Obituaries

Sister Barbara Glendon

Sister Barbara Glendon, 64, died Friday in Hastings, N.Y. Born in Pittsfield, daughter of William and Margaret Crowther Glendon, she graduated from the former Dalton High School, where she was...

Paul D. Francese

Paul D. Francese, 64, of 187 South Shore and 15139 Portside Drive, Fort Myers, Fla., died early Friday morning at his home in Florida. He was a prominent building contractor, businessman and real...

William H. Briggs Sr.

William H. Briggs Sr., 82, of 72 Dublin Road died Sunday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after being stricken at home. Born in Adams on June 9, 1922, son of Helen Briggs...

Roy Boesse

Roy Boesse, 94, formerly of Bradford Street, died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for more than 3 years. Born in Berlin, N.Y., on Jan. 11, 1911, son of Everett Boesse and Edna...

Carol Anna Tower

Carol Anna Tower, 88, of Hillcrest Commons died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She was a former resident of 55 Norman Ave. and had resided at Hillcrest since 1999. Born in...

Wilbert A. "Bill" Taff

Wilbert A. "Bill" Taff, 85, of 16 Aztec Drive died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 26, 1919, son of Charles E. and Eleanor Seaman Taff, he attended...

Clifford T. Morin

Clifford T. Morin, 89, of 186 School St. died Thursday afternoon, at the home of his daughter, Nancy Wadleigh, in Westford. Born in North Adams on March 1, 1916, son of David and Delina Morrier...

Dorothy E. Farrington

Dorothy E. Farrington, 98, of 40 Sunset Ave., formerly of Turnure Terrace, died Thursday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 21, 1906, daughter of Harry and Mary...

Angelo P. DiGrigoli

Angelo P. DiGrigoli, 82, of 194 Center St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was Born in Rochester, N.Y., on July 8, 1922, son of Carmello and Josephine Termini...

Edward W. Menesky

Edward W. Menesky, 86, of Devonshire Estates, Lenox, formerly of 106 East Housatonic Ave., died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 13, 1918, son of Antoni...

Serge Kalinowsky Sr.

Serge Kalinowsky Sr., 75, of 44 Jason St. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 30, 1929, son of Vasily and Anna Michaels Kalinowsky, he was educated in...

Emma Margaret Choquette

Emma Margaret Choquette, 90, of 12 Summer St. died early yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Huntington, W.Va., on Nov. 8, 1914, daughter of Cline and Marie Wilson Doss,...

Barbara Ann Dickinson

Barbara Ann Dickinson, 53, of 39 Navajo Drive died early Saturday morning at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Adams on Oct. 23, 1951, daughter of Donald F....

Donald Paul Crine

Donald Paul Crine, 68, of Division Street died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Great Barrington on June 9, 1936, son of John and Helen M. Briggs Crine, he attended schools there,...

Letitia Austin

Letitia Austin, 84, of 83 South Onota St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Sept. 25, 1920, daughter of George and Gladys Johnson Butcher, she moved to Pittsfield in 1935 and...

Dorothy Ruth Van Vorst

Dorothy Ruth Van Vorst, 90, of Buel Street, died yesterday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Curwensville, Pa., on Feb. 1, 1915, daughter of Harvey O. and Eva Viola Diebert Dietrich,...

J. Thomas "Pickles" Shalley

J. Thomas "Pickles" Shalley, 62, of 155 Marble St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 8, 1943, son of Arthur and Margaret Driscoll Shalley, he attended St. Mary's School and Lee...

James B. Ormsbee

James B. Ormsbee, 78, of 319 South St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 29, 1926, son of Edmond F. and Elizabeth McGovern Ormsbee, he was a 1944 graduate of the former New...

Barbara A. Galeucia

Barbara A. Galeucia, 66, of 155 Robinson Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 19, 1938, daughter of William and...

Ethel T. Flynn

Ethel T. Flynn, 103, of 384 Pittsfield Road died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Dalton on Aug. 14, 1901, daughter of John and Anna Kirchner Burgner, she was a 1917...

Christine I. Darby

Christine I. Darby, 61, of 38 Lenox Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center, following a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 9, 1943, daughter of Homer and Pauline Demary Trapania,...

Howard D. Oakes, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Howard D. Oakes, 82, of 29 Danforth St. died Monday evening, March 7, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born on the family farm in Readsboro, Vt., on June 2, 1922, son...

Antonio DiPrimio

Antonio DiPrimio, 91, of 161 Newell St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Turrivalignani, province of Pescara, Italy, on Sept. 18, 1913, son of Gaetano and Rose Gardinale DiPrimio,...

John R. Budz, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — John R. "Jack" Budz, 93, of 60 Saulnier Drive died Tuesday morning, March 8, 2003, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington. Born in Housatonic on Feb. 26, 1912, son...

Mary Laurentia Blake

Mary Laurentia Blake, 89, a resident of Pittsfield for 56 years and more recently of Devonshire Estates, Lenox, died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on May 18, 1915,...