Obituaries

Ruth Sutherland Filkins

Ruth Sutherland Filkins, 86, of Kimball Farms died early Monday morning at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield from injuries sustained in a car accident in Lenox on Sunday afternoon. She was a...

Grace May Clifford

Grace May Clifford, 103, died Friday at her home in Berkshire Place on South Street. Born in Pittsfield on January 29, 1902, the daughter of Arthur and Julia Gauthier May. Mrs. Clifford...

Louise Clara Davis

Louise Clara Davis, 70, of Pittsfield died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 14, 1935, daughter of Frank Raymond Derby and Doris Scully Derby Grasso, she spent her...

William J. Higgins

William J. Higgins, 86, of 140 Melbourne Road died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 20, 1919, son of William and May McCormick Higgins, he was...

Mary "Bobbie" Bossidy

Mary "Bobbie" Bossidy, 89, of 92 Livingston Ave. died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 6, 1915, daughter of Fritz H. and Anna...

Susan Jane McGee

Susan Jane McGee, 56, of 68 B Standish Road, Coventry, Conn., died Thursday at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn., from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Pittsfield on Feb....

Allen Rex Henry

Allen Rex Henry, 54, of 921 North St., and 1003 Lauren Place, Nokesville, Va., died Friday morning at his home in Pittsfield. Born in Camden, N.J., on May 13, 1951, son of Elizabeth Muir Henry...

Theodore James Warner

Theodore James Warner, 58, of 236 Columbus Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after being stricken with an apparent heart attack. Born in Great Barrington in May 1947, son of Doris...

Joseph Patrick Pipp Jr.

Joseph Patrick Pipp Jr., 83, of 22 Foote Ave. died Sunday at home after a brief illness. Born in Terre Haute, Ind., on Nov. 11, 1921, son of Joseph P. Pipp Sr. and Lorena Colvin Pipp, he attended...

Kathryn Hurt

Kathryn Hurt, 93, a seven-year resident of Devonshire Estates, died Thursday at Providence Care Center. Before moving to Devonshire Estates, she had resided at 43 Arlington St., Pittsfield, since...

Pearl M. Hathaway

Pearl M. Hathaway, 94, of 40 Orlando Ave., died yesterday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided since July 7. Born in Cummington on Feb. 11, 1911, daughter of Guy...

Rose Guarda

Rose Guarda, 91, of 111 Leona Drive, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 16, 1914, daughter of Antonio and Armida Ranieri Sbraccia, she...

Kathleen B. Cooney Winsor

Kathleen B. Cooney Winsor, 62, of Bentrup Court, died Friday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Elizabeth, N.J., on Nov. 14, 1942, daughter of Francesca Terdoslavich Byrne...

Elizabeth Ann Smitherman

Elizabeth Ann Smitherman, 85, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Reidsville, N.C., on Aug. 26, 1920, daughter of Andrew and Mamie...

Margaret Emily Hickey

Margaret Emily Hickey, 78, of 25 Diamond Terrace died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in London, England, on Jan. 16, 1927, daughter of George and Louisa Cole Heffer,...

Nona Marie Black

Nona Marie Black, 60, of 417 North St. died early Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in San Francisco, Calif., on Sept. 25, 1944, daughter of Roy M. and Ruby Harris Ables, she...

Naomi Berg, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Naomi Berg, 91, formerly of Revere Parkway, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005, at the Wingate at Andover nursing facility after a short illness. Born in Winchester on March...

Marvin J. Gersh, M.D.

Marvin J. Gersh, M.D., 83, of Whitehouse Station, N.J., died yesterday at his home. He was the father of Miriam Maduro of Pittsfield. Born in Bronx, N.Y., he was the son of Edward and Anna...

Richard Murray "Richie" duPont

Richard Murray "Richie" duPont, 24, of 60 Elizabeth St. died Tuesday morning as a result of an early morning house fire. At the time of his death, Mr. duPont was a professional actor who had...

Gertrude Nora Downing

Gertrude Nora Downing, 87, of 28 Howard St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in East Boston on Oct. 31, 1917, daughter of Thomas and Mary Murphy Martin,...

Jane A. Lennon

Jane A. Lennon, 52, of 84 Oakhurst Ave., died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 2, 1953, daughter of Henry G. Bertini, and the late Stephen and...

George T. King

George T. King, 73, of 40 Stearns Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 20, 1932, son of Howard J. and Laura B. Chase Hoag King, he was a 1950 graduate of...

George F. Farris

George F. Farris, 85, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 11, 1919, son of...

Franklin J. "Bus" Quinn

Franklin J. "Bus" Quinn, 85, of 430 North St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton on July 21, 1920, son of Francis J. and Mabel Morgan Quinn, he was a 1938 graduate of the...

Mabel S. Heath

Mabel S. Heath, 71, of 5 May St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Lenox Dale on Oct. 25, 1933, daughter of William A. and Hazel Roosa Perry, she was educated in...