Obituaries

Virginia E. Culver

Virginia E. Culver, 83, of Bangor Road, Eddington, Maine, formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Born in Pittsfield on April 4, 1922, daughter of Wyatt and...

Gertrude Brier

Gertrude Brier, 82, of 28 Ivy Lane died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 6, 1922, daughter of Michael M. and Rose Samuel Arrowitz, she was a graduate of Pittsfield High School. Mrs....

Howard M. Shultis

Howard M. Shultis, 86, of 117 Oak Hill Road died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had recently resided. Born in Ogdensburg, N.Y., on Sept. 7, 1918, son of Howard and...

Sheila Mae Burke

Sheila Mae Burke, 67, of 153 South St. died Wednesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 29, 1937, daughter of James F. Burke Sr. and Dorothy MonyahanBurke, she was a 1955 graduate of St....

Mabel A. Hiltpold

Mabel A. Hiltpold, 89, of Devonshire Estates died Thursday afternoon at Providence Care Center, where she had been a patient for three weeks. She was a teacher in the Pittsfield School System from...

William J. O'Brien Sr.

William J. O'Brien Sr., 94, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court, died Wednesday evening at Hillcrest Commons Health Care Facility, where he had resided for 14 months. Born in Huntington on...

John H. LaVigne

John H. LaVigne, 84, of 30 Abbott Road, Ellington, Conn., formerly of 36 Dalton Ave., died yesterday at Kimberly Hall South Building in Windsor, Conn. Born in Worcester on Feb. 11, 1921, son of...

Frances M. Higgins

Frances M. Higgins, 82, of 148 Depot St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Huntington, N.Y., daughter of Thomas F. and Mary O'Brian Hanlon, she was a 1940 graduate...

Isabel W. Gilligan

Isabel W. Gilligan, 87, of Devonshire Estates, 239 Pittsfield Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Cobleskill, N.Y., on Sept. 2, 1917, daughter of...

Charles A. Tucker

Charles A. Tucker, 74, of 79 Middlefield Road died yesterday at home after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 14, 1930, son of Charles A. and Grace Leslie Tucker, he was a 1950 graduate...

Marie Griffin Carchedi

Marie Griffin Carchedi, 95, of Los Gatos, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday while visiting her son, Barry E. Griffin Sr. of Northern Colony Court, Katy, Texas. Born in Mount Morris,...

Scott David Zarek

Scott David Zarek, 28, of 1400 Village Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday in Westwood. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 14, 1976, son of Jeffrey A. and Ellyn S. Horn...

John N. Handy

John N. Handy, 65, of 68 White St., Lunenburg, died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 4, 1939, son of John and Evelyn Rabideau Handy, he was a 1957 graduate of...

Velma H. Swiers

Velma H. Swiers, 77, of 22 Williamsburg Terrace died yesterday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where she was recently admitted. Born in Schuyler Lake, N.Y., on...

Thomas H. Mairo Sr.

Thomas H. Mairo Sr., 67, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Sunday at home. Born in Malden on July 24, 1937, son of Louis and Sadie Ruggles Mairo, he was a 1955 graduate of...

Sandra Jean Cresswell

Sandra Jean Cresswell, 56, of 379 East St., Providence Court Apartments, died Sunday at the home of her former sister-in-law, Judy Gelpi of 22 Olive St., Lee, where she had resided since January...

Cynthia M. Chase

Cynthia M. Chase, 62, of 22 Grove St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Ludlow on Oct. 5, 1942, she was the daughter of Royal and Mary Mentel Chase. She had resided in Becket...

Harold MacArthur "Hal" Booth Jr.

Harold MacArthur "Hal" Booth Jr., 85, of Pomeroy Manor died early Friday morning at Springside Nursing Home of Pittsfield after a brief illness. Born in Chester, Pa., on Jan. 10, 1920, son of...

Theresa C. Vasko

Theresa C. Vasko, 85, of 176 Columbus Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Liberty, N.Y., on April 11, 1919, daughter of John and Isabelle Kerney Sheahan, she was a 1937 graduate of Liberty High...

Regetta A. "Dolly" Musacchio Ross

Regetta A. "Dolly" Musacchio Ross, 74, of 253 Kassik Circle, Orlando, Fla., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Friday at Conway Lakes Health and Rehabilitation Center in Orlando, Fla. Born in...

Anna Dill

Anna Dill, 86, of 65 Columbus Ave. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 12, 1918, daughter of Demko and Anna Gernick Senyk, she was a 1936 graduate of Pittsfield...

Mary M. Decelles

Mary M. Decelles, 97, formerly of Churchill Crest, died Monday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since May 2003. Born in Pittsfield on May 3, 1907, daughter of Thomas J. and...

Mary T. Ano

Mary T. Ano, 76, of 83 Mountainview Terrace, formerly of Oak Street, died Sunday at home. Born in Dalton on Aug. 5, 1928, daughter of Roy J. and Margaret M. Schepard Ano, she graduated as...

Merna Lytle

Merna Lytle, 51, of 127 Memorial Drive died Saturday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Queens, N.Y., on Nov. 17, 1953, daughter of Emanuel Lytle Sr. and Boleyn Coleman Lytle, she...

C. William "Skip" Bontell

C. William "Skip" Bontell, 61, of 40 Old Stockbridge Road died Sunday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 7, 1943, son of Mary...