Obituaries

Gertrude M. Sumner, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Gertrude Mae Sumner, 91, of 159 Valentine Road, formerly of Stamford, Vt., died Thursday April 25, 2013 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Clarksburg on Jan. 14, 1922,...

Lance Cpl. Roger W. Muchnick Jr., 23

LENOX, Mass. — Marine Lance Cpl. Roger W. Muchnick Jr., 23, formerly of Westport, Conn., and the grandson of Robert and Mary Ann Coakley of Lenox, died Monday night, March 18, 2013, during a...

Bonnie E. LaLonde, 65

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Bonnie Ellen LaLonde, 65, of Cheboygan, Mich., former of Pittsfield, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at Hospice House in Cheboygan. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 26, 1947, daughter...

Dora M. Harkins, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Dora Mercedes Harkins, 89, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, at Berkshire Place retirement home. Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, on March 12, 1923, she was the daughter of...

Faith E. Nash, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Faith Ellen Nash, 93, of Melbourne Place, 140 Melbourne Road, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Greenfield on May 20, 1919, daughter of...

Joann T. Gauthier, 48

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joann Tara Gauthier, 48, of 169 Valentine Road died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bennington, Vt., on May 25, 1964, daughter of David B....

Richard D. Bruno, 56

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard D. "Dickie" Bruno, 56, of 115 Howard St. died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Berkshire Medical Center after suffering a heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on July 24,...

Erica Lyn Keeley, 40

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Erica Lyn Keeley, 40, of Pittsfield, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at the home of her dear friends, the Kipps, in Hancock, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer....

Donald M. Luscier, 74

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Donald M. Luscier, 74, of 116 Doreen St. died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, at his home. Born in North Adams on Feb. 26, 1937, a son of Joseph and Edith Sheldon Luscier, he...

Patrick J. Sullivan Jr., 82

PITTSIELD, Mass. — Patrick J. Sullivan Jr., 82, of 69 Wood Ave. died Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born on July 12, 1932, son of Patrick and Julia Tworig...

Steven R. Gagne, 55

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Steven Roland Gagne, 55, of 110 Lakeway Drive died Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 26, 1957, son of Roland and Jean Crockwell Gagne, he...

JoAnn L. Garcia, 65

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - JoAnn Lucille Garcia, 65, of 666 North St. died Friday, July 6, 2012, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 10, 1947, daughter of Charles E....

Gary W. Grogan, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gary W. Grogan, 75, of North Adams died Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital, after being admitted from Greylock Commons Nursing Home. Born in North...

Mary L. Gebauer, 89

DALTON, Mass. - Mary Louise Gebauer, 89, of 45 Main St. and a former longtime resident of 44 Ashland St., North Adams, died Sunday, April 29, 2012, at Providence Care of Lenox. Born in North Adams...

Florence P. Meyer, 94

LENOX, Mass. — Florence P. Meyer, 94, of Kimball Farms died Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Jeffersonville, N.Y., on April 25, 1917, to Samuel and Sadie...

Bertha E. Hasty, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bertha Elvira Hasty, 95, of 379 East St. died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Unity, Wisc., on March 2, 1916, daughter of Viktor and Anna...

Carl E. Callahan, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carl Edward Callahan, 78, of 39 Joan Drive died in his sleep Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at home. Born in Adams on Sept. 13, 1933, son of Louis E. and Esther Hunter Dick...

Gerald K. Engwer, 89

DALTON, Mass. — Gerald K. "Jerry" Engwer, 89, of East Deming Street died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. Born in Becket on Dec. 11, 1921, he was the...

Vera Gangel, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Vera Gangel, 84, of 1436 Belmont Ave., Schenectady, N.Y., died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach, Fla., after a courageous and arduous...

James H. Thayer, 88

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. - James H. Thayer, 88, of North Main Street died peacefully Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, at his home. Born in North Adams on June 17, 1923, the son of Clifford Ray Thayer Sr. and...

James P. Rowley, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — James Patrick Rowley, 85, of 40 Paula Ave. died Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, at his home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 8, 1926, son of James L. and Mary McDonnell Rowley, he was...

Amelia Cetti, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Amelia "Mae" Cetti, 86, of 193 Elberon Ave., died Friday, July 29, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in the presence of her loving family. Born in Chicago on Jan. 5,...

Robert Tunnicliffe, 83

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Robert Tunnicliffe, 83, of 9 South Main St. died peacefully on Saturday, July 16, 2011, at home. Born in Coatbridge, Scotland, on June 17, 1928, to John and Maggie...

Donald E. Wroldson, 79

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Donald Eugene Wroldson, 79, of 46 Hull Ave., died Monday, April 11, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Pittsfield on Dec. 24, 1931, son of Alfred and Mary K....

Ruth V. Harris, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ruth Virginia Harris, 92, of 65 Dalton Ave. died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on July 18, 1918, daughter of Henry...