Obituaries

Lawrence Fleming

Lawrence E. Fleming, 84, formerly of Connecticut Avenue, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Hillcrest Commons for six years. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 10, 1916, son of...

Josephine Talarico

Josephine Talarico, 94, a native of Pittsfield, died April 30 at the Santa Teresita Nursing Home in Duarte, Calif., where she had resided for 10 years. Born in Pittsfield on July 21, 1906,...

Francis X. O'Neil

Francis X. O'Neil, 77, of 61 1/2 Orchard St. died Monday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 2, 1923, son of Thomas F. and Jennie Burns O'Neil, he attended local schools, including St....

Walter J. Wick

Walter Joseph Wick, 83, of 363 Columbus Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 9, 1917, son of George and Alma Obert Wick, he attended local schools. Mr. Wick...

Kathryn Niarchos

Kathryn Sares Niarchos, 82, formerly of Brainard Road, Enfield, Conn., and Pittsfield, died Friday at Parkway Pavilion Healthcare Facility in Enfield. She and her husband, James A. "Steve" Niarchos,...

James M. Zorbo

James Michael Zorbo, 55, of Battle Creek, Mich., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 2, 1945, he was the son of Anthony and Eunice Scalzi Zorbo. He graduated...

Anna A. Donald

Anna A. Donald, 98, formerly of 15 Pomeroy Ave., died Saturday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for four years. Born in Newburgh, N.Y., on Dec. 8, 1902, daughter of...

Adele T. Weed

Adele T. Weed, 93, formerly of 46 Broadway, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Lenox on July 10, 1907, daughter of Eugene and Mary Monnot Tamagne, she was a 1925...

Cathy St. John Reid

Cathy I. St. John Reid, 50, formerly of 10 Union St., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for the past two years. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 28, 1950, daughter of the late...

Francis P. Reddington

Francis P. Reddington, 82, a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 23, 1918, son of Frank and Delia Mahoney Reddington, he...

Harold E. Pinney

Harold E. Pinney, 79, of 392 Summit Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bosworth, Mo., on Aug. 15, 1921, son of Horace and Iva Polson Pinney, he was a graduate of Bosworth High...

Joseph Fournier

Joseph Prosper Fournier, 89, of Providence Care Center died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born Sept. 6, 1911, in Lacolle, Quebec, son of Victor and Marie Anne Giroux...

Margaret M. Haley

Margaret M. "Marge" Haley, 78, of 182 Ashuelot St. died yesterday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Schuylerville, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 1922, daughter of William and Anna Cantwell Haley,...

Shameal M. Fulton

Shameal Marquis Fulton, 21, of 34 Hull Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Savannah, Ga., on Dec. 25, 1979, son of Daniel P. Greene and Jacqueline Y. Ross, he attended...

Raymond Librizzi

Raymond J. Librizzi of Circular Avenue, journalist, artist, world traveler, hobo, labor organizer and political candidate, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was 93. Mr. Librizzi, who...

Blanche Zwiercan

Blanche Olive Zwiercan, 97, formerly of 43 Montgomery Ave., died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Adams on Feb. 6, 1904, daughter of Joseph and Josephine Dugal Dionne,...

George C. Hubbel

George C. Hubbel, 74, of 20 Willow St. died Sunday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 14, 1926, son of Huelat N. and Lillian Roberts Hubbel, he attended local schools...

Eileen J. Shea

Eileen J. Shea, 74, of Bonita Springs, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Hope Hospice in Fort Myers, Fla. Born in Morgantown, W.Va., on Jan. 17, 1927, daughter of Walter and Helen...

Clementina Capitanio

Clementina J. "Clemy" Capitanio, 78, of 55 Sea Park Blvd., Apt. 105, Satellite Beach, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Monday at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Fla. Born in...

Joseph J. Testa

Joseph Julius Testa, 81, of 75 Curtis Terrace died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had been a resident at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility for three weeks. Born in Pittsfield on Nov....

Gladys Barnes-Pretto

Gladys Theresa Barnes-Pretto, 81, of 46 Ventura Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 4, 1919, daughter of Noah E. and Anna Petell Erbin, she attended local schools. A...

Bridget Landers

Bridget Landers, 91, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court Apartments, died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for three years. Born in Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland,...

Hiram A. Young

Hiram A. Young, 66, of Congress, Ariz., a former resident of Dalton, died Thursday at Wickenburg (Ariz.) Regional Hospital. Born in Middleburg, N.Y., on June 2, 1934, son of Herb and Marguerite...

David F. Cassidy

David F. Cassidy, 77, of Stephentown died Saturday at Albany & Stratton Veterans' Hospital in Albany. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on May 29, 1923, son of Harry A. Cassidy Jr. and Clara Brown...

Andrew S. Gonska

Andrew S. Gonska, 91, of 299 Lenox Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Housatonic on July 30, 1909, son of Jacob and Frances Piontek Gonska, he attended schools there. Mr....