Obituaries

Lydia Decker

Lydia Decker, 82, of 25 B West Street died Sunday at home. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 6, 1919, daughter of Byron and Lydia Kinne Decker, she spent most of her childhood in Housatonic, and...

John Cummings

John W. Cummings, 88, formerly of 370 West St., died yesterday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 2, 1913, son of John and Emily Walsh Cummings, he attended local...

Frances Lerner

Frances Lerner, 73, of 32 Dodge Ave. died Saturday at Kimball Farms in Lenox after a long battle with cancer. Born in Paterson, N.J., on Nov. 13, 1927, daughter of Louis and Sadie Taback Leblang,...

Evelyn Stucklen

Evelyn M. Stucklen, 80, formerly of Hinsdale, died Friday at home in North Eastham after a long battle with cancer. From 1947 to 1981, she resided in Hinsdale and North Eastham, moving to North...

Charles Schaefer

Charles J. Schaefer, 73, of 6 East Alford St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on April 30, 1928, son of Jacob and Catherine Zawasky Schaefer, he attended schools...

Lucille M. Binder

Lucille M. Binder, 68, of 618 Osceola Road died Saturday evening at Wesson Women's Hospital in Springfield. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 19, 1932, daughter of Solomon and Pearl Moskowitz...

Leona T. Carter

Leona T. Carter, 93, of Riverside Avenue, Rensselaer, N.Y., a former resident of Dalton, died Sunday at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, N.Y., after a brief illness. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on...

Laura E. Killeen

Laura E. Killeen, 89, of 28 New Hampshire Ave. died yesterday at home after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 19, 1912, daughter of Charles and Eva Koscher, she was a 1929 graduate of...

Karen Gebauer

Karen Gebauer, 59, of 1450 North St. died of cancer yesterday morning at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation, where she had resided for two months. Born in Bremervorde, Germany, on...

Helen L. Rose

Helen L. "Babe" Rose, 76, of Undermountain Road died yesterday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being stricken with a heart attack. Born in Lenox on Jan. 30, 1925, daughter of...

Roy F. Brown

Roy F. Brown, 88, of Palo Alto, Calif., a former Pittsfield city councilman, died Wednesday in Palo Alto. Born in Arlington on March 11, 1913, son of Solomon and Isabele Benson Brown, he graduated...

Kathleen T. Bell

Kathleen T. Bell, 83, of Bisselville, Hinsdale and East Bradenton, Fla., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in West Springfield on Oct. 20, 1917, daughter of Francis and Ellen Halladay...

Homer L. Kurjan

Homer "Joe" Lewis Kurjan, 83, of Kimball Farms died Tuesday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. He was a former resident of Le Roi Drive in Pittsfield for 36 years. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, on...

Barbara Pickett

Barbara Pickett, 81, of 230 Hubbard Ave. and Northwest Harbor, Deer Island, New Brunswick, Canada, died Monday at home in Lenox. Born in Paris on May 9, 1920, daughter of Kenneth Proctor and Helen...

Thomas Salzarulo

Thomas V. "Timmy" Salzarulo, 76, of 193 South Mountain Road died Monday at Albany Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1925, son of Anthony and Katherine Puia Salzarulo, he attended...

Arline G. Segnalla

Arline G. Segnalla, 79, of Seneca, S.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Aug. 18 at the Inn at Seneca, an assisted-living facility in Seneca. Born in New Haven, Conn., on Nov. 8, 1921, daughter of...

Angela Stankiewicz

Angela Garzone Stankiewicz, 82, of Pittsfield died Sunday at Mount Greylock Nursing Facility. Born in Portland, Maine, on Aug. 3, 1919, daughter of Angelo and Josephine Garzone, she attended local...

Joseph Conner Sr.

Joseph E. Conner Sr., 69, of 31 Old Windsor Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a year's battle with cancer. Born in Becket on March 5, 1932, son of Fred and Rena...

Joan P. Lindy

Joan P. Lindy, 87, of 272 Dalton Ave. died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for a month. Born in Pittsfield on June 26, 1914, daughter of Gustav and Amelia Schilke...

Elizabeth P. Coy

Elizabeth P. Coy, 96, formerly of Berkshiretown Apartments died Saturday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 8, 1905, daughter of Henry and Angeline Boden Gladu, she...

Nan Bennett Kay

Nan Bennett Kay, 62, of Chestnut Hill and East Road, Richmond, died Monday at her home in Richmond after a long struggle with breast cancer. Born in New York City on April 24, 1939, daughter of...

Mary Semeniw

Mary Semeniw, 77, of 44 King St. died yesterday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation, where she resided for the past 10 days. Born in Pittsfield on April 12, 1924, daughter of...

John C. Bobalko

John C. Bobalko, 82, of Gainsville, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Aug. 13 at North Central Florida Hospital in Gainsville. Born in New York City on Oct. 6, 1919, son of Andrew and Mary Mihok...

Florence S. Hazen

Florence S. Hazen, 81, of Continental Road, Narragansett, R.I., died Tuesday at South County Hospital in Wakefield. She was the mother of Carol Cohen of Pittsfield. Born in Providence, R.I.,...

Rev. Jane E. Powell

The Rev. Jane E. Powell, 60, of 90 Bolton Drive, pastor of the Church on the Hill, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in New York City on July 19, 1941, daughter of Helen...