Obituaries

Kenneth E. Murrell

Kenneth E. Murrell, 66, of 81 Appletree Lane died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Carthage, Mo., on April 14, 1939, son of Mildred Edmondson Murrell and the late Keith A. Murrell, he...

Guido R. "Guy" Masiero

Guido R. "Guy" Masiero, 81, of 45 Taconic Ave. died Friday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 30, 1924, son of Dominico and Antonia Guarda Masiero, he grew up...

Charlotte R. Gardner

Charlotte R. Gardner, 77, of 39 Gale Ave. died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since April 2005. Born in Canaan, Conn., on March 26, 1928, daughter of Ellen Drumm VandeBogart...

The Rev. Stephen Ward Turrell

The Rev. Stephen Ward Turrell, 87, of Duxbury, formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at the Radius Health Care Center in Plymouth after a long illness. Born in Hempstead, N.Y., on Aug. 15, 1918,...

Eloise Maloney

Eloise Maloney, 94, of Lenox, formerly of Charlestown, Scituate and Cohasset, died Monday at the Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born Dec. 10, 1911, in Charlestown, daughter of James Peter and...

Margaret Elizabeth Marshall

Margaret Elizabeth Marshall, 79, of 49 Putnam Ave. and a longtime summer resident of Pontoosuc Lake, died Sunday evening at her home. Born in Pittsfield, Dec. 11, 1926, daughter of Thomas J. and...

Dr. Richard J. Lynch

Dr. Richard J. Lynch, 71, died on Sunday at Brigham and Woman's Hospital in Boston, following a brief illness. Born in Rome, N.Y., on June 29, 1934, son of William and Anna Lynch, he graduated...

Kathleen R. Dudziak

Kathleen R. Dudziak, 55, of 592 Peru Road died at her home on Monday. Born in Manchester, N.H., on Nov. 1, 1950, daughter of the former Shirley MacPherson Huot of Dalton and the late Joseph Huot,...

Kenneth H. Tuttle

Kenneth H. Tuttle, 79, of 892 Southbridge Road, Warren, died Thursday at Harrington Memorial Hospital. His daughter, Kathleen Cota, lives in Pittsfield. Born 1926 in Warren, son of Kenneth W....

Harold Joseph Sweeney

Harold Joseph Sweeney, 82, of 105 Lenox Ave., and longtime former resident of Tucker St. in Lenox, died Friday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since March, 2005. Born on Feb. 2,...

Franklin Wilson Ragsdale Jr.

Franklin Wilson Ragsdale Jr., 72, of 261 Dewey Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hudson, N.Y., on March 17, 1933, son of Franklin W. Ragsdale Sr. and Sarah Porter Ragsdale,...

Claire Woods

Claire Woods, 85, of 40 Sunset Ave. died Monday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in New York City on Aug. 29, 1920, daughter of Edward and Charlotte Warren Streeter, she...

Robert Louis Hunt

Robert Louis Hunt, 58, of 45 Plunkett Reservoir Road died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1947, son of Gladys Smith Hunt Lennon and the late Robert E. Hunt, he was educated in...

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...