Obituaries

Gordon Frederick Gates Sr.

Gordon Frederick Gates Sr., 64, of 19 Hillside St., died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since July 6. Born in Pittsfield on May 3, 1942, son of Gordon J. and Marjorie...

Mark William Fontaine

Mark William Fontaine, 34, of 18 Dartmouth St. died Tuesday as a result of injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident in Bernardston. Born in Ware on June 6, 1972, son of Ethel Clapp Fontaine...

Valmore F. Charron

Valmore F. Charron, 68, of 42 Meadow St., Apartment #1, died yesterday at his home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 20, 1937, son of the late Francis Charron and Rose Thibert Charron, he attended...

Isabelle L. Bowman

Isabelle L. Bowman, 95, of 1282 North St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hinsdale on March 1, 1911, daughter of Augustus and Mayra Watkins Bowman, she attended the Dalton...

Mary Jane Williams

Mary Jane Williams, 88, of Elberon Avenue died Wednesday, Aug. 2, at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for a short time. Born in Toronto on March 4, 1918, daughter of John and...

Connor Rhys Phelps

Connor Rhys Phelps, infant son of Daniel E. Phelps and Jessica L. Case of 48 Elizabeth St., died at birth on Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Besides his mother and his father, he leaves his...

Eleanor M. Medler

Eleanor M. Medler, 96, former longtime resident of Deborah Avenue, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for seven years. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on...

Albert P. Foster

Albert P. Foster, 84, of 18 Old Queechy Road, Canaan, N.Y., formerly of West Stockbridge, died yesterdayat home. He moved to Canaan six years ago, after residing in West Stockbridge for more than...

Leone Scoco

Leone Scoco, 86, of 45 Terrace Ave. died Saturday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 25, 1919, son of Lorenzo and Maria Salvestro Scoco, he was educated in local...

Ronald J. Meloveck, 63

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Ronald J. Meloveck, 63, of 10 Depot St., Housatonic, died Sunday, Aug. 6, 20006, at Fairview Hospital. Born in Mount Clair, N.J., on March 28, 1943, son of Francis...

Richard L. du Pont

Richard L. du Pont, 52, of 2 Lahey Crossroad died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 20, 1954, son of Richard H. and Yvonne Hillmaye du Pont, he was a 1972 graduate of Lee High School and...

Lawrence Edward Bowerman

Lawrence Edward Bowerman, 80, of 366 Elm St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 1, 1926, son of Winthrop H. and Esther Corkhill Bowerman, he was a 1944...

Hirsh Altusky

Hirsh Altusky, 91, of Cold Spring Road died Saturday at home. Born in Poland on Nov. 3, 1914, son of Abraham and Ann Gewirtzman Altusky, he was educated there. A Holocaust survivor, Mr....

Richard A. Dupras

Richard A. Dupras, 58, of 235 Prospect St. died yesterday morning at home Born in Adams on Oct. 14, 1947, son of Donald E. and Louise A. Bombardier Dupras, he was a 1965 graduate of the former...

William F. Danylin

William F. Danylin, 72, of 36 Longview Road died suddenly Thursday morning in Lanesborough. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 7, 1933, son of Helen Nylic Danylin and the late William Danylin, he was a...

Rheta S. Bonnivier

Rheta S. Bonnivier, 94, of 195 Elberon Ave. died Thursday at Springside of Pittsfield. She and her husband, the late G. Edward Bonnivier, owned and operated the former Bonny Ski and Sport Shop...

Robert Donald Tremblay

Robert Donald Tremblay, 51, of 240 East Drive, Copiague, N.Y., a native of Adams, died Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, N.Y., after a courageous battle with cancer....

Jean C. Leuchtenberger

Jean C. Leuchtenberger, 75, of Prospect Street died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsburgh on Oct. 13, 1930, daughter of Carl and Jean Newell Carlson, she graduated from Peabody...

Geraldine A. LaJoie

Geraldine A. LaJoie, 88, a former longtime resident of Balance Rock Road, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since 2003. Born in Pittsfield on June 7, 1918, daughter of...

Tomasina N. Freely

Tomasina N. Freely, 50, a former resident of Harwood Hill, died Saturday at Vermont Veterans Home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on Nov. 22, 1955, daughter of Thomas Brown and...

Joseph Henry Fortini Sr.

Joseph Henry Fortini Sr., 72, of 4693 Orange Grove Blvd., North Fort Myers, Fla., a longtime resident of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Southwest Regional Hospital in Fort Myers after a long illness....

Emma Frances Bouchard

Emma Frances Bouchard, 92, of Oldsmar, Fla., formerly of 36 Hamlin St., died July 22 at home. Born in Dalton on Dec. 12, 1913, daughter of William and Philomene LaFramboise Murray, she attended...

Marion Lucy Pierce

Marion Lucy Pierce, 94, of 14 Hilbert St. died late Tuesday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Richford, Vt., on March 2, 1912, daughter of John W. and Rose L. Pelkey Gardner, she...

Winifred Joan Canby

Winifred Joan Canby, 81, of Hartland, Vt., formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Valley Terrace Assisted Living Center in White River Junction, Vt. Born in Dover on Feb. 19, 1925, daughter of...

Esther B. Peck

Esther B. Peck, 97, of 74 Hinsdale Road, died yesterday at Curtis Manor in Dalton, where she had been a resident since 2004. Born in Dalton on Feb. 1, 1909, daughter of Rudolf and Agatha Bicknell...