Obituaries

Kathleen Mary Amos

Kathleen Mary Amos, 56, of Anderson Road, Newport, N.H., died of cancer Friday at home surrounded by her family. She was a native of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on April 4, 1947, daughter...

Thomas J. Schnopp

Thomas J. Schnopp, 58, of 487 Guinea Road, Charlotte, Vt., formerly of Hinsdale, died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 1, 1944, son of the late Harry and Evelyn Dupont Schnopp, he was...

Margaret A. "Peggy" Galliher

Margaret A. "Peggy" Galliher, 86, of 98 Curtis Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton on Sept. 2, 1917, daughter of Bart J. Poopor Sr. and Anna W. Dowling Poopor, she was...

Arthur Orville Blessing Jr

Arthur Orville Blessing Jr., 59, of 292 Connecticut Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center of cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 26, 1943, son of Arthur O. Blessing Sr. and Theodora...

Jean Shirley Wheeler

Jean Shirley Wheeler, 76, of 915 East St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Springfield on Sept. 8, 1927, daughter of Laura Patric Sicotte, she attended schools in Springfield, Newark,...

Nathan Auguste “Nate” Wieland-Bolio

Nathan Auguste “Nate” Wieland-Bolio, 20, of Cummings Avenue died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 6, 1983, son of Craig R. Bolio and Diane Wieland Bolio Baumann, both of...

Spiros Koudas

Spiros Koudas, 67, of 27 Lyric St. died Tuesday afternoon at home. Born in Corfu, Greece, on Sept. 14, 1936, son of Nicholas and Catarina Koudas, he was a graduate of schools there. He also...

Margaret M. Boyer

Margaret M. Boyer, 84, died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since June. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 12, 1919, daughter of Edmond and Mary Guiltinan Bouchane,...

Helen J. “Honey” Roberts

Helen J. “Honey” Roberts, 76, of 125 Mountain Drive died yesterday at home. Born on Oct. 22, 1926, in Lee, daughter of Frederick and Lottie Brock Jahn, she was educated in Lee schools...

Viola J. Knappe DeSebastiano

Viola J. Knappe DeSebastiano, 86, formerly of Southwick, died Monday at Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Agawam. She also had lived in Pittsfield from 1938 until 1977. Born on Jan. 23, 1917, in...

Kaye Tanigawa

Kaye Tanigawa, 74, of 37 Nancy Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Morrill, Neb., on Feb. 22, 1929, daughter of Roy S. and Tomo Kitsunai Hosaka, she was a graduate of Mitchell...

Carolyn Claffie

Carolyn Claffie, 75, of 75 Weathervane Way, Brewster, formerly of Dalton, died Saturday at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 12, 1927, daughter of Wallace and Mabel Roberts...

Benjamin N. Bowers

Benjamin N. Bowers, 105, of 26 Rubin Drive, Salisbury Estates, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Hillcrest Commons for several years. Born in Waucoma, Iowa, on April...

Ariel Laurent Allison

Ariel Laurent Allison, 13, of 228 Francis Ave. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle and bicycle accident earlier in the day. Born in...

Peter T. Murphy

Peter T. Murphy, 49, of 44 Anita Drive died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 14, 1954, son of Leonard J. and Ethel C. Ahlen Murphy, he was a lifelong resident of Pittsfield and a 1972...

Robert W. Tukey

Robert W. Tukey, 76, formerly of 350 West St., Epworth Arms, died yesterday at Kimball Farms in Lenox. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 1, 1926, son of Louis and Lena Pleau Tukey, he was a 1944...

Robert Peter Leahey

Robert Peter Leahey, 77, of 165 Churchill St. died Friday evening at home. Born in Westfield on Nov. 5, 1925, son of Thomas L. and Grace Mangum Leahey, he was a graduate of Westfield High School....

Wendy F. Bilia

Wendy F. Bilia, 28, died Friday at 97 John St., the home of her mother, Maureen Prendergast Jakacky, with whom she had resided. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28, 1974, also the daughter of Wayne...

Eva Morin

Eva Morin, 90, of 65 Columbus Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Newberry, N.H., on Sept. 7, 1913, daughter of Leslie and Lucy Gangraw Meyette, she attended schools in Peru and...

Martin Cornelius Flynn

Martin Cornelius Flynn, 79, of 54 Mohawk St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 26, 1924, son of Cornelius J. and Agnes Crotty Flynn, he attended local schools. An Army veteran...

Viola Barzowskas

Viola Barzowskas, 82, formerly of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshire Town Apartments, died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since June. Born in Pittsfield on March...

Guy Christopher Weston

Guy Christopher Weston, 90, of Rosewood, 318 Onota St., Pittsfield, a former longtime resident of 190 Michaels Road, Hinsdale, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Tyringham on June...

William A. Atwood

William A. Atwood, 71, of 12 Copley Terrace died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided for a few days. Born in Chelsea on Feb. 22, 1932, son of Arthur and Gertrude Willmott...

Martha H. Zanconato

Martha H. Zanconato, 82, of 176 Columbus Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Winooski, Vt., on Jan. 10, 1921, daughter of John and Rose Penalis Latwis, she was a 1939 graduate...

Jerome Sklar

Jerome Sklar, 84, of 832 Converse St., Longmeadow, a former Pittsfield resident, died yesterday at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. He was born in New York on April 12, 1919, son of Nathan and Anna...