Obituaries

Frances Burke

Frances Elizabeth Burke, 95, formerly of 181 Elm St., died yesterday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided since September 2000. She moved to Pittsfield in 1980 after residing in...

Elizabeth R. Johnson, Infant

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Elizabeth Rayne Johnson, 5-week-old infant daughter of Deinah A. Darling and Andre M. Johnson Sr. of 221 Francis Ave., died Monday, Oct. 1, 2001, at Baystate Medical Center in...

Marion Folmsbee

Marion G. Folmsbee, 94, formerly of 65 Columbus Ave., died Saturday evening at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since 1997. Born in Limerock, Conn., on June 19, 1907, daughter of...

Gertrude L. Fox

Gertrude L. Fox, 88, of 169 Valentine Road died Sunday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where she resided for the two years. Born in Huntington on June 10, 1913, daughter of Howard and Louise Plankey...

Edith M. Drew

Edith M. Drew, 92, of 11 Manchester Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 22, 1909, daughter of Norman and May Kelly Arnold, she attended local...

Charles W. Fertek

Charles Wladyshaw Fertek, 81, of 47 McAlister St. died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1920, son of Stanislaw and Mary Glazewski Fertek, he attended local...

Edith Smithson

Edith C. Shaw Smithson, 94, of North Falmouth, a native of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born on July 20, 1907, daughter of Howard and Bessie Bovet Culver, she grew up in Dalton and attended...

Donald Willbrant

Donald L. Willbrant, 65, of Latham, N.Y., died Saturday at Albany (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital after a year's battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 10, 1936, son of Lewis H. and Elma Billings...

Elta N. Seguin

Elta N. Seguin, 77, of Route 2, Shelburne Falls, formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Pauline McNay of Shelburne Falls. Born in Miami on June 1, 1924, daughter of...

Sylvia J. McNay

Sylvia J. McNay, 82, of 904 Route 2, Shelburne Falls, formerly of 65 Burke Ave., Pittsfield, died Monday at Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on March 10, 1919,...

Robert Higley II

Robert Dale Warren Higley II, 29, of Ridgefield, Conn., formerly of Waverly Street, an insurance executive with Aon Risk Management Services, which had offices on the 92nd floor of the World Trade...

James R. Hynes

James Raymond Hynes, 86, of Vinal Avenue died Tuesday morning at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in Tewksbury on Aug. 6, 1915, son of Raymond and Theresa Sullivan Hynes, he moved to...

Helen C. Molleur

Helen C. Molleur, 89, of Fairview Commons, formerly of 48 Eleanor Road, died Thursday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Burlington, Vt., on Jan. 11, 1912, daughter of George and...

Beatrice L. Panus

Beatrice L. Panus, 87, of 331 Gale Ave. died Monday evening at the Center for Optimum Care Berkshire, where she had resided for three months. Born in Peru on Nov. 2, 1913, daughter of Martin and...

Robert B. Carlson

Robert Bertil Carlson, 81, of Sidney, Maine, formerly of Pittsfield and Lenox, died Friday at home. Born in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 23, 1919, son of Frank and Martha Anderson Carlson, he graduated...

Murray Lewis

Murray Lewis, 93, of Pine Hill at Kimball Farms, formerly of Devonshire Estates, died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 7, 1908, son of Isidor and Lena...

Lorraine Cooney

Lorraine E. Cooney, 62, of 37 Chamberlain Ave. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 27, 1938, daughter of Paul and Theresa Cronin Depew, she...

John M. Hamilton

John Michael Hamilton, 38, of 291 First St. died Saturday afternoon at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 5, 1963, son of Paul and Phyllis Green Hamilton, he attended local...

Francis Mongeau

Francis Charles Mongeau, 85, of Columbus Avenue died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lanesboro on Feb. 12, 1916, son of Joseph C. and Amelia Beauvais Mongeau, he graduated...

Dorothy Noble

Dorothy Robare Noble, 96, formerly of 175 Lakeway Drive, died Friday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Aug. 9, 1905, daughter of Albert F. and Margaret...

Barbara McCarthy

Barbara E. McCarthy, 76, of 8338 Windway Drive,San Antonio, formerly of Pittsfield, died Aug. 28 at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 10, 1925, daughter of George Van Loon Sr. and Blanche DeLong...

Lucille R. Pellows

Lucille R. Burke Pellows, 81, of 1101 West St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Limoges, Ontario, Canada, on July 26, 1920, daughter of Fred and Eva Lajeunesse Desabrais, she...

Lillian K. Healy

Lillian K. Healy, 94, formerly of Main Street, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Dalton on Jan. 3, 1907, daughter of Henry V. and Lucy Gorman Kirchner, she was a 1923...

Colleen Garrity-Prudente

Colleen Marie Garrity-Prudente, 44, of 1 Michael Road, Berkley, a native of Lenox, died Thursday as a result of injuries sustained that day in a motor vehicle accident in Norton. Born in...

Carol L. Wechter

Carol Lynn Wechter, 54, of 81 Caroline St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 22, 1947, daughter of Caroline Ryczek Hermanski of Pittsfield and the late Majek...