Obituaries

William "Pickles" Mitchell Pensivy Sr.

William "Pickles" Mitchell Pensivy Sr., 76, of Michelle Manor, 40 Linden St., died yesterday at his home. Born in Lenox Dale on Nov. 21, 1930, son of Mitchell and Anna Dulfied Pensivy, he was a...

John G. Carey

John G. Carey, 74, of 140 Melbourne Road, a former resident of Adams, died Saturday at home of cancer. Born in Adams on Feb. 25, 1932, son of Gerald H. and Grace Haytree Carey, he attended local...

Pauline A. Beauchemin

Pauline A. Beauchemin, 84, of 48 Edgemere Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 1, 1922, daughter of Henry J. and Mary C. Cunningham Hart, she was a 1940...

Robert E. Harrison Sr.

Robert E. Harrison Sr., 74, of 222 Dalton Division Road died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 15, 1932, son of Herbert E. and Marjorie Renfrew Harrison, he was a 1949 graduate of...

Shirley Edna Curry

Shirley Edna Curry, 81, formerly of 247 Harryel St., died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since May 12, 2004. Born in Montville, Calif., on July 19, 1925, daughter of...

Raymond F. Tremlett Jr.

Raymond F. Tremlett Jr., 73, of Tewksbury died Saturday at home. He was the father of Scott D. Tremlett of Pittsfield. Born in Boston on Aug. 31, 1933, son of Raymond F. and Cecily Dunn...

R. Jack Kelly

R. Jack Kelly, 78, of 531 West St. died Friday at Hillcrest Commons Heath Care Facility, where he had resided for two weeks. He was the owner of Berkshire Hearing Aid Center. Born in...

Peter D. Foote Jr.

Peter D. Foote Jr., 52, of 9 Southbrook Lane died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 31, 1954, son of Peter D. Foote Sr. and Adelia Cilli...

Joan M. Ross

Joan M. Ross, 50, of 286 Main St., died at home Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on April 28, 1956, daughter of Harry and Martha Shock Freshler, she was a 1974...

Matthew David Masiero

Matthew David Masiero, 34, of 171 Magnolia St. in Dorchester, formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Born in Pittsfield on March 16, 1972, son of the...

Adrienne Eve Cornellier

Adrienne Eve Cornellier, 96, formerly of Dartmouth Street, died in Nashua, N.H., on Saturday. Born in Lac Megantic, Canada, Dec. 14, 1910, daughter of Adelard and Marie Lamontagne Charland, she...

Rita M. Brassard

Rita M. Brassard, 89, formerly of Elm Street, died Sunday evening at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided since August 2002. Born in Pittsfield Dec. 15, 1917, daughter of Robert...

Susan T. Dimanche

Susan T. Dimanche, 61, of 82 Wilson St. died yesterday at home after a long battle with cancer. She was the owner and operator of Chipper Clipper Beauty Shop in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on...

Carolyn Ann Dicranian Ultimo

Carolyn Ann Dicranian Ultimo, 66, of 645 Washington Road died Saturday at her home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 21, 1940, daughter of Augustus and Zabel Ann Dicranian Ultimo, she was a 1957...

Elizabeth J. "Betty" Mahoney

Elizabeth J. "Betty" Mahoney, 74, of 184 Doreen St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Pownal, Vt., on Nov. 5, 1932, daughter of Earl and Delia King Hatch, she was a longtime...

Esther Gelston DuBois

Esther Gelston DuBois, 92, of Springside Nursing Center, formerly of Goodrich Street, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Montreal on March 14, 1914, daughter of the late Robert and...

John Joseph Sokolowski Sr.

John Joseph Sokolowski Sr., 74, of 59 Harris St., a former Pittsfield firefighter, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 22, 1932, son of Nicholas and Mary Sauwick...

Andrea O. Sadowy

Andrea O. Sadowy, 44, of 1883 Route 32 North, Gansevoort, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Saratoga Springs (N.Y.) Hospital after a short battle with lung cancer. Before moving to...

Ruth I. Melle

Ruth I. Melle, 79, of 68 Gale Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 23, 1927, daughter of Roy Nash Sr. and Nellie Foster Nash, she was a...

Lucia DiPrimio

Lucia DiPrimio, 92, of 161 Newell St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Hillcrest Commons for two years. Born in Turrivalignani, province of Pescara, Italy, on...

Robert Charles Nicholas

Robert Charles Nicholas, 83, of Pownal, Vt., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 2, 1923, son of Everett A....

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...