Obituaries

Elinor Katherine Sears

Elinor Katherine Sears, 92, of 1646 West Housatonic St. died Saturday evening at her home. Born in Portland, Maine, on April 30, 1913, daughter of Francis G. and Katherine Pelton Boody, she was...

Lillian Elizabeth Donald

Lillian Elizabeth Donald, 2, of 600 Dublin Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center where she was brought after falling into the family pond. Born in Kirkland, Wash., on June 19, 2003, she...

Edna E. Tench

Edna E. Tench, 90, of 585 Robinson Road died Sunday at home. Born in South Nyack, N.Y., on Nov. 2, 1915, daughter of Sidney W. and Emma Crouter Snedeker, she graduated from Nyack High School and...

Francelia Beverly Shanahan

Francelia Beverly Shanahan, 90, of 26 Saratoga Drive died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for three years. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Jan. 15, 1916,...

Laura Hoffman

Laura Hoffman, 81, of 750 South Pennington Drive, Chandler, Ariz., formerly of 62 Putnam Ave., died Thursday at home. Born in North Adams on July 6, 1924, daughter of William and Laura Lefave...

William Robert Petell

William Robert Petell, 87, of Melbourne Place, formerly of 39 South John St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Melbourne Place for four years. Born in Pittsfield...

Barbara Fickling

Barbara Fickling, 80, of 31 Kenilworth St. died of cancer Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Newton on April 12, 1926, daughter of Walter and Martha Powers Young, she moved to...

Peter M. Mela

Peter M. Mela, 64, of McNally Road, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 30, 1941, son of Harold G. and Jane Hall Mela, he was...

Hazel M. Dellea

Hazel M. Dellea, 83, of Cole Avenue died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Egremont on Jan. 6, 1923, she was the daughter of John and Mary Morandi Dellea. From first grade...

John W. Daly

John W. Daly, 78, of 193 Elberon Ave., Rose Manor, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 11, 1927, son of William J. and Agnes E. Wise Daly, he attended local...

David McDonald Crosby

David McDonald Crosby, 68, of Cheshire Road died at home on Tuesday following a brief illness. Born in Hudson, N.Y., on July 7, 1937, son of Theodore and Buelah Kern Crosby, he attended local...

Roland Gerald "Frenchie" Meunier

Roland Gerald "Frenchie" Meunier, 89, of 40 Marcella Way for the past year and formerly of 12 State Road in Pittsfield for 23 years, died Tuesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. He also...

Walter Otto Siebert

Walter Otto Siebert, 75, of Vin Hebert Blvd., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Staten Island, N.Y. on Oct. 27, 1930, son of Otto W. and Gertrude Hensel Siebert, he moved with his...

Ann B. Johnson

Ann B. Johnson, 66, of 11 Robert St. died at her home Monday night. Born in Pittsfield on May 8, 1939, daughter of Robert H. and Jane Rennie Bingham, she graduated with honors from Pittsfield...

Curtis Grant Hildebrand Jr.

Curtis Grant Hildebrand Jr., 92, formerly of 612 Portland Ave., Baldwin, N.Y., died Monday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where he and his wife moved several years ago. Born in York, Pa. on...

Judith Hardy Frazier

Judith Hardy Frazier, 63, of 116 King St., Springfield, died Friday morning at the home of her mother, Victoria Conte, 71 Newton Ave. Born in Pittsfield on June 19, 1942, daughter of Victoria...

James R. Mazzer Sr.

James R. Mazzer Sr., 74, of 335 Wahconah St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 12, 1932, son of Walter R. and Josephine Davis Mazzer, he was a 1950 graduate of...

Kathleen A. "Kitty" Sinopoli

Kathleen A. "Kitty" Sinopoli, 81, of 49 Hollister St. died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 21, 1924, daughter of William and Irene Johnson O'Boyle, she attended Pittsfield Schools...

Harold Edward Halley

Harold Edward Halley, 102, a resident of 610 Tamarack Road since 1953, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Warren on Sept. 9, 1903, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Gilbert Halley, he...

Barbara Griffin

Barbara Griffin, 91, of California Avenue, died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Mrs. Griffin had been a longtime resident of Stockbridge before moving to Pittsfield in...

Stella Mateuszyk Duda

Stella Mateuszyk Duda, 82, of 317 Highland Ave., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on June 15, 1923, daughter of Frank and Stella Kondej Mateuszyk, she was a...

Robert I. Clark Sr.

Robert I. Clark Sr., 86, of 120 Onota St. died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons Nursing Home, where he had been a patient for the past nine months. Born in Springfield on Dec. 6, 1919, son of Frank...

Rosemarie Sumner

Rosemarie Sumner, 73, formerly of 600 Main St., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield since July 2005. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 23,...

Lucille Anita Grandshaw

Lucille Anita Grandshaw, 85, of 62 Demont Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Winooski, Vt., on Feb. 5, 1921, daughter of Joseph A. and Merelda Campbell Granger, she moved to Pittsfield as a child,...

Gladys Mae Frank

Gladys Mae Frank, 84, of Epworth Arms died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in East Thetford, Vt., on May 23, 1921, daughter of Roger and Lillian Hart Westover, she was a 1938 graduate...