Obituaries

Marion M. Schmidt, 93

LENOX, Mass. — Marion Minnie Schmidt, 93, of Parkway Pavilion, Enfield, Conn., formerly of Lenox, died Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in...

Anthony J. Gigliotti Sr

Anthony J. Gigliotti Sr., 81, of 103 Wealthy Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 27, 1921, son of Domenico and Caterina Melfi Gigliotti, he was a graduate...

Ruth Deborah Donelson

Ruth Deborah Donelson, 92, of Melbourne Place died Monday at home. Born in Malden on June 15, 1910, daughter of Robert S. and Winifred E. MacKay Lincoln, she was a 1928 graduate of Malden High...

Isabelle B. O'Brien

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Isabelle B. O'Brien, 81, of 32 Lakewood Drive died June 10, 2003, at Hillcrest Commons. Born in North Egremont on April 9, 1922, daughter of Henry E. and Hattie Murphy...

Geraldine M. MacKinnon

Geraldine M. MacKinnon, 69, of 94 Stanton Ave. died Sunday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 13, 1933, daughter of James and Grace Hammerton Layden, she was a 1951...

Edith M. Butler

Edith M. Butler, 87, formerly of Columbia Arms, died yesterday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since September. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1915,...

Homer H. Sherman

Homer H. Sherman, 88, of Country Roads Mobile Home Park died Sunday at Craneville Place of Dalton. Born in Savoy on May 26, 1914, son of Leslie H. and Eva Turner Sherman, he was a graduate of...

Elizabeth J. Fares

Elizabeth J. Fares, 89, of 101 Mountain Drive died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Greenfield on April 18, 1914, daughter of Angelo and Jennie Marfio Bruno, she was educated there and...

Carmelina M. Cirillo

Carmelina M. Cirillo, 75, of 176 Columbus Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Chester, Pa., on June 20, 1927, daughter of Joseph and Josephine Cardillo Catinella, she came to...

Marguerite J. Carosso

Marguerite J. Carosso, 93, of 1 Gaslight Drive, Yarmouthport, formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at home. Born in Hericourt, France, on June 23, 1909, daughter of Charles and Helen Aubert Gable,...

Leslie E. Perkins Jr., 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Leslie Edmond "Sonny" Perkins Jr., 63, of 493 Wahconah St. died Sunday evening, May 18, 2003, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 25, 1939, son of...

Roland Thomas Roy

Roland Thomas Roy, 70, of 57 Fabyan Point, Newington, N.H., died Friday at home. His sister, Lucille Horton, lives in Pittsfield. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Dec. 29, 1932, son of Alfred and...

Minnie M. James

Minnie M. James, 101, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for three years. She lived on Jaynes Street in Lenox for more than 64 years. Born in Ashley Falls on June 16,...

William F. Hanford

William F. Hanford, 91, formerly of 111 Brown St., died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided for two years. . Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1911, son of Thomas and Frances...

Hazel S. Roberts

Hazel S. Roberts, 90, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community died yesterday at its nursing care center. Born in Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 4, 1912, daughter of Claus G. and Ida Roos Swanson, she...

Genevieve Conti

Genevieve Conti, 78, of 9 Pleasure Ave., died yesterday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in Cheshire on April 6, 1925, daughter of Joseph and Nell Fertek Wanat, she was a 1943 graduate of...

James P. Renzi

James P. Renzi, 87, of 650 Crane Ave. died Thursday at his home as a result of a lawn tractor mower accident. Born in Pittsfield June 7, 1915, son of Antonio and Rose Pannone Renzi, he attended...

Ronald J. Halpin

Ronald J. Halpin, 65, of 158 Plunkett St., died Thursday afternoon at Tufts University Medical Center in Boston. Born in Pittsfield April 29, 1938, son of Mildren Barden Halpin Thompson and...

Henry T. “Bubby” DeAngelo Adams

Henry T. “Bubby” DeAngelo Adams, 43, of 12 Hillside Ave. died Wednesday afternoon at the home of his sister, Claudette Roberts, with whom he resided at 276 Columbus Ave. Born in...

Daniel Landers

Daniel Landers, 66, of 202 Orchard Road died Saturday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, on Dec. 7, 1936, son of Daniel T. and Bridget...

George A. Brown

George A. Brown, 86, of Popponesset Beach, Mashpee, formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday, May 11, at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. Born in Lanesboro on June 26, 1916, son of George and Anna...

Phyllis H. Martin

Phyllis H. Martin, 82, a former Lenox resident, died Thursday evening at Richland Palmetto Hospital in Columbia, S.C. She was the Lenox tax collector for 22 years, retiring in 1986. Born in...

Thomas Joseph Varanka

Thomas Joseph Varanka, 60, of 45 Merriam St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 5, 1942, the son of Joseph J. and Eileen Mahan Varanka, he...

Arthur J. Pero Jr

Arthur J. Pero Jr., 81, of 190 Lenox Ave., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Nov. 11, 1921, son of Arthur J. Pero Sr. and Anna Thompson Pero, he was a 1940 graduate of...

Eleanor Marie Appleton

Eleanor Marie Appleton, 68, of 38 Essex St., died Wednesday morning at her home. Born in Pittsfield Oct. 6, 1934, daughter of Amedee and Rose Garneau Cornellier, she attended the former Notre...