Obituaries

Martin Kosberg

Martin Kosberg, 76, of Woodmont Road, West Hartford, Conn., formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in North Adams on July 13, 1925, he was the son of...

Leona Limeburner

Leona Frances Limeburner, 70, of 1113 Saint Joseph's St., Rapid City, S.D., formerly of Pittsfield, died Oct. 12 in Rapid City. Born in Pittsfield on March 8, 1931, daughter of Joseph and Mary...

Ian Rodgers

Ian Rodgers, 21, of Monterey, a fireman apprentice with the U.S. Coast Guard stationed in Kodiak, Alaska, died Saturday in Kodiak from injuries suffered in a hiking accident. Born in Pittsfield on...

Hermance Eulian

Hermance E. "Mitzi" Deshaies Eulian, 80, of 61 Rose Drive died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in St. Marie de Blandford, Quebec, Canada, on Dec. 22, 1920, daughter of Gideon and Eva Pipin...

Frederick Berthiaume

Frederick D. Berthiaume, 77, of 1 Noble Place died Sunday in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., while visiting the southwest. Born in North Adams on Dec. 23, 1923, son of George and Matilda Therriault...

Frank S. Mazza, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frank Saverio "Pancho" Mazza, 86, of 31 Veazie St. died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. Born in North Adams on...

Ellen L. Crocker

Ellen L. Crocker, 89, of 13 Marshall Ave. died Monday at Williamstown Commons. She was admitted on Nov. 30. Born in Adams on April 16, 1912, daughter of Harry E. Haff and Jessie O. Morton, she...

Daniel H. Petithory, 32

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Sergeant First Class Daniel Henry Petithory, 32, of 289 Railroad St., Cheshire, was killed in action on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001, while serving in the Army in Kandahar,...

Marie R. Veselik

Marie R. Veselik, 98, of 320 Pittsfield Road died Saturday at Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on March 28, 1903, daughter of Vaclav and Zofie Choc, she attended...

Marguerite Jacoby

Marguerite Odette Jacoby, 94, of Providence Care Center, 320 Pittsfield Road, died Monday at Providence Care Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 11, 1907, daughter of Joseph J. and Celena Goodrich...

Lois E. Chadwell

Lois E. Chadwell, 67, of 226 Bradford St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 2, 1934, daughter of Harry and Anna Gardner Robinson, she graduated from Pittsfield...

Jane L. Kibby

Jane L. Kibby, 78, of Media, Pa., formerly of West Housatonic Street, died Sunday at home. Born in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 1923, daughter of Ralph E. and Ruth Davis Lawrence, she attended...

Bonnie R. Doire

Bonnie Rae Doire, 55, of 150 Ashland St. died Monday at home. Born in Providence, R.I., on Feb. 20, 1946, daughter of Howard Fisher of Warwick, R.I., and the late Olga Carlson Fisher, she attended...

Walter C. Zepka

Walter C. Zepka, 87, of 16 Grandview Terrace, longtime Adams businessman and town official, died Sunday afternoon at home. Born in Adams on May 5, 1914, son of John and Aniela Ptak Zepka, he...

Regina Olszewski

Regina Olszewski, 80, of Ryan Terrace, Housatonic, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Easthampton on April 16, 1921, daughter of Peter and Mary Olbrys Olszewski, she moved to...

Patricia A. Fields

Patricia A. Fields, 61, of 31 Bossidy Drive died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1940, daughter of Frank Carnute Sr. and Mary Calabrese Carnute, she...

Nicholas J. Putzu

Nicholas John Putzu, 76, of 1611 Waterstone Lane, Charleston, S.C., formerly of Richmond, died Friday at Trident Regional Hospital in North Charleston, S.C. A longtime resident of 526 State Road, he...

Molly Lenhoff

Molly Lenhoff, 85, formerly of 19 Royal Ave., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on April 22, 1916, daughter of Jacob and Fannie Snyder Lenhoff, she attended North Adams...

Mary E. Sawyer

Mary Elizabeth Sawyer, 90, of Jerome Drive died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 17, 1911, daughter of Henry H. and Mary Elizabeth Williams Spencer, she attended St....

Kevin J. Hirt

Kevin J. Hirt, 10, of 33 Brookside Drive died Saturday morning at home after a long battle with neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer he was diagnosed with in 1995. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 24,...

Gladys M. Allard, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gladys Markland Allard, 78, of 390 Walker St. died Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Westhoughton, England, on July 5, 1923,...

Clara L. Scherer

Clara Legg Scherer, 92, a summer resident of Sheffield since 1941, died yesterday at Equinox Terrace, a residential care center in Manchester, Vt. Born in New York City on April 10, 1909, daughter...

Alphonse Marchand

Alphonse Joseph Marchand, 93, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community, died Friday evening at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. He had resided at Kimball Farms for four years. He was a former member...

Raymond Dulye Jr.

Raymond J. Dulye Jr., 52, of Rocklin, Calif., son of Ann Vuolo Dulye of Richmond, died Thursday at home after a long illness. Born in Middletown, N.Y., on Aug. 5, 1949, he was also the son the...

Palmira J. Bennett

Palmira J. Bennett, 91, of Hyde Place died Friday at Fairview Commons Nursing Center in Great Barrington, where she had resided since 1994. Born in West Stockbridge on March 20, 1910, daughter of...