Obituaries

Douglas F. Barnes

Douglas F. Barnes, 65, of 189 Churchill Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center of an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on March 8, 1941, son of the late Leroy and Claire LaFrance...

Mary I. Ricchi

Mary I. Ricchi, 93, formerly of Pittsfield and McKinney, Texas, died Sunday at the Cogburn Health & Rehabilitation Center in Huntsville, Ala. Born in Cassine, Province of Alessandria, Italy, on...

David F. Hart

David F. Hart, 69, of 255 Lebanon Ave. died Sunday evening at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided for the past three years. Born in Pittsfield on April 9, 1937, son of M. Evelyn Fallaw...

Nina Grechan

Nina Grechan, 85, of 73 Rose Drive died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Springfield on March 29, 1921, daughter of Aleksey and Eugenie Gardieff Grechan, she was a graduate of Dalton...

Christine Helen Vanhoenacker

Christine Helen Vanhoenacker, 69, of Melbourne Place, formerly of Dawes Avenue, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Shenandoah, Pa., on Dec. 7, 1937, daughter of Andrew and Helen...

John Funke Jr.

John Funke Jr., 87, of 1110 Marshall Road, Greenwood, S.C., died Thursday at Wesley Commons in Greenwood. He was the father of Carole Ann Collins of Pittsfield. Born in Atlanta on March 15,...

Albert W. "Red" Turner

Albert W. "Red" Turner, 90, of 40 Sunset Ave., a former longtime resident of 370 East St., died Saturday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where he had been a patient since May 4. Born in...

Priscilla Mary Ryan

Priscilla Mary Ryan, 81, of 19 Roselyn Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after six months of hospitalization. Born in Pittsfield on March 16, 1925, daughter of Joseph B. and...

Judith D. Joyce

Judith D. Joyce, 64, of 494 East New Lenox Road died Saturday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 22, 1942, daughter of Russell F. and Marion Williams Allen, she spent her...

Barbara A. Fahey

Barbara A. Fahey, 76, of 74 Flansburg Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 17, 1930, daughter of Walter B. and Vera Mongue Fox, she was a 1948 graduate of the former Dalton High...

Charles A. Reed Sr.

Charles A. Reed Sr., 73, of 347 Sycamore Drive, Crossville, Tenn., died Monday at home. He was co-owner of Summit Hill Campground in the town of Washington from 1985 to 2005 Born in New Haven,...

Victoria Houghtaling

Victoria Houghtaling, 60, of 169 Valentine Road died Tuesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 6, 1946, daughter of Angelo and Theresa Palumbo Vicki, she attended...

William Edward Prew

William Edward Prew, 53, of 18 Woodbine Ave. died Monday at home of cancer. Born in Pittsfield on April 29, 1953, son of Madeline Derade Prew and the late William James Prew, he attended St....

Dorothy Lotto

Dorothy Lotto, 88, of 1 Colt Road, formerly of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., died Monday at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 15, 1918, daughter of Charles and Anna Shapiro Weiss, she spent most of her life...

Antoinette DiNicola

Antoinette DiNicola, 87, of 164 Elm St. died Monday at St. Francis' Hospital in Hartford, Conn. Born in Lee on March 14, 1919, daughter of Diego and Frances Insalaco Carlino, she attended schools...

Barbara C. Stack

Barbara C. Stack, 87, of 32 Barker Road died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for a short time. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 4, 1919, daughter of Walter L. and...

Clement "Chuck" Gage

Clement "Chuck" Gage, 60, of 11 Walden Lane died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1946, son of Evelyn Bordeau Wendling and the late...

Donald V. Buttenheim

Donald V. Buttenheim, 91, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community died there yesterday after a brief illness. Born in Hastings, N.Y., on July 23, 1915, son of Edgar J. and Marian Voorhees...

Dorothy M. Bourdon

Dorothy M. Bourdon, 93, of State Road, Route 41, died Sunday at Mary Ann Morse Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Natick, where she had resided since April. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 8, 1913,...

Joseph Edward Smith

Joseph Edward Smith, 94, of 5 Hall Place died Wednesday at home. He had resided there since 1969. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 24, 1912, son of Michael and Anna Fritz Smith, he was a 1930...

Kathleen M. Blanchard

Kathleen M. Blanchard, 54, of 31 Kathy Way died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center from diabetes-related complications. Born in Worcester on Sept. 18, 1952, daughter of Charles K. and Marjorie...

A. Edward "Ted" Bramley

A. Edward "Ted" Bramley, 83, of 181 Brown St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 29, 1923, son of Archie P. and Adele Nivens Bramley, he was a 1941 graduate of...

Bernice Ortenberg

Bernice Ortenberg, 79, of 61 Salisbury Court died yesterday at home. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Aug. 18, 1927, daughter of Harry and Rose Mayer Toporofsky, she attended schools in New York and...

Agnes S. Demick

Agnes S. Demick, 81, of 11 Crane Ave. died Saturday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on May 15, 1925, daughter of Anthony J. and Sophie Dachowska Demick, she was a 1943...

Helen Daly

Helen Daly, 88, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she was admitted three days ago. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 22, 1918, daughter of Peter...