Obituaries

Ruth C. Dingham Longacre

Ruth C. Dingham Longacre, 83, of Woody Way, Tallahassee, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at home. Born in Manchester, Vt., on Nov. 23, 1923, daughter of Ralph and Hilda Kirton...

Elaine V. Scace

Elaine V. Scace, 81, of 86 Knox Road died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 24, 1926, daughter of Sherley and Nellie Schilling Vosburgh, she was educated in...

Ernestina B. Grimaldi

Ernestina B. Grimaldi, 85, of 894 West Housatonic St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28, 1921, daughter of Samuel and Mary DiPaula Bilotta, she graduated...

Barbara L. Crespi

Barbara L. Crespi, 75, of 30 Pembroke Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Gilman, Vt., on Feb. 21, 1932, daughter of Alvah and Alice Proulx Dresser, she was a 1950 graduate of...

Katherine Rose Chagnon

Katherine Rose Chagnon, 25, of 42A North Sturbridge Road, Charlton, died Friday at Harrington Memorial Hospital in Southbridge of apparent heart failure. She was a former resident of...

Dorothy Ferguson

Dorothy Ferguson, 91, of Kingsway Arms Nursing Center in Schenectady, N.Y., a teacher at the former Highland Elementary School in Pittsfield for 28 years, died Wednesday at Ellis Hospital in...

Donald Napoleon LaFleur

Donald Napoleon LaFleur, 80, of 45 Main St., died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Northampton on June 18, 1926, son of Dugald N. and Laura Vignault LaFleur, he attended local...

Jean Elizabeth Frieri

Jean Elizabeth Frieri, 85, of 169 Valentine Road, died Friday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she had resided for the past five years. Born in South Lee on June 9, 1921, daughter of...

Anne E. Rodrigues

Anne E. Rodrigues, 83, of Ensign Avenue died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 23, 1923, daughter of John H. and Anna Harte Sturgeon, she was a 1942 graduate of...

Robert Patrick Quadrozzi

Robert Patrick Quadrozzi, 69, of 422 South Wayne St., Portland, Ind., a native of Pittsfield, died Thursday in an auto accident in Delaware County, Ind. He was returning from cancer...

Helen M. O'Neill, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Helen Mary O'Neill, 84, of 379 East St. died Saturday, June 2, 2007, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Pownal, Vt., on April 8, 1923, daughter of Fritz and Marianne...

Frank E. Green Jr.

Frank E. Green Jr., 72, of 15 Beech Road, Richmond Shores, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Winchester, Conn., on Dec. 10, 1934, son of Frank E. Green...

Adrien "Pete" Chalifoux

Adrien "Pete" Chalifoux, 77, of 151 Wahconah St., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was the former owner and operator of Adrien's Diner on Wahconah Street. Born in Adams on June...

Madeline V. Baroli

Madeline V. Baroli, 82, of 176 Columbus Ave., died Saturday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 24, 1924, daughter of Paul F. and Daisy...

Carol Ann Kerichenko

Carol Ann Kerichenko, 60, of 298 Merrill Road died Wednesday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 16, 1946, daughter of the late William M. Bragg Sr. and Geraldine Gero Bragg...

Raymond Carl Houghton Jr.

Raymond Carl Houghton Jr., 60, of Delmar, N.Y., formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at St. Peter's Hospice Inn in Albany, N.Y. Born in Greenfield on May 26, 1947, he lived throughout New...

John Ernest Davis Sr.

John Ernest Davis Sr., 58, of 15 Curtiss Terrace, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 21, 1949, son of Edward and Mary Thornton Davis, he attended Pittsfield High...

Tracyee Alexander Afari

Tracyee Alexander Afari, 51, of 89 John St., died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 1, 1955, daughter of Earl G. and Iris Bowery Persip, she was a 1973 graduate of Taconic High School and...

Marilyn H. "Lynn" Squires

Marilyn H. "Lynn" Squires, 77, a three-year resident of Hillcrest Commons, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. She lived previously at Rose Manor. Born in Sunderland, Vt., on Nov. 4,...

Nicholas D. Placido

Nicholas D. Placido, 79, of 43 Atwood Ave., died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 25, 1928, son of Antonio F. and Mary Marini Scipione Placido, he attended Pittsfield schools. He...

Frances A. Mack

Frances A. Mack, 83, of Hillcrest Commons, died there Saturday. Born in Central Falls, R.I., on Nov. 8, 1923, daughter of Frank and Josephine Posneck Siatkowski, she moved to Adams as a child and...

Jacqueline Patricia Holcomb

Jacqueline Patricia Holcomb, 30, of 154 Barnes Road, Falls Village, Conn., a native of Pittsfield, died May 24 from injuries sustained in an automoblie accident. Born on March 4, 1977, daughter of...

Richard L. Doak

Richard L. Doak, 69, of 93 Roselyn Drive, died Friday at home. Born in Newcastle, Wyo., on Nov. 28, 1937, son of Harry and Edna Scott Doak, he graduated from Ohio University in 1960 with a...

Lillian Grace Schnopp

Lillian Grace Schnopp, 94, of 876 South St., died Thursday at home. Born in Greenwich, N.Y., on April 7, 1913, daughter of Albert and Margaret Moon Ward, she was educated in schools there and...

Virginia McAuley

Virginia McAuley, 87, of 8 Whipple St., formerly of Cheshire, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Feb. 26, 1920, daughter of George and Caroline Urban McAuley, she attended...