Obituaries

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...

Richard J. Ryan

Richard J. Ryan, 90, a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Newfield House nursing home in Plymouth following a short illness. Born April 8, 1914, son of John and Susan Quinn Ryan, he graduated...

Eric P. Newton

Eric P. Newton, 28, of 15 Briggs Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident that night. Born in Pittsfield on July 9, 1976, son of...

Priscilla Ethredge

Priscilla Ethredge, 61, of 6 Main St., died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 11, 1943, daughter of Stella Borkowski Spence of Pittsfield and the late Edward Spence, she was a 1961...

Aileen A. Sidway

Aileen A. Sidway, 69, of 379 East St., Providence Court, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 27, 1934, daughter of Dennis and Helen Broderick Murphy, she was a...

Christine Marie Lorenz

Christine Marie Lorenz, 53, of 65 Dalton Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 29, 1950, daughter of Robert W. Finnegan Sr. and Mary E. Weldon Finnegan, she was...

Emily M. Larkin

Emily M. Larkin, 98, of Melbourne Place assisted-living facility died yesterday morning at home. Born in Lee on Jan. 12, 1906, daughter of Patrick J. and Mary Costello Larkin, she was a 1923...

Eldon Lionel LaDouceur Sr

Eldon Lionel LaDouceur Sr., 70, of 13109 North 24th Ave., Phoenix, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 12, 1934, son of Joseph LaDouceur II and Hazel Amlaw...

Harriet E. Sabin

Harriet E. Sabin, 77, of 39 John St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Watertown on July 16, 1927, daughter of Harry and Helen Jameson Pollard, she was a 1945...

Theodore J. Mezejewski Sr

Theodore J. Mezejewski Sr., 80, of 2706 5th Court, Palm Harbor, Fla., died Thursday at Helen Ellis Hospital in Tarpon Springs, Fla. He was the football, basketball and baseball coach at St....

Frank A. "Red" Russo

Frank A. "Red" Russo, 79, of 321 Wahconah St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 29, 1924, son of Antonio and Elizabeth Stillitano Russo, he was a 1943...

Diane L. Martin

Diane L. Martin, 65, of Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, formerly of 93 Cummings Ave., died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. She was the former co-owner of the former Heritage...

Madelyn T. Harte

Madelyn T. Harte, 73, of 108 Somerset Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 5, 1930, daughter of William J. and Elizabeth H. Curtain Harte, she was a...

Thomas E. Brooksbank

Thomas E. Brooksbank, 84, of Theroux Drive, Chicopee, died Wednesday at his home. He was the brother of Benjamin Brooksbank of Dalton. Born in Holyoke on May 15, 1920, son of Benjamin and Mary...

Sinaldo C. Christopher

Sinaldo C. Christopher, 89, died Tuesday evening at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided for 2 1/2 years. Born in Lenox on Sept. 16, 1914, son of Biagio and Enrica Dicicio Christopher,...

John "Jack" McKenna

John "Jack" McKenna, 70, of 15 Elm St. died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Williamstown on Feb. 26, 1934, son of John J. and Laura Rondeau McKenna, he had suffered from...