Obituaries

Robert J. Fitch

Robert J. Fitch, 67, of 490 West Housatonic St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 2, 1934, son of Major F. and Catherine M. Potash Fitch, he was a 1952 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Nora J. Goudey

Nora Josephine "Grandma" Goudey, 95, a longtime former resident of Heaton Court, died yesterday at her son's home in Hartsville. Born in Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland, on April 29, 1906,...

Muriel L. Kushi

Muriel L. Kushi, 85, of 74 Maryland Ave. died Monday at home. Born in St. Francis, Ontario, Canada, on Dec. 22, 1915, daughter of James and Mary Terresen Donnell, she graduated from London...

Margaret A. Slater

Margaret A. "Peg" Slater, 69, of 5 Seminole Drive died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on May 30, 1931, daughter of James and Gertrude Leppelt Russell, she moved to North...

John J. Scapin Sr.

John J. Scapin Sr., 59, of 43 Pearl St. died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 13, 1941, son of Eugene and Angelina Maule Scapin, he grew up in Lee and moved to...

Albert N. Hardy Jr., 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Albert Nelson Hardy Jr., 84, of 8343 Black Walnut Drive, East Amherst, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday, May 5, 2001, at Millard Fillmore Hospital in East...

Lydia Decoteau

Lydia A. Decoteau-Boynton, 42, of 97 North Summer St. died Saturday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 1, 1958, daughter of Richard B. Boynton of Orlando, Fla., and the late Jean Horn...

Lawrence Fleming

Lawrence E. Fleming, 84, formerly of Connecticut Avenue, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Hillcrest Commons for six years. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 10, 1916, son of...

Josephine Talarico

Josephine Talarico, 94, a native of Pittsfield, died April 30 at the Santa Teresita Nursing Home in Duarte, Calif., where she had resided for 10 years. Born in Pittsfield on July 21, 1906,...

Francis X. O'Neil

Francis X. O'Neil, 77, of 61 1/2 Orchard St. died Monday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 2, 1923, son of Thomas F. and Jennie Burns O'Neil, he attended local schools, including St....

Flora A. Ellsworth

Flora A. Ellsworth, 71, of Bancroft Road died Monday at home. Born in Saugus on March 9, 1930, daughter of Venice Madru Rock of Becket and the late Henry Rock Sr., she had resided in Becket for 52...

Walter J. Wick

Walter Joseph Wick, 83, of 363 Columbus Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 9, 1917, son of George and Alma Obert Wick, he attended local schools. Mr. Wick...

Raymond Biagini

Raymond J. Biagini, 86, of 70 Main St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cheshire on Jan. 8, 1915, son of Ralph and Adella Graziani Biagini, he attended local schools. Mr....

Kathryn Niarchos

Kathryn Sares Niarchos, 82, formerly of Brainard Road, Enfield, Conn., and Pittsfield, died Friday at Parkway Pavilion Healthcare Facility in Enfield. She and her husband, James A. "Steve" Niarchos,...

James M. Zorbo

James Michael Zorbo, 55, of Battle Creek, Mich., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 2, 1945, he was the son of Anthony and Eunice Scalzi Zorbo. He graduated...

Elbert D. Drumm

Elbert D. "Sonny" Drumm, 65, of 78 Lake Shore Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Lee on April 15, 1936, son of Ethel Sour Drumm and the...

Anna A. Donald

Anna A. Donald, 98, formerly of 15 Pomeroy Ave., died Saturday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for four years. Born in Newburgh, N.Y., on Dec. 8, 1902, daughter of...

Helen Mary (Sands) Waterhouse

Helen Mary (Sands) Waterhouse, 95, of One Berkshire Place, Adams, died Friday morning in North Adams Regional Hospital. She had been admitted to the hospital April 26th after suffering a fracture...

Adele T. Weed

Adele T. Weed, 93, formerly of 46 Broadway, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Lenox on July 10, 1907, daughter of Eugene and Mary Monnot Tamagne, she was a 1925...

Cathy St. John Reid

Cathy I. St. John Reid, 50, formerly of 10 Union St., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for the past two years. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 28, 1950, daughter of the late...

Florence R. Cummings

Florence Rose Cummings, 83, of 227 Franklin St., Franklin Street Apartments, died yesterday at Willowood Health Care Center in North Adams. Born in North Adams on Dec. 27, 1917, daughter of Arthur...

Francis P. Reddington

Francis P. Reddington, 82, a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 23, 1918, son of Frank and Delia Mahoney Reddington, he...

Frank P. Lavallee

Frank Peter Lavallee, 40, of Apple Gates Apartments, Bennington, Vt., and Monroe, Mass., died Monday as a result of an automobile accident in Readsboro, Vt. Mr. Lavallee was a former employee of...

Harold E. Pinney

Harold E. Pinney, 79, of 392 Summit Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bosworth, Mo., on Aug. 15, 1921, son of Horace and Iva Polson Pinney, he was a graduate of Bosworth High...

James Lockwood

James W. Lockwood, 91, of 16 Barth St. died yesterday at Willowood Health Care Center of North Adams following a short illness. Born in Malden on March 9, 1910, son of Charles and Sarah Ann Oldham...