Obituaries

Susan J. Sarro

Susan J. Sarro, 89, of 15 Lisa Lane, Westfield, formerly of 7 Chestnut St., died Friday at home. Born in Lee on May 3, 1914, daughter of Biagio and Palma Blasioli Meledeo, she attended Pittsfield...

Richard C. Freehan

Richard C. Freehan, 85, of 140 Melbourne Road, Apartment 330, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for about a month. Born in Pittsfield on June 21, 1918, son of Philip E. and...

Debra Ann Dubie, 47

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Debra Ann Dubie, 47, of 47 Watson St. died of cancer on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where she was admitted Dec. 15. Born in North Adams...

Robert C. Buckwalter

Robert C. Buckwalter, 87, of 259 High St. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 8, 1916, son of Jesse Otto and Louise Gauthier Buckwalter, he was a 1933 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Harriet M. Witow

Harriet M. Witow, 87, of 24 Silver St. died Friday at Fairview Commons. Born in Chicago on Dec. 8, 1916, daughter of Michael and Hattie Schwartzman Scherer, she was educated there. While in...

Romana Spazioso

Romana Spazioso, 93, formerly of Highview Drive, Colonial Gardens, and a longtime resident of 63 Reuter Ave., died Thursday at Palms Rehabilitation Center in Palm Bay, Fla., where she had resided for...

Theresa E. McCluskey

Theresa E. McCluskey, 89, formerly of Wahconah Heights, died Friday evening at Springside of Pittsfield Health Care Facility, where she had resided for 1 1/2 years. Born in Housatonic on March...

Gwendolyn Barbara LePage

Gwendolyn Barbara LePage, 60, of 387 North St. died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers after a long illness. She had resided there for several years. Born in New Ashford on Oct. 10, 1943,...

Florence Teresa Lee

Florence Teresa Lee, 81, formerly of 31 Bradford St., died Dec. 17 at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since June 2002. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeGrys, she was a...

Dannie Wright, 62

DALTON, Mass. — Dannie Wright, 62, of 255 Grange Hall Road died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Herrin, Ill., on May 16, 1941, son of Hermon F....

Claudette M. Wotkowicz

Claudette M. Wotkowicz, 54, of 15 Enterprise St. died of cancer Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been there since Dec. 21. Born in Adams on July 2, 1949, daughter of Cauldon...

Roger Michael Vincelette

Roger Michael Vincelette, 80, of 1 Higgins Court died Thursday at the Williamstown Commons, where he had been admitted Oct. 24. Born in North Adams on Oct. 26, 1923, son of Ernest and Rosalie...

Robert W. "Bud" Tucker

Robert W. "Bud" Tucker, 90, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 4, 1913, son of Raymond L. and Anna Condron Tucker, he...

Albert N. Soucie, 66

ADAMS, Mass. — Albert N. Soucie, 66, of 81 Commercial St. died Wednesday in the emergency room of Berkshire Medical Center following an auto accident in Adams. Born in Middleboro on Feb. 28,...

Ruth E. Thompson Sondrini

Ruth E. Thompson Sondrini, 71, of 126 Winesap Road died Wednesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 14, 1932, daughter of Charles and Ethel Murray Thompson, she was educated in local schools...

William B. Salinetti

William B. Salinetti, 88, of 275 Fairview St. died Thursday at the Village at Laurel Lake, where he had resided for three years. Born in Lee on Oct. 30, 1915, son of Abbondio and Angelina Bartini...

Madeline P. Wesley Nonken

Madeline P. Wesley Nonken, 93, died Wednesday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 19, 1910, daughter of Matthew H. and Etta May Akers Powell, she was a 1928 graduate...

Trude R. Geismar

Trude R. Geismar, 96, a resident of Kimball Farms Retirement Community at 235 Walker St. for eight years, died Thursday at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. Born in Bretten, Germany, on Sept. 19,...

Cherilyn C. Branton

Cherilyn C. Branton, 50, of 225 Linden St. died at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worester on Wednesday. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 12, 1953, daughter of Ernest M. and...

Leo H. Bedard

Leo H. Bedard, 87, of 15 Forest Park Ave., a longtime area automobile dealer and civic leader, died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Sept. 2, 1916, son...

Stacia J. Ouellette

Stacia J. Ouellette, 94, of Holyoke died Friday, Dec. 19, at Mont Marie Health Care Center. She was the sister of Frank Kurpaska, and had lived in Holyoke for 60 years. Born in Adams on Sept....

Anthony Charles Liporace

Anthony Charles Liporace, 71, of 265 Reservoir Road died Wednesday, Dec. 24, at the University of Massachusetts Medical Health Center in Worcester, where he was admitted on Dec. 3. Born in...

John Francis Baumann

John Francis Baumann, 74, of Division Street died Tuesday, Dec. 23, at Fairview Hospital. Born Jan. 1, 1929, in Pittsfield, son of George and Louise Maier Baumann, he attended local schools and...

Richard David Vallin

Richard David Vallin, 76, of 404 Bay Hill Court, New Bern, N.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 3, 1927, son of Daniel and Dora Halperin Vallin, he was a...

Susan Touponce

Susan Touponce, 57, of North Main Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born Sept. 29, 1946, in Hartford, Conn., daughter of Russell Looby of Steinhatchee, Fla., and the...