Obituaries

Rita M. Forni

Rita M. Forni, 93, of Middletown, Conn., died Sunday at Wadsworth Glen in Middletown. Born in Pittsfield on July 2, 1914, daughter of John and Mary Tassinari Forni, she was a 1933 graduate of...

Beverly Fares

Beverly Fares, 67, of 101 Mountain Drive died yesterday at home after a brief illness. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, on June 26, 1940, daughter of John and Anne Javorsky, she graduated from schools...

Margaretta C. duPont

Margaretta C. duPont, 55, of Delafield Drive died Tuesday at the home of her sister, Mary C. Melanson of Park Drive in Lanesborough, after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on May 5,...

Scott Michael Danford

Scott Michael Danford, 38, of 178 1/2 Second St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center of natural causes. Born in Pittsfield on July 11, 1969, son of Gary W. Danford and Donna LeVardi Danford...

Dale "Tom" Roberts

Dale "Tom" Roberts, 61, of 131 Stoddard Ave. died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had spent the past two days. Born in Pittsfield on March 30, 1946, son of Charles and Lillian Arthur...

Peter T. Brett

Peter T. Brett, 70, of 146 Bartlett Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 19, 1937, son of George and Evelyn Kelly Brett, he was a 1955 graduate of St. Joseph's High School. Mr....

Albert Kenneth Haswell

Albert Kenneth Haswell, 84, of 3321 Chatford Drive, Holiday, Fla., a former longtime resident of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Community Hospital in New Port Richey, Fla., after a brief...

Roger Garcia Jr.

Roger Garcia Jr., 77, of 50 Shetland Drive died Saturday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility after a long battle with cancer. Born in Jersey City, N.J., on Jan. 11, 1930, son of Roger and...

Irene M. Kane

Irene M. Kane, 93, a former longtime resident of Melbourne Road, died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for five years. Born in Tonypandy Rhondda, South Wales, United...

Henry E. Fresia

Henry E. Fresia, 86, of 64 Kittredge Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 22, 1921, son of Frank and Irma Quarrello Fresia, he was a 1940 graduate of...

Susan C. Rovins

Susan C. Rovins, 56, of 295 Pomeroy Ave. died Wednesday at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in Philadelphia on Jan. 14, 1951, daughter of Reuben and Henrietta Cohen Rovins, she graduated...

Orlina M. Demary

Orlina M. Demary, 81, of 6 Main St. died Wednesday at Fairview Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Great Barrington after a long battle with breast and ovarian cancer. Born in Pittsfield...

Mary Ann Brett

Mary Ann Brett, 93, of 68 South St. and Wellfleet died Wednesday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided the past month. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 29, 1914, daughter of Carmelo...

Gerald George "Jed" Smith

Gerald George "Jed" Smith, 75, of 118 Broadview Terrace died Monday at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in Kingsbury, London, on May 22, 1932, son of George F. and Nellie Hubbard Smith,...

Jean M. Mayhew

Jean M. Mayhew, 80, formerly of 109 Housatonic St., Lenox, died Monday at Hillcrest Commons after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 3, 1927, daughter of Walter E. and Cora Perry Beebe,...

Robert Raymond Secord

Robert Raymond Secord, 81, of 155 First St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Stoneham on March 3, 1926, son of Medrick and Leda Pratte Secord, he was a 1946 graduate of...

Kathleen Mangold

Kathleen Mangold, 90, of Fiske Hill Road, Sturbridge, died Monday at Harrington Memorial Hospitalin Sturbridge She lived in Pittsfield from 1954 to 1960. Born in Sturbridge on Jan. 15, 1917,...

Samuel Vincent

Samuel Vincent, 92, of Boca Raton, Fla., died there Sunday at Hospice by the Sea Care Center. Mr. Vincent operated Sammy Vincent's music store in Pittsfield for many years until relocating to Boca...

Carmela M. McLean

Carmela M. McLean, 86, of Firetown Road, Simsbury, Conn., died Sunday at McLean Nursing Home in Simsbury, Conn. She was the mother of John L. McLean of Pittsfield. Born in Springfield on April...

Sarah V. Kacensky

Sarah V. Kacensky, 89, of 5 Taconic Island Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 12, 1918, one of 14 children of William E. and Sarah Savage Winters, she...

Leona Deuring

Leona Deuring, 90, formerly of Berkshire Place, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Somerset, Ohio, on May 10, 1917, daughter of Edward E. and Edna Weaver...

Paul J. Shea

Paul J. Shea, 80, of Centerville, a native of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Essex Pavilion Nursing Home in Hyannis after a period of declining health. Born on Feb. 3, 1927, son of James and...

Joseph J. Condron

Joseph J. Condron, 83, formerly of 147 Pomeroy Ave., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 5, 1924, son of Michael H. and Mary Cullen Condron, he was a graduate of...

Philip Littell

Philip Littell, 70, of 29 Chestnut St., Carriage House, The Elms, Westerly, R.I., died at home Tuesday after a long illness. Born in New York City on Nov. 30, 1936, son of Robert and Anita...

Santina "Sandy" Carpino

Santina "Sandy" Carpino, 80, of 20 Baldwin St., Watertown, Conn., died Monday at her home. Born in Pittsfield, on Nov. 1, 1926, daughter of Joseph and Theresa Vallone Zofrea, she graduated from...