Obituaries

Soula D. Diamond

Soula D. Diamond, 83, of 28 Plastics Ave., died Saturday at her home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 11, 1923, daughter of Dennis G. and Urania T. Gourdouveli Diamond, she was a graduate of Pittsfield...

Catherine B. Carey

Catherine B. Carey, 99, died Friday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. She was the mother of Frances P. Conaghan of Pittsfield. Born in County Roscommon, Ireland on Nov. 9, 1907, daughter of...

Norbert M. Jacoby

Norbert M. Jacoby, 64, of 145 Buckman Road, Rochester, N.Y., died Friday in Wilmington, Vt., while on vacation. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 18, 1943, son of Norbert H. and Beulah Ressler Jacoby, he...

Eleanor M. Beitzel

Eleanor M. Beitzel, 79, of 47 Pine Grove Drive died yesterday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on May 24, 1928, daughter of Andrew J. and Mary Ruff Miller, she was a...

Jane S. Bradley

Jane S. Bradley, 88, of 1265 West St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 25, 1918, daughter of Hubert C. and Alice Harlow Sykes, she was a 1936 graduate of...

Hubert E. Olsen

Hubert E. Olsen, 95, of 20 Knox Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Jan. 8, 1912, son of Johan and Hilda Loufquist Olsen, he was a...

Rose M. Stracuzzi

Rose M. Stracuzzi, 85, of 379 East St., Providence Court Apts., died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield, Jan. 17, 1922, a daughter of Giuseppe and Giovanna Gentile Frangipane,...

Ruth Elizabeth LeBeau

Ruth Elizabeth LeBeau, 87, formerly of Dalton, died Tuesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since August 2004. Born in Rensselaer, N.Y., Nov. 2, 1919, daughter of Arthur J. and...

Victoria B. Conte

Victoria B. Conte, 87, formerly of 71 Newton Ave., died Monday at her daughter's home in San Jacinto, Calif. Mrs. Conte, the daughter of Joseph and Helen Bannick Stockley, was born in Waterbury,...

Jared M. Benham

Jared M. Benham, 21, of 11 Constitution Ave., died Wednesday morning as the result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Mr. Benham was born in Pittsfield, March 18, 1986, the son of...

Denise Lynn Perkins Cope

Denise Lynn Perkins Cope, 32, of Windermere, Fla., died Sunday at Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Fla. Born Nov. 8, 1974, in Pittsfield, daughter of W.E. Bill and Maureen Perkins. She moved...

William Ronald Carmon

William Ronald Carmon, 58, of 75 Massachusetts Ave., died Monday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield, May 1, 1949, son of William W. and Florence S. Killela Carmon, he...

Jane S. Hennelly

Jane S. Hennelly, 83, of 235 Walker St., a former longtime resident of 555 Williams St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 11, 1923, daughter of Thomas P. and...

Maura E. Taillefer

Maura E. Taillefer, 43, of 63 Pollock Ave., died Thursday at home after a long illness. Born in Manhattan, N.Y., on Oct. 7, 1963, daughter of John and May Cavanaugh Hickey, she was a 1982 graduate...

Pierina A. Romeo

Pierina A. Romeo, 94, of 290 Dalton Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 14, 1913, daughter of Giovanni and Fiorentina Borio Ferrato, she moved to Torino,...

Frederick George Morin

Frederick George Morin, 69, of 52 Curtis Terrace died yesterday at his home. Born in Pittsfield on June 4, 1938, son of Everett A. and Lillian Dellert Morin, he was educated in Pittsfield...

Francis E. McLaughlin

Francis E. McLaughlin, 91, of Shrewsbury, formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at UMass Memorial Medical Center, Memorial Campus, Worcester. Born in Somerville on Sept., 10, 1915, son of Francis...

Catherine J. Houser

Catherine J. Houser, 83, former longtime resident of 293 High St., died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 24, 1923, daughter of Henry E. and Mary Tatro Archey, she attended...

Francis J. O'Brien

Francis J. O'Brien, 80, formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at his residence at 6413 India Drive, Spring Hill, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 18, 1926, son of Luke and Margaret Hifko O'Brien, he...

Armando N. DiNicola

Armando N. DiNicola, 85, of 245 Cheshire Road, died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since December 2002. Born in Pittsfield on June 12, 1922, son of Selvino and Donata...

Francis G. Tallman

Francis G. Tallman, 86, of 101 Orlando Ave., died Tuesday at home. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 22, 1921, son of Edward G. and Lucy Sprague Tallman, he was a graduate of Pittsfield High School...

Eileen F. O'Boyle

Eileen F. O'Boyle, 71, of 65 Bruce Drive, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., on Feb. 7, 1936, daughter of William and Eileen Carey Gagan, she graduated from St....

Maureen Kearns

Maureen Kearns, 65, of Highland Avenue, died Sunday at the home of her sister, Pamela Minardi of Sun Valley Drive in Leola, Pa. Born in Bennington, Vt., on May 2, 1942, daughter of Rita Sausville...

Alfred P. Salomone Sr.

Alfred P. Salomone Sr., 86, of Stratford Avenue died Sunday at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Born in Plainville, Conn., on Dec. 16, 1920, son of John D. and Carmela Roberto Salomone, he graduated...

Carlo J. Sacchetti

Carlo J. Sacchetti, 86, of 172 Ridgeway Ave., died Friday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on May 12, 1921, son of Angelo and Josephine Yannone Sacchetti, he attended local schools and...