Obituaries

Phyllis Dorothy Hamilton

Phyllis Dorothy Hamilton, 73, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments, Elberon Avenue, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for the past two years. Born on March 29, 1930, in...

Margaret Carroll Ford

Margaret Carroll Ford, 81, of 89 South St., Berkshire Place, died there on Monday. Born in Providence, R.I., on July 28, 1922, daughter of George N. and Hannah Roberts Ford, she came to...

William A. Fahey Jr.

William A. Fahey Jr., 88, of Wood Avenue died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 15, 1915, son of William A. and Mary V. Cooke Fahey, he was a lifelong resident of...

Charles R. "Randy" Blanchard Jr.

Charles R. "Randy" Blanchard Jr., 90, formerly of 529 Kirchner Road, died at Craneville Place on Thursday. He had resided there since July 2003. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 17, 1913, son of...

Patricia A. DeAlmeida VanZandt

Patricia A. DeAlmeida VanZandt, 62, of 20603 Candlewood Hollow, Estero, Fla., formerly of Lenox, died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 19, 1941, daughter of Nelson and Cecelia Szetela...

Edmund James Mastrovito

Edmund James Mastrovito, 94, formerly of 11 Delaware Ave. died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since Feb. 12, 2001. Born in Newport, R.I., on Sept. 6, 1909, son of Michele and...

Robert Thomas "Red" Langsdale

Robert Thomas "Red" Langsdale, 73, of 56 Partridge Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsburgh on April 2, 1930, son of Thomas Langsdale and John and Grace Stansbury...

James Henry Ryan

James Henry Ryan, 88, of 63 Anita Drive died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee, where he had been a patient for a week. Born in Willimantic, Conn., on Oct. 12,...

John J. Klink Sr.

John J. Klink Sr., 76, of 229 Robbins Ave. died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had been a patient for a few days. Born in Pittsfield on July 15, 1927, son of Zacharias and Ellen Donovan...

Harold D. "Skip" Hathaway Jr.

Harold D. "Skip" Hathaway Jr., 68, of Russell Road, Westfield, a native of Dalton, died yesterday at home. Born on May 25, 1935, son of the late Harold D. Hathaway Sr. and Catherine Bauman...

Ellen C. Graham

Ellen C. Graham, 44, of Golden Hill Road, Lenox Dale, died yesterday at home. Born in Needham on Feb. 5, 1959, daughter of Leo Keefe and the late Eleanor Mitchell Keefe, she was a 1977 graduate...

Ann M. "Nan" Condron

Ann M. "Nan" Condron, 78, of New Port Richey, Fla., and Contoocook, N.H., formerly of Peru, died Dec. 14 at Bay Tree Rehabilitation Center in Palm Harbor, Fla. Born in Medford on Aug. 16, 1925,...

Theodore Joseph Ziemlak

Theodore Joseph Ziemlak, 80, formerly of 15 Edward Ave., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Craneville Place in Dalton since November 1999. Born in North Adams on Feb....

Alice O. Gerard

Alice O. Gerard, 85, formerly of 10 Pilgrim St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She had resided at Providence Care Center in Lenox for the past year. Born in Great...

Dorothy M. Connors

Dorothy M. Connors, 87, of 169 Valentine Road died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 25, 1916, daughter of William and Irene Johnson O'Boyle, she attended local schools...

Mary E. Matthews

Mary E. Matthews, 95, formerly of 39 Windsor Ave., died Monday at the Thirty-Thirty Park nursing home in Fairfield, Conn. Born in Chester on May 1, 1908, daughter of John H. and Bridgett A....

Robert B. Elliott

Robert B. Elliott, 58, of 65 Columbus Ave. died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for a brief time. Born in Niskayuna, N.Y., on June 3, 1945, son of Alexander and Winifred...

Melissa "Jo" Ann O'Malley

Melissa "Jo" Ann O'Malley, 39, of 11 Linden St. died Tuesday morning at North Adams Commons, where she had been a patient since Dec. 30. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 16, 1964, daughter of...

Edward Chyla

Edward Chyla, 62, of 135 High St. died at Berkshire Medical Center on Thursday following a long illness. Born in Garfield, N.J., on March 7, 1941, son of Edward and Mary Kwarta Chyla, he was a...

Hector E. Henault

Hector E. Henault, 85, of 379 East St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He lived at Colonial Gardens before moving to East Street. Born in Burriville, R.I., on Aug. 25, 1918, son of...

Carol J. DeLuca

Carol J. DeLuca, 45, of 40 Stoddard Ave. died Saturday at home surrounded by family after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 18, 1958, daughter of Donald A. and Constance...

Rocco Joseph Yetz Jr.

Rocco Joseph Yetz Jr., 55, of 200 Mason Run Road, Rising Sun, Md., formerly of Pittsfield, died Dec. 29 at Union Hospital in Elkton, Md., from complications of diabetes. Born in Pittsfield on...

Gloria M. Metallo

Gloria M. Metallo, 81, formerly of 176 Columbus Ave., died yesterday at Country Estates Nursing Home in Agawam. Born in Cheshire on Feb. 17, 1922, daughter of Gabriel and Germena Graziani Osanni,...

Sister Mary Genevieve

Sister Mary Genevieve, 96, formerly Anna Esther Cox, of the Sisters of Providence died yesterday at the Providence Mother House in Holyoke. Born in Pittsfield on March 30, 1907, daughter of James...

Francis W. Scutt

Francis W. Scutt, 79, of 111 Melbourne Road died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since August 2002. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 5, 1924, son of Francis W. and Edna L. Moore...