Obituaries

Margaret Gertrude Hinckley

Margaret Gertrude Hinckley, 86, of 61 Wahconah Heights died Friday at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 16, 1919, daughter of Thomas F. and Rhoda Beckwith...

Bessie Garivaltis

Bessie Garivaltis, 94, of 39 Livingston Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Nestany, Greece, on Nov. 14, 1911, daughter of James and Georgia Papadakis, she attended schools in...

Dolores L. Fowler

Dolores L. Fowler, 74, formerly of Colonial Gardens, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since Nov. 4. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 1, 1931, daughter of Kenneth J. and Mary...

Peter Joseph "PJ" DiNicola

Peter Joseph "PJ" DiNicola, 25, of 34 Weston Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 23, 1980, son of Peter J. and Karen Vittone DiNicola, he was a member of the Bureau for...

Elmer F. Blake

Elmer F. Blake, 82, of 151 Jason St. died Sunday after a two-month stay at Springside of Pittsfield nursing facility. Born in Pittsfield on June 30, 1923, son of Louis and Ella Barber Blake, he...

Albena Shirley Messer

Albena Shirley Messer, 71, of 50 Dalton Ave. died Tuesday afternoon at her home. Born in Pittsfield, Feb. 21, 1934, daughter of Walter V. and Albena M. Mariam Messer, she was educated in...

Mary Joan Matuszak Czubryt

Mary Joan Matuszak Czubryt, 70, formerly of Adams, died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on May 25, 1935, daughter of the late Andrzej and Ursula Koscielniak Matuszak,...

Mildred Amelia Bernardo

Mildred Amelia Bernardo, 90, formerly of 176 Columbus Ave., died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since Nov. 1998. Born in Chicopee, Mass. Aug. 31, 1915,...

Sheilah S. Campbell Sweet

Sheilah S. Campbell Sweet, 77, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community, 235 Walker St., died Wednesday at home. She had resided there since 2002. Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, on March 30, 1928,...

Raymond P. Dotchin

Raymond P. Dotchin, 62, of Sherwood Drive, co-owner and president of Colt Insurance Co. in Pittsfield, died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Hartford, Conn., on Sept. 6,...

Lawrence Bradford "Butch" Brent

Lawrence Bradford "Butch" Brent, 58, of 190 First St. died Wednesday, Dec. 21, at Berkshire Medical Center after being stricken with heart failure. Born in Holyoke on June 27, 1947, son of Irwin...

Robert C. Bogle

Robert C. Bogle, 88, of Shaw Road, Little Compton, R.I., died Friday at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. He lived in Pittsfield from 1956 to 1979. Born in Peabody, son of Irving W. and Minnie...

The Rev. Charles V. Hayes

The Rev. Charles V. Hayes, 88, of Holy Name Friary nursing home in Ringwood, N.J., a member of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, died there Thursday. He lived on Charles Street before...

David Hubert Dalton

David Hubert Dalton, 69, of 720 Pitcher's Way, Hyannis, a native of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at home after a long battle with cancer. Born on June 23, 1936, son of Herbert and Helen Crowley...

Retired Army Major H. Lee Waldron

Retired Army Major H. Lee Waldron, 63, of Quail Way, East Nassau, N.Y., died Thursday at home after a long illness. He was employed by Paul Rich & Sons furniture company in Pittsfield. Born in...

Michael J. Latura

Michael J. Latura, 71, of 160 Newell St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 18, 1934, son of John and Angelina Castronova Latura, he attended...

Joan A. Arndt

Joan A. Arndt, 70, of 151 New Windsor Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center, where she had been a patient for two weeks. Born in Pittsfield on March 2, 1935, daughter of Edmund E. and Edna...

Mary A. Kirby

Mary A. Kirby, 90, of Hillsdale Drive, died Christmas night at her home. Born in Pittsfield on May 14, 1915, daughter of Emil A. and Mary A. Brielman Wechter, she was a 1932 graduate of St....

Richard L. Brazeau

Richard L. Brazeau, 65, of 43 Jason St. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 31, 1940, son of Lionel and Muriel Boudreau Brazeau, he was a lifelong resident of Pittsfield. He...

The Rev. Charles E. McNeice, S.S.E.

The Rev. Charles E. McNeice, S.S.E., 71, of Colchester, Vt., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday, Dec. 19, in Underhill (Vt.) State Park while on his daily walk. Born in Pittsfield on May 28,...

Stanley Lazor

Stanley Lazor, 85, of Danvers died Wednesday at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, son of Peter and Mary Lazor, he was educated in New York City. A...

Rose Marie Suriner

Rose Marie Suriner, 84, of 386 North St. died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since August. Born in Dalton on April 20, 1921, daughter of David and Theresa...

Galen Andrew Davis

Galen Andrew Davis, 68, of Southwick, formerly of Pittsfield, died at home on Dec. 17 from melanoma. Born in Dexter, Maine, on Aug. 24, 1937, son of John A. and Pauline Ramsay Davis, he was a 1955...

Charles Walter Bonin

Charles Walter Bonin, 78, of 12 Egremont Ave. died Friday at his winter home in Arroyo Grande, Calif. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 10, 1927, son of J. Leon and Yvonne Dube Bonin, he was a 1945...

Alan "Skip" Summers

Alan "Skip" Summers, 56, of 1634 North St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Great Barrington on Jan. 4, 1949, son of Doris Love Warner, he was educated in...