Obituaries

Katherine E. Pirzl

Katherine E. Pirzl, 82, of Victoria Court, Lenoir, N.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Gateway Nursing Center in Lenoir. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 6, 1924, she was the daughter of James...

Dora E. Gruberg

Dora E. Gruberg, 95, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshire Town, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 11, 1912, she was the daughter of Joseph Gruberg and Sara...

Maureen L. Doolan

Maureen L. Doolan, 60, of 4 Sampson Parkway, died yesterday at Providence Health Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided since December 2006. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1946, daughter of...

Madaliene M. Shields, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Madaliene Mary Shields, 84, of 339 Franklin St., died Friday, Feb. 23, 2007, at home of cancer. Born in North Adams on Aug. 24, 1922, daughter of Frank and Elena Pozzi...

Dayton F. Tynan

Dayton F. Tynan, 74, of 200 Melbourne Road, died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Caldwell, N.J., on May 30, 1932, son of Dayton and Amy Decker Tynan, he was a 1950 graduate of...

Dolores C. Renaud

Dolores C. Renaud, 80, of 2 Cicero Drive, Lakeville, formerly of Clairmont Road in Dalton, died Thursday at Morton Hospital in Taunton. She moved to Lakeville two years ago. Born in...

Sarah J. Portieri

Sarah J. Portieri, 68, of East Street, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 4, 1939, daughter of William J. and Marion Broderick Newton, she was a 1957 graduate of...

Harry M. Green

Harry M. Green, 82, of 1627 Clayton Mill River Road, Southfield, died yesterday at home. He was a New Marlborough cemetery commissioner from 1985 to 2005. Born in Winchester, Conn., on July 6,...

Ruth C. Agar

Ruth C. Agar, 81, a longtime resident of East Stahl Road, Ashley Falls, died Thursday at Fairview Commons, where she had resided for a month. Born in Lansing, Mich., on Dec. 31, 1925, daughter of...

Elizabeth F. Pulasky Niarchos

Elizabeth F. Pulasky Niarchos, 86, of 35 Oak Hill Road, died Thursday at Albany Medical Center. Born in Greenfield on Feb. 24, 1920, daughter of James and Matilda Dame Collins, she moved to...

Patricia Anne Madzy

Patricia Anne Madzy, 60, of 120 Richard Drive, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hartsville, N.Y., on March 14, 1946, daughter of Edith Marshall Theall and the late Haviland Theall,...

Evelyn May Lyons

Evelyn May Lyons, 93, of 473 West Main St., died Saturday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on June 27, 1913, daughter of Walter and Bessie Randall Blanchard, she attended local schools...

Mildred T. Cook

Mildred T. Cook, 101, formerly of County Road, died Friday at Fairview Commons, where she had resided since 1996. Born in Pittsfield on May 23, 1905, daughter of Eugene and Ida Medlyn Tabor, she...

William Nicholas Boos

William Nicholas Boos, 69, of 27 Truran Lane, Whitewood,died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 27, 1938, son of William R. and Grace Ames Boos, he...

Anna Fortin

Anna Fortin, 95, of 2 Apache Drive, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on June 3, 1911, daughter of John and Mary Swakoj Paluch, she attended schools there. Mrs....

George G. Doucette Jr.

George G. Doucette Jr., 82, of Rockland Drive, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brighton on Jan. 18, 1925, son of George and Florence Martin Doucette, he was a 1943 graduate of...

Margaret E. Braman

Margaret E. Braman, 87, of Framingham, formerly of Dalton, died Feb. 14 at St. Patrick's Manor in Framingham. She moved to Framingham five years ago. Born in New York City on April 10, 1919,...

Helen G. Zieba

Helen G. Zieba, 97, of 18 Summer St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Feb. 24, 1909, daughter of Krysten and Agata Wojtowicz Zajac, she attended St....

Mary Simpson

Mary Simpson, 89, a former longtime resident of South Main Street, died Tuesday at Fairview Commons, where she had resided for several years. Born in Great Barrington on Dec. 26, 1917, daughter of...

Grace Louise Pautot

Grace Louise Pautot, 94, of Orlando, Fla., formerly of Park Street, Housatonic, died Feb. 17 at Pavilion at Crossing Point in Orlando. She was born in Londonderry, N.H., on Nov. 4, 1912, daughter...

Robert Victor Hamilton

Robert Victor Hamilton, 86, a former longtime resident of Adams, died Tuesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Ponca City, Okla., on Nov. 1, 1920, son of Lawrence J. and Mabel...

William J. Fennell

William J. Fennell, 76, of 1581 Hartsville-New Marlboro Road, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Boston on March 23, 1930, son of Patrick J. and Margaret Sheehan Fennell, he...

Samuel Lawrence Caesar

Samuel Lawrence Caesar, 78, of 3 Robbins Ave., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton on Feb. 11, 1929, son of John and Elizabeth Evans Caesar, he was educated in local...

Pearl Irene St. Peter

Pearl Irene St. Peter, 99, formerly of Dalton Avenue, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Rutland, Vt., on Sept. 16, 1907, daughter of Frank Goodrich and Exina Manney...

Billy M. Schilling Jr.

Billy M. Schilling Jr., 40, of 107 Brown St., died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 18, 1966, son of Billy M. Schilling Sr. and Alma Rennie Schilling, he was a 1984 graduate of Lee High...