Obituaries

Alice H. VanDeusen

Alice H. VanDeusen, 79, formerly of Pomeroy Manor, died at Berkshire Medical Center on Thursday. Born in North Adams on Sept. 14, 1923, daughter of Floyd L. and Elizabeth H. McAdoo Stiles, she...

Peter P. Ricchi

Peter P. Ricchi, 93, of 1408 Lakewood Drive, McKinney, Texas, died Thursday at Homestead of McKinney assisted living center, where he had resided since October 2002. He was a former resident of...

Rita Harvey

Rita Harvey, 72, of 14 Wellington Ave., died at Berkshire Medical Center yesterday. Born in Pittsfield March 3, 1930, daughter of Edward and Alice Ryder Smith, she attended Pittsfield...

Marion E. Cooney

Marion E. Cooney, 82, formerly of 515 Tyler St. died Thursday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 1, 1921, daughter of Edward A. and Mary M. Reynolds Meehan, she attended...

Edwin R. Grady Jr

Edwin R. Grady Jr., an educator and administrator whose career with Pittsfield schools spanned more than three decades, died Tuesday morning in Quebec, Canada. He was 85. Mr. Grady, who lived at...

Kenneth Walter Bernier

Kenneth Walter Bernier, 72, of 15 Country Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 10, 1930, son of Andrew and Pearl Wescott Bernier, he...

Florence M. Lemanski

Florence M. Lemanski, 82, of 19 Foote Ave. died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center, where she had been admitted Jan. 23. Born in Pittsfield on May 7, 1920, daughter of William L. and...

Edna L. Denison

Edna L. Denison, 81, formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Governors Center nursing home in Westfield. Born in Dalton on July 18, 1921, daughter of John H. and Caroline Halliday Loomis, she...

Edmund J. Hospod

Edmund J. Hospod, 77, of 114 Harryel St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Sept. 1, 1925, son of Antoni and Magalena Guzdek Hospod, he was a 1943 graduate of Pittsfield...

Anna Bazzano

Anna Bazzano, 94, of 27 Harding St. died Tuesday afternoon at home. Born in Sortino, Sicily, Italy, on June 6, 1908, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Petruzelo, she attended schools in Sicily. She...

Gertrude Budnick

Gertrude Budnick, 86, of the Bronx, N.Y., died yesterday afternoon at home. She was the mother of Susan Zuckerman of Pittsfield. Born in Hudson, N.Y., on May 28, 1916, daughter of Max and Anna...

Esther S. Markowitz

Esther S. Markowitz, 78, of 90 Dodge Ave. died Monday evening at home following a long illness. Born in Bangor, Maine, on Nov. 4, 1924, daughter of Nathan and Fannie Kamner Smith, she was a 1942...

Gerson George Gordon

Gerson George Gordon, 84, of Muirfield Drive died Sunday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Wurtenberg, Germany, on March 23, 1918, son of Sydney and RoseGordon, he came to...

Emil J. "Supy" Supranowicz

Emil J. "Supy" Supranowicz, 78, of 55 Allengate Ave. died Sunday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for three days. Born in Pittsfield on May 13, 1924, son of Paul A. and Jadwiga...

Antonio M. Corrente

Antonio M. Corrente, 83, of 1209 North Westcott Road, Rotterdam, N.Y., formerly of 104 Lebanon Ave., died Sunday evening at home. Born in Providence, R.I., on July 8, 1919, son of Carmine and...

Melvin Schwartz

Melvin Schwartz, 73, of 22 Marlboro Drive died yesterday morning at home. Born in New York City on Oct. 19, 1929, son of Leon and Hannah Nichthauser Schwartz, he was a 1946 graduate of the Bronx...

James P. Gasser

James P. Gasser, 96, of PineHill at Kimball Farms died yesterday at home. Born in New York City on May 6, 1906, son of Roy and Josephine Wise Gasser, he was a 1925 graduate of Exeter Preparatory...

Ralph W. Emerson

Ralph W. Emerson, 76, of 13 North Lincoln Ave., Lehigh Acres, Fla., and State Road in Richmond, died Wednesday at Hope Hospice in Fort Myers, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on March 28, 1926, son of...

Marie T. Staro

Marie T. Staro, 89, who formerly resided at 84 Tor Court, died Thursday at Craneville Place of Dalton, 265 Main St., where she had resided since Dec. 9, 1998. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on May 1,...

Vincent Eugene Blake

Vincent Eugene Blake, 88, formerly of Springside Avenue, died Monday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided for two years. Born in Lenox on July 9, 1914, son of George and...

Richard Edward Vittone

Richard Edward Vittone, 76, of 691 Crane Ave. died Sunday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after suffering a stroke. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 13, 1926, son of Anthony R. and Sarah E....

Joseph M. Schnopp

Joseph M. Schnopp, 83, of 629 Hancock Road died Saturday at home. Born in Hinsdale on April 29, 1919, son of Francis and Johanna Butler Schnopp, he attended schools there and in Dalton. He moved...

Alice Lena Russo

Alice Lena Russo, 90, of 159 Elizabeth St. died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for six years. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 29, 1912, daughter of Frank and Emily Detrich...

Lillian H. Kirchner

Lillian H. Kirchner, 98, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshire Town, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 11, 1904, daughter of Reinhold C. and Hedwig W. Boerner Welz, she...

James "Jay" Harrison

James "Jay" Harrison, 88, of 37 Westwood Road died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 16, 1914, son of William and Mary Ann Walsh Harrison, he was a 1932...