Obituaries

Thomas L. Doner

Thomas L. Doner, 45, of 23 Bushey Road died Saturday morning at home after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 27, 1959, son of Noreen Kelly Doner and the late Robert B. Doner, he was a...

Bernard J. Hayes

Bernard J. Hayes, 66, of 73 Holmes Road died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 20, 1938, son of William and Eliza-beth Kirk Hayes, he was a 1956 graduate...

Virginia H. Gaetani

Virginia H. Gaetani, 83, of Rose Manor Apartments died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 25, 1921, daughter of Harry A. and Clara M....

John C. Thomson Sr

John C. Thomson Sr., 87, formerly of 46 Model Farm Road, died Monday afternoon at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where he had resided since 2003. Born in Sheffield on Dec....

Margaret F. McGowan

Margaret F. McGowan, 97, formerly of 123B Highview Drive, died Monday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 16, 1906, daughter of Jeremiah and Margaret Meehan Hyland, she attended...

Loring W. Kidder

Loring W. Kidder, 79, formerly of East Street, died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where he had resided for four years. Born in Newton on July 31, 1924, an orphan, he...

Margaret Mary Chojnowski

Margaret Mary Chojnowski, 68, of 107 Birch Grove Drive died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Feb. 15, 1936, daughter of Harry and Margaret M. Kennedy VanWart, she...

Charles Louis Masino

Charles Louis Masino, 78, of 527 South St. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1925, son of Secundo and Madalena Vittone Masino, he was a 1944 graduate of Pittsfield High School....

Muriel Rose Johnson

Muriel Rose Johnson, 85, of Spruce Meadow Court, Wilton, Conn., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Sunday at home. Born in Canaan, N.Y., on Oct. 21, 1918, daughter of Frank and Rose Asher...

Roger G. Halsey

Roger G. Halsey, 71, of 95 Davis St. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 4, 1932, son of Arthur and Nydia Curnow Halsey, he graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1950. Mr....

Regina G. Freehan

Regina G. Freehan, 83, of Melbourne Place died Wednesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 23, 1921, daughter of Victor and Adela Dardzinska Siwik, she graduated from Pittsfield High School in...

Elizabeth J. Carney

Elizabeth J. Carney, 83, of 63 Hull Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 19, 1920, daughter of Harry and Harriet Robinson Armstrong, she graduated from...

Helen E. List

Helen E. List, 92, died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since January. She had moved to Pittsfield from New Jersey in 2000. Born in Jersey City,...

Robert S. Howes

Robert S. Howes, 77, of Freehold, N.J., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. He had lived in Little Falls, N.J., for more than 40 years until moving to Freehold in 1996. A Navy veteran...

John A. Valenti

John A. Valenti, 77, of 68 Marian Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 27, 1927, son of Angelo and Maria Lombardi Valenti, he attended local schools and...

Patricia E. Haun

Patricia E. Haun, 45, of 83D Highview Drive died Wednesday at home as a result of a diabetes-related incident. Born in Ridgewood, N.Y., on Jan. 8, 1959, daughter of John J. and Agatha Houston...

Dick LeRoy Boyce

Dick LeRoy Boyce, 81, of 935 Dublin Road died Wednesday at home after a long illness. He was a member of the Richmond Conservation Commission for 30 years. Mr. Boyce was employed by the...

Clark E. Calebaugh Sr

Clark E. Calebaugh Sr., 90, of Glen Circle, Middletown Township, Media, Pa., formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Riddle Memorial Hospital in Lima, Pa. Born in Antioch, Ohio on July 17,...

Julia M. McCumiskey

Julia M. McCumiskey, 88, of 4233 Deerbrook Way, Lilburn, Ga., formerly of 939 North St., died Wednesday at Emory Eastside Medical Center in Snellville, Ga. She had resided with her son, Peter...

Julia S. Rochelo

Julia S. Rochelo, 88, formerly of 189 Hungerford St., died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since February. Born in Harrison, N.J., on Sept. 13, 1915, daughter of...

Susan J. Delphia

Susan J. Delphia, 49, of 48 Hubbard Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident Saturday morning. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 30,...

Leon W. Zaorski

Leon W. Zaorski, 95, of the Side by Side of Pittsfield assisted-living facility died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Rabedi, Poland, on June 25, 1908, son of Felix and Katherine...

Marijane Hickey

Marijane Hickey, 55, of 29 Tennyson Ave. died Sunday night at Berkshire Medical Center from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident earlier that evening. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 17,...

Benjamin Edward DeSantis

Benjamin Edward DeSantis, 81, of Crane Avenue died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., on Sept. 3, 1922, son of Biagio and Angelina Albano DeSantis, he attended schools...

Regina Shade

Regina Shade, 82, of 263 Becket Road died Wednesday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided since May. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 30, 1921, daughter of Elbie and Cora Trurner...