Obituaries

Ethel V. "Dolly" Dixon

Ethel V. "Dolly" Dixon, 89, of 55 Jennings Ave. died Tuesday at Carolina Pines Hospital in Hartsville, S.C. Born in Dalton on March 6, 1918, daughter of Joseph and Virginia Casella DeAngelus, she...

Arthur H. Cook

Arthur H. Cook, 77, of Schenectady, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died Monday at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady. Born on Aug. 16, 1930, son of Arthur S. and Olive Gallager Cook, he attended...

Louvern C. Betit

Louvern C. Betit, 83, of 850 Frank Smith Road, Longmeadow, a former resident of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. She moved to Longmeadow in 1969. Born in...

Donn Clement Elser Jr.

Donn Clement Elser Jr., 56, of Crane Avenue and Palm Bay, Fla., died Tuesday at his home in Dalton. He served 14 years as the Dalton water commissioner, and the new pump house was dedicated in...

Patricia M. Stankiewicz

Patricia M. Stankiewicz, 83, of 15 Adelaide Ave., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brisbane, Australia, on Aug. 13, 1924, daughter of Patrick L. and Ellen Foran Doyle, she...

Katherine Sarah LaMountain

Katherine Sarah LaMountain, 89, of Melbourne Place, formerly of 11 John St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Marsboro, Quebec, on Oct. 30, 1917, daughter of Angus M. and Mary...

Paul G. Cushman

Paul G. Cushman, 88, of Bradenton Beach, Fla., died Aug. 26 at Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Fla. He moved to Florida from Pittsfield in 1984. Born in Barre, Vt., on Aug. 29, 1918,...

Helene V. Carmel

Helene V. Carmel, 98, formerly of Calumet St., died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Huntington on June 27, 1909, daughter of Napoleon and Adeline Boudreau Carmel, she was...

Helen F. Archibald

Helen F. Archibald, 91, formerly of Lenox, died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had been a resident since moving from Melbourne Place in November 2002. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 6, 1915,...

Eleanor M. Liverseidge

Eleanor M. Liverseidge, 87, formerly of Columbus Avenue, died Saturday at Springside Nursing Home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 15, 1919, daughter of Matthew and Ella Poopor Blaney, she was a 1937...

Viola E. Hannon

Viola E. Hannon, 97, of Dennisport died Saturday at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. She was the mother of Jean M. Kasala of Pittsfield. Born in Worcester on March 11, 1910, daughter of Adam and...

Leila A. Wich

Leila A. Wich, 69, of 187 The Lane, Earlton, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at St. Peter's Hospice in Albany, N.Y. Born on Aug. 12, 1938, daughter of John and Josephine Fitch...

Dorothy F. Tierney

Dorothy F. Tierney, 69, of 176 Columbus Ave. Berkshiretown Apartments, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 4, 1938, daughter of William J. and Margaret Campion...

Doris E. Reidy

Doris E. Reidy, 92, of Grant Street died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on June 21, 1915, daughter of Edward and Jennie Blowe Knight, she was a graduate of Pittsfield High...

Nancy Lichtman

Nancy Lichtman, 73, of 21 Breit Drive died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Weehawken, N.J., on May 26, 1934, daughter of Joseph and Wilma Gans Schoenberg, she was a 1952 graduate of...

Robert Harold Brennan

Robert Harold Brennan, 82, of 30 Kenilworth St. died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided for 2 1/2 years. Born in Amsterdam, N.Y., on March 1, 1925, son of...

Lillian "Nancy" Moynihan

Lillian "Nancy" Moynihan, 76, of 1024 North St. died Tuesday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Born in Hinsdale on Oct. 17, 1930, daughter of Francis J. and Anna Barry Carroll, she...

Hazel Mae Tubbs Dimitroplis

Hazel Mae Tubbs Dimitroplis, 88, formerly of 33 Francis Plaza, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since April. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 28, 1918, daughter of Harry P. and...

Eleanor P. Rosenhein

Eleanor P. Rosenhein, 93, of 115 North St. died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., on April 11, 1914, daughter of Merrill and Eleanor Humphrey Powell, she moved to...

Mary Simpson Hurley

Mary Simpson Hurley, 86, of 61 Tucker St. died Sunday at the Elm Street home of her caregiver, Dianne Carnevale-Hurley, where she had resided for the past month. Born in Lenox on March 1, 1921,...

Ruth M. Tooley

Ruth M. Tooley, 91, formerly of 279 East New Lenox Road, died Thursday at Rosewood Homestyle Assisted living, where she had resided for four years. Born in Plano, Ill., on Sept. 9, 1915, daughter...

Judge James J. Scullary, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Retired Judge James J. Scullary, 88, of 36 Morewood Drive died Friday, Aug. 24, 2007, at home, with family and dedicated hospice nurses. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 9,...

Arthur J. LaRouche Jr.

Arthur J. LaRouche Jr., 61, of 19 Pond St. died Friay at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1946, son of Shirley Barney LaRouche and the late Arthur J. LaRouche Sr., he...

Rosalie B. Stevens

Rosalie B. Stevens, 92, of Curtis Manor, formerly of 443 Old Windsor Road, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Curtis Manor for four years. Born in Dalton on March 1,...

Alcide E. Goyette

Alcide E. Goyette, 85, of 25 Elaine Drive died Saturday at home. Born in Frelighsburg, Quebec, Canada, on Feb. 22, 1922, son of Lionel and Alma Laroux Goyette, he moved to Pittsfield at a young...