Obituaries

Ethel Mae Racicot

Ethel Mae Racicot, 71, of 68 Daniels Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 6, 1932, daughter of Loyd and Philominia Roberts Banister, she attended...

Debra Windon Luckey

Debra Windon Luckey, 47, of 38 Euclid Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Saginaw, Mich., on June 27, 1956, daughter of Louis and Julia Wilder Steward of Aliceville, Ala., she...

Sgt. Glenn Richard Allison

Sgt. Glenn Richard Allison, 24, formerly of 60 Edward Ave., died Thursday in Baghdad, Iraq, after being stricken during a military drill. Born in Boston on Sept. 12, 1979, son of Kenneth Beatty...

George E. Kingsley

George E. Kingsley, 72, of 730 East Road died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 16, 1931, son of George H. and Elizabeth Allen Kingsley, he was a 1949 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Elizabeth Jean Kanerva

Elizabeth Jean Kanerva, 60, of Morgan Street died Saturday evening at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after a brief illness. Born in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on March 20, 1943, daughter of...

Ruth Case

Ruth Case, 86, of 57 Donna Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 26, 1917, daughter of William and Harriet Sanford Turner, she was a graduate of the former Dalton High School....

Baby girl Olivia Rose Virgilio

Baby girl Olivia Rose Virgilio, seven days old, of 8 Lake St. died Monday at Bay State Medical Center in Springfield. Born Dec. 8, 2003, she was the daughter of JoAnne L. Virgilio and Raymond V....

Craig Seagrave Kelly

Craig Seagrave Kelly, 56, of 5 Ascot Ridge Court, Irmo, S.C., formerly of Dalton, died Friday at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, S.C., after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on...

The Rev. Eugene C. Archey

The Rev. Eugene C. Archey, 89, a retired Roman Catholic priest, formerly of 54 Dickinson Ave., died Saturday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where he had resided since June 23, 2000. Born in...

Paul Armand Lauzon

Paul Armand Lauzon, 78, of Pollock Avenue died Wednesday at home, following a brief illness. Born in Lynn on Oct. 13, 1925, youngest of 11 children of Alfred and Arthemise Lauzon, who emigrated...

Beatrice J. "Shannie" Haswell

Beatrice J. "Shannie" Haswell, 78, of 88 Greenrich St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Minneapolis, on Jan. 6, 1925, daughter of David L. and Pauline Krob Shane, shewas a 1943...

Olga B. Gleason

Olga B. Gleason, 94, formerly of Rose Manor, died Tuesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for the past two months. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 13, 1909, daughter of Gustav and...

Gladys Dana

Gladys Dana, 82, of Main Street, Marion, and Lenox died Tuesday at Tobey Hospital in Wareham. Born in Fitchburg on Oct. 13, 1921, daughter of Samuel E.M. and Gladys Thomas Crocker, she attended...

Mae June Adams

Mae June Adams, 89, of 727 Old Windsor Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on June 3, 1914, daughter of Vernon and Nora Alice Bird Rose, she...

Edmund Joseph "Red" Sniezek

Edmund Joseph "Red" Sniezek, 76, of 110 Ashuelot St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Oct. 24, 1927, son of Michael and Mary Bednarz Sniezek, he was educated in Adams schools. He...

Genevieve Thistle Pflieger

Genevieve Thistle Pflieger, 95, died Sunday at Berkshire Place, where she had resided since 1999. Born in New York City on Jan. 2, 1908, daughter of Arthur and Mary Coyle Cassidy, she attended...

Richard H. Lloyd

Richard H. Lloyd, 66, of 24 Plymouth St. died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 20, 1937, son of Harold and Beatrice Zwingelstein Lloyd, he was a graduate of...

Thomas Joseph Fahey Sr

Thomas Joseph Fahey Sr., 87, of Melbourne Place, Pittsfield, formerly of Dalton, died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He had been the president of Byron Weston Co. for...

Francis S. Coltrara

Francis S. Coltrara, 84, of Hickory, N.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Dec. 11 at Shady Grove Rehabilitation Center in Rockville, Md. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 24, 1919, son of Salvatore and...

Silas E. Eulian

Silas E. Eulian, 84, of 37 Plunkett St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 2, 1919, son of Joseph and Susan Brockway Eulian, he graduated from Pittsfield High...

Craig M. LeDuc

Craig M. LeDuc, 20, of 204 Harryel St. died Saturday morning as a result of an automobile accident on Holmes Road. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 30, 1983, son of John C. and Susan Burke LeDuc of...

Raymond E. Hand Jr

Raymond E. Hand Jr., 70, of 65 Columbus Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 27, 1933, son of Raymond E. Hand Sr. and Louise Breen Hand, he was educated in...

Jean Barbara Surowiec

Jean Barbara Surowiec, 83, of 48 Madison Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 11, 1920, daughter of Stanislaw and Stephanie Kuzia Kobus, she attended schools...

Carole B. Wenner

Carole B. Wenner, 72, of 112 Doreen St. died Wednesday at home. Born in Upper Darby, Pa., on Oct. 1, 1931, daughter of Claude H. and Laura D. Boehm Brunner, she was a 1953 graduate of West...

Michael Bruno Leoncini

Michael Bruno Leoncini, 51, of 99 Second St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center of natural causes. Born in Pittsfield on July 12, 1952, son of Bruno A. and Jennie Veltri Leoncini, he was a...