Obituaries

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,...

Lorianne L. Grant

Lorianne L. Grant, 43, of 370 Cloverdale St. died Tuesday evening at home of natural causes. Born in Pittsfield on March 12, 1962, daughter of Frederick and Jan Hinckley Perkett, she was a 1980...

June V. DosReis

June V. DosReis, 81, of 60 King St. died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 11, 1923, daughter of Amancio and Bessie Scott DosReis, she was a 1941 graduate of...

Amy B. Brooking

Amy B. Brooking, 34, of 210 Wahconah St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 20, 1970, daughter of Michael Brooking of Middlefield and...

William M. Wesley

William M. Wesley, 61, of East Hollow Road, Petersburgh, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday at home. Born on Jan. 28, 1944, son of Harold and Madeline A. Powell Wesley, he was a 1961...

Charles F. Smith

Charles F. Smith, 57, of 19 Acorn St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 9, 1948, son of William C. and Mary Wallace Smith, he attended the former Coolidge School...

Barbara Ann Shampang

Barbara Ann Shampang, 72, of Kingwood, Texas, a native of Pittsfield, died April 29 at home. Born on Aug. 18, 1932, daughter of Raymond and Elizabeth Wilcox Flanders, she was a Pittsfield High...

Rocco J. Russo, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Rocco J. "Rocky" Russo, 89, of 250 Dalton Ave. died Sunday, May 1, 2005, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton on Jan. 30, 1916, son of Antonio and Mary...

Gertrude C. Paquette

Gertrude C. Paquette, 82, of 3 Walters Lane, Winchester, N.H., formerly of Greenfield, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. She was the mother of Patricia A. Michalak of Lanesboro. Born in...

Alice R. Geary

Alice R. Geary, 94, of 18 Valentine Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 8, 1911, daughter of Armand L. and Roseanna Faucher Pagerey, she graduated...

Diane E. Freadman

Diane E. Freadman, 84, formerly of 35 Williams St., died Sunday at Life Care Center of Inverary in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after a long illness. She had resided there for a very short time....

Michael Andrew VanBramer

Michael Andrew VanBramer, 39, of 6 Cherry St. died in his sleep of natural causes Thursday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 19, 1966, son of Barbara Chitarra VanBramer Londergan and...