Obituaries

Dorothy Himes

Dorothy Himes, 87, of Bonita Springs, Fla. died Monday at a Hospice of Naples in Naples, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on March 1, 1920, daughter of Michael and Mary Perry Yanni, she was a 1938 graduate...

Mildred J. McElwain

Mildred J. McElwain, 85, formerly of 118 Lincoln St., died Monday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she had resided since 2001. Born in Alcove, N.Y., on July 25, 1922, daughter of Dorie...

Robert Irving Johnson

Robert Irving Johnson, 70, of 279 North St., died Sunday at his home after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1937, son of Robert and Clara Therriault Johnson, he attended schools in...

Marion L. Dalton

Marion L. Dalton, 100, of Framingham, formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Faulker Hospital in Jamaica Plain. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1907, daughter of John B. and Mary Fogarty Coughter,...

Josephine E. Carnevale

Josephine E. Carnevale, 93, a longtime resident of Brown Street, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 18, 1914, daughter of Raphael and Alessandrina Caparelli...

Elinor A. Becker

Elinor A. Becker, 82, of Pittsfield died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Gail I. Becker of Edward Avenue. Born on Aug. 31, 1924, daughter of Franklin and Irene Abbott Capen, she attended the...

Richard Austin Anderson

Richard Austin Anderson, 65, of Muskellunge Bay Lane, Sackets Harbor, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died of cancer Saturday at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y. Born on May 27, 1942,...

Rolland George Berthiaume

Rolland George Berthiaume, 85, formerly of 28 Britton St., died Saturday at North Adams Commons, where he had resided since April. Born in Turners Falls on Jan. 20, 1922, son of Armand and Eva...

Leo Lepotakis

Leo Lepotakis, 79, of 72 Norwich Drive died yesterday morning at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 31, 1927, son of Emmanuel and Kaliope Tavladorakis Lepotakis, he attended schools there until...

James E. Williams

James E. Williams, 84, of 29 Crystal St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Troy, N.Y., on April 29, 1923, son of Samuel and Minnie Bubb Williams, he attended Pittsfield...

Cecile L. Lindsay

Cecile L. Lindsay, 86, of Canterbury Arms Apartments in the Chicopee Falls section of Chicopee, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. She was the mother of Janvier W. Lindsay III of...

Rosemary Cronin Dellea

Rosemary Cronin Dellea, 80, of 48 Commonwealth Ave., died on Tuesday night at home after a brief bout with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on June 11, 1927, daughter of William F. and Mary Carey...

Lois D. Conley

Lois D. Conley, 75, of 3670 Cottons Road, Canastota, N.Y., died Tuesday at home. She was the mother of H. Erin Nelson of Lenox. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on June 9, 1932, daughter of the Rev....

Charles R. "Chuck" Burgess

Charles R. "Chuck" Burgess, 50, of 11 Richmond Ave., died Saturday at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northampton after suffering an apparent heart attack while playing the drums in his band "Hot Totti"...

Edward D. Sottile Sr.

Edward D. Sottile Sr., 93, of 140 Melbourne Road, died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 7, 1914, son of Nicola and Rosina Alberti Sottile, he attended Pittsfield...

Daniel Victor "Gordy" Romero

Daniel Victor "Gordy" Romero, of Sanford, N.C., 16, died Saturday at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford in an automobile accident. Born in Pittsfield on April 15, 1991, son of Gail Eliza...

Peter Maruk

Peter Maruk, 84, of Sugar Hill died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 30, 1923, son of Michael and Dorothy Nycorchuk Maruk, he was a longtime resident of Pittsfield, and had resided...

Mildred Charron

Mildred Charron, 94, of 6 Main St., a former longtime resident of Walker Street, died yesterday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, where she had been a patient since...

Jeremiah J. O'Connell

Jeremiah J. O'Connell, 86, of 49 Unkamet Drive died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. He spent winters in Dunnellon, Fla. Born in Manchester, Conn., on April 14, 1921, son of Joseph and...

Edmond J. Tiska

Edmond J. Tiska, 82, of 60 Draper Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 17, 1924, son of Joseph T. Tiska and Stella Serovic Tiska Wojick, he was a 1940...

Sandra Lee Lynch

Sandra Lee Lynch, 70, of 273 Old Stockbridge Road, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in White Plains, N.Y., on Feb. 17, 1937, daughter of Herbert M. and Claire Oathout Spade, she...

Anna L. Statkun Lawson, 95

RICHMOND, Mass. â€' Anna L. Statkun Lawson, 95, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, at Mount St. Vincent Nursing Home in Holyoke. She was the mother of Cynthia L. Morrison of Richmond. Born in...

James F. "Tex" Goddeau

James F. "Tex" Goddeau, 87, of BerkshireTown Apartments, 176 Columbus Ave., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield, July 22, 1920, son of Henry O. and Leone A....

Ramona Garshelis

Ramona Garshelis, 80, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died on Friday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., Nov. 13, 1926, daughter of Samuel and Barbara Brommer Garshelis, she...

Francis J. Higgins

Francis J. Higgins, 84, of 955 Barker Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 18, 1922, son of William F. and May McCormick Higgins, he was a 1940 graduate of St....