Obituaries

Herbert William Spence Jr.

Herbert William Spence Jr., 73, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on June 11, 1932, in Melrose, son of Herbert and Hazel Friburg Spence, he grew up in Saugus where he graduated from...

Joan Marie Kulesa Almori

Joan Marie Kulesa Almori, 66, of 1 Alcott Lane died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center from complications of recurrent breast cancer. Born in Pittsfield on March 21, 1939, daughter of Jennie...

Leverne John "Butch" Taylor

Leverne John "Butch" Taylor, 75, of 1300 East St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on July 3, 1930, he was the son of Leverne H. and Agnes Luczynski Taylor. When he was...

Bernice "Betty" Elizabeth Lawrence

Bernice "Betty" Elizabeth Lawrence, 86, formerly of 12 Pleasant St., died yesterday at Craneville Place, where she had been a resident since January. Born Feb. 15, 1920, in Pittsfield, the...

Michael C. Kuzara

Michael C. Kuzara, 92, formerly of 147 Dalton Ave., died Monday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. He resided at Kimball Farms, 235 Walker St., for the past two and a half...

Carl J. Fenner Jr.

Carl J. Fenner Jr., 91, of East Otis and, more recently, of Devonshire Estates died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Pittsfield on Nov. 12, 1914, son of Carl J. and Margaret...

Joan J. Boutin

Joan J. Boutin, 75, formerly of Melbourne Place, died Monday afternoon at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. She had been a patient there since December. For the past 10 years, she resided in...

Iris Bertha Bland

Iris Bertha Bland, infant daughter of Tasha A. Persip of 55 John St., died at birth on Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Besides her mother, she leaves her maternal grandparents, Earl...

Ruth M. Simon

Ruth M. Simon, 87, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died Saturday at home. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1918, daughter of Aaron and Dora Siegel Moskowitz, she graduated from Evander...

Genevieve "Jean" Koldys

Genevieve "Jean" Koldys, 87, of Pittsfield died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New Britain, Conn., on May 16, 1918, daughter of Alexander and Katherine Sondej Sierputowski, she...

Grace Maffuccio

Grace Maffuccio, 81, of 579 East St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 16, 1924, daughter of Philip and Luigia Litano Polidoro, she was a 1942 graduate of...

Bernice A. Squires

Bernice A. Squires, 67, of Abbott Street died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 13, 1938, daughter of Anna Fitch Croughwell and the late Arthur Croughwell, she...

Amelia Walsh Paris

Amelia Walsh Paris, 91, of 87 Highland Ave. died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons Health Care Facility, where she had resided for nine months. Born in Lee on June 23, 1914, daughter of Amedeo and...

Allan E. Kelly

Allan E. Kelly, 75, of 32 Broadway St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 22, 1930, son of George T. Kelly Sr. and Daisy Wixon Kelly, he was a 1948 graduate of...

John Asklipious

John Asklipious, 71, of Buel Street died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Flushing, N.Y., on July 25, 1934, son of Alice Fassios Asklipious and the late Otto Asklipious, he moved to...

Mary Emelia Whitman

Mary Emelia Whitman, 86, formerly of 57 Cromwell Ave. died Wednesday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since October 2005. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 16, 1919, daughter of...

Eldora Jean Ramsay

Eldora Jean Ramsay, 76, formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Northampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where she had been a resident for 50 years. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 16, 1930,...

Cynthia J. Gauthier

Cynthia J. Gauthier, 69, of 72 Kearney Ave., died Tuesday at her daughter's home at 276 Mountain Drive. Born in Hanover, N.H., on March 22, 1936, daughter of Lucien and Medora Duplessis Couture,...

Louise Frances Farrugo

Louise Frances Farrugo, 69, a resident of Hillcrest Commons for the past 18 months and a former resident of Central Annex, 99 Second St., died Monday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in...

Nancy P. Froio

Nancy P. Froio, 94, of Sugar Hill Senior Living Community in Dalton died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. She was formerly of 806 Williams St., and had resided at Sugar Hill since October...

John D. Coletsos

John D. Coletsos, 73, of 222 Dawes Ave. died Monday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 22, 1932, a son of Demetrios and Irini Vitalioti...

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...