Obituaries

Angelo J. Andretta

Angelo J. Andretta, 49, of 7 Caratina Ave. died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Hoboken, N.J., on Nov. 11, 1954, son of Angelo and Carmella Piccinni Andretta, he moved to...

Annetta "Penny" Gardner

Annetta "Penny" Gardner, 79, of 293 High St. died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born Aug. 14, 1924, in Fort Johnson, N.Y., daughter of Earl and Mary Jane...

Donald M. Packard

Donald M. Packard, 87, of 26 Walden Lane died yesterday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where he had resided for 14 months. Born in Eastport, Maine, on March 12, 1916, the son of the Rev....

Thomas Joseph Henry Jr

Thomas Joseph Henry Jr., 70, of Huntington Beach, Calif., formerly of Lenox, died Thursday at Huntington Beach Hospital. Born in New York City on Feb. 19, 1934, son of Jeannette Armstrong Henry...

Frances E. Chapman

Frances E. Chapman, 87, of 600 Main St. died Saturday at Craneville Place. Born in Pittsfield on March 1, 1916, daughter of William and Minnie Connelly Thode, she attended Pittsfield schools....

Robert C. Johnson

Robert C. Johnson, 80, of 45 Patricia Ave. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 13, 1923, son of Edward F. and Laura Callahan Johnson, he was a lifelong resident...

Joel D. Woodard

Joel D. Woodard, 75, of Gay Street, Winsted, Conn., died Monday at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Conn. He was the father of Sandy Hart of Lenox. Born in Sharon, Conn., on June...

Mardelle Elaine Tatro

Mardelle Elaine Tatro, 89, of 200 Hollow Tree Lane, Houston, a native and former resident of Pittsfield, died Thursday, Feb. 12, at Mariner Health Center in Houston. Born in Pittsfield on Sept....

Milton I. Shaw

Milton I. Shaw, 78, of 41 Pleasant St. died Feb. 11 at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 28, 1925, son of Harry G. and Mildred Sweeney Shaw, he was a 1944 graduate of Pittsfield High School. A...

Arthur H. Gregory

Arthur H. Gregory, 84, of Cameron House, Housatonic Street, died Feb. 11 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Maplewood, N.J., on May 21, 1919, son of Alfred and Helen Ingersoll Gregory, he...

Doris F. Curtain

Doris F. Curtain, 86, of Leominster, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Keystone Nursing Home in Leominster. Born May 19, 1917, in Pittsfield, daughter of Charles and Mary Logan Young, she...

Sherry Ann Bird

Sherry Ann Bird, 59, of 19 Edgemere Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Shamokin, Pa., on Sept. 16, 1944, daughter of Oscar and Grace Adams Wallick,...

Joan C. Sockey

Joan C. Sockey, 79, of 30 Buel St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Newport, R.I., on May 25, 1924, daughter of Harry H. and Mary A. Fitzgerald Gear, she was a 1941 graduate of...

Emil J. Rist

Emil J. Rist, 78, of 237 Wahconah St. died Thursday at home following a long illness. Born in Guilford, Vt., on Dec. 23, 1925, son of Harry and Cassie Williams Rist, he attended schools there and...

Donald R. Dubree

Donald R. Dubree, 70, of 60 Eleanor Road died Friday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston after a long illness. Born in Overton, Texas, on March 2, 1933, son of Louis C. and Minnie M....

Ronald Joseph Collins

Ronald Joseph Collins, 50, of Flatland Trail, Converse, Texas, a native of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at home after a long illness. Born Feb. 7, 1954, son of Deolinda Alice Ferreira Collins of...

Peter P. Pulasky

Peter P. Pulasky, 63, of 341 West St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1940, son of Elizabeth Collins Pulasky Niarchos of Pittsfield and the late Peter G....

Sister Mary L. Carr

Sister Mary L. Carr, also known as Sister Elizabeth Therese, 81, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Mont Marie Health Care Center in Holyoke, where she had resided for a short time. She...

James Norris Ward

James Norris Ward, 64, of 6 Claremont Road died yesterday morning at his home from leukemia. Born Dec. 15, 1939, in Altoona, Pa., son of James Albert and Mary Edna Norris Ward, he was a 1957...

Charles T. Gibson

Charles T. Gibson, 68, of Milton, N.C., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Feb. 3 in a work-related accident in Danville, Va. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on Aug. 30, 1935, son of Robert and...

Laverne L. Marier DeFazio

Laverne L. Marier DeFazio, 92, formerly of 65 Cherry St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Hillcrest Commons since May 2002 and before that resided at the former Center...

Henry Walter Marcisz

Henry Walter Marcisz, 54, of 19 Grant St., Easthampton, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton after an eight-month battle with cancer. Born in...

Herbert John Lewis Jr.

Herbert John Lewis Jr., 76, of 55 High St. died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after suffering an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on July 2, 1927, son of...

Constance Winifred Voltoline

Constance Winifred Voltoline, 91, formerly of 39 Day St., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since July 25, 1999. Born in Adams on June 11, 1912, daughter of Richard and...

Joan J. Hansen

Joan J. Hansen, 73, of 12 Concord Parkway died Sunday at home. Born in Chicago on May 10, 1930, daughter of Lottie Swider Janasky of Chicago and the late Walter Janasky, she attended schools...