Obituaries

Julius E. Fuchs

Julius E. "Bud" Fuchs, 82, of 996 Williams St. died Saturday in Montgomeryville, Pa., while vacationing with his family. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on May 17, 1919, son of Julius Paul and Isabelle...

Marion E. Makes

Marion Elizabeth "Muna" Makes, 82, of 48 Eleanor Road and Jupiter, Fla., died Sunday at home in Pittsfield. She and her husband, Nicholas J. Makes, owned and operated the former Yellow Aster...

Frederick Wager

Frederick A. Wager Jr., 59, of 94 Mountainview Terrace died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after suffering an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on April 19, 1942, son of Edna Burke...

Dorothy E. Hoxie

Dorothy Elizabeth Hoxie, 80, of 31 Jericho Road died Sunday at home. She had resided in Hinsdale since 1945. Born in Dalton on June 6, 1921, daughter of Francis and Bessie Lyman Crossett, she was...

Rose M. Lombardi

Rose M. Lombardi, 80, of 34 Howe Road died yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown. Born in Pittsfield on May 21, 1921, daughter of Henry H. and Agnes Powers McErlain, she was a...

Candita A. Ferrero

Candita A. Ferrero, 91, formerly of 65 Columbus Ave., Columbia Arms Apts., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she was admitted Feb. 24, 1999. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 19, 1909, daughter...

Phyllis T. Holden

Phyllis Theresa Holden, 66, of 12 Faulkner Place died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 20, 1935, daughter of Stephania Szymanski LaBlanc of Pittsfield and the late Alfred...

Lalia B. McKay

Lalia B. McKay, 94, of Manlius, N.Y., formerly of Dalton, died Wednesday at Loretto in Syracuse. Born in Montreal on Nov. 21, 1906, daughter of Herbert and Jennet Dickie Davies, she attended...

Audrey Budlong

Audrey Budlong, 75, of 20 E. Housatonic St. died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Holyoke on Dec. 21, 1925, daughter of Clayton and Clare Langlois Struthers, she attended...

Jack J. Shrager

Jack J. Shrager, 77, of Philadelphia, a summer resident of Pittsfield, died Tuesday in Sarasota, Fla. Born in Philadelphia on July 24, 1924, son of Harry E. and Lillian Shrager, he attended Centre...

Bertha J. Burr

Bertha Jeannette Burr, 79, of 162 Stoddard Ave. died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 9, 1921, daughter of Wilfred J. and Anna M. Phoenix Lussier, she attended local schools and was a...

Howard H. Braun

Howard H. Braun, 83, of 57 Sampson Parkway died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 13, 1917, son of Herman S. and Ida Marvin Braun, he attended local schools and graduated from Pittsfield...

Evelyn J. Rotti

Evelyn J. Rotti, 73, of 263 Lenox Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Poultney, Vt., on July 12, 1928, daughter of Earl S. and Ada M. Shaw Platt, she was a 1946 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Wesley H. Baker

Retired Air Force Col. Wesley H. Baker, 84, of Kingsport, Tenn., a native of Pittsfield, died Saturday in Kingsport. Born July 15, 1917, son of Henry D. and Ella A. Baker, he attended local...

Isabella B. Lewine

Isabella B. Lewine, 91, of Berkshire Place, formerly of West Stockbridge, died Sunday at Berkshire Place. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Jan. 22, 1910, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert...

Beatrice Pelletier

Beatrice May Pelletier, 72, of 40 Jeffrey Drive died yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 17, 1928, daughter of James and Ruth Robbins Ryan, she graduated from Pittsfield High...

Mildred M. Tone

Mildred M. "May" Tone, 83, of 56 Spadina Parkway died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on June 23, 1918, daughter of James H. and Catherine Powers Tone, she attended...

Edith Cohen

Edith Cohen, 75, of 33 Adam St. died Saturday evening at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for a month. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Feb. 15, 1926, daughter of Benjamin and Sadie...

Antonio DiTomasso

Antonio DiTomasso, 89, of 14 Westminster St. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he was admitted June 29. Born in Watervliet, N.Y., on May 17, 1912, son of Nicola and Concetta Polce...

Richard Stockwell

Richard D. Stockwell, 81, of 149 Mendon St., Upton, died yesterday at home. He was the father of Richard S. Stockwell of Pittsfield. Born on April 30, 1920, he was raised in Upton by Jennette and...

John Chester Boyd

John Chester Boyd, 54, of 152 Wahconah St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a shooting incident at his home. He had been a resident of Pittsfield for 20 years. Born in Manhattan,...

Joseph LaPlante

Joseph B. LaPlante, 92, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 30, 1909, son of Henry and Helen Delaney LaPlante, he attended local...

E. Barbara Rudd

E. Barbara Cronin Rudd, 78, of 182 Ashuelot St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 20, 1922, daughter of John T. and Elizabeth Sitzman Cronin, she attended the...

Benjamin Wilbur

Benjamin Wilbur, 91, of 9 Sunnyside Drive died yesterday at home. Born in Swanton, Vt., on Oct. 3, 1909, son of Herbert H. and Ellen Benson Wilbur, he traveled to different cities as a child, and...

Thomas Reilly Sr.

Thomas J. Reilly Sr., 77, of 1070 South St. died Sunday at Craneville Place of Dalton, where he had resided since July 17. Born in Rensselaer, N.Y., on April 21, 1924, son of Joseph and Mary...