Obituaries

Lulu Dee Jones

Lulu Dee Jones, 84, of 95 Lincoln St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Panama City, Fla., on Jan. 15, 1921, daughter of Edward and Jessie Maebelle Darby Pollard, she attended...

Leila Bona

Leila Bona, 89, of Roaring Brook Road died Tuesday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided since September 2004. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 18, 1916, daughter of...

Dante Botto

Dante Botto, 90, a former longtime resident of 26 Foote Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. He had resided at Laurel Lake Center in Lee since July...

Major Gen. Garth Bryant Dettinger

Retired Air Force Major Gen. Garth Bryant Dettinger, 83, of 9120 Belvoir Woods Parkway, Fort Belvoir, Va., formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday of heart disease at Inova Fairfax (Va.) Hospital. He...

Catherine A. Cadorette

Catherine A. Cadorette, 93, formerly of 32 Stockbridge Road, died Thursday at Providence Care Center, where she had resided for the past few years. Born in Pittsfield on May 11, 1911, daughter of...

Holly Sipma

Holly Sipma, 45, of 219 Saratoga Ave., Chicopee, died Wednesday at home after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 5, 1959, daughter of Russell Clark and Joan D. Couch...

Dolores M. Passardi

Dolores M. Passardi, 69, of 16 Walnut Lane, Essex Junction, Vt., formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday evening at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt. She moved to Essex Junction in 1987....

Michaelina G. Handerek

Michaelina G. Handerek, 83, of 37 Albro St., died Wednesday morning at home. Born in Montague on Nov. 5, 1921, daughter of Michael and Stella Aptacy Saharceski, she was a 1939 graduate of...

Mark Kenneth Stevens

Mark Kenneth Stevens, 37, of 5465 Curry Ford Road, Hollowbrook Apartments, Orlando, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Florida Hospital East in Orlando after a brief illness. Born in...

John C. "Butch" Procopio Jr.

John C. "Butch" Procopio Jr., 63, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where he was admitted this month. Born in Pittsfield on July 10, 1941, son of...

Evelyn Mae Elliott

Evelyn Mae Elliott, 83, of 5312 Royal Cypress Circle, Tampa, Fla., formerly of Imperial Avenue, died Monday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa. Born Evelyn M. Prockett in Springfield on July 5,...

Viola Helen Read

Viola Helen Read, 86, of Walker Street died Monday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 6, 1918, daughter of John A. and Catherine Samolonis Baronas, she was a 1936 graduate of Pittsfield...

John Vernon Lindy

John Vernon Lindy, 96, of Kings Road, Schenectady, N.Y., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Kingsway Arms Nursing Center. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, on Jan. 17, 1909, he was brought to the...

Arturo Guadagno

Arturo Guadagno, 96, formerly of 15 Lake St., died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since December 2002. Born in Alife, province of Caserta, Italy, on Dec. 10, 1908, son of...

Sister Barbara Glendon

Sister Barbara Glendon, 64, died Friday in Hastings, N.Y. Born in Pittsfield, daughter of William and Margaret Crowther Glendon, she graduated from the former Dalton High School, where she was...

Paul D. Francese

Paul D. Francese, 64, of 187 South Shore and 15139 Portside Drive, Fort Myers, Fla., died early Friday morning at his home in Florida. He was a prominent building contractor, businessman and real...

Roy Boesse

Roy Boesse, 94, formerly of Bradford Street, died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for more than 3 years. Born in Berlin, N.Y., on Jan. 11, 1911, son of Everett Boesse and Edna...

Carol Anna Tower

Carol Anna Tower, 88, of Hillcrest Commons died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She was a former resident of 55 Norman Ave. and had resided at Hillcrest since 1999. Born in...

Dorothy E. Farrington

Dorothy E. Farrington, 98, of 40 Sunset Ave., formerly of Turnure Terrace, died Thursday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 21, 1906, daughter of Harry and Mary...

Edward W. Menesky

Edward W. Menesky, 86, of Devonshire Estates, Lenox, formerly of 106 East Housatonic Ave., died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 13, 1918, son of Antoni...

Serge Kalinowsky Sr.

Serge Kalinowsky Sr., 75, of 44 Jason St. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 30, 1929, son of Vasily and Anna Michaels Kalinowsky, he was educated in...

Letitia Austin

Letitia Austin, 84, of 83 South Onota St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Sept. 25, 1920, daughter of George and Gladys Johnson Butcher, she moved to Pittsfield in 1935 and...

Dorothy Ruth Van Vorst

Dorothy Ruth Van Vorst, 90, of Buel Street, died yesterday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Curwensville, Pa., on Feb. 1, 1915, daughter of Harvey O. and Eva Viola Diebert Dietrich,...

Barbara A. Galeucia

Barbara A. Galeucia, 66, of 155 Robinson Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 19, 1938, daughter of William and...

Ethel T. Flynn

Ethel T. Flynn, 103, of 384 Pittsfield Road died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Dalton on Aug. 14, 1901, daughter of John and Anna Kirchner Burgner, she was a 1917...