Adams, died Thursday, May 16, 2002, at the North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at her home. Born on Nendon...

Sarah Rocca

Sarah Rocca, 78, of 72 Washington Mountain Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1923, daughter of John and Rose Valverde Martino, she attended local...

Nathan Suckman

Nathan L. Suckman, 71, of Majesty Circle, Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Delray Hospital in Delray Beach, Fla. Born in Glens Falls, N.Y., on Oct. 14, 1930, son of...

Blanche Thober

Blanche Adele Kuster Thober, 93, of Cohoes, N.Y., formerly of Tyringham, died Saturday at the Marjorie Doyle Rockwell Center in Cohoes. Born in New York City on Dec. 22, 1908, daughter of John...

Arlene J. Norton

Arlene J. Norton, 69, of 2 Post Road died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter in Stockbridge. Born in Jersey City, N.J., on June 30, 1932, daughter of Alfred K. and Jessie M. Kalbfleisch...

Melissa Lea Miller

Melissa Lea Miller, 41, of 90 Bunga Road, Bath, N.H., formerly of Sheffield, died April 30 at home. Born Feb. 11, 1961, in Woodsville, N.H., daughter of James T. Robinson Sr. and Ida Wilson...

Martin Flanagan

Dr. Martin E. Flanagan, 73, of Nokomis, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died May 8 at home. Born in Philadelphia on May 23, 1928, son of James and Mary Flanagan, he moved to North Adams in 1940 and...

John F. Anselmini

John F. Anselmini, 58, of 30 Fairview Terrace died yesterday at Fairview Hospital after a short illness. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 23, 1943, son of Mario F. and Rosalie Costa Anselmini, he...

Joaquin A. Boino

Joaquin Augusto "Jack" Boino, 71, of 55 Eleanor Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 2, 1930, son of Thomas A. and Emilia do Ceu Gomes Cabral Boino, he was a...

Gine R. Larsen

Gine R. Larsen, 97, of Temecula, Calif., formerly of Lanesboro, died Monday while visiting her son in Post Falls, Idaho. Born in Egersund, Norway, on July 18, 1904, daughter of Hans Jurgen and...

J. Richard "Dick" Tonini

Mr. J. Richard “Dick” Tonini, 94, former resident of West Stockbridge died on January 14, 2002 at his home in Holden, Maine. Born in West Cornwall, CT. on Feb. 1O, 1907, he was the...

Stanley Ostrobinski, 87

ADAMS, Mass. — Stanley John Ostrobinski, 87, of 72 East Hoosac St. died Tuesday morning, May 14, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Oct. 12, 1914, son of John and Anna...

Eleanor Charland

Eleanor Elaine Charland, 87, of 24 Dartmouth St. died Monday at the Center for Optimum Care, where she had resided since April 7. Born in Bingham, Maine, on May 31, 1914, daughter of Adelard and...