Obituaries

Andrew Scherben

Andrew Scherben, 86, of Buffington Street, Taunton, formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday in Taunton. Born in Cornwall, Conn., son of John and Anastasia Sokoleska Scherben, he graduated from...

Richard Tierney

Richard D. Tierney, 65, of 26 Grace Terrace died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 24, 1937, son of Peter W. and Judith E. Drennan Tierney, he was a 1954 graduate of St. Joseph's High...

Eric J. Weeks

Eric Jon Weeks, 54, of 56 Foundry Village Road, Colrain, formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday morning at home after a short illness. He moved to Colrain in 1999. Born in Toledo, Ohio, on Oct. 7,...

A. Frederick Rohlfs Jr.

A. Frederick Rohlfs Jr., 64, of Monroe, N.J., formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. Born in Lancaster, Pa., on June 12, 1937, son...

Prudence DiGrigoli

Prudence R. DiGrigoli, 88, of 11 Robert St. died yesterday at home. Born in Hinsdale on Sept. 25, 1913, daughter of Ignatius and Maria Cencia Panetti, she moved to Pittsfield as a child with her...

Mary Richardello

Mary C. Richardello, 86, of 18 Walnut St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 1, 1915, daughter of Silvio and Louisa Giganti Pieropan, she attended local...

Fred Scerbo, 49

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Fred B. Scerbo, 49, of 60 Harding Ave. died May 21, 2002, at the Center for Living and Rehabilitation of the Southwestern Vermont Medical Auxiliary in Bennington, Vt.,...

Esther L. Wilson

Esther L. Wilson, 83, of 82 Fort Hill Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 5, 1919, daughter of Angelo and Elvira Lenzi Bondi, she was a graduate of Pittsfield...

Bruce Logan

Bruce Logan, 63, of San Antonio, formerly of Tyringham, died April 2 in San Antonio, where he had resided for the past 17 years. Born in Canaan, Conn., on July 28, 1938, son of Ruth and Roger...

William J. Foster

William J. Foster, 80, a resident of Pinehill at Kimball Farms, died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where he had resided for a short time. Born in Bridgeport,...

Walter Guiltinan

Walter "Bud" Guiltinan, 77, of Camarillo, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 16, 1924, son of Walter Leo Guiltinan Sr. and Alice Purnell Guiltinan, he...

Sharon Kaplan

Sharon Ann Kaplan, 56, of 237 Schulze Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 1, 1945, daughter of David and Paula Kazminsky Kaplan of Boca...

Marsha L. Elder

Marsha L. Elder, 54, of 84 Marion Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Oklahoma City on Sept. 8, 1947, daughter of Leona Plumer Kamp of Edmond, Okla., and the late Walter Kamp Sr., she attended...

Helen L. Bannick

Helen Louise Bannick, 86, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since 1996. Born in Brockton on Aug. 11, 1915, daughter of Joseph and Amelia...

Flora L. Kiely

Flora Louise Kiely, 86, of 1612 South Church St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where she was admitted Wednesday. Born in North Adams on July 27, 1915, daughter of Wilfred...

David A. Connelly

David A. Connelly, 75, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach. Born in Cambridge on June 28, 1926, son of Edwin A. and...

Barbara A. Russell

Barbara Ann Russell, 70, of 14 Navin Heights died Friday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in Louisville, Ky., on March 26, 1932, daughter of Thomas and Edna Von Allmen Harris, she...

Olive M. Stanley

Olive M. Stanley, 90, formerly of Heaton Court, died Friday at Laurel Lake Nursing Center in Lee, where she had resided since May 2000. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 28, 1911, daughter of Harold F....

Rebecca Williams

Rebecca Marie Williams, 24, of 2 Cherry St., died yesterday as a result of an automobile accident on Curran Highway in North Adams. Born in North Adams on March 9, 1978, daughter of John M....

Frederick Butler

Frederick D. Butler, 71, formerly of Francis Plaza, died Wednesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had lived for the past year. Born in Pittsfield on May 27, 1930, son of Laura Ethier Butler...

Charles Reiner

Charles Reiner, 55, of Larchmont, N.Y., a summer resident of West Otis for more than 15 years, died Wednesday in New York City at Mount Sinai Hospital. Born in New York City on Oct. 13, 1946, son...

Delima R. Martin

Delima Rosemarie (Gelinas) Martin, 87, of 689 Church St., North Adams, died Thursday, May 16, 2002, at the North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at her home. Born on Nendon...

Sarah Rocca

Sarah Rocca, 78, of 72 Washington Mountain Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1923, daughter of John and Rose Valverde Martino, she attended local...

Nathan Suckman

Nathan L. Suckman, 71, of Majesty Circle, Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Delray Hospital in Delray Beach, Fla. Born in Glens Falls, N.Y., on Oct. 14, 1930, son of...

Blanche Thober

Blanche Adele Kuster Thober, 93, of Cohoes, N.Y., formerly of Tyringham, died Saturday at the Marjorie Doyle Rockwell Center in Cohoes. Born in New York City on Dec. 22, 1908, daughter of John...