Obituaries

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...

William Boraski

Attorney William Boraski, 75, of 105 Partridge Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 12, 1929, son of Charles and Sadie Wowk Boraski, he...

Wayne Richard Mullaney

Wayne Richard Mullaney, 44, of 288 Peck's Road died Saturday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 14, 1960, son of Janice M. Reid Mullaney and the late John F....

Ralph D. Macarelli Sr.

Ralph D. Macarelli Sr., 85, formerly of Imperial Avenue, died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons after a brief illness. He had resided at Providence Care Center in Lenox until his recent admission to...

Margaret M. Smith

Margaret M. Smith, 89, former longtime resident of Pittsfield, died yesterday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Center in Lenox, where she lived for the past three years. Born in Belleville, N.J.,...

Francis L. Shaw

Francis L. Shaw, 79, of 77 Jones Ave., died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield where he had resided for the past 10 months. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 25, 1926, son of...

Lucille M. Ginthwain, 56

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lucille M. Ginthwain, 56, of 40 Linden St., where she had resided since October, formerly of Chickering Street, died Wednesday afternoon, April 13, 2005, at Berkshire...

Walter Chester Gawron

Walter Chester Gawron, 84, a resident of 3 Montgomery Ave. since 1977, died Thursday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield, July 20, 1920, son of Stanley and Mary Mazul Gawron,...

Frances P. O'Brien, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Frances P. O'Brien, 77, formerly of 39 Walchenbach Circle, Salisbury Estates, died Sunday, April 17, 2005, at Berkshire Place, 89 South St., where she had resided since January...

Blanche S. McQueen

Blanche S. McQueen, 91, of 235 Walker St., Lenox, died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She was a former longtime resident of 106 Sampson Parkway. Born in Worcester on Feb. 6,...

Clotilde "Tillie" Esteves

Clotilde "Tillie" Esteves, 83, a resident of Hillcrest Commons, died there Tuesday. She had lived in the Berkshire area since 2003. Born in New Bedford on Sept. 6, 1921, daughter of Antonio...

John Charles Tarjick Jr.

John Charles Tarjick Jr., 58, of 7 Second St., Livingston Apartments, died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 1, 1946, son of John C. Tarjick Sr. and Bernadette T....

Beatrice M. Miller

Beatrice M. Miller, 89, formerly of 633 Lakeway Drive, died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for 2 1/2 years. Born in Pittsfield on June 2, 1915, daughter of Russell and May...

Thomas Arthur Henault Jr.

Thomas Arthur Henault Jr., 33, of 42 Otis Ave. died Sunday from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Jacob's Ladder Road (Route 20) in Becket. Born in Pittsfield on May 5, 1971, son of...

Arline Gromatski

Arline Gromatski, 86, of 34 Thomas Road died Monday at home after a brief battle with cancer. Born in Greenfield on Feb. 4, 1919, daughter of Tyler T. and Juliette Nepton Nash, she was a 1936...