Obituaries

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...

Roy John Martin

Roy John Martin, 68, of Capitol Square Apartments, 379 North St., formerly of Lee, died Wednesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 3, 1938, son of Roy E. and Mary Honiker Martin, he attended...

Richard Lyman Sedgwick Jr.

Richard Lyman Sedgwick Jr., 79, of 181 West Housatonic St. died yesterday morning after a long illness. Born in Dalton on March 29, 1927, son of Richard L. Sedgwick Sr. and Agnes Gaudette...

Ethel Witherell Parrott, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ethel Jean Witherell Parrott, 88, of 195 Elberon Ave., formerly of 150 Ashland St., North Adams, died Monday, Nov. 27, 2006, at Mount Greylock Extended Care...

Emily Krista Breault

Emily Krista Breault, 17, of 107 Bossidy Drive died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident earlier in the day. Born in Pittsfield on June...

Christine Louise Tini

Christine Louise Tini, 56, of 25 Oak Way, Stephentown, N.Y., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 11, 1950, daughter of Salvatore and Clara...

Beatrice Marie Lesh

Beatrice Marie Lesh, 89, of New Lenox Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Franklin, N.J., on Aug. 29, 1917, daughter of Lewis and Grace Kays Talmadge, she attended schools in...

Sandra T. Drager

Sandra T. Drager, 69, of 595 Williams St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Philadelphia on March 22, 1937, daughter of Dorothy Trimble Trudgeon and the...

Robert A. Cook

Robert A. Cook, 46, of 277 Connecticut Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 14, 1960, son of Raymond J. Cook Sr. and Rosemary Monteleone Cook, he attended Pittsfield schools,...

Anna Elizabeth Connors

Anna Elizabeth Connors, 92, formerly of 49 Ashley St., died Thursday at Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born in Pawlet, Vt., on Nov. 14, 1914, daughter of Michael G. and Margaret McGrath Connors,...

William J. Beer Jr.

William J. Beer Jr., 86, of South Central St., Plainfield, died Friday at his home. Born in Pittsfield on March 28, 1920, son of William J. Beer Sr. and Irene Prince Beer, he attended schools in...

Allan E. Reis Sr.

Allan E. Reis Sr., 74, of 77 Delancy Ave. died Tuesday, Nov. 21, at home after a short battle with cancer. Born in West Chelmsford on Oct. 8, 1932, the son of Oscar E. and Helen Westberg Reis, he...

Stephen E. Walsh

Stephen E. Walsh, 46, died yesterday at his residence in Winslow, Maine, after a battle with cancer. He was the son-in-law of Donald Westbrook of Pittsfield. Born Nov. 1, 1960, in Norwood, the...

Elvera V. Samale

Elvera V. Samale, 83, of 1850 Bayshore Drive, Englewood, Fla., died Monday at Venice Regional Medical Center in Venice, Fla. Born in Marlboro, on Nov. 28, 1922, a daughter of Angelo and Elizabeth...

Peggy W. Millington

Peggy W. Millington, 86, of 88 South St. died at Berkshire Medical Center Monday. Born on May 30, 1920, in London, she was the daughter of Phillip and Winifred Gunter Wastell. She was educated in...

Mary R. Wick

Mary R. Wick, 88, of 43 Lincoln St. died Sunday at home. Born in Salem on March 10, 1918, daughter of Antonio and Sophie Cassella Masone, she was educated in local schools. Before moving to...

Janet H. Nesbit

Janet H. Nesbit, 92, of Berkshire Place died there yesterday. She was a former longtime resident of 79 Lenox Ave. Born in Pittsfield on June 4, 1914, daughter of Clifford E. and Julia Surette...

Joseph Andrew Nigrelli

Joseph Andrew Nigrelli, 87, of 760 Dalton Division Road, a former 50-year resident of 14 Marcella Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 3, 1919, son of...

Andrew "Gumpy" Fosty Jr.

Andrew "Gumpy" Fosty Jr., 57, of 65 Columbus Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 30, 1949, son of the late Andrew Fosty Sr. and Nancy Spence Fosty, he was a...

Alice Ann Bourdeau

Alice Ann Bourdeau, 69, of Frederick, Md., formerly of Pittsfield and Germantown, Md., died Friday at Northampton Manor Health Care Center in Frederick. Born in Pittsfield on July 19, 1937,...

Catherine C. Taylor

Catherine C. Taylor, 64, of 253 High St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hartford, Conn., on April 14, 1942, daughter of Thomas H. and Catherine Gaul Taylor, she was a graduate...

Joseph Harry Lester

Joseph Harry Lester, 88, of 1000 North St., Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on March 16, 1918, son of Harry A. and...