Obituaries

Gilmore T. Schjeldahl

Gilmore Tilmen "Shelly" Schjeldahl, 89, of Devonshire Estates, 329 Pittsfield Road, died Sunday evening at home. Born in Esmond, N.D., on June 1, 1912, son of Ole C. and Anna Bentley Schjeldahl,...

Evan A. Giaquinta

Evan Arthur Giaquinta, 20, of 5194 Hemingway Circle, Naples, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 2 in Naples. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 7, 1981, son of Charles L. and JoAnne Serelis...

Douglas Romano

Douglas Joseph Romano, 53, of 178 Barbour St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on April 18, 1948, son of Joseph J. and Marie A. Simon Romano, he was a 1966 graduate of...

Clifford F. Brochu

Clifford Francis Brochu, 97, of Lehigh Acres, Fla., formerly of Reed Street, died Saturday at Lehigh (Fla.) Medical Center. Born in Monterey on Sept. 23, 1904, son of Clifford and Lillian Mansir...

Chester Brodalski

Chester John Brodalski, 83, of 117 Meadowview Drive died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on March 15, 1918, son of Joseph and Victoria Belch Brodalski, he was a 1936...

Walter A. Duquette Sr., 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Walter Arthur Duquette Sr., 86, of 178 Fuller Ave., Corning, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died Saturday at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, N.Y. Born in...

Rudolph J. Dassat

Rudolph J. Dassat, 88, of 81 Howard St. died yesterday at home. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Jan. 24, 1914, son of Emilio and Anna Cengia Dassat, he attended schools there and moved to Pittsfield in...

Bertl F. Just

Bertl Fleischer Just, 83, of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community died yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Health Care Center. Born in Vienna, Austria, on March 6, 1919, daughter of Benzion and Taube...

Megan Robles-Perkins

Megan Elizabeth Robles-Perkins, 7, of Brown St., died Tuesday at Children's Hospital in Boston. Born in Easthampton on March 5, 1995, daughter of Marcel Robles and Hope Perkins, she moved to...

Joyce Richardson

Joyce Ellen Richardson, 48, of 161B Spring Road died Wednesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center following a motor vehicle accident in Adams. Born in Adams on March 25, 1953, daughter of Doris...

Fadie J. Boone

Fadie J. Boone, 56, of Bernie Gibbons Drive died Monday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Vienna, Ga., on Jan. 9, 1946, daughter of Gladys Pringle Young, she graduated from Vienna High and Industrial...

Dorothy S. Lepisto

Dorothy S. Lepisto, 88, formerly of 39 Dan Ave., died yesterday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where she had resided since 1991. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 24, 1913, daughter of Lloyd A. Stokes...

Charles F. Sheran

Charles F. "Buddy" Sheran, 69, of 6436 Salt Water Boulevard, Hudson, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 26, 1933, son of Francis J. and Lillian Carrow...

Carson L. Eddy

Carson L. Eddy, 58, of Hampshire Drive, South Bend, Ind., formerly of Williamstown, died Feb. 28 at St. Joseph's Medical Center in South Bend of meningitis. Born Dec. 18, 1943, in Burlington,...

Annie L. Wheeler

Annie Louise Wheeler, 94, formerly of Pine Grove Manor, died Monday at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she had resided since July 1996. Born in Mill End, Herts, England, on March 31, 1907,...

Tresa C. Wilson

Tresa C. Wilson, 66, of Apex, N.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., after a 17-year battle with cancer. Born in Gardner on March 23, 1935, daughter of...

Mary M. Bliss

Mary M. Bliss, 82, of 185 East Thrasher Drive, Bronson, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Feb. 14 in North Florida Regional Hospital in Gainesville. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 12, 1919, daughter...

Mary A. Robinson

Mary A. Robinson, 90, of 39 East St. on Highlawn Farm died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born on Highlawn Farm in Lee on May 18, 1911, daughter of Theodore and Winifred...

Marjorie A. Blake

Marjorie A. Blake, 84, of New Freedom, Pa., formerly of Hinsdale, died yesterday at York Hospital in York, Pa., following a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 29, 1917, daughter of Jesse J....

Kenneth Flanders

Kenneth R. Flanders, 71, of 194 Lebanon Ave. died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 26, 1930, son of Ralph and Amelia DePatis Flanders, he attended local schools. He moved to California...

John Moriarty Jr.

John M. Moriarty Jr., 63, of 47 Lake St., Gardner, died yesterday at Heywood Hospital in Gardner after a long illness. He was the father of Amy Cote of Pittsfield. Born in Gardner on June 14,...

Elizabeth DiPierro

Elizabeth L. "Betty" DiPierro, 87, of 600 Main St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 3, 1914, daughter of Everton and Edna Hooper Parker, she attended schools in Dalton and...

Mary C. Nietupski

Mary C. Nietupski, 54, of 234 County Road died Monday at home. Born in Springfield on Nov. 17, 1947, daughter of Joseph A. Auth and the late Evelyn Freeouf Auth, she was a 1965 graduate of...

Joseph F. Roberts

Joseph F. Roberts, 79, of 194 Windsor Ave. died Sunday evening at the Venice Hospital in Venice, Fla., shortly after being admitted. Born in Holyoke on March 11, 1922, son of Joseph A. and...

John T. Novo

John Thomas Novo, 75, formerly of Turnure Terrace, died Thursday at the Center for Optimum Care in Pittsfield, where he had resided for the past four years. Born in Lenox on Sept. 11, 1926, son of...