Obituaries

Trudy Sofie Lorance

Lee - Trudy Sofie Lorance, 64, of 120 Orchard Street, died of cancer Wednesday at home. Born in Annapolis, Md., on Feb. 23, 1943, daughter of Sverre H. and Louise Kotleski Grinde, she grew up in...

George D. VanZandt Jr.

Lee - George D. VanZandt Jr., 55, of 110 Fox Run, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after being stricken at his home. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Aug. 5, 1952, son of George and Eileen Flynn...

Doris J. Southergill, 86

GREAT BARRINGTON - Doris Jean Van Deusen Southergill, 86, of Stockbridge Road, died Wednesday evening, Dec. 25, 2007, at home. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 11, 1921, daughter of Earle C. and...

Dawn L. Palmer

Dawn L. Palmer, 66, of Park Street died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 19, 1941, daughter of Charles and Myrtle DeForest Palmer, she attended local schools. Ms. Palmer was employed...

Helen Madden

Helen Madden, 92, of 148 Maple Ave. died Monday at Great Barrington Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Boston on Oct. 9, 1915, daughter of Dennis and Nora Leahy Killeen, she was raised in...

Carol Ann Dupont

Carol Ann Dupont, 77, of 1379 Chester Road died Tuesday at the home of her son, Harry W. Dupont of 13 Anthony Drive in Hinsdale. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 22, 1930, daughter of Frederick and Rena...

Mary T. Malcovsky

Mary T. Malcovsky, 97, of 40 South Bay Road, East Otis, died Wednesday at Harborside Health Care in Westfield. Born in Southwick on July 7, 1910, son of Blaze J. and Teresa Andras Kriesak, she was...

Myrtle I. Mercier

Myrtle I. Mercier, 100, of 21 Church St., died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 12, 1907, daughter of Nicholas and Annie Fassel Kirchner, she was a 1925 graduate of Pittsfield High...

April Ehrenman, 73

GREAT BARRINGTON - April Ehrenman, 73, formerly of State Road, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, at Sunrise Assisted Living Facility in Manchester, Mo. She had moved to St. Louis two years ago to be near...

Warren B. Syer, 84

GREAT BARRINGTON - Warren B. Syer, 84, died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007, at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, after suffering for several years with Alzheimer's disease. He had been the...

Anne A. Kelly

Anne A. Kelly, 68, of Canterbury Lane, Sun City Center, Fla., died Friday at home. She was a former longtime resident of Lee. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 20, 1938, daughter of Frank J. and...

Ralph A. Forrest Sr.

Ralph A. Forrest Sr., 84, of Lucca St., Fort Myers, Fla., died Monday at home. Born in Great Barrington on April 18, 1923, son of Gordon and Ruth Bristol Forrest, he graduated from the former...

Guido J. Gelpi

Guido J. Gelpi, 90, of Cameron House, 109 Housatonic St., Lenox, formerly of Olive Street, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee on April 19, 1917, son of Joseph and Angelina...

John H. Dempsey

John H. Dempsey, 94, of Fairview Terrace, died Monday at Fairview Hospital. Born in North Canaan, Conn., on Nov. 25, 1913, son of Freeman and Annie Wanger Dempsey, he attended Gilbert Academy in...

Eleanor N. Faber, 92

STOCKBRIDGE - Eleanor N. Faber, 92, formerly of Heaton Court, died on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. She had been a resident of Great Barrington Rehabilitation and...

Janice Schneider, 66

GREAT BARRINGTON - Janice Schneider, 66, of Bernard Gibbons Drive died suddenly Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 9, 1941, the daughter of John and Mildred Esie Pepino...

Yvonne Kickery Haywood, 105

STOCKBRIDGE - Yvonne G. Kickery Haywood, 105, of Willard Hill Road, Interlaken, died Monday morning, Nov. 12, 2007 at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Hericourt, France,...

Edward L. Guidi, 67

GREAT BARRINGTON - Edward L. Guidi, 67, of 140 East St., died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2007, in South Egremont. Born in Great Barrington on July 3, 1940, son of Harold and Marion Curtiss Guidi, he...

E. Harper Holbrook, 89

GREAT BARRINGTON - E. Harper Holbrook, 89, a native of Great Barrington, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2007, at York (Maine) Hospital. Born June 5, 1918, son of Edwin and Mildred Holbrook, he was raised by...

Ronald C. Deffer, 71

GREAT BARRINGTON - Ronald Chester Deffer, 71, of Fairview Terrace died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, at Fairview Commons. Born in Jamaica, N.Y., on Jan. 2, 1936, son of Chester R. and Lillian Heimer...

J. Mason Whalen Jr., 46

GREAT BARRINGTON - J. Mason Whalen Jr., 46, of Silver Street, died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, at home following a brief illness. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 11, 1961, son of Hannah Wyman Agar and...

Anthony J. Magnano

Anthony J. Magnano, 87, of Laurel Lake Assisted Living Center, formerly of 49 Longfellow Ave., Pittsfield, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was a lifelong resident of Pittsfield...

Dr. Jay Harris Katz

Dr. Jay Harris Katz, 79, of 59 Lake Buel Road died Monday at home of prostate cancer. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Sept. 11, 1928, son of Herman and Ida Farber Katz, he graduated from Bronx High School...

Sarah Rose Carlino

Sarah Rose Carlino, 4, of George Street died Monday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 19, 2003, she was the daughter of Bryan and Jodi Moran Carlino. She loved the ocean,...

Leo H. Wells Jr.

Leo H. Wells Jr., 77, of Bernard Gibbons Drive, Housatonic, a former longtime resident of Francis Avenue, died Thursday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where he had resided the...