Obituaries

Josephine E. Zopf

Josephine E. Zopf, 90, formerly of 42 Foote Ave., died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Albany, N.Y., on April 13, 1914, the daughter of Charles and Emma Talasco, she...

Patricia J. Bouton

Patricia J. Bouton, 64, of 535 Onota St. died Friday at Providence Care Center in Lenox after a long struggle with cancer. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Oct. 7, 1939, daughter of Arnold and...

Edward John McKenna

Edward John McKenna, 57, of Brewster died Tuesday of heart failure in Hyannis. He had lived in Pittsfield from 1946 to 1977, in Sheffield from 1980 to 2000, and in Brewster since then. Born...

Carmen P. Mole

Carmen P. Mole, 84, of 2522 North Orangewood St., Avon Park, Fla., died Tuesday at Florida Hospital Heartland in Sebring. He was a former resident of Pittsfield and Schenectady, N.Y. He moved to...

Theodore J. Handerek

Theodore J. Handerek, 80, of 20 Howard St. died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 26, 1923, son of John and Frances Byrdy Handerek, he was a 1941 graduate of Pittsfield High School. He...

Silvio Joseph DeVergilio

Silvio Joseph DeVergilio, 86, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, formerly of Alfred Drive in Pittsfield, died yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 17, 1918, son of...

Ida D. Magnano

Ida D. Magnano, 76, of 49 Longfellow Ave. died Monday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, shortly after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Born in Pittsfield on June 24, 1927, daughter...

Louise Corrine Dwyer

Louise Corrine Dwyer, 103, a resident of Hillcrest Commons since July 2002, died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She had previously resided at the former Young's Rest Home for many...

Frances M. Bolza

Frances M. Bolza, 88, of Fillmore Pond, Bennington, Vt., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 17, 1915, daughter of...

Phebe Wing

Phebe Wing, 93, of Kimball Farms retirement community died Saturday at Kimball Farms Nursing Center. Born in Oberlin, Ohio, on March 1, 1911, daughter of Earl F. and Katharine Crafts Adams, she...

Herbert A. Koenig

Herbert A. Koenig, 82, of 321 Southeast 24th St., Cape Coral, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 19, 1922, son of Herman A. and Hulda Klemm Koenig, he...

Alfred M. "Popsie" Goerlach Sr

Alfred M. "Popsie" Goerlach Sr., 73, of 631 Old Windsor Road died Saturday at home. He had served on the town's Finance Committee and Sewer Commission, and as its representative on the Central...

Rosemary DiFilippo

Rosemary DiFilippo, 77, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshire Town Apartments, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1926, daughter of Pasquale Scavo and Mary C. Metallo Scavo Cimini,...

Roberta Sisson

Roberta Sisson, 86, of 6 Dodge Ave. died Thursday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation, where she had been a resident since January. Born in Pittsfield on May 10, 1917, daughter of...

Jack W. Browne I

Jack W. Browne I, 80, of 25 Britton St. died Tuesday at Orlando South Seminole Hospital in Longwood, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on July 30, 1923, son of Herbert H. and Elizabeth Cotton Browne, he...

Mary L. Turner Touponce

Mary L. Turner Touponce, 88, of 30 Dewey Ave. died Thursday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for several months. Born in Scituate, R.I., on Oct. 15, 1915, daughter of Oliver and...

Julia Rita Armstrong

Julia Rita Armstrong, 91, formerly of 42 Linden St., Michelle Manor, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility since Aug. 5, 2003....

Kathleen A. Zaccari

Kathleen A. Zaccari, 55, of Providence Care Center of Lenox died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at the nursing facility for seven years. Born in Pittsfield on June 24,...

Francis E. Winters

Francis E. Winters, 50, of 87 Greenwich St. died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 21, 1953, son of Alice M. Sible Winters and the late Joseph P. Winters, he was a 1972 graduate of...

Gail McKenna

Gail McKenna, 58, of 27 Eagle Wing Lane died April 9 at home of heart failure. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1946, daughter of Ghislaine Durivahee Brogan of Stratford, Conn., and the late...

Julie R. Macchi, 51

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Julie Rae Macchi, 51, of 44 Maplewood Ave. died Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 14, 1952, daughter of John J. Macchi...

Madeline W. Gleason VanBramer

Madeline W. Gleason VanBramer, 95, a formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at East Pasco Medical Center in Zephyrhills, Fla. Born in Philmont, N.Y., on Feb. 10, 1909, daughter of Harry and...

Robert S. Townend

Robert S. Townend, 83, died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Melbourne Place for two years. Born in Providence, R.I., on March 21, 1921, son of Daniel and Mabel...

Joyce A. Stolfo

Joyce A. Stolfo, 58, of 27 Abbott St. died Sunday at home after a long illness. Born in Akron, Ohio, on Nov. 6, 1945, daughter of Fred Carpenter and Marie Gardner Carpenter Boykin, she was...

Ruth May Packard

Ruth May Packard, 76, of 139 Hubbard Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pownal, Vt., on Oct. 22, 1927, daughter of George P. and Bertha "Agnes" Jones Kenyon, she was a 1947...