Obituaries

George S. Capitanio Sr.

George S. Capitanio Sr., 72, of 3678 East, 400 North, Bringhurst, Ind., died Saturday at home. Born in Lee on Feb. 20, 1935, son of Antonio and Theresa Maule Capitanio, he was educated in local...

Ruth P. Barnes

Ruth P. Barnes, 86, of Heaton Court, died Monday at the Interlaken Road home of her daughter, Judith Peyron. Born in Stockbridge on Jan. 8, 1921, daughter of Oliver and Elizabeth Hogg Pixley, she...

Pauline Ghitalla

Pauline Ghitalla, 66, of Interlaken Cross Road died Saturday at home. Born in Plymouth, England, on Jan. 18, 1941, daughter of Eric and Nora Hill Grundy, she graduated from high school in England....

Corinne R. Larkin

Corinne R. Larkin, 93, of 600 Laurel St., formerly of Morgan Manor, Lenox, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cheshire on Jan. 1, 1914, daughter of Azzo and Corina Montani...

Donald Arthur Chaffee Sr.

Donald Arthur Chaffee Sr., 74, of Hollywood Boulevard, East Otis, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in East Otis on Oct. 4, 1932, son of Herbert L. and Viola Humason Chaffee, he...

Louis P. Naventi

Louis P. Naventi, 78, of 325 Marble St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee on Sept. 7, 1928, son of John and Teresa Trovatelli Naventi, he graduated in 1946 from Lee High School,...

Gerard J. Dietemann

Gerard J. Dietemann, 78, of Park Street, Housatonic, died Friday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Strasbourg, France, on April 18, 1929, son of Charles and Josephine...

Stasia Nowobilski

Stasia Nowobilski, 91, of New Britian, Conn., died Tuesday after a long illness at Brittany Farms Health Center in New Britian. Born in Housatonic on March 1, 1916, she was the daughter of Joseph...

Rosemary Blackburn

Rosemary Blackburn, 84, of 6 Railroad St. died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 16, 1923, daughter of William M. and Anna Marshall Egan, she attended schools in Burlington, Vt., and in...

Mary Kickery

Mary Kickery, 87, of Laurel Street died Tuesday at Fairview Hospital. Born at her family home in the village of Interlaken in Stockbridge on Dec. 5, 1919, daughter of Frank and Bessie Hewitt...

Louise Kelly

Louise Kelly, 79, of Nashua, N.H., a native of Housatonic, died Aug. 3 at Community Hospice House in Merrimack, N.H. Born on May 7, 1928, daughter of Tofield and Mary Zadroga Olszewski, she was a...

Leonard H. Hamling Sr.

Leonard H. Hamling Sr., 89, of 8 Shamrock St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Red Rock, N.Y., on March 9, 1918, son of Albert and Anna Nordonan Hamling, he moved to Great...

Leonard Steve Stephenson

Leonard Steve Stephenson, 63, of 755 Maple St., an actor and producer who brought drama by building awareness and understanding of race relations to theatrical stages across the country, died...

Ronald E. Gaiton

Ronald E. Gaiton, 77, of Otis, died Tuesday at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Staten Island, N.Y. July 29, 1930, son of Joseph and Helen Schaefer Gaiton, he was a 1948...

William R. Voorhees

William R. Voorhees, 76, of 37 Kalliste Hill Road died Sunday at his home. Born in Roselle, N.J., on Jan. 14, 1931, son of William R. and Martha Macecsko Voorhees, he was a 1949 graduate of...

Jeannette E. Trudeau

Jeannette E. Trudeau, 82, of 30 Silver St., died yesterday at Fairview Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Clarksburg on June 25, 1925, daughter of Albert and Zenaide LaPlante...

Robert S. Ellsworth

Robert S. Ellsworth, 82, of 1124 Bancroft Road, died yesterday at home. Born in Becket on May 15, 1925, son of Richard and Charlotte Frisbie Ellsworth, he was educated in local schools and was a...

Ann M. Bailey

Ann M. Bailey, 74, of 1040 Fairview St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on March 8, 1933, daughter of Richard and Mae Decker Briggs, she was educated...

Thomas James Cairns Sr.

Thomas James Cairns Sr., 78, of Division Street died Saturday at home. Born in Hartford, Conn., on Sept. 4, 1928, son of Robert and Ethel Cairns Cairns, he attended schools in Canaan, Conn.,...

Maria Iris Garrity McInally

Maria Iris Garrity McInally, 83, of Brewster, died Tuesday at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis after a serious illness. She was the sister of Jessica Cibelli of Lee. Born July 8, 1924, daughter of...

Floyd E. Twing

Floyd E. Twing, 69, died Saturday at his residence at 12 Navin Heights. Born in Tyringham, on Dec. 14, 1937, son of Eugene and Grace Ondress Twing, he attended Lee schools. He worked as a stone...

Edward L. Dennison Sr.

Edward L. Dennison Sr., 66, of Root Lane died Sunday at home. Born in Penn Yan, N.Y., on Sept. 20, 1940, son of Emory and Mable Styles Dennison, he attended Ockawamick High School in Penn...

John E. Champagne

John E. Champagne, 79, a resident of Otis since 1985, died Thursday at Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Agawam. Born in Chicopee on March 24, 1928, son of John E. and Lillian Ketterle Champagne, he...

Mary F. Duma

Mary F. Duma, 89, formerly of School Street, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee on Oct. 7, 1917, daughter of Fiore and Anna Borelli Troiano, she attended local...

Sharon Ann Driscoll

Sharon Ann Driscoll, 53, of 38 Christian Hill Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on July 20, 1953, daughter of Edwin G. Winters Sr. and Mary Marusarz...