Obituaries

Madeline R. Spasyk

Madeline R. Spasyk, 90, of 115 Holliston St., Medway, a former longtime resident of 87 Edward Ave., died Saturday evening at Milford-Whitinsville Regional Hospital in Milford. Born in Pittsfield...

Frederick Arthur Schneider

Frederick Arthur Schneider, 67, of Boice Road died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Great Barrington on March 1, 1937, son of Clinton T. and Sophie McDermott Schneider, he attended...

Elizabeth V. Nugai

Elizabeth V. Nugai, 69, of 95 Longview Terrace died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 7, 1936, daughter of John and Susan Candilore Panetti, she was a 1953...

Shirley Less

Shirley Less, 93, of 503 Colonial Drive, Wilder, Vt., formerly of North Adams, died Friday at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., after a long illness. Born in Russia on Nov. 28,...

Sophie Katz

Sophie Katz, 87, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in North Adams on July 16, 1917, daughter of Max and Sarah...

Katharine Hill

Katharine Hill, 84, of Highview Drive and of High Point Drive, Englewood, Fla., died Friday at the home of her daughter, Susan McMahon of 106 Oceanside Drive in Scituate, under the care of Hospice of...

Pauline Sibley Coller

Pauline Sibley Coller, 101, of East Street died Wednesday at Fairview Commons Nursing Home in Great Barrington after a long illness. Born in Springfield on June 1, 1903, daughter of Patrick and...

Santina A. "Sue" Spadafora

Santina A. "Sue" Spadafora, 97, formerly of 14 McKinley Terrace, died Tuesday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided since September 2001. Born in Lee on Jan. 2, 1908, daughter...

Jack Rawson

Jack Rawson, 80, of Hillcrest Commons, a former longtime resident of 220 Robbins Ave., died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. He was born in Lenox on May 30, 1924,...

Dr. Harold Perkel

Dr. Harold Perkel, 86, of North Wynnewood Ave., Wynnewood, Pa., and Stockbridge Bowl, died Tuesday at his home in Wynnewood of lung cancer. Born in Jersey City, N.J., on Jan. 15, 1918, son of...

Walter F. "Two Quarters" Messer

Walter F. "Two Quarters" Messer, 81, of 18 Glenwood Ave. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 28, 1923, son of Walter V. and Albena...

Clara L. Johnson Maynard

Clara L. Johnson Maynard, 87, a longtime resident of Hancock Road, died Tuesday evening at the Williamstown Commons following a long illness. Born in New Ashford on May 14, 1917, daughter of Asa...

Elizabeth B. "Libby" Kane

Elizabeth B. "Libby" Kane, 87, of 115 Holliston St., Medway, died Tuesday evening at Medway Country Manor. She had been a longtime resident of 87 Edward Ave. Born in Pittsfield on May 27,...

Gertrude A. Smith, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gertrude A. Smith, 68, of 51 McArthur St. died Tuesday morning, Jan. 4, 2005, at Berkshire Medical Center, following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 3, 1936,...

Salema Rachel Miller

Salema Rachel Miller, 77, of 32 Washington Ave. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 21, 1927, daughter of Anthony and Emma Otis Ziter, she attended local...

Evelyn Margaret Senecal

Evelyn Margaret Senecal, 75, of 360 Eagle St., died Thursday at the Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on April 20, 1929, daughter of Stephen and Mary Piech Danylowitz, she attended...

Albert Joseph Messina Sr.

Albert Joseph Messina Sr., 86, of 96 Veazie St., died Thursday at Sweetbrook Health Care Center in Williamstown after a short illness. Born in North Adams on Nov. 15, 1918, son of Gregorio and...

Robert Stephen Walshaw

Robert Stephen Walshaw, 62, of 123 Davis St., Greenfield, formerly of North Adams, died Friday at Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield after a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Nov. 7, 1942,...

Mildred May Rivers

Mildred May Rivers, 93, formerly of 55 Franklin St., died yesterday at North Adams Commons, where she had resided since October 2003. Born in North Adams on Feb. 7, 1911, daughter of Edward J....

Pauline Agnes Pagerey

Pauline Agnes Pagerey, 88, of 41 McArthur St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 2, 1916, daughter of Joseph and Anna Goodrich Hogue, she was a graduate of...

Judge Harvey Sam Halberstadter

Judge Harvey Sam Halberstadter, 68, of Camp Half Moon Road, died Friday evening at home. Born in Elizabeth, N.J., on Feb. 18, 1936, son of Rabbi Theodore B. Halberstadter and Molly Goldberg...

Donna Marie Fields

Donna Marie Fields, 50, of 80 Chase Ave. died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where she was admitted Dec. 11. Born in Hawley on April 6, 1954, daughter of Russell and...

Ruth Margaret "Pat" Dempsey

Ruth Margaret "Pat" Dempsey, 87, of 11 Fairview Terrace died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on June 29, 1917, daughter of Charles E. and Ruth M. Volk...

Diana Mary Chojnowski

Diana Mary Chojnowski, 79, formerly of 190 Brown St., died Thursday morning at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on May 29, 1925, daughter of Napoleon Pellerin and Grace Couture...

Ronald Barrett

Ronald Barrett, 72, of 87 Joseph Drive died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 23, 1932, son of Francis and Frances Stamm Barrett, he attended schools in...