Obituaries

Velma Louise Shank

Velma Louise Shank, 77, of 115 Plunkett St. died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided in Williamstown for five years, Hancock for 15 years and Pittsfield for the past five...

Mary Elser Refeen

Mary Elser Refeen, 93, formerly of Old North Rd in Worthington died Monday at Curtis Manor in Dalton, where she had been a resident since July. Born in Mansfield on Aug. 16, 1912, daughter of...

Albert A. Papirio

Albert A. Papirio, 82, of 582 Cheshire Road died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided since March. Born in North Adams on Dec. 24, 1922, son of Nicholas and...

Frances "Betty" Walsh

Frances "Betty" Walsh, 84, formerly of 1641 North St., died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for the past year. Born in Milton on July 16, 1921, daughter of Joseph and Ada Bauer...

Mary Stapor

Mary Stapor, 87, formerly of Whitcomb Street, Webster, died Sunday at Webster Manor. She was the mother of Janice M. Doboszynski of Pittsfield. Born in Webster on Aug. 11, 1918, daughter of...

Anna T. St. James

Anna T. St. James, 94, formerly of Side by Side assisted-living facility, died yesterday morning at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for the past week. Born in Pittsfield on...

Edith G. Tinson

Edith G. Tinson, 89, a former resident of 620 Laurel St., died Thursday evening at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee, where she had lived since October 2003. Born in New...

Stanley W. Taikowski

Stanley W. Taikowski, 71, of 151 Wahconah St. died Thursday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 29, 1934, son of Joseph and Mary...

Bernard Paul Cimini

Bernard Paul Cimini, 75, of Wimbleton Drive, Longmeadow, a native of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born on Jan. 6, 1930, son of Samuel and Angelina Cimini Cimini, he was a 1947 graduate of...

Dana L. Bridges

Dana L. Bridges, 64, of 368 Williams St. and West Melbourne, Fla., died Friday at Boston Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 17, 1941, daughter of Russell E. and...

Priscilla Helen Kinney

Priscilla Helen Kinney, 84, of Tyron Estates, Columbus, N.C., formerly of Warwick Street, died Sunday at St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, N.C. She had resided in North Carolina since 1997. She...

Stella Bove

Stella Bove, 100, formerly of Berkshiretown Apartments and Epoch Assisted Living at Melbourne, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since January 2003. Born in Pittsfield on...

Russell Robert Johnson

Russell Robert Johnson, 59, of 258 Lenox Ave. died Sunday afternoon at home. Born in Cambridge on May 30, 1946, son of Charles and Bridget Buckley Johnson, he was educated there. From 2003 to...

James A. Winters

James A. Winters, 95, formerly of 170 Depot St. died Monday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since Sept. 16. Born in Lenox Dale on July 19, 1910, son of Joseph and Corine M....

Carmella Maria Oakes

Carmella Maria Oakes, 94, of 170 Middlefield Road died Sunday afternoon at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where she had resided since Oct. 2002. Born in Pittsfield on May 2,...

Howard W. King Sr.

Howard W. King Sr., 87, of 600 Main St., River Run, died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where he had resided since July 25. He had lived at River Run for 20...

Stanley F. Zawistowski

Stanley F. Zawistowski, 86, of 167 Second St., died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for a short time. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 7, 1919, son of Stanislaus and Anna Ptak...

Mary Angela Mahoney

Mary Angela Mahoney, 91, of 1000 North St., former longtime resident of 53 Daniels Ave., died Wednesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Adams on Dec. 13, 1913, daughter of...

Elsbet Ida Wayne

Elsbet Ida Wayne, 86, of 397 Partridge Road died yesterday at her home after a brief illness. Born in Frankfort, Germany, on May 22, 1919, daughter of Jacob and Martha Neumond Bodenheimer, she...

Mildred L. Vallone

Mildred L. Vallone, 80, formerly of 268 Linden St. died Monday at the Providence Care Center where she had resided for the past eighteen months. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 15, 1924, daughter of...

Harold E. Topping

Harold E. Topping, 78, of 12 Dalton Division Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He had resided in Dalton for 52 years. Born in Lenox on Nov. 9, 1926, son of Fred J....

David Murray

David Murray, 80, of 40 Sunset Ave. died Thursday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Boston on July 2, 1925, son of David and Jane Davies Murray, he was a 1942 graduate of the former...

Lorraine Beverly Reynolds

Lorraine Beverly Reynolds, 69, of 22 Dwight St. died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 24, 1935, daughter of Henry L. and Beatrice A. Champagne Munson, she...

Dorothea M. "Dottie" Marshall

Dorothea M. "Dottie" Marshall, 61, of 255 Lebanon Ave. died Sunday at Springside, where she had resided since July 3, 2003. Born in Pittsfield, on Dec. 6, 1943, daughter of Edgar and Dorothy...

Demetrious Kurkamelis

Demetrious Kurkamelis, 87, formerly of 99 Second St. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on June 13, 1918, son of Zezimos and Nicoletta Kurkamelis, he was a...