Obituaries

Patricia Drane

Patricia Drane, 68, of 34 Bayberry Road, Newburyport, a native of Dalton, died Saturday at Country Manor in Newburyport. Born on Oct. 18, 1935, daughter of William and Elizabeth Carey Allen, she...

Lisa Ann Murillo

Lisa Ann Murillo, 44, of 11 Southbrook Lane, died Sunday afternoon from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1960, daughter of Kenneth and...

Barbara J. Parizo Laraway

Barbara J. Parizo Laraway, 66, of 309 Elm St. died Sunday at home after a long illness. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Jan. 29, 1938, daughter of Stanley R. King Sr. and Barbara Kupfer King, she...

Dr. Ira S. Colby

Dr. Ira S. Colby, 87, of Ann Drive died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in New York City on Dec. 31, 1916, son of Philip and Sadie Sherman Colby, he graduated from high...

Betty L. Gray

Betty L. Gray, 73, of Berkshire Town Apartments died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 24, 1930, daughter of William and Elizabeth Carey Allen, she attended local schools. She had...

Melba Agnes Wendling

Melba Agnes Wendling, 90, formerly of Epworth Arms, died yesterday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since June 2002. Born in New York City on Oct. 14, 1913,...

Earl Quentin Adams

Earl Quentin Adams, 84, of Kanis Road, Ferndale, Ark., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since July 30. Born in Morrilton, Ark., on Sept. 5, 1920, the son of John and Alta...

Josephine Caroline Testa

Josephine Caroline Testa, 78, of Manhattan, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at New York Presbyterian Hospital, where she was admitted Sept. 9. Born on Dec. 22, 1925, the daughter of...

Thomas A. Cornellier

Thomas A. Cornellier, 59, of 22 Merriam St. died Thursday night at Baystate Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Westfield on Dec. 30, 1944, son of the late Bernard W. Cornellier and...

Rhoda Rubin

Rhoda Rubin, 71, of Pine Grove Drive died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 29, 1933, daughter of Irving and Lillian Tennenbaum Goldenberg,...

Judith A. Lamoureux

Judith A. Lamoureux, 62, of Briggs Avenue died Thursday at home after a long illness. Born in Hartford, Conn., on April 29, 1942, daughter of Lorraine St. Onge Lamoureux of Easthampton and the...

Mary V. Beechman

Mary V. Beechman, 89, of 40 Sunset Ave. died yesterday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided since Sept. 30, 2002. Born in Lenox Dale on May 19, 1915, daughter of...

Dora Gertrude Armstrong

Dora Gertrude Armstrong, 86, of 53 Curtis Terrace died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in East Chatham, N.Y., on Jan. 10, 1918, daughter of Ollie and Mary Emma Hoag Wheeler, she attended...

Marilyn A. Frinks

Marilyn A. Frinks, 67, of Delmar, N.Y.,died Saturday at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, N.Y. She was the mother of Andrew M. Frinks of Pittsfield. Born in Albany on Aug. 7, 1937, daughter of...

Filomena L. Westbrook

Filomena L. Westbrook, 74, of 12 Gifford St. died Monday at home, following a brief illness. Born in Waterbury, Conn., on Aug. 29, 1929, daughter of Nicholas and Jenny Fiore Tiscione, she...

Emelia "Amy" D. Savoy

Emelia "Amy" D. Savoy, 70, 84 Tor Court died Saturday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 27, 1934, daughter of Henry and Claudia LeBlanc Hould, she was a 1952 graduate of St. Joseph's...

Gabriel "Bill" Albano

Gabriel "Bill" Albano, 75, of 10 Union St. died Monday at Hillcrest Commons after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 10, 1929, son of James and Margaret Candilore Albano, he attended...

Ida A. Pinsonneault

Ida A. Pinsonneault, 81, formerly of 141 Cadwell Road, died Friday at Providence Court in Lenox. Born in North Adams on Jan. 3, 1923, daughter of Anthony and Bernice Pugliese Recchia, she...

Sylvia Agnes Molino

Sylvia Agnes Molino, 83, formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Greenbriar Terrace Healthcare in Nashua, N.H. Born in Casio Valtellina, Italy, on Nov. 12, 1920, daughter of Lorenzo and Madelena...

Edna M. Zebrowski

Edna M. Zebrowski, 84, mother of George F. Zebrowski Jr. of Windsor, died Saturday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for several months. Born in Holyoke on Dec. 15,...

Lucy Gai

Lucy Gai, 91, of Cooper City, Fla., a former resident of Pittsfield and Adams, died Thursday evening at Memorial Hospice Pembroke in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Born in Savoy on Nov. 22, 1912, daughter...

Rudolf Yondorf

Rudolf Yondorf, 78, of 235 Walker St., Kimball Farm Life Care Community, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a long battle with multiple myeloma. He had resided at Kimball...

Deena K. Ostrander

Deena K. Ostrander, 53, of 25 Newell St. died Friday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 25, 1951, daughter of Adele L. Cote Ostrander and the late Harry R. Ostrander, she...

Kenneth J. Mercure

Kenneth J. Mercure, 84, of 96 Marian Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 2, 1920, son of Raymond and Florence Fentner Mercure, he attended Pittsfield High School. Mr....

Zelda Josephine Brandon

Zelda Josephine Brandon, 83, of 56 Lillian St. died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 15, 1920, daughter of Louis and Rena Bettini Brandon, she was a 1938...