Obituaries

Gladys L. Knight

Gladys L. Knight, 81, of 70 Hazelwood Terrace died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 24, 1921, daughter of Walter and Agnes Wager Wilker, she was a 1939 graduate of...

Rita Rose Squires

Rita Rose Squires, 73, formerly of 31 Bradford St., died yesterday morning at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 18, 1928, daughter of Richard and Marjorie Sigsworth Doyle,...

Francis Carl Boschetti

Francis Carl Boschetti, 75, of 42 Lillian St. died yesterday at the Berkshire Medical Center skilled nursing facility. Born in Pittsfield on April 12, 1927, son of John and Mary Parrino Boschetti,...

John R. Cooney

John R. Cooney, 82, of 39 Maplewood Ave. died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 6, 1919, son of John M. and F. Irene Scully Cooney, he was a 1937 graduate of...

Rachel Helen Jasanis

Rachel Helen Jasanis, 80, of 1952 East St. died yesterday morning at Springside Nursing Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 11, 1922, daughter of Pasquale and Mary Borelli Maiorano, she was...

Marya A. McNally

Marya A. McNally, 87, of Pine Hill Retirement Com-munity at Kimball Farms died yesterday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Facility, where she had resided since 2000. Born in Jersey City,...

John Blanquart

John Blanquart, 83, of Bradford Arms Apartments died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in North Adams on July 2, 1919, son of Marie Alphonsine Blanquart, and the adopted son of...

Bernadette M. LaFrance

Bernadette M. LaFrance, 70, of 84 Clydesdale Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Fall River on Jan. 3, 1932, the 14th child of Joseph O. and Marie L. Cherette LaFleur, she...

Judith Mary Esoldi

Judith Mary Esoldi, 93, of 19 Underhill Place died yesterday at home. Born in Canaan, Conn., on May 16, 1909, daughter of Simon and Madeline Tavelli Demastrie, she moved to Adams as a child and...

Virginia A. Sanginetti

Virginia A. Sanginetti, 74, of 325 Fenn St. died Saturday at home. She was co-owner and dispatcher for Fenn Street Towing Service until 1992. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 25, 1928, daughter of...

Theresa A. Brothers, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Theresa A. Brothers, 68, of 15 Morningview Drive died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2002, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Dec. 1, 1933, daughter of Arduino B....

Annie L. Litano

Annie L. Litano, 85, formerly of 312 Wahconah St., died yesterday morning at Springside Nursing Home. Born in Stuyvesant Falls, N.Y., on April 21, 1917, daughter of John and Carrie (Crabtree)...

Shirley F. Roberts

Shirley F. Roberts, 70, of 12 Sunnyside Drive died yesterday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington, where she had resided since November 1999. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 24, 1931, daughter of...

Maria Dorotea Jaroslava Hybler Krofta

Maria Dorotea Jaroslava Hybler Krofta, 85, of Yokun Ave. died yesterday at home. Born October 27, 1916, in Jaroslav, which is now part of Poland, she was the daughter of Marie Swoboda and Julius...

James A. Tobin

James A. Tobin, 95, of 270 Allengate Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 15, 1907, son of William H. and Eleanor Cahill Tobin, he was a 1926 graduate of St....

Isabelle H. Solak

Isabelle H. Solak, 89, of 31 New Hampshire Ave. died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 27, 1913, daughter of Joseph and Apolonia Zarzecki Solak, she attended local...

Agnes Barbara Kolbusz

Agnes Barbara Kolbusz, 89, of 46 Madison Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 29, 1913, daughter of Stanislaw and Stephanie Kuzia Kobus, she attended local schools. She...

Phillip Joseph LeClair Sr.

Phillip Joseph LeClair Sr., 67, formerly of 4 Park Terrace, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. He had been a patient at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington for eight months....

Robert A. Vincent

Robert A. Vincent, 60, formerly of Lake Onota Village on Valentine Road, died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on March 30, 1942, son of Walter W. and Elizabeth H. Kelly...

Albert N. "Bart" Pignatelli Sr.

Albert N. "Bart" Pignatelli Sr., 86, of Taconic Avenue died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lenox on Aug. 20, 1916, son of Giovanni and Nicolina Caggino Pignatelli, he was a 1935...

Lois R. Morrison

Lois R. Morrison, 69, of 12 Whitehead Place died Sunday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 3, 1933, daughter of Stanley J. and Jennie L. Hermanski Wilkes, she was a 1951 graduate of...

Wayne J. Giroux

Wayne J. Giroux, 53, of 219 Appleton Ave. died Tuesday evening at home of Lou Gehrig's disease. Born in North Adams on Jan. 9, 1949, son of Roland A. and Marion LeSage Giroux, he was a graduate...

Richard W. Langlois

Richard W. Langlois, 68, of 50 Highland Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 25, 1934, son of Wilfred E. and Mary Ryder Langlois, he attended local schools. He served in the...

Mary S. Maston

Mary S. Maston, 85, of 41 Branch St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 2, 1917, daughter of Emanuel A. and Mary Zahn Schiffman, she attended local schools and...

Rita R. Avery

Rita R. Avery, 84, of 109 Housatonic St. died Friday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home, where she had resided since July. Born in Pittsfield on June 23, 1918, daughter of Albert and Ruth Decelles...