Obituaries

Martha D. Harris

Martha D. Harris, 92, of 17 Colt Road died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1914, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Teti Ruscio, she graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1934...

William A. Gross Jr.

William A. Gross Jr., 46, of 132 Longview Terrace died Sunday at UMass Medical Center in Worcester after a yearlong illness. Born in Manhattan, N.Y., on March 5, 1961, son of Charlotte Gross and...

Eugene R. Curletti

Eugene R. Curletti, 88, of 94 Kittredge Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Feb. 26, 1919, son of Lorenzo and Carolina Bertolino Curletti, he moved to...

Peter Anthony Shelsey

Peter Anthony Shelsey, 85, of 10124 Suzanne Drive, River Ridge, La., died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 8, 1922, son of Damiano and Theresa Peri Scelsi, he graduated from Pittsfield...

Edward Holmes Mitchell Jr.

Edward Holmes Mitchell Jr., 70, of Lynchburg, Va., died Saturday at Lynchburg General Hospital. Born in Teaneck, N.J., on Feb. 15, 1937, son of Edward H. Mitchell Sr. and Charlotte Idella...

Edward J. Kousch

Edward J. Kousch, 92, of Hampden Village, Westfield, died Sunday at home. He was the father of Deborah K. "Sita" Howard of Pittsfield. Born in Westfield on June 10, 1915, son of John and Anna...

Valerie A. Hoster

Valerie A. Hoster, 64, of 110 Central Ave., Dalton, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. She lived in Delaware until five years ago when she returned to Dalton. Born...

Lena Victoria Angelini

Lena Victoria Angelini, 102, formerly of 27 Pembroke Ave., in the Lakewood section, died yesterday at Berkshire Place where she had resided since August 2003. Born in San Gimignano, province of...

Alma A. Cleaver

Alma A. Cleaver, 87, of Sunset Avenue died Friday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Binghamton, N.Y., on Sept. 15, 1919, daughter of Carl and Herimina Heinz Pepernik, she was educated...

John F. Lenihan

John F. Lenihan, 63, of 1053 Weslin Creek Drive, Myrtle Beach, S.C., died Monday at his home. He was a former longtime Pittsfield resident and lived in Myrtle Beach for the past year and a...

Geraldine Katherine Glover

Geraldine Katherine Glover, 75, formerly of Pomeroy Avenue and Sugar Hill, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield, Oct. 16, 1931, daughter of Edward F. and Mary Higgins...

Mary R. Pinney

Mary R. Pinney, 88, of 392 Summit Road, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Trenholm, Ore., on July 6, 1919, daughter of Evan and Viola Tatro Treharne, she was...

Dionisia A. "Daisy" Casey

Dionisia A. "Daisy" Casey, 85, of 280 Maple St., died Monday at the summer home of her daughter, Kathleen Casey, of South Street in East Otis. Born in Adams on July 13, 1922, daughter of John and...

Dorothy C. Bartley

Dorothy C. Bartley, 93, of Sugar Hill, 45 Main St., a former longtime resident of Pleasant Street, died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 1, 1913, daughter of Michael J. and Catherine...

Robert "Skip" Janes

Robert "Skip" Janes, 33, of 126 Union St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Sept. 18, 1973, son of Robert and the late Marlene Turner...

Nora Mary Aherne

Nora Mary Aherne, 84, of 379 East St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, on May 20, 1923, daughter of Arthur and Bridget Nolan...

William Albert Mitchell

William Albert Mitchell, 80, of 43 Holmes Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 13, 1927, son of George and Louise Mitchell, he attended elementary school in...

Rose M. Serafin

Rose M. Serafin, 78, of 180 Montgomery Ave. Extension died Wednesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 8, 1929, daughter of William and Annie Galpin Duclos, she was educated in local...

John Joseph O'Neil Sr.

John Joseph O'Neil Sr., 89, of 43 Bellmore Drive died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 23, 1918, son of Thomas and Jennie Burns O'Neil, he was a 1935 graduate of St. Joseph's High...

Marjorie M. Campbell

Marjorie M. Campbell, 90, of 274 Eleanor Road died Wednesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. She served on the Pittsfield Council on Aging and was a member of the Pittsfield Boys' and...

Donald A. Johnson

Donald A. Johnson, 86, of 326 Dalton Ave. died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 5, 1920, son of Alexander E. and Frances Boice Johnson, he was a 1938 graduate of Pittsfield High School...

Mary T. Bailot

Mary T. Bailot, 75, of 175 Lebanon Ave., died Monday at her son's residence on 13 Columbia Terrace, Adams, where she had resided since April. Born in Pittsfield on July 7, 1932, daughter of Philip...

Ellen C. Van De Bogart

Ellen C. Van De Bogart, 100, of 320 Pittsfield Road, died Friday at Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born on Sept. 25, 1906, in North Canaan, Conn., daughter of Harvey and Caroline Hoag Drumm, she...

Joseph F. Koziol

Joseph F. Koziol, 64, of 20 Britton St., died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 21, 1942, son of Julian and Julia Muron Koziol, he attended local schools and was a 1960...

Margaret C. Grogan

Margaret C. Grogan, 82, a longtime resident of Lenox, died Sunday after a brief illness at the home of her daughter, Susan A. Hayes, of Chili-Riga Town Line Road, Churchville, N.Y. Born in New...