Obituaries

Maureen Yeager

Maureen Yeager, 66, of Jacksonville, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Hadlow Northeast Florida Hospice House in Jacksonville after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 11,...

Nancy Ann Rice

Nancy Ann Rice, 80, of Lyon Brook, New London, N.H., and Lafontaine, Ontario, Canada, died Friday at New London Hospital. Born in Montreal on June 8, 1925, daughter of William E.G. and Rebecca...

Shirley Mae Marquis

Shirley Mae Marquis, 79, of Providence Court, 379 East St., died Saturday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Greenfield on Jan. 2, 1926, daughter of Florence Barnes Pease, she...

Dorothy Halperin

Dorothy Halperin, 84, of Atlanta, a former resident of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Haven House Hospice in Atlanta. Her husband, Henry Halperin, was the owner of the former Halperin's Furniture...

Celia R. Hennessy

Celia R. Hennessy, 95, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court, died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since October 2004. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 8, 1909,...

Jeff Michael Laraway

Jeff Michael Laraway, 46, of Melbourne, Fla., formerly of Lenox, died Tuesday at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Fla., while awaiting a liver transplant. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 8, 1958, son...

Stanley Twarog

Stanley Twarog, 80, of 32 South Carolina Ave. died Thursday at home. Born in New York Mills, N.Y., on May 8, 1925, son of Stanley and Anna Warchalowski Twarog, he was a 1934 graduate of...

Claire I. Pignone

Claire I. Pignone, 76, of 8 Grove St. died Friday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 7, 1929, daughter of William and Elizabeth Pierce Marcel, she attended local schools....

C. Donald Mac Lean

C. Donald Mac Lean, 84, of Taconic Avenue died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a former member of the Department of Public Works board and the Lenox Fire...

Alma Pierce

Alma Pierce, 85, formerly of Dalton, died Friday at Mountainview Health Care Center in Montgomery. Born in Northampton on Sept. 12, 1919, she was the daughter of John and Nellie Shugrue Roberts....

Beatrice May Savage

Beatrice May Savage, 91, of 85 West Housatonic St. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 11, 1913, at her West Housatonic home, daughter of John T. and...

Robert Charles Plourde

Robert Charles Plourde, 69, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Amesbury on May 18, 1936, son of Charles Plourde of Pittsfield and the late Cora Nolan Plourde, he was...

Robert E. Kushi

Robert E. Kushi, 84, of 20 Worthen St. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 15, 1920, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Cronin Kushi, he was a 1938 graduate of Pittsfield High School....

Shirley Ann Fox

Shirley Ann Fox, 70, of 121 Pleasantview Drive died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 4, 1934, daughter of Eddie T. and Leda M. Cyr Cyr, she was a 1952 graduate of St. Joseph's High...

Grace M. DeFelippo

Grace M. DeFelippo, 86, of 950 Hale St., Beverly Farms, died yesterday at Salem Hospital in Salem. Born in Pittsfield on March 15, 1919, daughter of Agosto F. and Concetta Leone Rossi, she was a...

Albert J. Maillow

Albert J. Maillow, 94, of Walker Street died Monday afternoon at Providence Care Center, where he had resided since February. Born in Pittsfield on June 22, 1911, son of Armand and Lena Grant...

Mary C. Casivant

Mary C. Casivant, 71, of 295 First St. died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Great Barrington on June 19, 1934, daughter of Ernest and Lillian Stannard...

Charles W. "Chuck" Vallone

Charles W. "Chuck" Vallone, 55, formerly of 48 Third St., died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since April. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 31, 1950, son of Anthony and Iola Caliento...

Frederick ‘Fritz' H. Jones Jr.

Frederick ‘Fritz' H. Jones Jr., 80, of 1429 S. W. Eagleglen Place, Stuart, Fla., formerly of Whitesboro, N.Y. and Pittsfield, died yesterday at his home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 4, 1925,...

Gertrude M. Cudworth

Gertrude M. Cudworth, 99, formerly of 319 North St., died yesterday at Curtis Manor, where she had resided for two years. Born in Easthampton on July 1, 1905, daughter of John and Bertha Neidel...

Donald A. Lee

Donald A. Lee, 94, of 981 South St., a resident of Craneville Place for 14 months, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bethel, Conn., on March 20, 1911, son of Harry B. and Ethel...

Alfred E. Kassimer

Alfred E. Kassimer, 93, of Kimball Farms, 235 Walker St., died Sunday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where he had been a patient since Jan. 18. Born in Tannersville, N.Y., on July 4, 1911,...

Thomas W. Armstrong

Thomas W. Armstrong, 64, of 50 Kelly Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Feb. 1, 1941, son of Herbert and Arvilla DouglassArmstrong, he was educated in...

Diane M. Vallone

Diane M. Vallone, 65, of 850 North Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach, Fla. died Monday, surrounded by family, after a lengthy illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 31, 1942, daughter of Earnesto and...

Katherine A. Creran

Katherine A. Creran, 70, of 320 Pittsfield Road died Wednesday night at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided for 10 years. Born in Pittsfield on March 16, 1935, daughter of...