Obituaries

Marcia Colleen Nocher

Marcia Colleen Nocher, 50, of 2006 East St. died Tuesday evening at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 8, 1953, daughter of Marion Slosky Loehr of Pittsfield and the late...

Angelina Gilardi

Angelina Gilardi, 95, formerly of 15 Holmeswood Terrace, died Monday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided since Jan. 29. Born in Sorio, province of Vicenza, Italy, on Jan....

Anna Farina

Anna Farina, 90, of 100 Second St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on June 14, 1912, daughter of Peter and Veglia Cassella Pignone, she graduated from New York City...

Thomas H. Sherman

Thomas H. Sherman, 81, of 14C Highview Drive died Saturday evening at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. Born in New York City on Aug. 13, 1921, son of Thomas D.H. and Bessie Perrira...

Jack H. Paley

Jack H. Paley, 81, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Naples Community Hospital. Born July 12, 1921, in New York City, son of David and Lydia Gasner Paley, he was a...

Gary V. Burtt

Gary V. Burtt, 66, of 115 Egremont Ave., died at Berkshire Medical Center on Wednesday. Born in Blain, Maine, Nov. 28, 1936, son of the Rev. Vernon and Hortense Craig Burtt, he was a graduate of...

Madeleine M. Basiliere

Madeleine M. Basiliere, 86, of 109 Housatonic St., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Providence, R.I., on Dec. 24, 1916, daughter of John and Bridgette Coyle Betters, she...

Sanford P. “Sank” Kay

Sanford P. “Sank” Kay, 79, of Churchill Crest, died Tuesday morning in Berkshire Medical Center’s skilled nursing unit. He and his family owned several clothing stores in...

William J. Nickum

William J. Nickum, 74, of 272 South Mountain Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New Castle, Pa., on Feb. 19, 1929, son of Gibson W. and Sara Eve Nickum, he was a 1947...

Rosemarie Winstanley

Rosemarie Winstanley, 73, of Sunset Avenue died Saturday morning at home. She was chairman of the Allied Board of Mental Health for the commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1996 to 2000. Born in...

Amelia A. Morris

Amelia A. Morris, 83, formerly of 36 Lakewood Drive, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since November 1997. Born on April 6, 1920, in Pittsfield, daughter of Joseph and...

Irene M. Eichorn

Irene M. Eichorn, 87, formerly of 177 High St., died Friday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for a week. She had resided at Cameron House in Lenox for two years. Born in Adams...

Russell C. Thomas

Russell C. Thomas, 91, of 674 West Housatonic St., died at Springside of Pittsfield yesterday. He had resided there since July 2000. Born in Pittsfield June 18, 1911, son of Henry F. and E....

Louis P. Coco Sr

Louis P. Coco Sr., 83, of 180 Velma Ave., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee Sept. 12, 1919, son of Peter and Spizia Esoldi Coco, he attended Lee schools. He was a veteran...

Ruth E. Wright

Ruth E. Wright, 79, of 32 Old Stockbridge Road died Wednesday morning at home. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., on Dec. 21, 1923, daughter of Robert J. and Ethel C. Hambidge Gray, she moved as a child to...

William R. Tietgens Sr

William R. Tietgens Sr., 63, of 40 Roland St. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 17, 1939, son of Herman C. Tietgens Sr. and...

William J. Suttle

William J. Suttle, 66, of 70 Trafton Road, Springfield, formerly of 10 Union Court, died Wednesday at home following a brief illness. He moved to Springfield several years ago. Born in...

Catherine T. Mele

Catherine T. Mele, 94, formerly of 132 High St., died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since 1992. Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Jan. 29, 1909, daughter of Joseph...

Edward W. Callahan

Edward W. Callahan, 82, of General Cobb Street, Taunton, a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday at home following a short illness. Born on June 9, 1920, son of Edward and Jane Webb Callahan, he was...

Arthur E. Murphy Sr

Arthur E. Murphy Sr., 76, of 199 Tampa Ave. died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 26, 1927, son of James Murphy Sr. and Myrtle Smith...

Ruth M. Martin

Ruth M. Martin, 89, of 169 Valentine Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 21, 1913, daughter of Henry A. and Rose Morrow Cote, she was a graduate...

Priscilla Jean Harford

Priscilla Jean Harford, 77, of 169 Mohegan St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. A resident of Lanesboro for 32 years, she had moved to Pittsfield two years ago. She was born in...

William E. Barnes Jr.

William E. Barnes Jr., 68, of 20 Barker Road, died Thursday at his home after suffering an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield July 3, 1934, son of William E. Barnes Sr. and Marjorie A....

Arthur R. Burnell

Arthur R. Burnell, 71, of 11 Curtis Terrace died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 9, 1931, son of Ernest Francis Burnell Sr. and Irene Chamberlain Burnell, he attended local schools....

Helen J. Britigan

Helen J. Britigan, 79, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments, Elberon Avenue, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Craneville Place of Dalton for five years. Born in...