Obituaries

Alfred Schirmer

Alfred N. Schirmer, 88, formerly of Pine Grove Manor, died yesterday at Four Corners Health Care Center in Durango, Colo., where he had resided for more than a year. Born in London on Oct. 29,...

Madeline Dillon

Madeline M. Dillon, 94, of 320 Pittsfield Road died Sunday evening at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided for 2 1/2 years. Born on May 31, 1907 in Pittsfield, daughter of David...

Gilmore T. Schjeldahl

Gilmore Tilmen "Shelly" Schjeldahl, 89, of Devonshire Estates, 329 Pittsfield Road, died Sunday evening at home. Born in Esmond, N.D., on June 1, 1912, son of Ole C. and Anna Bentley Schjeldahl,...

Evan A. Giaquinta

Evan Arthur Giaquinta, 20, of 5194 Hemingway Circle, Naples, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 2 in Naples. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 7, 1981, son of Charles L. and JoAnne Serelis...

Chester Brodalski

Chester John Brodalski, 83, of 117 Meadowview Drive died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on March 15, 1918, son of Joseph and Victoria Belch Brodalski, he was a 1936...

Rudolph J. Dassat

Rudolph J. Dassat, 88, of 81 Howard St. died yesterday at home. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Jan. 24, 1914, son of Emilio and Anna Cengia Dassat, he attended schools there and moved to Pittsfield in...

Megan Robles-Perkins

Megan Elizabeth Robles-Perkins, 7, of Brown St., died Tuesday at Children's Hospital in Boston. Born in Easthampton on March 5, 1995, daughter of Marcel Robles and Hope Perkins, she moved to...

Dorothy S. Lepisto

Dorothy S. Lepisto, 88, formerly of 39 Dan Ave., died yesterday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where she had resided since 1991. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 24, 1913, daughter of Lloyd A. Stokes...

Charles F. Sheran

Charles F. "Buddy" Sheran, 69, of 6436 Salt Water Boulevard, Hudson, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 26, 1933, son of Francis J. and Lillian Carrow...

Annie L. Wheeler

Annie Louise Wheeler, 94, formerly of Pine Grove Manor, died Monday at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she had resided since July 1996. Born in Mill End, Herts, England, on March 31, 1907,...

Tresa C. Wilson

Tresa C. Wilson, 66, of Apex, N.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., after a 17-year battle with cancer. Born in Gardner on March 23, 1935, daughter of...

Mary M. Bliss

Mary M. Bliss, 82, of 185 East Thrasher Drive, Bronson, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Feb. 14 in North Florida Regional Hospital in Gainesville. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 12, 1919, daughter...

Marjorie A. Blake

Marjorie A. Blake, 84, of New Freedom, Pa., formerly of Hinsdale, died yesterday at York Hospital in York, Pa., following a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 29, 1917, daughter of Jesse J....

Kenneth Flanders

Kenneth R. Flanders, 71, of 194 Lebanon Ave. died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 26, 1930, son of Ralph and Amelia DePatis Flanders, he attended local schools. He moved to California...

John Moriarty Jr.

John M. Moriarty Jr., 63, of 47 Lake St., Gardner, died yesterday at Heywood Hospital in Gardner after a long illness. He was the father of Amy Cote of Pittsfield. Born in Gardner on June 14,...

Elizabeth DiPierro

Elizabeth L. "Betty" DiPierro, 87, of 600 Main St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 3, 1914, daughter of Everton and Edna Hooper Parker, she attended schools in Dalton and...

Joseph F. Roberts

Joseph F. Roberts, 79, of 194 Windsor Ave. died Sunday evening at the Venice Hospital in Venice, Fla., shortly after being admitted. Born in Holyoke on March 11, 1922, son of Joseph A. and...

John T. Novo

John Thomas Novo, 75, formerly of Turnure Terrace, died Thursday at the Center for Optimum Care in Pittsfield, where he had resided for the past four years. Born in Lenox on Sept. 11, 1926, son of...

Lindsey M. Ferrell

Lindsey Marie Ferrell, 16, of 677 Main St. died Saturday night from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Hinsdale. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 25, 1985, daughter of Roger A. "Jay"...

George L. DeGrenier, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — George Lionel DeGrenier, 85, of Rose Manor, 195 Elberon Ave., died Sunday, March 3, 2003, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Jan. 2, 1917, son of William...

Darrell J. Brunet

Darrell James Brunet, 18, of 262 George Schnopp Road died Saturday evening from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Hinsdale. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 22, 1983, son of Kris and...

Stokes W. Hall

Stokes W. Hall, 78, of 195 King St. died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Coldwater, Miss., on May 13, 1923, son of Wilson A. and Roberta Howard Hall, he moved to New York as a child...

Rose Marie Sauerborn

Rose Marie Sauerborn, 86, of 63 Northumberland Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on Aug. 20, 1915, daughter of Charles and Mary Barbera Gaetani, she moved to...

Mariellen Elger

Mariellen "Patty" Jefferies Elger, 80, of 9 Briarwood Lane died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided in Hinsdale for 20 years before moving to Pittsfield 20 years ago. Born in...

Evelyn C. Thibault

Evelyn Corrine Thibault, 92, formerly of 15 Abbott St., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Place. Born in Adams on Nov. 10, 1909, daughter of Harvey and Corrine Gagne Rabouin, she was a graduate...