Obituaries

William S. Allessio

William S. Allessio, 95, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 26, 1911, son of Michael and Delfina...

Kim Evan Lavigne

Kim Evan Lavigne, 51, of 333 Onota St., died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 9, 1955, son of the late Gertrude Stickles Lavigne, he was raised by...

Josephine Mary Drobiak

Josephine Mary Drobiak, 76, of 11 Lakewood Circle, died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 23, 1930, daughter of Marino and Mary Cimini Cimini, she...

Katherine E. Pirzl

Katherine E. Pirzl, 82, of Victoria Court, Lenoir, N.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Gateway Nursing Center in Lenoir. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 6, 1924, she was the daughter of James...

Dora E. Gruberg

Dora E. Gruberg, 95, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshire Town, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 11, 1912, she was the daughter of Joseph Gruberg and Sara...

Maureen L. Doolan

Maureen L. Doolan, 60, of 4 Sampson Parkway, died yesterday at Providence Health Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided since December 2006. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1946, daughter of...

Dayton F. Tynan

Dayton F. Tynan, 74, of 200 Melbourne Road, died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Caldwell, N.J., on May 30, 1932, son of Dayton and Amy Decker Tynan, he was a 1950 graduate of...

Dolores C. Renaud

Dolores C. Renaud, 80, of 2 Cicero Drive, Lakeville, formerly of Clairmont Road in Dalton, died Thursday at Morton Hospital in Taunton. She moved to Lakeville two years ago. Born in...

Elizabeth F. Pulasky Niarchos

Elizabeth F. Pulasky Niarchos, 86, of 35 Oak Hill Road, died Thursday at Albany Medical Center. Born in Greenfield on Feb. 24, 1920, daughter of James and Matilda Dame Collins, she moved to...

Patricia Anne Madzy

Patricia Anne Madzy, 60, of 120 Richard Drive, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hartsville, N.Y., on March 14, 1946, daughter of Edith Marshall Theall and the late Haviland Theall,...

William Nicholas Boos

William Nicholas Boos, 69, of 27 Truran Lane, Whitewood,died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 27, 1938, son of William R. and Grace Ames Boos, he...

George G. Doucette Jr.

George G. Doucette Jr., 82, of Rockland Drive, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brighton on Jan. 18, 1925, son of George and Florence Martin Doucette, he was a 1943 graduate of...

Margaret E. Braman

Margaret E. Braman, 87, of Framingham, formerly of Dalton, died Feb. 14 at St. Patrick's Manor in Framingham. She moved to Framingham five years ago. Born in New York City on April 10, 1919,...

Robert Victor Hamilton

Robert Victor Hamilton, 86, a former longtime resident of Adams, died Tuesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Ponca City, Okla., on Nov. 1, 1920, son of Lawrence J. and Mabel...

Samuel Lawrence Caesar

Samuel Lawrence Caesar, 78, of 3 Robbins Ave., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton on Feb. 11, 1929, son of John and Elizabeth Evans Caesar, he was educated in local...

Pearl Irene St. Peter

Pearl Irene St. Peter, 99, formerly of Dalton Avenue, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Rutland, Vt., on Sept. 16, 1907, daughter of Frank Goodrich and Exina Manney...

Billy M. Schilling Jr.

Billy M. Schilling Jr., 40, of 107 Brown St., died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 18, 1966, son of Billy M. Schilling Sr. and Alma Rennie Schilling, he was a 1984 graduate of Lee High...

Josephine F. Melikan

Josephine F. Melikan, 93, of Chatham, formerly of Pittsfield, died at Liberty Commons Nursing Home in Chatham on Saturday. Born in Manchester on March 29, 1913, daughter of Joseph Eulian and Susan...

Richard M. Potter

Richard M. Potter, 61, of 57 Churchill Crest, died Saturday at home. Born on Jan. 7, 1946, in Pittsfield, son of the late Harry J. and Yolanda Procopio Potter, he was a lifelong resident of...

James K. Chapman Sr.

James K. Chapman Sr., 89, of 149 Osceola Road, died Friday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox following a long illness. Born in Newberry, S.C., on July 22, 1917, son of Francis W. and...

Sophie A. Perron

Sophie A. Perron, 89, of 730 Main St., died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since December. Born in Dalton on Feb. 20, 1917, daughter of Rudolf and Agatha...

Joan F. Buckley

Joan F. Buckley, 76, of Northampton Street, Holyoke, died Friday at home. Born Nov. 10, 1930, daughter of John and Irene Lawrence Buckley, she graduated from Henry W. Bishop III Memorial School of...

Harold G. Oles Jr.

Harold G. Oles Jr., 78, of Park Circle Drive, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 16, 1929, son of Harold G. Oles Sr. and Sara Benson Oles, he was a 1946 graduate...

Christine Dupré

Christine Dupré, 66, of Laurinburg, N.C., mother of Christine E. Dupré of Dalton, died Friday at Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurinburg. Born in Milford on Jan. 24, 1941, she was the...

Mary M. Orts

Mary M. Orts, 65, died Wednesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for 2 1/2 years. Born in Succasunna, N.J., on Dec. 24, 1941, daughter of Martin L. and Eleanor Bell Orts, she...