Obituaries

Agnes F. Brooksbank

Agnes F. Brooksbank, 81, of Gertrude Road and of Margate, Fla., died Monday at Coral Springs Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Holyoke on Feb. 28, 1924, daughter of James F. and Mary...

Mary Katherine O'Leary

Mary Katherine O'Leary, 75, of Colonial Gardens, 123 Highview Drive, a longtime teacher, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 7, 1930, daughter of George F. and...

David Jasewicz

David Jasewicz, 48, of 10 Evergreen Road, Leeds, died of natural causes at 600 Main St. in Dalton. He was the father of Morgan E. Jasewicz of Pittsfield. Born in Boston on July 19, 1957, son of...

Joseph R. Ginthwain Sr., 58

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joseph Rodger Ginthwain Sr., 58, of 212 Springside Ave. died Monday, Jan. 5, 2005, at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 11,...

Rina DiOrio

Rina DiOrio, 97, formerly of 27 Joan Drive, died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since June 17. Born in San Gimignano, Italy, on June 23, 1908, daughter of...

Ferris Elias Kalill

Ferris Elias Kalill, 78, of 55 Velma Ave. died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Waterville, Maine, on June 26, 1927, son of Elias and Anna Stevens Kalill, he was a graduate of...

George P. "Pete" Mathes Sr.

George P. "Pete" Mathes Sr., 57, of 47 Circular Ave., died Wednesday at home following a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 7, 1948, son of the late George F. and Mary Layden Mathes, he...

Bernard F. Brophy

Bernard F. Brophy, 80, of 282 Elm St., died yesterdayat Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 5, 1925, son of Matthew and Anna Roy Brophy, he attended Dalton schools. An Army...

Richard H. Mezejewski Jr.

Richard H. Mezejewski Jr., 62, of 714 NE 147th Ave., Vancouver, Wash., formerly of 60 Stratford Ave., Pittsfield, died Saturday at home of a heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 1, 1943, son...

Dorothy Mae Smith

Dorothy Mae Smith, 76, of 379 East St. died Saturday at home. Born in Meriden, Conn., on July 17, 1929, daughter of Thomas R. and Dorothy Mae Spencer Smith, she was a graduate of Pittsfield High...

Mary C. Glodt

Mary C. Glodt, 85, of Appletree Point on Onota Lake, and Houston, Texas, died Saturday at her home in Houston after a short illness. Born in Detroit on July 22, 1920, daughter of Arthur and Judith...

Robert Charles Pizzuto

Robert Charles Pizzuto, 72, a 31-year-resident of 368 West Housatonic St., died Wednesday at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on March 20, 1933, son of Frank and Gloria...

Eugene K. Steele

Eugene K. Steele, 81, of 231 Park Ave., co-founder of Berkshire Custom Coating Inc., died Friday at home. Born in Harvard, Ill., on May 31, 1924, son of Blair M. Steele Sr. and Anne O'Mara Steele,...

Dolores A. Parker

Dolores A. Parker, 72, of Walnut Drive, Spring Lake Heights, N.Y., died Saturday at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, New York City. Her daughter, Kimberlee Conrad, was formerly of...

Rosemary Gannon

Rosemary Gannon, 95, of Lyman Street, Westborough died Saturday at the Beaumont Nursing Center after a long illness. Born in Worcester on Sept. 14, 1910, daughter of Dr. John F. and Mary O'Connell...

Laura B. Whittemore

Laura B. Whittemore, 88, of Devonshire Estates, 329 Pittsfield Road, died Monday at Providence Care Center of Lenox. She lived at Devonshire Estates the past five years. Born in New Chelsea,...

Helen L. Byrdy

Helen L. Byrdy, 102, of 155 King St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Rogi, Poland, on June 23, 1903, daughter of August and Sophia Muron Miszczak, her family moved, in 1911, to...

Albert Alfred Laurin

Albert Alfred Laurin, 86, of 95 East Park Terrace died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 8, 1919, son of Alphonse A. and Aldora Hebert Laurin, he was a 1938...

William Joseph Gosselin II

William Joseph Gosselin II, 57, of George Schnops Road died Friday at West Roxbury Veterans Hospital in West Roxbury after a brief illness. Born in Haleyville, Ala., on Oct. 5, 1948, he was the...

William G. McCarthy Sr.

William G. McCarthy Sr., 73, of 41 Woodbine Ave. died Thursday of an apparent heart attack while driving on North Main Street in Lanesboro. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 2, 1931, son of Thomas and...

Charles W. Lavelle Sr.

Charles W. Lavelle Sr., 89, of 365 Peck's Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 23, 1916, son of Joseph and Laura Boyer Lavelle, he attended local...

Elizabeth J. Joubert

Elizabeth J. Joubert, 62, of 8 Pleasant View Park, Rockland, a native of Pittsfield, died yesterday at home after a long battle with cancer. Born on Aug. 21, 1943, daughter of William A. and...

David Andrew Butler

David Andrew Butler, 83, of 22 Porter Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 26, 1923, the son of Patrick and Mary Magority Butler, he attended schools in...

Ruth Lois Kearns

Ruth Lois Kearns, 87, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, at Springside of Pittsfield, where she lived since July. Born in Dalton on Sept. 29, 1918, daughter of William and Ada Maxson Brown, she attended...

Robert E. "Whiz" Taylor Sr.

Robert E. "Whiz" Taylor Sr., 80, of 40 Porter Ave. died Monday morning in Shirley, at the home of his son. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 30, 1925, son of Herman F. and Bessie Signor Taylor, he was...