Obituaries

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...

Frances R. Goetze

Frances R. Goetze, 79, of 40 Old Stockbridge Road died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Deskford, County Banffshire, Scotland, on March 21, 1924, daughter of Alexander and...

Sophie A. Woitkowski

Sophie A. Woitkowski, 90, of 11 Elmvale Place died Saturday at home. Born in Housatonic on Aug. 3, 1913, daughter of Joseph and Virginia Zdun Lis, she attended schools in Great Barrington....

Carol J. Green, 66

RICHMOND, Mass. — Carol J. Green, 66, of 15 Beech Road died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003, at home. Born in Winsted, Conn., on May 2, 1937, daughter of Charles and Ellia Mott Bennett, she was a...

Dennis Ralph Demary Sr

Dennis Ralph Demary Sr., 60, of 124 B Candlewood Road, Groton, Conn., died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 27, 1943, son of William E. Demary Sr. and Eva M. Hoisington Demary, he...

Lawrence Howard Kickery Sr

Lawrence Howard Kickery Sr., 71, of 32 Hurley Drive died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 14, 1932, son of Catherine Shaw Kickery of Pittsfield and the...

Dennis Ralph Demary Sr

Dennis Ralph Demary Sr., 60, of 124 B Candlewood Road, Groton, Conn., died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 27, 1943, son of William E. Demary Sr. and Eva M. Hoisington Demary, he...

Leonard J. Murphy

Leonard J. Murphy, 84, of 44 Anita Drive died Tuesday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox, where he had resided for six weeks. Born in Pittsfield on July 9, 1919, son of Dennis and Mary...

Stephanie Barber

Stephanie Barber, 84, of Hawthorne Street and New York City died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, shortly after being stricken with a heart attack. Born in Jamaica,...

Dorothea B. Beardsley

Dorothea B. Beardsley, 97, died Tuesday at Berkshire Retirement Home, where she had resided since November 2000. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1905, daughter of George S. and Clara J. Mugler...

Erich J. Strobl

Erich J. Strobl, 93, of 45 Walchenbach Circle, Salisbury Estates, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Vienna, Austria, on Jan. 20, 1910, son of Richard and Leonie Schnabl Strobl,...

George O. Jones

George O. Jones, 47, of 110 Linden St. died Saturday afternoon at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester after a brief illness. Born in Hampton, Va., on March 20, 1956, son...