Obituaries

Janet Cheney

Janet Cheney, 68, of 360 West Housatonic St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center, where she was admitted Sunday. She was a former resident of 312 Walnut St., North Adams. Born in Reading, Pa.,...

Edrie G. Russell

Edrie G. Russell, 97, formerly of 179 Curtis Ave., died Sunday at Craneville Place, where she had resided since August 2000. Born in Dalton on Jan. 19, 1905, daughter of Calvin and Rose Goodermote...

Sonya Wessel

Sonya Wessel, 76, of 98 Golden Hill Road died Friday morning at home. Born in New York City on Jan. 27, 1926, daughter of Joseph O. and Ruth Boardman Chassell, she was raised in Rochester, N.Y.,...

Frank Pakiela Jr.

Frank R. Pakiela Jr., 77, of 147 Alfred Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on April 21, 1924, son of Franciszek and Martha Kacikowska Pakiela, he graduated...

Dr. Christopher Mamonas

Dr. Christopher Mamonas, 87, of Brewster, formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at the home of his caregiver in Hyannis, where he had resided since 1982. Born in Haverhill on June 4, 1914, son of...

Paul F. Smith

Paul F. Smith, 82, of 22 Whittier Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 30, 1919, son of Harry A. and Mary Ellis Smith, he graduated in 1937 from...

Bertha Burns

Bertha Burns, 96, formerly of 44 Copley Terrace and 153 South St., and most recently of 99 Second St., died Wednesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York, N.Y., on Dec. 22,...

Agnes H. Squires

Agnes Hayes Parslow Squires, 90, formerly of First Street, died Wednesday evening at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since March 17, 2000. She had previously resided at Senior Lodge,...

Louise C. Brower

Louise C. Brower, 77, of 169 Valentine Road died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for more than two years. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 27, 1925, daughter of William and Cora...

John Silen

John Silen, 76, of 94 Cromwell Ave. died Tuesday morning at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Albany, N.Y. Born in Pittsfield on April 5, 1925, son of Kuzma and Mary Kasuba Silen, he...

Gladys R. Bartlett

Gladys Ruth Bartlett, 95, formerly of Jolindy Road, died Tuesday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 27, 1906, she was one of 14 children born to John Henry and Harriet Hall...

June J. Allison

June Janet Allison, 77, of , formerly of Pittsfield, died March 7 in Reno, Nev. Born in Reading, Pa., on May 11, 1924, daughter of Leroy and Hannah Ruth, she received her nursing degree from the...

James F. Gibbons

James F. Gibbons, 77, of 39 Joan Drive, a longtime school administrator and educator, died Monday morning at his daughter's home in Wayland. Born in Clinton on April 25, 1924, son of James F....

James Duquette

James H. Duquette, 59, of 15 Pine St. died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 16, 1942, son of John W. and S. Florence Hickey Duquette, he was a 1960 graduate...

Charles H. Vickery

Charles H. Vickery, 96, of North Quidnessett Road, North Kingstown, R.I., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Scalabrini Villa in North Kingston, R.I. Born in Pittsfield on May 17, 1905, son...

John Provencher

John Wallace Provencher Sr., 68, of 66 South John St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 9, 1933, son of Ephriam and Dorothy Ellis Provencher, he was a graduate...

Arnold J. Barclay

Arnold J. Barclay, 83, of 325 Hinsdale Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Newport, R.I., on May 16, 1918, son of George N. and Bessie Forrester Barclay, he was...

Mildred Cheevers

Mildred M. Cheevers, 95, of 1174 Tanager Road, Millersville, Md., formerly of 14 View St., died Wednesday at Heritage Harbor Health & Rehabilitation in Millersville. Born in Great Barrington on...

Candace Kelley-Farakoukis

Candace Ann Kelley-Farakoukis, 49, of Pittsfield died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Maitland, Fla., on Aug. 14, 1952, daughter of Joseph T. and Dorothy Fox Kelley, she was a...

Arttie P. Gomez

Arttie P. Gomez, 44, of 173 Appleton Ave., died Wednesday at home. Born in New York City on July 23, 1957, son of Julia Piar Gomez and the late Artemio Gomez, he was a 1975 graduate of Stuyvesant...

Edward McCabe

F. Edward McCabe, 81, of North Palm Beach Heights, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at a hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on July 6, 1920, son of Edward Michael McCabe...

Robert Ewing Jr.

Robert F. Ewing Jr., 84, of Anderson, S.C., a former Pittsfield resident, died March 11 at R.M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home in Anderson. Born Oct. 16, 1917, in Brighton, son of Robert F. Ewing...

Alyce E. Goodrich

Alyce Elizabeth Goodrich, 82, formerly of Curtis Manor, died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She had resided at Providence Care Center of Lenox for a year. Born in...

Gladys O'Donnell

Gladys V. O'Donnell, 85, formerly of Rose Manor, died Sunday at Lexington Health Care Center in Elmhurst, Ill. She moved to Elmhurst three years ago to live with her daughter, Lynn Koscher. Born...

Gail L. Carver

Gail L. Carver, 76, of 48 Maple Grove Drive died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Newark, N.J., on Aug. 15, 1925, daughter of Felix and Rose Cutrone Izzo, she attended schools in...