Obituaries

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,...

Psyche L. Landall Douglas

Psyche L. Landall Douglas, 87, formerly of Pine Grove Drive, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for seven months. Born in Providence, R.I., on March 26, 1916, daughter of...

Kenneth F. Torrey

Kenneth F. Torrey, 82, of 127 East Windsor Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Peru on Aug. 21, 1920, son of Thomas Torrey and Matie Hathaway Torrey Bishop, he...

Mary Elizabeth “Betty” LaChance

Mary Elizabeth “Betty” LaChance, 78, of 1 Lyman St., Westboro, a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Marlboro Hospital. Born on Oct. 28, 1924, daughter of J. Leon and Yvonne Dube...

Charles E. Edwards

Charles E. Edwards, 90, of Melbourne Place Assisted Living Community, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center, where he had been a patient for a short time. He had resided at Melbourne since...

Bernardine “Bunny” Lane Cook

Bernardine “Bunny” Lane Cook, 81, of Kimball Farms, died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 6, 1921, daughter of Bernard M. Collins Sr. and Elizabeth Murphy Collins, she was a...

Hubert W. Close Jr

Hubert W. Close Jr., 92, of 21 Nancy Ave. died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for three months. Born in Hartford, Conn., on July 19, 1911, son of Hubert Close Sr., and Marie...

Henry G. Sokop

Henry G. Sokop, 90, of 68 Oak Hill Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on July 23, 1913, the son of George and Anna Yakymow Sokop, he graduated from Patchogue...

George W. Smith Sr

George W. Smith Sr., 84, of 257 Onota St. died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on April 19, 1919, son of George I. and Minnie Vogel Smith, he graduated in 1937 from Pittsfield...

Robert J. “Sleepy” McDonough

Robert J. “Sleepy” McDonough, 70, of Cedar Street died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 24, 1932, son of Donald J. McDonough and Doris Granger McDonough...

Ruth E. Donovan

Ruth E. Donovan, 90, of 19 Westover St. died yesterday at home. She had wintered in Boynton Beach, Fla., since 1980. Born in Rochester, N.Y., on Sept. 11, 1912, daughter of Frank and Mary...

Anita M. Quirico

Anita M. Quirico, 69, of 123 Lucia Drive died Thursday at Berkshire Place, where she was admitted March 6. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 19, 1933, daughter of James J. and Florina Alberti Quirico,...

Vesta R. Melle

Vesta R. Melle, 82, of 977 Holmes Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 28, 1921, daughter of Harold J. and Ruth Perry Martin, she was a 1939 graduate of...

Joseph Thomas Liverseidge Jr

Joseph Thomas Liverseidge Jr., 85, of 176 Columbus Ave. died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 24, 1917, son of Joseph T. Liverseidge Sr. and Johanna Kiley...

Shirley A. Frenkel

Shirley A. Frenkel, 79, of 122 Ann Drive died yesterday morning at home, following a long illness. Born in Northampton on Feb. 11, 1924, daughter of Adolph and Dora Silverman Raymond, she was a...

Lorene Baccaro

Lorene Baccaro, 48, of 89 Raymond Drive died Tuesday afternoon at home. Born in Carona, Calif., on Aug. 21, 1954, daughter of Gerald P. and Elizabeth A. Bell Erb of Dalton, she moved to Dalton in...

Peter Zack

Peter Zack, 91, of 12 Ridgeway Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1912, son of Peter and Elena Zack, he attended local schools. A Army veteran of...