Obituaries

Robert A. Cook

Robert A. Cook, 46, of 277 Connecticut Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 14, 1960, son of Raymond J. Cook Sr. and Rosemary Monteleone Cook, he attended Pittsfield schools,...

Anna Elizabeth Connors

Anna Elizabeth Connors, 92, formerly of 49 Ashley St., died Thursday at Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born in Pawlet, Vt., on Nov. 14, 1914, daughter of Michael G. and Margaret McGrath Connors,...

William J. Beer Jr.

William J. Beer Jr., 86, of South Central St., Plainfield, died Friday at his home. Born in Pittsfield on March 28, 1920, son of William J. Beer Sr. and Irene Prince Beer, he attended schools in...

Alexander J. Grande Jr.

Alexander J. Grande Jr., 82, of 75 Commercial St. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken at home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 15, 1924, son of Alexander J. Grande Sr....

Robert F. Dobbert Sr.

Robert F. Dobbert Sr., 68, of 568 Union St. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Aug. 1, 1938, son of Thomas T. and Jane Yates Dobbert, he graduated from Drury High...

Lottie A. DeCoigne

Lottie A. DeCoigne, 82, of 202 North Summer St. died Friday at home after a long illness. Born in Adams on Jan. 6, 1924, daughter of John and Mary Kordana Ziemba, she attended local...

Lisa LaBonte Cooney

Lisa LaBonte Cooney, 42, of 12 Leonard St. died Saturday as the result of a motor vehicle accident in New Ashford. Born in North Adams on Aug. 19, 1964, daughter of Lois J. Monette Sweener and the...

Ferdinand S. Baczek

Ferdinand S. Baczek, 82, of 38 Burt St. died Saturday at the home of his daughter, Teresa Menard of Wakefield, where he had been visiting. Born in Adams on Aug. 12, 1924, son of Albert and Agnes...

Allan E. Reis Sr.

Allan E. Reis Sr., 74, of 77 Delancy Ave. died Tuesday, Nov. 21, at home after a short battle with cancer. Born in West Chelmsford on Oct. 8, 1932, the son of Oscar E. and Helen Westberg Reis, he...

MacAlister Brown

MacAlister Brown, 82, of 57 Sabin Drive died early Tuesday morning, Nov. 21, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt. Born in Newton on July 7, 1924, a son of Clifford K. and Marion...

Judge Bernard Lenhoff

Judge Bernard Lenhoff, 87, former first justice of Northern Berkshire District Court, of 69 Cobbleview Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Oct....

Gladys May Brown

Gladys May Brown, 77, of 45 Spring St. died Thursday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1929, daughter of William Brown and Myrtle Estes Brown McLen, she attended schools in...

Stephen E. Walsh

Stephen E. Walsh, 46, died yesterday at his residence in Winslow, Maine, after a battle with cancer. He was the son-in-law of Donald Westbrook of Pittsfield. Born Nov. 1, 1960, in Norwood, the...

Elvera V. Samale

Elvera V. Samale, 83, of 1850 Bayshore Drive, Englewood, Fla., died Monday at Venice Regional Medical Center in Venice, Fla. Born in Marlboro, on Nov. 28, 1922, a daughter of Angelo and Elizabeth...

Emily H. Rogge, 88

ADAMS, Mass. — Emily Helen Rogge, 88, of 23 Randall St. died Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 21, 2006, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Nov. 20, 1918, a daughter of...

Peggy W. Millington

Peggy W. Millington, 86, of 88 South St. died at Berkshire Medical Center Monday. Born on May 30, 1920, in London, she was the daughter of Phillip and Winifred Gunter Wastell. She was educated in...

Eleanor Culver

Eleanor Culver, 82, of Amenia, N.Y., died Sunday at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.. She was the mother of Kimberly Moore of Great Barrington. Born in Sharon, Conn., on July...

Mary R. Wick

Mary R. Wick, 88, of 43 Lincoln St. died Sunday at home. Born in Salem on March 10, 1918, daughter of Antonio and Sophie Cassella Masone, she was educated in local schools. Before moving to...

Minnianna VanDeusen

Minnianna VanDeusen, 84, of 92 Boice Road, a longtime resident of Egremont and Great Barrington, died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Hillsdale, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1922, daughter of Raymond...

Leslie R. Swartzer

Leslie R. Swartzer, 86, of 386 Columbia St. died Sunday at North Adams Commons, where he had resided since July 26. Born in North Adams on April 2, 1920, son of Paul and Martha Weidick Schwartzel,...

Paula Murphy

Paula Murphy, 75, of 66 Northwest Hill Road died Saturday at home. Born in Quincy on Sept. 25, 1931, daughter of Walter and Mary Twomey Keating, she was a 1949 graduate of Mount St. Joseph's...

Anthony Peter Alizio

Anthony Peter Alizio, 75, formerly of 47 Taft St., died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Boston on Aug. 30, 1931, son of Salvatore and Miranda Quilici Alizio, he graduated from...

Janet H. Nesbit

Janet H. Nesbit, 92, of Berkshire Place died there yesterday. She was a former longtime resident of 79 Lenox Ave. Born in Pittsfield on June 4, 1914, daughter of Clifford E. and Julia Surette...

Joseph Andrew Nigrelli

Joseph Andrew Nigrelli, 87, of 760 Dalton Division Road, a former 50-year resident of 14 Marcella Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 3, 1919, son of...

Andrew "Gumpy" Fosty Jr.

Andrew "Gumpy" Fosty Jr., 57, of 65 Columbus Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 30, 1949, son of the late Andrew Fosty Sr. and Nancy Spence Fosty, he was a...