Obituaries

Nancy Higgins Flory

Nancy Higgins Flory, 63, of 23 Winter St., Fitchburg, died Thursday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 17, 1939,...

Henry R. Butler

Henry R. Butler, 91, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown, died at the Berkshire Medical Center yesterday shortly after being admitted. He was a resident of 914 E. New Lenox Road during summers and...

Leonard A. Bona

Leonard A. Bona, 66, of 75 Roaring Brook Road, died Thursday night at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 27, 1936, son of Leila Merletto Bona and the late Lawrence Bona, he was...

Gae E. Manning

Gae E. Manning, 55, of 175 Smith Road, died yesterday morning at her home after a three-year battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield Dec. 7, 1947, daughter of William D. Striebel Sr. of Dalton and...

Joseph Casmir Grucelski

Joseph Casmir Grucelski, 87, of 179 Highland Ave., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Goetzville, Mich., March 18, 1915, son of Alexander Grucelski and Helen Zich...

Tanya Williams

Tanya Williams, 28, of 20 Canal St. died Monday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester because of complications from childbirth. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 28, 1974,...

Hermann A. Clement

Hermann A. Clement, 94, formerly of 65 Columbus Ave., died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons. He was a longtime local businessman and dairy farmer. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on Jan. 12, 1909, son...

Francis J. "Mac" McCarthy

Francis J. "Mac" McCarthy, 83, of 1 Colt Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Holyoke on April 30, 1919, son of Roy and Rhea Beauchmien McCarthy, he attended Holy Rosary School...

Herberta Mae Litchfield

Herberta Mae Litchfield, 79, of 608 Hodge Road, Summerville, S.C., formerly of Hinsdale, died yesterday morning at Trident Regional Medical Center in North Charleston, S.C. Born in Chesterfield...

William E. "Punch" Demary Sr

William E. "Punch" Demary Sr., 82, of 56 Gilbert St. died Saturday at the home of his son, William E. Demary Jr. of 17 Richardson St. Born in Hinsdale on Sept. 9, 1920, son of Walter and Maude...

Alice M. Bailey

Alice M. Bailey, 97, formerly of 33 Maplewood Ave., died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where she had resided since Nov. 28, 1997. Born in Lenox on Dec. 1, 1905, daughter of Jules and Mary...

Oscar K. Kipp

Oscar K. Kipp, 79, of 121 Gamwell Ave., died Wednesday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons where he had been a patient since Jan. 16. Born in Brainard, N.Y., on Oct. 17, 1923, son of William and...

Herbert T. "Bus" Sagendorph

Herbert T. "Bus" Sagendorph, 82, formerly of Housatonic Street, died Wednesday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since 1999. Born in Lenox on Nov. 24, 1920, son of Herbert...

Mignonne T. Gawron

Mignonne T. Gawron, 79, of 3 Montgomery Ave. died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since October. Born in Canada on March 22, 1923, daughter of Almord J. and...

Marie Lola Florentine

Marie Lola Florentine, 75, formerly of 49 Yorkshire Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on Staten Island, N.Y., on March 9, 1927, daughter of George and Mae Shannon Powell, she...

Louis A. Bolduc

Louis A. Bolduc, died yesterday morning at his home at 46 Alfred Drive following a long illness. He was 71. A former longtime city health commissioner Bolduc joined the Pittsfield Department of...

Marie Rose Beaulieu

Marie Rose Beaulieu, 82, formerly of High Street, died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she had resided since May 2001. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Aug. 13, 1920, daughter of John...

Charles M. "Rusty" Kennedy

Charles M. "Rusty" Kennedy, 53, of 51 Sadler Ave. died Saturday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1949, son of Charles E. and Agnes L. Hanrath Kennedy, he graduated in 1967 from...

Mark B. Reder

Mark B. Reder, 45, of Chatham, N.J., formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield, son of Marjorie Rothkopf Reder and the late Edwin E. Reder, he was a 1975 graduate of...

Catherine S. "Kay" Hoffman

Catherine S. "Kay" Hoffman, 85, of 176 Windsor Ave. died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Death followed a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 17, 1917, daughter of Louis F. and...

Kathleen E. Mattia

Kathleen E. Mattia, 73, of 65 Columbus Ave. died Tuesday morning at home after a brief illness. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on April 12, 1929, daughter of Merrill R. and Marian Geerholt Burns, she...

George Harvey Culverwell

George Harvey Culverwell, 90, formerly of 43 Crane Ave. died Monday afternoon at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since 1999. Born in Port Jervis, N.Y., on Sept. 15, 1912, son of...

Anthony G. Russo

Anthony G. Russo, 77, of 49 Peck's Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 7, 1926, son of Frank and Caroline Lucci Russo, he was a...

Bernard O. Plouffe

Bernard O. Plouffe, 86, of 90 McIntosh Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 30, 1916, son of Frank and Emma Langer Plouffe, he was a 1936 graduate of...

Ronald F. "Skip" Hammond Jr.

Ronald F. "Skip" Hammond Jr., 44, of 30 Beacon St., died suddenly Friday morning at home. Born on July 2, 1958, in Pittsfield, the son of Ronald F. and Marlene W. Ketcham Hammond Sr., he was...