Obituaries

Kent E. Heacox

Kent E. Heacox, 81, of Colville, Wash., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Sunday in Colville. He moved to Colville in 1999. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on March 4, 1921, son of Charles Edwin...

William G. Pinsonnault, 75

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William G. Pinsonnault, 75, of F-1 Pondview Drive died Monday, June 17, 2002, at home. Born in North Adams on June 13, 1927, son of William and Beatrice Cyr Pinsonneault,...

Rena Mary Vezina

Rena Mary Vezina, 83, of 34 Michigan Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Latrobe, Pa., on Aug. 11, 1918, daughter of Albert and Domenica Tonnello Strona, she attended schools...

Mary L. Gilson

Mary L. Gilson, 97, of Pine Hill at Kimball Farms, formerly of Rolling Hills, died yesterday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided since March 29. Born in Bannales, province of...

Anna Ziolkowski

Anna L. Ziolkowski, 83, of 24 Danforth Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Housatonic on Oct. 26, 1918, daughter of Peter and Sophie Patorak Bonczak, she went to Poland at the...

Francis P. McGee

Francis Patrick McGee, 88, of 169 Valentine Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had been a resident of Hillcrest Commons since 1995. Born in Philadelphia on Dec. 26, 1913, son of...

Kirsten H. Koch

Kirsten H. "Kitty" Koch, 77, of 333 East New Lenox Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Carbondale, Pa., on May 21, 1925, daughter of Lorentz W. and Inger Kjartinge Hinrichsen,...

Rose M. Crooker

Rose Mary Crooker, 83, of 124 Devonshire Estates died Wednesday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in Brockton on July 12, 1918, daughter of Michael and Ann...

Louis Novaris Sr.

Louis Novaris Sr., 97, of 22 Pembroke Ave. died Wednesday evening at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Marseille, France, on Oct. 4, 1904, son of Joseph and Maria Cougliou Novaris, he moved to Pittsfield...

Jane Perry

Jane O'Gara Perry, 70, of 72 Oak St. Ext. died Wednesday evening at the home of her daughter, Diane M. Kelly, at 227 Raymond Ave., Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 13, 1932, daughter of Martin...

Eleanor Bender

Eleanor M. Bender, 87, of 548 South St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Amsterdam, N.Y., on Nov. 7, 1914, daughter of John and Anna Soppa Siegle, she graduated...

Elmira F. Hollister

Elmira F. Hollister, 80, of Pittsfield died Monday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1921, daughter of Philip and Ruby Clark O'Bert, she attended local schools. Mrs....

Richard L. Ginthwain, 60

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard L. Ginthwain, 60, of 15 Chickering St. died Monday, June 10, 2002, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 16, 1942, son of Kristantos and...

Katherine Dupuis

Katherine Louise Dupuis, 84, formerly of 62 Churchill Crest, died Sunday at Haywood Hospital in Gardner, where she had been a patient since May 7. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 10, 1917, daughter of...

Arthur E. Peltosalo

Arthur Everitt Peltosalo, 80, of Gibson Island, Md., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Friday at home after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. He was a former GE vice president and head of...

Julia M. Kolano

Julia M. Kolano, 88, of Davis Street, Ludlow, died Saturday at HealthSouth Hospital in Ludlow. She was the mother of Patricia E. Brien of Pittsfield. Born in Wilbraham on Nov. 1, 1913, she was the...

Eleanor M. Bryan

Eleanor M. Bryan, 93, of 52 Wahconah Heights died Saturday afternoon at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Middlefield on Oct. 14, 1908, daughter of George W. and Mary Agnes Cody Bryan, she...

Lina Elizabeth Drake

Lina Elizabeth Nason Drake, 83, of Columbia Arms, 65 Columbus Ave., died yesterday at home. Born in Dover, N.Y., on Sept. 5, 1918, daughter of Harry and Blanche Hufcut Winship, she graduated from...

Kenneth L. Hart

Kenneth L. Hart, 43, of Dalton Avenue died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Great Barrington on Jan. 29, 1959, son of Edith Pixley Hart of Pittsfield and the...

David R. Rehbein

David R. Rehbein, 66, of 79 Lakeshore Drive, West Brookfield, formerly of Pittsfield and Lenox, died Wednesday at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Born in Springfield on Feb. 24, 1936, son of Edwin...

Angelina Carnevale

Angelina Carnevale, 93, of 152 Cole Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Canton, N.Y., on Oct. 8, 1908, daughter of James and Marie Concolina Russo, she attended schools there...

Robert B. Hover

Robert B. Hover, 76, of 8 Lucille St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 31, 1925, son of Burton A. and Beatrice E. Slighter Hover, he attended local schools. He was a member of...

Norma R. Aldrich

Norma R. Aldrich, 86, of Gloucester died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Norma Morhead of Lenox. Born in Springfield on Sept. 13, 1915, she was the daughter of Carlo and Maria Tosi...

Charlotte Beaton

Charlotte Hazel Ingram Beaton, 84, of Center Sandwich, N.H., and Sun Lakes, Ariz., a native of Dalton, died April 16 at Desert Samaritan Care Center in Mesa, Ariz. Born in Dalton on Feb. 28, 1918,...

Felicitas Trzepacz

Felicitas "Fay" Trzepacz, 66, of 11 Andes Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hamburg, Germany, on March 3, 1936, daughter of Kate Krohn Ahlff and the late Gerd Ahlff, she...