Obituaries

John Dudley

John "Jack" Dudley, 75, of Stuart, Fla., a native of Lenox, died Tuesday at home. Born in Lenox on Dec. 17, 1925, son of John R. and Marie Mahoney Dudley, he graduated magna cum laude in 1950 from...

Joan M. Henwood

Joan M. Henwood, 71, of 6 Main St. died Wednesday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in New York City on April 2, 1930, daughter of Thomas and Jane Spenser Brown, she was a 1948 graduate...

David Zwerner

David Zwerner, 79, of 278 Appleton Ave. and St. Petersburg, Fla., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Tarrytown, N.Y., on July 7, 1922, son of Aaron and Lotte Zwerner, he was...

Bruno A. Galvagni

Bruno A. Galvagni, 79, of 75 Newell St. died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since Feb. 25, 1997. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 11, 1922, son of Giovanni and Rosa Galvagni...

Joseph Baldessarini

Joseph "Joe" Louis Baldessarini, 84, of 20 Dorchester Ave. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in North Adams on June 23, 1917, son of John and Catherine Fachini...

Elvira A. Spagnola

Elvira Ann Spagnola, 81, of Champagne Circle, Orlando, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Born in Farnums on June 24, 1920, daughter of Peter and...

Agnes E. Wentzell

Agnes E. Higgins Wentzell, 91, of 265 Main St., formerly of Truro, Nova Scotia, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Truro on April 23, 1910, daughter of Thomas H.L. and...

Robert A. Arnold

Robert A. Arnold, 65, of 73 Beale Road died Friday in Ghent from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on May 29, 1936, son of William and Lillian Keeler Arnold,...

Philip H. Smith

Philip H. Smith, 87, of 131 Appleton Ave. died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where he had resided for three months. Mr. Smith was employed in administration with the YMCA at various...

Mary E. Janacek

Mary Elizabeth Janacek, 82, of Pittsfield Road died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Burgettstown, Pa., on Sept. 30, 1919, daughter of Michael and Katie Wassil Wasylo, she...

Christine Adrean

Christine Adrean, 89, formerly of 13 Second St., died Sunday at Berkshire Retirement Home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 17, 1911, daughter of Augustine and Regina Milani Adrean, she was a 1930...

Bertha Lamon

Bertha Lamon, 89, of South Ocean Boulevard, Jensen Beach, Fla., and 85 Clarendon St., formerly of Summer Street, Lanesboro, died Saturday evening at home in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Dec....

Hilda G. Johnsen, 96

PITTSFIELD -- Hilda G. Johnsen, 96, formerly of Columbia Arms, died Tuesday. Born in Northampton on May 29, 1905, daughter of George F. and Andrea Thompson Paul, she attended Northampton schools....

Helen Culverwell, 84

DALTON -- Helen Catherine Culverwell, 84, formerly of 43 Crane Ave., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton on Nov. 25, 1916, daughter of James and Gertrude Hughes Briggs, she...

Yvonne E. Hamel, 95

PITTSFIELD -- Yvonne E. Hamel, 95, formerly of Willimansett section of Chicopee, died yesterday at a nursing home in Chicopee. She was the mother of Robert G. Hamel of Pittsfield. Born in...

Ralph Head Jr., 84

PITTSFIELD -- Ralph Dudley Head Jr., 84, of Weston, Conn., a native of Pittsfield, died Monday. Born in Pittsfield on June 7, 1917, son of Dr. Ralph Head and Margarett Cole Head, he was a 1936...

Margaret Valentine, 55

PITTSFIELD -- Margaret Mary "Peggie" Valentine, 55, of Rose Manor Apartments, 193 Elberon Ave., died Monday. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 26, 1945, daughter of William and Margaret Ray Girard, she...

Dorothy Zall, 85

LENOX -- Dorothy Charles Zall, 85, of Lenox died Monday. Born in Boston on April 23, 1916, daughter of Abraham and Sarah Smith Charles, she attended Boston schools and graduated from Girls High...

Ralph L. Welch, 72

PITTSFIELD -- Ralph L. Welch, 72, of 52 Orchard St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Interlaken on Jan. 27, 1929, son of Robert Grace and Frances Welch, he attended schools in...

Matthew Sprague, 37

PITTSFIELD -- Matthew J. Sprague, 37, of 81 Orchard St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 29, 1964, son of Edwin Sprague and Lois Riddell Sprague Dearstyne, both...

Louis J. Cimini, 71

PITTSFIELD -- Louis Joseph Cimini, 71, of 35 South Virginia Ave., Atlantic City, N.J., formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Atlantic City Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 12, 1930,...

Gertrude Pidcoe, 75

LENOX -- Gertrude C. Pidcoe, 75, of 31 Howell Road, Picayune, Miss., formerly of Lenox, died Oct. 6 at home. Born in Westford on Jan. 24, 1926, daughter of Paul F. and Anna Louise Strandberg...

Francis N. Pierce, 85

DALTON -- Francis N. "Red" Pierce, 85, of 228 Citron Way, North Fort Myers, Fla., a former Dalton resident of 35 years, died Oct. 7 at Cape Coral (Fla.) Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 26,...

Dorothy K. Hine, 83

PITTSFIELD -- Dorothy K. Hine, 83, of Melbourne Place Assisted Living Community died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 4, 1918, daughter of Harry and...

Charles Cunningham, 84

PITTSFIELD -- Charles T. Cunningham, 84, of 11 Renninger Road, Metuchen, N.J., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 22, 1917, son of Thomas and Maryellen...