Obituaries

Lucia Grace Roberts

Lucia Grace Roberts, 82, of Kimball Farms, died May 7 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in San Diego on March 21, 1925, daughter of Clinton and Dorothy Clarke Abbott, she attended the Francis...

Viola M. Blake

Viola M. Blake, 79, of 16 Pioneer St., died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Nancy Giardina of 213 Burke Ave. in Pittsfield, after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 30, 1928,...

Lana M. Recchia

Lana M. Recchia, 66, of 265 Second St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 19, 1940, daughter of Joseph J. and Rose Canterella Rosso, she attended local...

Nils Guttormsen

Nils Guttormsen, 88, of 53 Pinehurst Ave., died Monday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where he had lived for a short time. Born in Pittsfield on May 30, 1918, son of Nils and Martha Faeste...

James T. Powers

James T. Powers, 63, of 131 Elizabeth St., died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 14, 1943, son of Francis J. and Nora Mazzer Powers, he attended local schools and was a 1962 graduate of...

Sylvia Mary Kaufmann

Sylvia Mary Kaufmann, 88, of 15 Weston St., died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for a short time. Born in Bromley, England, on Aug. 29, 1918, daughter of...

Elaine Frances Bigelow

Elaine Frances Bigelow, 76, of 911 Tyler St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 11, 1930, daughter of Roy W. and Dorothy Thomas Kickery, she attended local...

Helen Raczynski

Helen Raczynski, 91, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since July 2006. Born in Centralia, Pa., on April 4,...

Beverly A. Darrow

Beverly A. Darrow, 69, of 113 Pine St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 6, 1937, daughter of Leonard A. and Irene Murphy Teal, she was...

Dorothy Garity Wilson

Dorothy Garity Wilson, 86, of 5 Cornell Lane, died Friday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided since September 2006. Born in Westfield on May 3, 1921, daughter of Harold and...

Gerald A. Guild

Gerald A. Guild, 77, of 163 Clevland Road, died Saturday at Beth Israel Hospital in Boson. Born in Wrentham on Nov. 30, 1929, son of William and Myrtle MacInnes Guild, he graduated from Oliver...

James F. Primm II

James F. Primm II, 56, of 6650 West 83rd St., Overland Park, Kan., died Monday at Hillcrest Commons Health Care Facility, where he had resided for two months. Born in New York City on April 13,...

Irene Eleanor Twing

Irene Eleanor Twing, 45, of 97 Francis Ave., died Monday morning as a result of injuries sustained after being hit by a train. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 29, 1961, daughter of Walter E. and Mabel...

Charles Leslie Seddon

Charles Leslie Seddon, 59, of 27 Dewey Ave., died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 6, 1947, son of Laurence R. and Lois Fraser Seddon, he attended local schools and earned his General...

Kaare Nils Francis

Kaare Nils Francis, 51, of Estero, Fla., died Tuesday at Southwest Regional Medical Center in Fort Myers, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 18, 1955, son of the late Burton Francis Jr. and Violet...

Doris Ruth Russell

Doris Ruth Russell, 92, formerly of Rose Manor, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Springside of Pittsfield for five months. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 24, 1914,...

Walter P. Fertek

Walter P. Fertek, 85, of 52 Vivian Ave., died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 26, 1922, son of Stanislaw and Mary Glazeski Fertek, he was a 1940 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Bruce Morgan Crosier

Bruce Morgan Crosier, 80, of 436 East St., died yesterday at home after a brief illness. Born in Dalton on March 19, 1927, son of Earl B. Crosier Sr. and Maude Mather Crosier, he attended local...

Grace P. Houle

Grace P. Houle, 84, of 7 Velma Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 31, 1922, daughter of Archibald and Catherine Nethery Houston, she was a 1940 graduate...

Edmund J. Prehoden Sr.

Edmund J. Prehoden Sr., 81, of 73 Tanner St., died of congestive heart failure Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mary E. Prehoden, 1553 Guy St., San Diego. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 30, 1925,...

John O. Tucker Sr.

John O. Tucker Sr., 87, formerly of 173 King St., died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield nursing facility. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1920, son of Charles J. and Isabel Hamilton Tucker, he...

Elaine Kaplan

Elaine Kaplan, 82, of 54 Zeff Drive, died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 4, 1924, daughter of Robert M. and Mary Aaronson Kriger, she graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1941 and...

Robert R. Tolvo

Robert R. Tolvo, 78, of 10241 Misty Meadow Road, Leesburg, Fla., formerly of Lenox and South Egremont, died Sunday at home. Born in Housatonic on June 7, 1928, son of Patrick and Helen Richards...

James Robert Hunt Sr.

James Robert Hunt Sr., 70, of 734 Dermody Road, Bennington, Vt., died Tuesday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 29, 1936, son of William F. and...

Warren Alger Drew

Warren Alger Drew, 88, of 934 Main St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center following a short illness. Born in Barnston in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada, on Oct. 11, 1918, son of...