Obituaries

Joseph Charles Taylor

Joseph Charles Taylor, 43, of 69 Fort Hill Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after being diagnosed with cancer a month ago. Born in Pittsfield on April 10, 1962, son of Charles F....

William H. Marley

William H. Marley, 66, of 84 Leona Drive and 283 East Main St., Norton, died Sunday at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro. Born in North Adams on July 9, 1939, son of Clayton H. and Eliza...

Amelia A. "Amy" Christopher

Amelia A. "Amy" Christopher, 88, of Berkshire Place died there Saturday. She was a former longtime resident of Springfield. Born in Forino, province of Avellino, Italy, on May 15, 1917,...

Lansdale Boardman

Lansdale Boardman, 87, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community, 235 Walker St., died Sunday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Lloyd Harbor, N.Y., on Sept. 6, 1918, son of Bradford and...

Richard Ernest Koch Jr.

Richard Ernest Koch Jr., 93, of 22 Jayne Ave. died Friday at home. Born in Adams on July 12, 1912, son of Richard E. Koch Sr. and Annie Karnitchka Koch, he attended schools there. He was an...

Pearl Andrews

Pearl Andrews, 101, of 89 South St., a former longtime resident of 87 Calumet St., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Glenville, Conn., on Oct. 28, 1904, daughter of Giuseppe and...

Ernestine "Nina" Allessio

Ernestine "Nina" Allessio, 87, of 676 Dalton Division Road died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for 3 1/2 years. Born in Pittsfield on July 14, 1918, daughter of Peter and...

Susan M. Melle

Susan M. Melle, 88, of 123 Everett Road, Barre, a former Pittsfield resident, died Wednesday at the Christopher House in Worcester, where she had resided since Dec. 2005. Born in Pittsfield on...

Helen C. Mela McConnell

Helen C. Mela McConnell, 88, of Clearwater, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Harbour Wood Nursing Center in Clearwater. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on March 11, 1917, daughter of Sidney...

Ann Terese Kirchner

Ann Terese Kirchner, 63, of 529 Kirchner Road, a long-time resident of Dalton, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 21, 1943, daughter of Norman J. and Grace...

Corinne L. Shapiro

Corinne L. Shapiro, 79, of 43 Bishop Parkway died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on June 20, 1926, the daughter of Arthur and Sally Lubin, she attended...

Charles Michael Pallos

Charles Michael Pallos, 74, of 34 Howe Road died yesterday morning at UMass Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Monroe, Mich., Feb. 11, 1931, a son of Michael C. and Mary J. Sever Pallos, he was...

Patricia Kibby

Patricia Kibby, 73, of 1645 West Housatonic St. died at her home Sunday morning. Born Sept. 22, 1932, in North Adams, daughter of Leo C. and Julia A. Reardon Gagnon, she graduated from St....

Nathan Edward Kulis

Nathan Edward Kulis, 86, formerly of Columbia Arms Apartments, 65 Columbus Ave., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since December 2004. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27,...

Frances D. Callahan

Frances D. Callahan, 91, of 74 Beverly St. died Thursday at home. Born in Dalton on Feb. 4, 1914, she attended schools there and graduated in 1936 from Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree...

Gerardo C. Murano

Gerardo C. Murano, 95, of 580 East St. died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided for a short time. Born in Cairano, province of Avellino, Italy, on April 13, 1910,...

Gladys Campoli

Gladys Campoli, 82, formerly of 100 Commonwealth Ave., died Friday evening at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown, where she had resided since 2004. Born in North Adams on Dec. 7, 1923, daughter...

Cecelia Bertha Verchot

Cecelia Bertha Verchot, 63, of 123 Danforth Ave. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 8, 1943, daughter of the late Bertha Benson Shaw Ballato and the late Arthur Shaw, she...

Ruth L. Northrup

Ruth L. Northrup, 62, of 28 Hubbard Ave. died Wednesday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 13, 1943, daughter of William and Helen McGurk Stanger, she was a 1961 graduate of St. Joseph's...

Idele R. Huff

Idele R. Huff, 95, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died Wednesday at Providence Care Center after a long illness. Born in Araduck, Russia, on Oct. 5, 1910, daughter of Berel and Sora...

Sadie E. Woodard

Sadie E. Woodard, 92, of 187 E. Dugway Road died Tuesday night at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 18, 1913, daughter of Edward J. and Sara A. Ellery Munsinger, she attended...

Dorothy G. Connelly

Dorothy G. Connelly, 81, of 76 Fassell Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born Nov. 26, 1924, in Westfield, daughter of Harold L. and Violet Merritt Hunt, she...

Jane Chard England

Jane Chard England, 86, of 233 East New Lenox Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Aug. 10, 1919, daughter of Harold E. and Margaret Chard...

Irene Novak

Irene Novak, 69, formerly of 61 Dewey Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Sand, Hungary, on Aug. 20, 1936, daughter of the late Pal and Julia Szmodics...

Thomas Francis Burke

Thomas Francis Burke, 71, of 131 Hale St. Extension died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 7, 1934, son of Louis and Mary Hart Burke, he attended Dalton schools and...