Obituaries

Mary "Mary Chev" Chevalier

Mary "Mary Chev" Chevalier, 80, of 23A Highview Drive died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Walpole, N.H., on April 22, 1925, daughter of Waldo and Agnes Henry Sanborn, she...

Daniel Arthur Beaumier

Daniel Arthur Beaumier, 78, died Thursday at Craneville Place, where he had resided since 2001. He was a former resident of Springfield and Longmeadow. Born in Springfield on Jan. 3, 1928, son of...

Joseph E. Perkins

Joseph E. Perkins, 55, of 76 Daniel Shays Highway, Orange, a native of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at home of an apparent heart attack. Born on Sept. 11, 1950, son of the late Wilfred E. Perkins...

David A. Peirce Sr.

David A. Peirce Sr., 74, of 96 Depot St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Worcester on Jan. 4, 1932, son of Roger and Eleanor Gerrior Peirce, he attended schools in Worcester...

Gerald P. Casey

Gerald P. Casey, 90, of 71 Oak St. Extension died Thursday morning at home. Born in Worcester on Oct. 20, 1915, son of the late John J. and Catherine Broderick Casey, he attended schools there and...

Martin Littman

Martin Littman, 84, of Needham, died March 16 at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Needham campus. He was the father of Ellen Whitmer of Pittsfield. Born in New York City on July 9, 1921, son of...

Grace P. Horth

Grace P. Horth, 79, of 1113 South St. died Tuesday evening at her home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 30, 1926, daughter of Frank M. and Mildred E. Newbery Potts, she was educated in Pittsfield...

Edward H. Gromatski

Edward H. Gromatski, 90, formerly of 34 Thomas Road, died Monday at LifePath-Hospice in Temple Terrace, Fla. Born in South Deerfield on April 11, 1915, son of Adam and Josephine Ciborowski...

Agnes M. "Ginger" Spence

Agnes M. "Ginger" Spence, 63, of 19 Draper Ave. died Monday at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn. Born in Pittsfield, April 13, 1942, the daughter of Charles E. and Agnes Hanrath Kennedy, she...

Leonora McCormick Downey

Leonora McCormick Downey, 91, died Sunday at Baystate Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington, she had lived in Pittsfield most of her life before moving to West Springfield in January. She...

Belle K. Silverstein

Belle K. Silverstein, 106, of 1000 North St., Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, died there Monday. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., on Feb. 13, 1900, daughter of Abraham and Bessie Cohen Kessell, she...

Mary Kirby

Mary Kirby, 85, of 182 Ashuelot St. died Saturday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on April 9, 1921, daughter of William C. and Grace Mahanna Kirby, she was a 1940...

Ruth M. Lewis

Ruth M. Lewis, 88, of 7 Park Terrace died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 28, 1917, daughter of Bert A. and Nettie Greb Gaylord, she was a 1935 graduate of Pittsfield High School. She...

Edna May Theoret

Edna May Theoret, 84, of 112 East Acres Road died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1921, daughter of James and Mary Ellen Evans Barraclough, she was a 1939 graduate of Pittsfield...

Richard Antonangeli

Richard Antonangeli, 75, of 279 Elm St., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 7, 1930, son of Louis and Cecelia Antonangeli Antonangeli, he was educated in...

Dr. Lincoln Eramo

Dr. Lincoln Eramo, M.D., 88, of 16 Williams St., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided in Craneville Place since July 2001. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 12, 1918, son of...

Foster D. Boice

Foster D. Boice, 78, of Lenox Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 25, 1927, son of Howard W. and Avis Drake Boice, he attended Carson Long Military Academy...

Dominic Francis Sangiovanni

Dominic Francis Sangiovanni, 87, of Medway died Monday at his home. Born in Pittsfield on May 25, 1918, son of Guiseppe and Rosina Coiro Sangiovanni, he graduated from St. Joseph's High School...

Lois Eloise Ferris

Lois Eloise Ferris, 92, formerly of 6 Main St., the Curtis, died Monday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided for the past three years. Born in North Scriba, N.Y.,...

Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton, 80, a star of the Broadway stage, movies and television, died Monday morning at home. Born in Troy, N.Y., on June 21, 1925, daughter of John and Irene Walsh Stapleton, she as a...

Christine A. Stafford-Shaw

Christine A. Stafford-Shaw, 69, formerly of Pittsfield, a resident of 787 S.W. 33rd Street, Palm City, Fla. for the past 20 years, died Monday at her home. Born in Pittsfield, Dec. 24, 1936,...

Phillip V. "Tootie" Nicola Jr.

Phillip V. "Tootie" Nicola Jr., 52, of 1270 North St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 7, 1953, son of Phillip V. Nicola Sr. and Teresa Hugabone Nicola, he was...

Beatrice I. Todd

Beatrice I. Todd, 91, of 176 Columbus Ave., died at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility on Thursday. She had resided there for three months. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 14, 1914, daughter of...

James C. Messana Sr.

James C. Messana Sr., 79, of 47 Rhode Island Ave., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 12, 1927, son of Ignazio and Altonza Vaccaro Messana, he graduated from...

Eleanor M. "Corky" Corrigan Hanlon

Eleanor M. "Corky" Corrigan Hanlon, 91, formerly of 120 Pollock Ave., died Saturday at Timberlyn Heights in Great Barrington, where she had resided for the past year. Born in Adams on Dec. 18,...