Obituaries

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...

Edmund M. "Red" Poopor

Edmund M. "Red" Poopor, 83, of 99 Curtis Ave. died yesterday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where he had resided for a month. Born in Dalton on March 12, 1920, son of Bart and Anna Dowling...

Salvatore DeFino

Salvatore DeFino, 78, of Hillcrest Commons, formerly of Bradford Arms, died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 17, 1925, son of Joseph and Rosalie Carista...

Edward Kenneth Zimmerman Sr

Edward Kenneth Zimmerman Sr., 85, of 28 Lombard St. died Saturday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington after a brief illness. Born in West Seneca, N.Y., on Sept. 25, 1918, son of Paul and...

Florence Elizabeth Markham

Florence Elizabeth Markham, 102, formerly of Providence Court Apartments, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility for three years....

Harvey B. (Habib S.) Haddad

Harvey B. (Habib S.) Haddad, 88, of 234 Dawes Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. A longtime businessman and civic activist in Berkshire County, he had been president of...

Robert F. Provost

Robert F. Provost, 67, of 350 West St. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 5, 1937, son of Francis and Hazel Hume Provost Sweeney, he was educated in Pittsfield schools and lived...

Dominic Pisani

Dominic Pisani, 88, of 193 Elberon Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in the former Mountain Mills, Vt., on Sept. 1, 1915, son of Bruno and Margurite DeBonis Pisani, he attended Pittsfield public...

Hettie M. Diggens

Hettie M. Diggens, 93, formerly of 99 Valentine Road, died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since 1992. Born in Greenwich, England, on Dec. 15, 1910, daughter of...

James H. Ceder

James H. Ceder, 87, of Beecher Lane died Wednesday evening at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Moline, Ill., on Feb. 11, 1917, son of Hjalmer and Louise Schmidt Ceder, he attended...

Dorothy C. Heidel

Dorothy C. Heidel, 90, of 53 Yorkshire Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Troy, N.Y., on April 13, 1913, daughter of Hans A. and Katharine Rall Wilde, she was a 1931 graduate...