Obituaries

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...

Robert Stephen Frazier

Robert Stephen Frazier, 52, of 161 Bradford St., died Thursday from cancer at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 23, 1953, son of Robert C. and Eleanor Demick Frazier, he...

Richard Charles Ferryall

Richard Charles Ferryall, 69, of 54 Dalton Division Road, died Thursday at his home after a short illness. Born in Stafford Springs, Conn., on Dec. 2, 1935, son of Floyd and Rose Bengle Ferryall,...

Gerald "Jerry" Erb

Gerald "Jerry" Erb, 49, of 20646 Laurel Lock, Katy, Texas, a former Dalton resident, died Monday morning at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in San Diego, Calif., on Nov. 5, 1955,...

Ruth Drake Galliher Murray

Ruth Drake Galliher Murray, 90, formerly of Pomeroy Manor, died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where she had resided for several months. Born in Albany, N.Y., on...

Cecile M. Supple

Cecile M. Supple, 86, of 178 Lenox Ave. died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield on March 13, 1919, daughter of Cecil M. and Harriet...

Andress B. Hoag Sr.

Andress B. Hoag Sr., 84, of 535 North St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on April 3, 1921, son of William and Helen Harrington Hoag, he was a...

Matilda "Tillie" Farris

Matilda "Tillie" Farris, 94, of 176 Columbus Ave. died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 5, 1911, daughter of Attalla and Mary Joseph Farris, she attended...