Obituaries

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...

Pearl Cecelia Lefkowitz

Pearl Cecelia Lefkowitz, 79, of 111 Allengate Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 21, 1925, daughter of Jared W. and Rose B. Dion Finch, she was a 1943 graduate of...

Pauline A. Furciniti

Pauline A. Furciniti, 74, of 245 Cheshire Road died Thursday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Aug. 14, 1930, daughter of Floyd Shaw Sr. and Nina Demarais Shaw, she attended...

Robert G. Carnevale Sr.

Robert G. Carnevale Sr., 66, of Providence Court Apartments, 379 East St., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 21, 1939, son of Dominick and Irene Dailey...

Elbert M. Barton

Elbert M. Barton, 72, of Springfield, formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Becket on May 2, 1932, son of William and Nettie Dearing Barton, he...

Agnes M. Yerazunis

Agnes M. Yerazunis, 86, formerly of 32 Bradford St., died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since February 2004. Born in Pittsfield on June 10, 1918, daughter of...

Jane Katherine Hoelter

Jane Katherine Hoelter, 86, of Melbourne Place Assisted Living Community, died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Milwaukee on Oct. 5, 1918, daughter...

Bernice E. Cornelio

Bernice E. Cornelio, 84, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, formerly of 1 Scott Drive, Pittsfield, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a brief illness. Born in...

John J. Zimmerman

John J. Zimmerman, 83, of 266 Appleton Ave. died Wednesday at home. Born in New York City on June 26, 1921, son of Samuel and Celia Wasserman Zimmerman, he was a graduate of Evander Childs High...

Philip H. Krause

Philip H. Krause, 96, of 2421 Emerald Lake Drive, Sun City Center , Fla., , died Wednesday at LifePath Hospice House in Sun City Center. He was a member of the Pittsfield School Committee from...

Ruth L. Ford

Ruth L. Ford, 96, of 298 Jarvis Ave., Holyoke, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Dalton on Jan. 11, 1909, daughter of Arthur E. and Lavina Mann Ford, she was 1927...

Henry Griffith Weaver III

Henry Griffith Weaver III, 61, of Hillcrest Commons, a former resident of Fairview Commons in Great Barrington, died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Camden, N.J., on Aug. 22,...

Martha Josefine Lunde

Martha Josefine Lunde, 102, formerly of Reuter Avenue, died Friday at St. Leonard's Rehabilitation Center in Centerville, Ohio. Born near Stavanger, Norway, on June 19, 1902, while her parents,...

Carl W. Schaefer

Carl W. Schaefer, 87, of 2607 Lake Ridge Circle NW, Rome, Ga., a native of Pittsfield, died Friday at Floyd Medical Center in Rome. Born on Oct. 15, 1917, son of George and Susanna Eberhardt...

Cheridah L. Rose

Cheridah L. Rose, 65, died Monday evening at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 26, 1939, daughter of Frank and Orrel Waters Rose, she was a 1957 graduate of Lee High School. Ms....

William H. Hawley Jr.

William H. Hawley Jr., 81, of Craneville Place died there yesterday. Born in Dalton on July 22, 1923, son of William H. Hawley Sr. and Martha Barron Hawley, he was educated in schools in Dalton...

Hugo A. Funk

Hugo A. Funk, 79, of 34 Emerson Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Kenmore, N.Y., on May 10, 1925, son of Hugo and Mary Hummel Funk, he was a graduate of Kenmore High School...

Alexandria Zawistowski

Alexandria Zawistowski, 87, of 8 Burbank St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 23, 1917, daughter of William and Vera Silen Karpeck, she...

Mohena H. Butler

Mohena H. Butler, 81, of Devonshire Estates died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Bayside, N.Y., on Sept. 22, 1923, daughter of Franklin L. and Mohena Belle...