Obituaries

Robert S. Gleason

Robert S. Gleason, 71, of Worcester, formerly of Silver Street, died Wednesday, of lung cancer at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Boston on Jan. 7,...

Clara M. Wilk

Clara M. Wilk, 93, of 7 Siara St. died Saturday evening at home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 1, 1911, daughter of Arsene and Vitaline Breault Guerin, her family moved to Adams when she was 5 and...

Robert M. Phillips

Robert M. Phillips, 94, of Kimball Farms retirement community died Saturday at its nursing care center. Born in New York City on April 15, 1910, he was the son of Jonas and Sophie Konyn...

Edward G. Hall

Edward G. Hall, 91, of 7 Ruby Terrace died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where he had resided since April. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on Sept. 11, 1912, son of Hamilton and...

Millard "Midge" Eckert

Millard "Midge" Eckert, 101, formerly of Richmond, died Saturday evening at Fairview Commons, where he had resided since March 2000. Born in East Lee on Dec. 10, 1902, son of Wright and Jane...

Edith R. Wheeler

Edith R. Wheeler, 86, of formerly of South Main Street died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She had been a resident of Laurel Lake Center in Lee for the past year. Born in...

Jane Pierson Welton

Jane Pierson Welton, 90, of 100 Alliance Way, Manchester, N.H., formerly of State Road, died June 29 at The Arbors of Bedford (N.H.), where she had resided for six weeks. Born in Pittsfield on...

Francis P. Rodrigues

Francis P. Rodrigues, 82, of 14 Ensign Ave. died Saturday evening at home. Born in Taunton on Nov. 27, 1921, son of John and Hilda Luz Rodrigues, he was a 1941 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Sophie S. O'Neil

Sophie S. O'Neil, 86, formerly of 29 Crossin Terrace, died yesterday morning at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 12, 1917, daughter of Gustave and Stella Zaremba...

Marion Fleury

Marion Fleury, 88, of 611 State Road died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted two weeks ago. Born in St. Jean, Quebec, on July 26, 1915, daughter of Eugene and Yvonne...

Leon E. Duval

Leon E. Duval, 66, of 82 Clifton St., Cambridge, a native of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born on Aug. 28, 1927, son of Frances Persip Duval and the late Leon Duval, he was a 1955 graduate of...

Gary Allen Tate

Gary Allen Tate, 50, of 10 Poplar Ave., Shalimar, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died June 29 at home after a battle with lung cancer. Born in Pittsfield on March 8, 1954, son of Wade D. and Betty...

Marguerite Marie Rand

Marguerite Marie Rand, 80, of 4 Claire Place died Sunday evening at home. Born in Adams on June 12, 1924, daughter of Alfred and Georgette Marin Mouhat, she was a graduate of the former Adams...

John "Jack" Pavia

John "Jack" Pavia, 61, of 1498 Main Road, Stamford, Vt., formerly of Savoy, died June 28 at home following a long battle with cancer. He was a longtime general contractor and was active in civic...

Ethel Rita Kellar

Ethel Rita Kellar, 84, of 36 Sunset St. died yesterday morning at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she had resided for eight months. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 13, 1920, daughter of John P. and...

Elaine Elizabeth Krouse

Elaine Elizabeth Krouse, 84, of the Village at Laurel Lake in Lee died Saturday morning at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation. She was a former resident of Day Street and of...

Edwin W. Kingston Sr

Edwin W. Kingston Sr., 50, of 226 First St. died yesterday at home. Born in Great Barrington on July 24, 1953, son of Arthur J. and Jennie L. Jackson Kingston, he moved to Pittsfield in 1958 and...

Pauline Baldwin

Pauline Baldwin, 87, of North Charleston, S.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Trident Medical Center in North Charleston. Born July 3, 1917, in Pittsfield, she was the daughter of...

David Bach

David Bach, 81, of Sylvan Road died at home Wednesday, June 23, after a prolonged illness. Born in Breslau, Germany, on Feb. 26, 1923, son of Martin and Alice Gutman Bach, he escaped to England...

Polly A. Williams

Polly A. Williams, 78, of Summer Street died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 9, 1925, daughter of Harold E. and Elsie Humphrey Potter, she was a 1942...

Irving Schechtman

Irving Schechtman, 88, formerly of 318 Onota St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided in Pittsfield since 2000. Born in New York City on March 13, 1916, son of Sam and...

Donald Russell McGown

Donald Russell McGown, 79, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died Tuesday morning at home. He had resided in Lenox for the past six years. Born in Lewiston, Maine, on Dec. 16, 1924,...

Norman Franklin LaFleur

Norman Franklin LaFleur, 88, of 180 Friend St. died early yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Feb. 13, 1916, son of Arthur and Marie White LaFleur, he attended...

Jan Cohn

Jan Cohn, 70, died yesterday at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, N.Y., after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Cohn was the first woman to serve as dean of faculty and chief academic officer, from 1987 to 1994,...

Robert Bartlett Burbank

Robert Bartlett Burbank, 67, of 364 Hinsdale Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 4, 1937, son of William J. and Thelma M. Bartlett Burbank, he was a 1955...