Obituaries

Louisa Preston

Louisa Preston, 90, of Harborside Nursing Home in Falmouth, formerly of Pittsfield, died July 23 at the nursing home. She was born in Bryn, Lancashire, England, on Jan. 31, 1913. Mrs. Preston...

Sister Carolyn V. King

Sister Carolyn V. King, 77, the former Sister Thomas Maria, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, died yesterday at Mont Marie Health Care Center in Holyoke. She was a native of...

MaryAnn Wohlfahrt

MaryAnn Wohlfahrt, 60, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., died Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie. She was the mother of Barbara McMahon of Dalton. Born in Poughkeepsie on June 27, 1943,...

Hildegard Bednarz

Hildegard Bednarz, 79, of 37 East Albert St., Torrington, Conn., a former resident, died Wednesday evening at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington. She had resided in Torrington for the...

Esther V. Loucks

Esther V. Loucks, 75, of Allengate Avenue died yesterday morning at home after a yearlong illness. Born in Warren, Pa., on Nov. 10, 1927, daughter of Martin and Ima Larson Anderson, she was...

Richard E. Honiker, 56

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard Edward "Stony" Honiker, 56, of 10 Union Court died Tuesday morning, Aug. 12, 2003, at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 21, 1947, son of Richard and Dorothy...

Margaret L. Wright

Margaret L. Wright, 83, formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Bedford Village Nursing Home in New Bedford. Born in Malden on Sept. 9, 1919, daughter of Samuel J. and Julia Agnes Foley Gross,...

Eleanor A. Litscher

Eleanor A. Litscher, 80, of Devonshire Estates died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on May 10, 1923, daughter of Joseph and Wanda Betlejski Pryba,...

Paul W. Houle

Paul W. Houle, 74, of 120 Harryel St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Gardner on July 1, 1929, son of Oscar E. and Blanche A. Benoit Houle, he graduated in 1947 from Gardner High...

Vincent Joseph Carpino

Vincent Joseph Carpino, 75, of Springfield died yesterday at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1928, son of Egidio and Rose Ventura Carpino, he was a graduate of...

Robert R. Steele

Robert R. Steele, 76, of 25 South Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. He served as town assessor, constable, police officer and cemetery sexton for many years. Born in Pittsfield on...

Agnes Mary Moffett

Agnes Mary Moffett, 90, of 175 Tamarack Road died Sunday morning at home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 14, 1912, daughter of Joseph and Roseanna Dupre LaBonte, she attended schools there. She...

Francis Augustine Holmes

Francis Augustine Holmes, 88, of North Andover died yesterday at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen. He was the father of Betsy Meunier of Hinsdale. Born in Methuen on Jan. 26, 1915, son of...

Leslie W. Fuller

Leslie W. Fuller, 88, of 747 Williams St. died Sunday at Kimball Farms Nursing Center in Lenox, where he had been a patient since July 22. Born in Springfield on Nov. 5, 1914, son of Perley and...

Mary Lou Louise Brodeur

Mary Lou Louise Brodeur, 71, of 1937 East St. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 22, 1932, the daughter of Frank and Mary Callaghan Beattie, she was a...

Barbara E. “Bobbie” Wood

Barbara E. “Bobbie” Wood, 71, of Highview Drive died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 4, 1932, daughter of Rose Gigliotti Tristany Condron and...

Marshall W. Torrey

Marshall W. Torrey, 82, of 160 Brighton Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Surry, Maine, on Dec. 2, 1920, son of Harry and Ethel Saunders Torrey, he attended schools there...

Terri L. Messer

Terri L. Messer, 42, of 50 Dalton Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Los Angeles on Aug. 26, 1960, daughter of Helen Ruth, she attended schools there....

Laurence J. Censato

Laurence J. Censato, 87, of 170 Lenox Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a battle with cancer. Born in Richmond on Oct. 28, 1915, son of Antonio and Maria DeLago Censato, he...

Antoinette Theresa Monroe

Antoinette Theresa Monroe, 80, of 290 Onota St. died Wednesday at her home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 19, 1922, daughter of Peter and Stella Laporte Aulisi, she was a graduate of Pittsfield...

Mitchell F. Lombard

Mitchell F. Lombard, 49, of Columbia Arms Apartments died early Wednesday morning at home after a prolonged illness. Born in Holyoke on April 28, 1954, son of Ruth M. Thorpe Lombard of Cohoes,...

Margaret C. Knollmeyer

Margaret C. Knollmeyer, 90, of Hickory, N.C., died at the Lutheran Nursing Home in Hickory on Aug. 6. She was a native of Pittsfield and lived here until 1980, when she and her husband moved to...

Elizabeth A. Hennebury

Elizabeth A. Hennebury, 90, of 379 East St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Boston on Dec. 8, 1912, daughter of Edward and Agnes Dehey Lawton, she came to Pittsfield as a...

Vivian L. Newton

Vivian L. Newton, 75, of 76 Scammell Ave. died Tuesday at UMass Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 16, 1927, daughter of Irving and Stella Champlin Sheldon, she was a 1946...

Angeline M. Bloomingdale

Angeline M. Bloomingdale, 87, of 140 Melbourne Road died Tuesday afternoon at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation, where she had resided for 10 months. Born in Montreal on Feb. 5,...