Obituaries

Claire Cecilia Meunier

Claire Cecilia Meunier, 89, of 12 State Road died Saturday afternoon at home. Born in Lee on Dec. 15, 1913, daughter of Thomas and Ellen "Nellie" Brophy Bradley, she was a 1932 graduate of the...

Kenneth F. Mathews

Kenneth F. Mathews, 81, of 40 Pine St. died yesterday at home. Born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., on Jan. 20, 1922, son of William B. and Maud Simpson Mathews, he was a graduate of St. Johnsbury High...

Alice Elizabeth Delphia

Alice Elizabeth Delphia, 83, of 25 Blue Pine Circle, Penfield, N.Y., a former resident of Draper Avenue for over 50 years, died Wednesday at Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, N.Y. Born in...

Adelaide Anna Ray

Adelaide Anna Ray, 70, of 32 Dalton Ave. died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 22, 1932, daughter of John J. Ray Sr. and Lena E. Favre Ray, she was a 1950...

Maria C. Talora

Maria C. Talora, 92, of 41 Plunkett St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in FrancaVilla Angitola, province of Catanzaro, Italy, on Nov. 16, 1910, daughter of Rosario and Cristina...

Hal E. Clevenger

Hal E. Clevenger, 80, of 30 Lebanon Ave. died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since October 2001. Born in New York City on Jan. 19, 1923, son of Hal H. and Bertha H. Winn...

Eleanor Choiniere

Eleanor Choiniere, 86, of West Cornwall, Conn., died Tuesday at Litchfield Woods in Torrington, Conn. She was the mother of Joanne Woodworth of Pittsfield. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Oct....

Donald Kirkpatrick

Donald Kirkpatrick, 88, of 39 Alden Ave. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Braintree on Oct. 1, 1914, son of Arthur W. and Maude Winthrop Lincoln Kirkpatrick, he was a 1933...

Marilyn Ann Horne

Marilyn Ann Horne, 69, of 46 Richard Drive and 141 Wading Bird Circle, Naples, Fla., died Monday at Naples Community Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 14, 1933, daughter of John H. and Margaret...

Edythe P. Reid

Edythe P. Reid, 75, formerly of Cole Avenue, died Sunday at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since June 2000. Born in Pittsfield on April 23, 1927, daughter of John and Estella Grant...

Stephen Michael Truchan

Stephen Michael Truchan, 41, of 339 West Ave., Ludlow, died Saturday at home of a brain tumor. His family was at his side. He was a former resident of Pittsfield and a volunteer member of the...

Vincent S. Magnano

Vincent S. Magnano, 84, of 51 Longfellow Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 12, 1918, son of Thomas S. Magnano and Rose Monito Magnano Genovese, he...

Anne Y. Forfa Juliano

Anne Y. Forfa Juliano, 79, of 31 Boylston St. died Friday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 15, 1923, daughter of Lionel and Alice Snow Gagnon, she was a 1941 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Dr. Winthrop E. Brielman

Dr. Winthrop E. Brielman, a longtime Pittsfield veterinarian, died Saturday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. He was 80. Dr. Brielman, who had lived at 791 Holmes Road, came from a...

Benita Posella

Benita Posella, 79, of 114 Elberon Ave., died Friday after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Pittsfield on March 16, 1923, daughter of Vincenzo A. and Mary Carnute Bruni, she...

Minnie Julia Patterson

Minnie Julia Patterson, 105, of 20 Revilla Terrace, died Friday evening at home. Born in Utica, N.Y., on Feb. 5, 1898, daughter of Frederick and Rose Klossner Humphrey, she attended schools in...

George J. Kastrinakis

George J. Kastrinakis, 94, of the Masonic Home, 88 Masonic Home Road, Charlton, formerly of Springfield, died Friday at the home. He was the father of John G. Kastrinakis of Lenox. Born in...

Leslie F. Clark

Leslie F. Clark, 89, of Clover Hill Farm, Route 41, died Friday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee. Born in Richmond on his family's farm on Jan. 9, 1914, son of A. Harry and Gertrude Peirson Clark, he...

James W. Briggs

James W. Briggs, 90, of 63 North St., died yesterdayat Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Dalton on April 25, 1912, son of James W. and Gertrude Hughes Briggs, he attended Dalton and...

Alfred D. Scipione, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alfred D. Scipione, 95, of Westwood, died March 6, 2003, at New England Sinai Hospital in Stoughton. He was the father of Phyllis DeMartino of Pittsfield. Born in Boston...

Martin John Emerson

Martin John Emerson, 72, former wiring inspector for Dalton and Hinsdale, died yesterday at his home in Albany, Ga., where he moved following his retirement. Born in Hinsdale on Nov. 20, 1930, son...

Rose Sidman

Rose Sidman, 96, of Kimball Farms, 40 Sunset St., formerly of Hallandale, Fla., died yesterday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Trenton, N.J., on June 15, 1906, daughter of Aaron and...

Patricia A. McKane

Patricia A. McKane, 87, formerly of Windsor Avenue, died Tuesday at Penacook Place in Haverhill. Born in North Adams on April 17, 1915, daughter of Wilfred A. and Mabel M. LaLiberte Brosseau, she...

Joseph Steinberg

Joseph Steinberg, 84, of Devonshire Estates died Monday morning at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Born in Philadelphia on Oct. 1, 1918, son of Charles and Fanny Steinberg, he graduated...

Christopher Dale Hisert

Christopher Dale Hisert, 30, of 214 Francis Ave., died Monday at his home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 11, 1972, son of Robert D. Hisert of Pittsfield and Linda A. Brian Hisert Murach of Cheshire,...