Obituaries

Elizabeth Fredericka Henry

Elizabeth Fredericka Henry, 82, formerly of 38 Bernard St., Springfield, died Tuesday at Chapin Center in Springfield. She was the mother of Constance M. Flynn of Pittsfield. Born in...

William J. McMahon

William J. McMahon, 73, of 123 Ashuelot St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center, where he was admitted Jan. 18. Mr. McMahon signed with the Red Sox in 1949 and pitched well in the minors...

Lisolette W. Kowalski

Lisolette W. Kowalski, 76, of 45 Seymour St. died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since last October. Born in Germany on June 25, 1927, daughter of Hermann and Wilhelmina...

Raymond Joseph Pellerin

Raymond Joseph Pellerin, 83, of 190 Brown St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Jan. 25, 1921, son of George and Grace Couture Pellerin, he was educated in...

Aaron Orlando King

Aaron Orlando King, 31, of 76 Bossidy Drive died Tuesday at the University of Massachusetts Health Alliance Hospital in Leominster after suffering an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on...

Sol Toscher

Sol Toscher, 86, of Delray Beach, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 18, 1917, son of David and Molly Toscher, he was raised in Denver but...

Eleanor A. LaRochelle

Eleanor A. LaRochelle, 75, of 29 Richmond Ave. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she was admitted in December 2003. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 31, 1929, daughter of Sofio...

Wayne Upton Bidwell

Wayne Upton Bidwell, 85, of 245 Cheshire Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in St. Albans, Vt., on Jan. 29, 1919, son of Ernest and Katie Loveland Bidwell, he attended schools in...

Dorothy E. Leab

Dorothy E. Leab, 84, of 59 Carson Ave. died yesterday at Craneville Place. Born in Dalton on Jan. 4, 1920, daughter of Charles D. and Carrie J. Rarick Zink, she was a 1937 graduate of the former...

Richard Franklin Lacatell

Richard Franklin Lacatell, 85, of EPOCH Assisted Living, 140 Melbourne Road, died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he was admitted two weeks ago. Born in Pittsfield on Feb....

Faith A. Trepania

Faith A. Trepania, 62, of Berkshiretown Apartments, 176 Columbus Ave., died Saturday at home following a long illness. Born in Albany, N.Y., on June 9, 1941, daughter of Grayce Laramee Rogers,...

Mary T. Melle

Mary T. Melle, 84, of Maple Street, a native of Lenox, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center, where she had been a patient for a week. Born in Lenox on Aug. 26, 1919, daughter of Giuseppe...

Clara Mandel

Clara Mandel, 88, of 349 Haydenville Road, Leeds, died Thursday at Linda Manor Extended Care Facility following a long illness. Born in Turok, Russia, on March 15, 1915, daughter of Benzion and...

Edna M. Blanchard

Edna M. Blanchard, 99, of North Falmouth and formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Harborside Healthcare of Falmouth. She was the sister of Lillian Anderson of Pittsfield. Born in...

Sears Roy Van Alstyne Jr

Sears Roy Van Alstyne Jr., 58, of Sherwood Drive died Saturday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 5, 1945, son of Sears R. Van Alstyne Sr. and Mary Una Barnes...

Carolyn M. Hoppe

Carolyn M. Hoppe, 72, of 752 State Road died Saturday at home. Born in Catskill, N.Y., on Feb. 5, 1932, daughter of Charles and Bertha Meyer Beck, she was a 1949 graduate of Catskill High School....

Colleen Marie Bonnivier

Colleen Marie Bonnivier, 55, of 179 Hancock Road died Friday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a long, courageous battle with ovarian cancer. She was a former resident of Dalton. Born...

Catherine "Maureen" Birge

Catherine "Maureen" Birge, 73, of Pittsfield Road died Friday at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. She was a former 24-year resident of Lee. Born in Easthampton on Oct. 20, 1930, daughter of...

Robert E. Nixon

Robert E. Nixon, 64, of Pittsfield died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 4, 1940, son of Loretta Delaney Nixon of Pittsfield and the late Francis Emmett Nixon, he...

Walter Legrand Wheat Jr

Walter Legrand Wheat Jr., 70, of 23 Ivy Lane died yesterday morning at home after a long illness. He was a senior vice president and trust investment officer at Bank Boston. Born in Natick on...

Mary B. Spazioso

Mary B. Spazioso, 58, of Albany, N.Y., died Wednesday at Albany Memorial Hospital after a battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on March 4, 1946, daughter of Luke and Laurinda Forgey Brophy, she...

Kathleen V. Rennie

Kathleen V. Rennie, 59, of 10 Riverview Homes died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Tonawanda, N.Y., on Feb. 9, 1945, daughter of Herbert and Eva Vance Mosher, she was a 1963...

Eva R. Metropole

Eva R. Metropole, 91, of 56 Tor Court died Wednesday evening at Providence Care Center in Lenox, following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1912, daughter of Israel and Rachel...

Mary T. Levee

Mary T. Levee, 70, formerly of 131 Lincoln St., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for a year. Born in Pittsfield on July 18, 1933, daughter of Robert B. and Margaret...

Ann R. Carr, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ann R. Carr, 68, of 511 Buttonwood Lane, Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of 81 Somerset Ave., Pittsfield, died Sunday, March 7, 2004, at home. Born Oct. 11, 1935, in...