Obituaries

Carmina Polchlopek

Carmina N. Polchlopek, 78, of 20 Riverview West died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she was admitted in February. Born in Pittsfield on April 25, 1924, daughter of...

Sandra J. Shapiro

Sandra J. Shapiro, 75, of North Hill, Needham, formerly of 41 Tor Court, died Sunday at home. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on Oct. 12, 1926, daughter of Edward and Lena Ropeik Vinick, she graduated...

Paul J. Gazaw

Paul Joseph Gazaw, 83, of 121 West Housatonic St. died Sunday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1919, son of Joseph and Blanche Conley Gazaw, he...

Frederick Warren

Frederick L. Warren, 50, of 17 Bakers Island died Sunday at home. Born in Northampton on Jan. 18, 1952, son of Frederick R. and Elizabeth Landon Warren, he was a graduate of Smith Academy in...

James F. Pierce

James F. Pierce, 55, of 221 Cheshire Road died Saturday evening at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in Rochester, N.Y., on May 2, 1947, son of Richard F. Pierce and Virginia Carrado Pierce...

G. Kenneth Bostley

G. Kenneth Bostley, 93, formerly of 91 Smith St., Greenfield, died Saturday at Epoch Assisted Living Center at Melbourne Place. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Jan. 22, 1909, son of Albert and Mary E....

Edith M. Bertelli

Edith M. Bertelli, 95, of 728 Creamery Road died yesterday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee. Born in Venetia, Italy, on Jan. 12, 1907, daughter of Eugene and Teresa Mettifogo Pellizzaro, she came to...

M. Rita McCarthy

M. Rita McCarthy, 86, of Slingerlands, N.Y., formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center in Guilderland, N.Y. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 15, 1916, daughter of William E....

N. Marie Guzzy

N. Marie Guzzy, 90, formerly of 318 Onota St., died Tuesday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided for the past three years. Born in Williamstown on May 23, 1912, daughter of...

Mary O'Connell

Mary O'Connell, 81, of 136 Blythewood Drive died Tuesday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee. Born in Pittsfield on May 13, 1921, daughter of James and Catherine Doheny...

Phalice O'Brien Jr.

Phalice E. O'Brien Jr., 75, formerly of 99 Second St., died Monday at Hillcrest Commons Nursing Care Facility, where she had resided for four years. She had previously resided at the former Edgecomb...

Louis W. Robesch

Louis W. Robesch, 79, of 963 North Parker Terrace, Olathe, Kan., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Aug. 3, 1922, son of Louis A. and Catherine Cavanogh...

Ruth H. Tolvo

Ruth H. Tolvo, 78, of Leesburg, Fla., formerly of Lenox and South Egremont, died July 15 at Leesburg Regional Medical Center in Florida. Born in Holden on Nov. 2, 1923, daughter of Ludovic and...

Ronda M. North

Ronda M. North, 63, of Rome, Ga., died Sunday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for five weeks. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 6, 1938, daughter of Louis G. Thomas Sr. and Mary...

Roland J. Pratt Jr.

Roland J. Pratt Jr., 65, of Tremont Street, Taunton, a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday at West Roxbury Veterans Hospital after a long illness. Born on Sept. 16, 1936, son of Roland J. Pratt Sr....

Lloyd L. King

Lloyd Livingston King, 70, of 76 Bossidy Drive died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided in Pittsfield since 1968. Born in Lexington, Va., on Dec. 30, 1931, son of Howard and...

Herbert T. Armitt

Herbert Thomas Armitt, 92, of 235 Walker St., Kimball Farms Retirement Community, died Sunday evening at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where he had resided for a month. Born in Paterson, N.J.,...

Donald LaMudge

Donald H. LaMudge, 86, of Cameron House, 109 Housatonic St., died Friday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 31, 1915, son of Arthur and Margaret Higgins LaMudge,...

Mary G. Rollin

Mary Gladys Rollin, 92, of 21 Putnam Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 3, 1910, daughter of Santo and Josephine Spadaro Nigrelli, she attended schools in Pittsfield. A...

Anna M. Pianpiano

Anna M. Honiker Pianpiano, 82, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 4, 1920, daughter of Lawrence and Elizabeth Glennon...

William Urquhart

William J. Urquhart, 40, of 265 North St. died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Adams on March 9, 1962, son of James H. and Nancy Walker...

M. Louise Moser

M. Louise Moser, 98, formerly of 52 Edward Ave., died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Appenzell, Switzerland, on July 6, 1904, daughter of Pius and Lydia Halter...

Charles LeFeave

Charles R. LeFeave, 62, of 10 Union Court, formerly of 214 Francis Ave., died Monday at home. Born in Westfield on July 6, 1940, son of William and Angelina Renaud LeFeave, he attended West...

Ola L. Provost

Ola L. Provost, 93, of 91 Clarkson Ave. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on April 15, 1909, daughter of Charles and Emily Churchill Williams, she was educated in...

Gregg P. Bronk

Gregg P. Bronk, 61, of Toledo, Ohio, a former Pittsfield resident, died Sunday in Toledo. He was a former resident of Pittsfield, moving to Toledo in 1992. Born in Pittsburgh on July 28, 1940, son...