Obituaries

Joseph L. Devanney Jr.

Joseph L. Devanney Jr., 44, of 344 Mohawk Trail died Sunday at home. Born in Lowell on June 11, 1958, son of Joseph L. Devanney Sr. and Marcy Michaud Devanney, he moved to North Adams with his...

Eleanor "Lena" Wojtaszek

Eleanor "Lena" Wojtaszek, 81, of 19 East Hoosac St. died early Sunday morning at home, following several months of failing health. Born in Adams on April 17, 1921, daughter of John J. and Zofia...

Carlton E. McCormick

Carlton E. McCormick, 72, of Park Street died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1930, son of Jessie Drew McCormick and the late Joseph T. McCormick, he attended Stockbridge schools...

Josef Meisl

Josef Meisl, 75, of 77 West St., died yesterday in Enfield, Conn., at his daughter Nancy's home. Born in Gottschee, Austria, on Oct. 17, 1927, son of Josef and Maria Hutter Meisl, he attended...

Joseph M. Schnopp

Joseph M. Schnopp, 83, of 629 Hancock Road died Saturday at home. Born in Hinsdale on April 29, 1919, son of Francis and Johanna Butler Schnopp, he attended schools there and in Dalton. He moved...

Alice Lena Russo

Alice Lena Russo, 90, of 159 Elizabeth St. died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for six years. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 29, 1912, daughter of Frank and Emily Detrich...

Frances E. Baker

Frances E. Baker, 94, of 710 Greylock St. died Saturday at home. Born in East Lee on May 22, 1908, daughter of William and Minnie Olds Ingraham, she was a 1926 graduate of Lee High School and a...

Lillian H. Kirchner

Lillian H. Kirchner, 98, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshire Town, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 11, 1904, daughter of Reinhold C. and Hedwig W. Boerner Welz, she...

Maureen T. Snyder

Maureen T. Snyder, 36, of Park Lane died early Friday morning at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston after a battle with leukemia. Born in Pittsfield on April 9, 1966, daughter of James Snyder...

Mathew Paul Savard

Mathew Paul Savard, 75, of Merritt Island, Fla., died Friday at Island Health and Rehabilitation Center in Merritt Island. He was the father of Linda Silverman of Lee. Born in St. Albans, Vt., on...

Armand Medrick Lively

Armand Medrick Lively 86, of 254 Walker St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Heath on Oct. 23, 1916, son of Medrick and Eleanor Cote Lively, he attended schools there. He moved to North...

James "Jay" Harrison

James "Jay" Harrison, 88, of 37 Westwood Road died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 16, 1914, son of William and Mary Ann Walsh Harrison, he was a 1932...

Virginia Julia Filiault

Virginia Julia Filiault, 78, formerly of 1 Cherokee Drive, died yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since 1998. Born in North Adams on July 11, 1924, daughter of...

Mildred B. Stewart

Mildred B. Stewart, 96, formerly of South Dennis, died yesterday at Fairview Commons. Born on June 3, 1906, in Pine Bush, N.Y., daughter of John F. and Mary Barnes Stewart, she attended local...

Marjorie Mae Moran

Marjorie Mae Moran, 78, of 150 Ashland St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital where she was admitted Jan. 24. Born in North Adams on Jan. 19, 1925, daughter of Armand and Eva C. Cross...

Nancy Higgins Flory

Nancy Higgins Flory, 63, of 23 Winter St., Fitchburg, died Thursday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 17, 1939,...

Henry R. Butler

Henry R. Butler, 91, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown, died at the Berkshire Medical Center yesterday shortly after being admitted. He was a resident of 914 E. New Lenox Road during summers and...

Leonard A. Bona

Leonard A. Bona, 66, of 75 Roaring Brook Road, died Thursday night at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 27, 1936, son of Leila Merletto Bona and the late Lawrence Bona, he was...

Gae E. Manning

Gae E. Manning, 55, of 175 Smith Road, died yesterday morning at her home after a three-year battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield Dec. 7, 1947, daughter of William D. Striebel Sr. of Dalton and...

Gertrude M. Flaherty

Gertrude M. Flaherty, 88, of 505 Union St. died Wednesday evening at North Adams Commons, where she was admitted Jan. 7. Born in North Adams on May 11, 1914, daughter of Frank and Gertrude Ashline...

Joseph Casmir Grucelski

Joseph Casmir Grucelski, 87, of 179 Highland Ave., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Goetzville, Mich., March 18, 1915, son of Alexander Grucelski and Helen Zich...

Domenico A. Grande, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Domenico Alfonso Grande, 85, of 216 North St., died Tuesday evening, Jan. 1, 2008,  at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, following a brief illness. Born...

Violet M. Toelken

Violet M. Toelken, 91, of the Village at Laurel Lake, a former resident of Pine Road in East Otis, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Springfield on April 4,...

Tanya Williams

Tanya Williams, 28, of 20 Canal St. died Monday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester because of complications from childbirth. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 28, 1974,...

Robert S. Brouillet, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Stanley Brouillett, 50, of 2 Winter St. died Monday, Jan. 27, 2003, at home following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on July 2, 1952, son of Mildred Embry...