Obituaries

Shirley K. Greenleaf

Shirley K. Greenleaf, 74, of 3F East Deming St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on May 30, 1930, son of Robert J. and Lena Newberry Greenleaf, she was a...

Patrick J. Andrews

Patrick J. Andrews, 26, of 15 Greenhill Road died Monday afternoon in an automobile accident on Route 116 in Savoy. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 7, 1978, son of Ronald O. and Janet Riley Andrews,...

Irving J. Amazon

Irving J. Amazon, 84, of West Dover, Vt., formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on Nov. 25, 1919, son of...

Marguerite M. Simpson

Marguerite M. Simpson, 87, formerly of Tamarack Road, died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since July. Born in Pittsfield on May 2, 1917, daughter of...

Frederick W. Harrington

Frederick W. Harrington, 81, formerly of 95 Bryant St., died Thursday morning at St. Ann's Community in Rochester, N.Y., where he had resided for six months. Born in Pittsfield on July 11, 1923,...

Serafino J. "Skee" Fusco

Serafino J. "Skee" Fusco, 72, of Wilbraham, formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday in a Cooperstown N.Y. Hospital. Born in Cranston, R.I., on Sept. 28, 1932, son of Alfred L and Catherine DiOrio...

Walter Curphey

Walter Curphey, 88, of Ghent, formerly of Old Chatham, N.Y., died Thursday at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y. He was the father of Peter S. Curphey of Pittsfield. Born in...

James P. Matteau

James P. Matteau, 91, of Old Cemetery Road, Westminster, Vt., died Friday at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. He was the father of Lorene Burke of Pittsfield. Born in...

Edmund T. Mack

Edmund T. Mack, 81, of Springfield died Thursday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He was the father of Carol Mack of Lenox. Born in Springfield on Aug. 12, 1923, son of George F. and...

Anne R. VanBlarcom

Anne R. VanBlarcom, 77, of Darlene Avenue and Sarasota, Fla., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Springfield on July 23, 1927, daughter of Joseph and...

Dorothy H. "Dottie" Proper

Dorothy H. "Dottie" Proper, 75, of 66 Westchester Ave. died Tuesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been a patient at Hillcrest Commons for three years. Born in Pittsfield on...

James Robert Flynn

James Robert Flynn, 26, of 81 West Housatonic St. died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 11, 1978, son of James R. Rand of Pittsfield...

Lucia M. DiNicola

Lucia M. DiNicola, 80, of 30 Putnam Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Springside of Pittsfield since April 2003. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1924, daughter...

Barbara L. Daley

Barbara L. Daley, 77, 15491 Garfield St., Salem, Ohio, formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday evening at St. Elizabeth's Select Specialty Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 5,...

Peter Lavelle

Peter Lavelle, 90, formerly of 101 Somerset Ave., died Friday at Hopewell House Hospice in Portland, Ore. Born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, on June 24, 1914, son of Patrick and Nora Devlin...

Arnold M. Huskins

Arnold M. Huskins, 86, of 340 Onota St. died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since September. Born in Boston on June 13, 1918, son of Joseph A. and Margaret Atwood Huskins,...

Thomas A. "Chuck" Raimer

Thomas A. "Chuck" Raimer, 78, of 36 Imperial Ave., died Thursday, Oct. 14, at home after a long illness. Born in Adams on March 29, 1926, the son of John and Elizabeth Burke Raimer, he attended...

Elizabeth C. Walsh

Elizabeth C. Walsh, 85, formerly of 34 Noblehurst Ave. and of Devonshire Estates, died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since May 2002. Born in Pittsfield on...

Catherine Milette

Catherine Milette, 91, of Rose Manor died Thursday at home after a brief illness. Born in Little Falls, N.Y., on Jan. 17, 1913, daughter of James and Mary Donioto Giachetti, she was educated...

Evelyne W. McClelland

Evelyne W. McClelland, 87, of 86 Lincoln St. died Friday evening at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 22, 1917, daughter of Lester E. and Florence E. Maxwell Farnham, she attended...

Arna Jean Blaney

Arna Jean Blaney, 81, formerly of Patterson Road, Lenox Dale, died Thursday at Ozark (Mo.) Riverview Manor nursing home. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 12, 1923, daughter of George and Lucille...

Vincent H. Arthur

Vincent H. Arthur, 72, of 2116 Swamp Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 20, 1931, son of Russell H. and Mary Toner Arthur, he was a 1949 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Rosemary B. Schmidt

Rosemary B. Schmidt, 65, of Brown Street died Friday at work at Berkshire Recovery Center after suffering an apparent heart failure. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 11, 1938, daughter of Charles M....

Lavender Kennedy "Larry" Goodsill Jr

Lavender Kennedy "Larry" Goodsill Jr., 60, of 84 Clarkson Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on June 29, 1944, son of Lavender K. Goodsill Sr. and Betty Enos...

Vito R. Puyia Jr

Vito R. Puyia Jr., 77, formerly of 120 Onota St., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since September. Born in Italy on Sept. 1, 1927, son of Vito Puyia Sr. and Filomena...