Obituaries

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...

George L. Allaire

George L. Allaire, 80, of 43 Sawmill Park in Southwick, died yesterday at the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke. Born in Holyoke on Feb. 8, 1927, son of Edward and Theresa Dupont Allaire, he was a...

Brandon E. Powers

Brandon E. Powers, 20, of 214 Allengate Ave., died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 25, 1986, son of Edward and Carol Lausier Powers, he was a senior in the special education program at...

Rita A. Derouin Martin

Rita A. Derouin Martin, 83, of 6 Main St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hartford, Conn., on March 19, 1924, daughter of Francis X. and Rose Potvin Racicot, she attended...

Harold "Charlie" Cudahy Jr.

Harold "Charlie" Cudahy Jr., 75, of Vacation Road in Villas, N.J., a longtime resident of Pittsfield, died yesterday at home. Born in Philadelphia on Aug. 26, 1932, son of Harold Cudahy Sr. and...

George David Calebaugh

George David Calebaugh, 88, of 30 Evelyn St. died yesterday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in Antioch, Ohio, on Oct. 17, 1918, son of David and Arebelle Boner Calebaugh, he was a 1936...

Louise M. Wilder

Louise M. Wilder, 96, formerly of 347 Dalton Ave., died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since January. Born in Westminster on July 27, 1911, daughter of...

Joseph Patrick Muraca Jr.

Joseph Patrick Muraca Jr. 60, of 31 East Grand Ave., Old Orchard Beach, Maine, a former resident of Dalton, died Thursday at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, after a brief illness. Born in...

Mark L. Johnson

Mark L. Johnson, 53, of Upton, formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a brief illness. Born in Brockton on June 8, 1954, son of Herbert A. Johnson...

Eleanor Goodrich

Eleanor Goodrich, 84, formerly of 53 Melbourne Road, died Thursday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1923, daughter of William H. and Edna Jepson Shaver, she...

David C. Byrd

David C. Byrd, 58, of 191 South St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief battle with cancer. He was the owner and operator of the former Bonanza Restaurant in...