Obituaries

Alice R. Eichstedt

Alice R. Eichstedt, 94, formerly of Housatonic, died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for more than five years. Born in Housatonic on May 13, 1911, daughter of William and Clara...

Ruth M. Chandler

Ruth M. Chandler, 77, of 921 East St. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 25, 1927, daughter of Harold and Miriam Bucke Conklin, she attended schools there. A homemaker, Mrs....

Jerry Edward Sondrini

Jerry Edward Sondrini, 48, of 2680 Richard Road, Lake Park, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. He moved to Florida in 2004. Born on Jan. 4, 1957, son of John Sondrini and...

Lena Nicola

Lena Nicola, 91, formerly of 600 Main St., Dalton, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since March 2004. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1913, daughter of Ralph and Anna...

Elizabeth Mary Mason

Elizabeth Mary Mason, 90, a resident of 110 Grange Hall Road since 1942, died Thursday afternoon at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 18, 1915, daughter of John S. and Mary Flynn Shortell, she was...

Muriel Drew Forgey

Muriel Drew Forgey, 70, of 75 Beverly St. died Friday at home after a long battle with leukemia. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 12, 1934, daughter of Harry B. and Mildred Drew Thompson Estes, she...

Helen Ruth Shulman

Helen Ruth Shulman, 84, of Menorah Manor in St. Petersburg, Fla., died there Friday. She was co-founder of the former Jim's Department Store and former co-owner of Jim's House of Shoes. Born...

Josephine Marie Shaw

Josephine Marie Shaw, 81, of 547 South St. died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Troy Grove, Ill., on Dec. 11, 1923, daughter of Harry L. and Edna Nelson Foster, she was a graduate...

Hector Molleur

Hector Molleur, 96, formerly of 224 New Lenox Road, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided several months. Born in Adams on Nov. 25, 1908, son of Mose and Eucharist "Carrie"...

Lenore Catherine Richardson

Lenore Catherine Richardson, 85, of Epworth Arms, 350 West St., formerly of Lantana, Fla., died Monday morning at Providence Care Center of Lenox after a short illness. Born in Littleton on May...

Mavis June Munger

Mavis June Munger, 72, of Berkshiretown Apartments, 176 Columbus Ave., died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 25, 1932, daughter of Richard C. and Ida Jansen...

Rudolph W. Potak

Rudolph W. Potak, 84, of 78 Harryel St., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Amsterdam, N.Y., on March 23, 1921, son of John and Elizabeth Hajney Potak, he attended schools there...

Catherine Welch

Catherine Welch, 87, of St. John's Retirement Village in Woodland, Calif., formerly of Dalton, died May 9 at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Sept. 6, 1917, daughter of Edmund and Rose Gunkel...

Anthony J. Marchetti

Anthony J. Marchetti, 80, of 37 Lillian St., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since April. Born in Pittsfield on June 2, 1924, son of Luigi and Josephine Tesoniero...

Olga Skochinsky

Olga Skochinsky, 85, of 509 Tyler St. died Saturday, at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 21, 1919, daughter of Nicholas and Nadezhda Kaznersry, she was a 1938 graduate of Pittsfield...

Anthony R. Silva

Anthony R. Silva, 92, of 51 Edward Ave. died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cural, Portugal, on Aug. 19, 1912, son of Germano and Rosaria Rodriguez Silva, he came to the...

Andrea Rose Rocke

Andrea Rose Rocke, 60, of 9 Cypress Lane died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 4, 1944, daughter of Edgar S. Tufts of Daytona Beach, Fla., and...

Fred Gardieff

Fred Gardieff, 82, of 415 East Housatonic St. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on July 4, 1922, son of Walter and Mary Mosel Gardieff, he...

IdaMay Persson

IdaMay Persson, 80, of 188 North St. died yesterday morning at home after a long struggle with cancer. She and her husband, Allan H. "Whitey" Persson, owned and operated the Dalton General Store...

Laura Sue Douglass

Laura Sue Douglass, 58, of 36 Andover St. died Sunday at home after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 17, 1946, daughter of Richard E. and Leila Marcotte of Pittsfield, she was a 1964...

Stephen Gardner O'Connell

Stephen Gardner O'Connell, 81, of 136 Blythewood Drive, president of the former O'Connell Cadillac-Oldsmobile Inc., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Mr. O'Connell and his brother, the...

Murray L. Riggs

Murray L. Riggs, 84, of 408 Pomeroy Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center following complications from a recent heart attack. Born in Richmond, Vt., on Feb. 12, 1921, son of William and...

Thomas H. Pickard

Thomas H. Pickard, 40, of 97 Connecticut Ave. died Tuesday at home following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1964, son of Eleanor N. Stanton Pickard of Pittsfield and the late...

James M. Culverwell

James M. Culverwell, 46, of 336 Bridge St., Appletree Farm, Hamilton, died Thursday at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington after prolonged complications from heart surgery due to diabetes. He had...

Rose M. Brelsford

Rose M. Brelsford, 96, of Mineral Spring Avenue, Pawtucket, R.I., died Wednesday at Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I. She was the mother of Joan Andrews of Pittsfield. Born in Pawtucket,...