Obituaries

Carl E. Magnusson, 93

HINSDALE — Carl E. Magnusson, 93, of Country Road died Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at Williamstown Commons, following a brief illness. Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., on June 10, 1914, son of...

Shirley Downes, 88

PITTSFIELD — Shirley Downes, 88, of Melbourne Road, died late Friday night, March 28, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 30, 1920, daughter of Leo and Anna...

Harold C. Olsen, 91

PITTSFIELD - Harold Clarence Olsen, 91, died Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 6, 1916, son of Anton B. and Martha M. Olsen, he attended local...

June M. Alexander, 71

PITTSFIELD - June M. Alexander, 71, of 38 Spring St., died on Friday March 14, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield, Dec. 6, 1936, daughter of Arthur...

Eleanor G. Blowe, 77

PITTSFIELD - Eleanor G. Blowe, 77, of 37 Darlene Ave., died Thursday, March 6, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center, following a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 25, 1930, daughter of John...

Mary M. Kelly, 91

PITTSFIELD - Mary M. Kelly, 91, formerly of 45 Delaware Ave., died Sunday, March 2, 2008, at Berkshire Place, 89 South St., where she resided since December 2003. Born in Pittsfield, daughter of...

Gloria C. St. John, 83

PITTSFIELD - Gloria C. St. John, 83, of Highview Drive, died Monday morning, Feb. 18, 2008, at Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born in Pittsfield, May 31, 1924, daughter of Andrew and May Bain...

Jaelynn F. Henry, Infant

LENOX - Jaelynn Faith Henry, daughter of Joseph Henry and of Kimberly Gokey of Housatonic Street, died at birth late Tuesday evening, Feb. 5, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center in...

Isabelle Carmen Winnard, 86

Pittsfield - Isabelle Carmen Winnard, 86, of 1025 Peck's Road, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Geralyn M. Jones at 1311 Churchill St., Lanesborough. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 7, 1921,...

Claire B. Walsh, 84

Pittsfield - Claire B. Walsh, 84, a former longtime resident of Bishop Parkway, died Wednesday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Holyoke on Aug. 30, 1923, daughter of...

Harold L. Snow, 95

Pittsfield - Harold L. Snow, 95, formerly of 10 Pine St., Lanesborough, died Monday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where he had resided for the past year. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 19,...

Anita L. Carpenter, 71

DALTON - Anita Louise Carpenter, 71, of River Run Apartments, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Waterbury, Vt., on Nov. 21, 1936, daughter of Wayne...

Leo C. Wilson Jr.

Pittsfield - Leo C. Wilson Jr., 35, of 3 Lanckton Court, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Youngstown, Ohio on Aug. 14, 1972, son of Leo Wilson Sr. and Laura L. Haynes Wilson, he...

Michael T. Smith, 63

PITTSFIELD - Michael T. Smith, 63, of 10 Union St., died on Sunday, Jan. 27, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 24, 1944, son of Lillian Mae Weatherby Smith and the late Grant...

Judith A. Tauer, 70

PITTSFIELD - Judith A. Tauer, 70, of 640 Peck's Road died Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, at home surrounded by her family. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 24, 1937, daughter of Ernest W. and Nellie Hespelein...

Christine M. Lennon, 60

PITTSFIELD - Christine M. Lennon, 60, of 1450 North St., died Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, following a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 3, 1947, daughter of Francis and Rosemary Ferguson Bean,...

Julia K. Berezowskyj, 34

PITTSFIELD - Julia K. Berezowskyj, 34, of 63 April Lane, died Tuesday morning, Jan. 22, 2008, at home. Born in New Haven, Conn. on Oct. 3, 1973, daughter of Mary Rywak Berezowskyj and the late...

Paulette Smith, 89

PITTSFIELD - Paulette Smith, 89, of 89 South St., Berkshire Place, died there Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008. She had resided there for four years. Born in Atlanta on May 11, 1918, daughter of Hugh J....

Thomas P. Drury, 71

PITTSFIELD - Thomas P. Drury, 71, of 5063 W. 149th and 8th St., Brook Park, Ohio, a native of Pittsfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, at home. Born on May 6, 1936, son of James and Anna Mullen...

Ivenette M. Dewey, 81

PITTSFIELD - Ivenette Mae Dewey, 81, of 240 Francis Ave., died Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, at Hillcrest Commons, where she had been a patient for three days. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 5, 1926,...

John R. Bachand, 73

DALTON - John R. Bachand, 73, of South Shore Court, Polk City, Fla., formerly of Dalton, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008, at home of cancer. Born in Holyoke on Jan. 26, 1934, son of Patrick and...

Kathryn V. Buckley

Pittsfield - Kathryn V. Buckley, 89, of 379 East St., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Schenectady, N.Y. on April 28, 1918, daughter of Loren Hebler Sr. and Flossie Mae Beekman...

Elizabeth Jean Putnam

Pittsfield - Elizabeth Jean Putnam, 80, of 173 Burbank St. died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since Dec. 24. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 4, 1927, daughter of William and...

A. Frederick Peck, 85

PITTSFIELD - A. Frederick Peck, 85, of June Street, Worcester, formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008, at Rose Monahan Hospice Residence in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 9,...

Raymond Milton Cooper

Pittsfield - Raymond Milton Cooper, 85, of 255 Lebanon Ave. died Saturday at Springside Long Term Care Facility of Pittsfield after a 50-year battle with multiple sclerosis. Born in Stockbridge on...