Obituaries

O. James Noon Jr.

O. James Noon Jr., 64, of 13 Iroquois Way, Lake Monticello, Palmyra, Va., died Monday, at home of pancreatic cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1943, son of the late Orrin and Margaret Noon,...

Frances R. Latini

Frances R. Latini, 73, of Esther Terrace died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 10, 1934, daughter of Bennie and Amelia Lattanzzi Latini, she was educated in...

Edgar E. Hover

Edgar E. Hover, 81, of 34 Preston Ave. died Sunday at home after a brief illness. He was a longtime member of the Pittsfield Conservation Commission. Born in Pittsfield on June 15, 1926, son...

Charles P. Fezzie

Charles P. Fezzie, 92, of 32 McArthur St. died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for two weeks. For the past seven months, he had lived at Melbourne Place. Born in Lee on June...

Frances Ann Dastoli

Frances Ann Dastoli, 90, of The Pines, 1450 North St., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 1, 1917, daughter of Rocco and Mary Sanginetti Yervasi, she was a...

Peter Gregory Sheran

Peter Gregory Sheran, 58, of Springfield, a native of Pittsfield, died Monday at Baystate Medical Center. Born on March 13, 1949, son of Francis J. and Lillian Carrow Sheran, he was a 1967...

Matthew T. Kut

Matthew T. Kut, 89, of 245 Cheshire Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Sept. 8, 1918, son of the late Thomas and Anna Ciempa Kut, he was educated in schools there...

Joan Elizabeth Heaphy

Joan Elizabeth Heaphy, 55, of First Avenue in Troy, N.Y., a Pittsfield native, died Friday at the Village at Laurel Lake in Lee after a three-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy. Born...

Hilda Adele Cohen

Hilda Adele Cohen, 88, of 41 Crickett Road, Brockton, a former longtime Pittsfield resident, died Saturday at Brockton Hospital. She had moved to the Brockton home of her daughter, Fran P. Cohen,...

Andrew Scott Wyand

Andrew Scott Wyand, 53, of 53 Westminster St. died Friday following a long illness at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided for the past two weeks. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 4, 1954, son...

Anna M. Cravish

Anna M. Cravish, 77, of Columbia Arms, 65 Columbus Ave., died Friday at the home of her son, Peter Cravish of 196 Newall St. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 3, 1930, daughter of Albert and Theresa...

Robert C. Rocca

Robert C. Rocca, 82, of 31 Pacific St. died Saturday at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on July 13, 1925, son of Michael and Angelina Galiano Rocca, he was educated in local...

William Joseph "Noby" Spaniol

William Joseph "Noby" Spaniol, 86, of 106 Madison Ave., died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 10, 1921, son of Frank and Catheryn Heffron Spaniol, he was a 1937 graduate of Pittsfield...

Gladys I. Jackson

Gladys I. Jackson, 94, formerly of 75 Swamp Road, died Wednesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had been a resident since April 2005. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 9, 1912,...

Celia Fishman

Celia Fishman, 81, of 12 Andover St., died Tuesday at home of pancreatic cancer. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 25, 1926, daughter of Joel and Mary Wisotsky Mintz, she graduated from Thomas...

Carolyn DeSantis

Carolyn DeSantis, 64, of 320 Pittsfield Road, Providence Care, died on Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. She previously resided at Providence Court. Born in...

Frances J. Stevenson

Frances J. Stevenson, 88, of 63 Third St. died Friday at home. Born in Garnet, S.C., on Oct. 23, 1918, daughter of Joseph and Menetha Washington Jenkins, she was educated in South Carolina schools...

John D. Kickery

John D. Kickery, 55, of 5 Daniels Ave. Extension died of natural causes Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 5, 1952, son of Catherine Shaw Kickery and the late Murdick...

Mary Elizabeth Betit

Mary Elizabeth Betit, 84, of 492 Crane Ave. and 549 Essex Road, Daytona Beach, Fla., died Sunday at her home in Florida. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 22, 1922, daughter of James F. and Anna...

Eleanor G. Lewis

Eleanor G. Lewis, 88, of 217 Harryel St. died Sunday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided since January 2003. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 24, 1918, daughter of Clark M. and...

Mary Evelyn Forbes

Mary Evelyn Forbes, 80, of Berkshire Place, 89 South St., died there Friday. Born in Dorchester on Oct. 3, 1926, daughter of C. Leighton and Vera Vickers Forbes, she was a 1943 graduate of Milton...

Helen M. Zaveruka

Helen M. Zaveruka, 86, a former longtime resident of 7 Dexter St., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Craneville Place in Dalton since May 2004. Born in Montague...

Bruce Earle Clark

Bruce Earle Clark, 58, of 51 Watson St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 3, 1948, son of Helen Meskevich Clark and the late Earl R. Clark, he was a 1966...

John A. Prendergast

John A. Prendergast, 85, formerly of 116 Pine Grove Drive, died Tuesday at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 28, 1921, son of John A. and Margaret Dougherty Prendergast, he...

Jean Magner

Jean Magner, 80, of 235 Walker St. and 2400 South Ocean Drive, Fort Pierce, Fla., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 27, 1927, daughter of Walter and Alice...