Obituaries

Frank X. McWilliams

Frank X. McWilliams, 83, of 10 Main St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Staten Island, N.Y., on Jan. 21, 1923, son of Andrew F. and Helen Flynn McWilliams, he...

Enes L. Grassis

Enes L. Grassis, 93, of Sylvan Road, Monterey, died yesterday at Timberlyn Heights, where she had resided for the last several years. She had been a summer resident of Monterey since 1950 and a...

Marion Notis

Marion Notis, 84, of 7 Kalliste Hill Road died Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York on April 13, 1922, daughter of Leo and Jean Schwartz Fish, she was raised in...

Lisa Vollmer

Lisa Vollmer, 45, of Welcome Street died Sept. 15 in a two-vehicle accident in Lee. Born in New York on Jan. 6, 1961, daughter of Dr. Albert Vollmer and Dorothy Hood Vollmer, she was raised in...

Gary W. O'Brien

Gary W. O'Brien, 51, of 280 Summer St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 16, 1955, son of Elizabeth Salice O'Brien and the late William H....

Karen J. Stolynas

Karen J. Stolynas, 42, of Jesters Lane died in her sleep Tuesday at home. Born in Hartford, Conn., on Jan 3, 1964, daughter of the late George and Marie Prislupsky Stolynas, she graduated from...

Michael P. Coco Sr.

Michael P. Coco Sr., 93, of Railroad Street died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Lee on Aug. 10, 1913, son of Peter and Spizia Esoldi Coco, he attended local schools. In...

Carol Frances Bray

Carol Frances Bray, 71, of Warner Robins, Ga., formerly of Great Barrington, died Monday at Perry (Ga.) Hospital. Born in Tupelo, Miss., on April 22, 1935, daughter of Frederick R. and Dorothy...

John J. "Papa" Pensivy

John J. "Papa" Pensivy, 94, of Prospect Hill Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. He was the longest-serving member of the Massachusetts Conservation Commission,...

Jane E. VanZandt

Jane E. VanZandt, 86, of Hampden, died yesterday at home. Born in Lee on Oct. 7, 1919, daughter of Edward H. and Rose Kearin Armstrong, she was raised in Lenox and graduated from Stockbridge High...

Dorothy May Maher

Dorothy May Maher, 89, a longtime resident of Park Street North, died Tuesday at Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canaan, Conn., where she had been a resident for three years. Born in...

Herman L. "Nick" Nichols

Herman L. "Nick" Nichols, 87, of Algerie Road died Friday at home. Born in Bellows Falls, Vt., on April 20, 1919, son of Joseph and Flora Delil Nichols, he attended culinary school there....

Larry R. Murray

Larry R. Murray, 63, of Main Street died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on July 26, 1943, son of Edward and Virginia Bowen Murray, he was a 1961 graduate...

Joseph Thomas Cormier

Joseph Thomas Cormier, 76, of State Road died Saturday at home. Born in Waterbury, Conn., on May 22, 1930, son of Philip and Grace Leonard Cormier, he attended schools there and graduated from...

John R. Fadding

John R. Fadding, 47, of Pine Street, Housatonic, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 13, 1959, son of Archibald Fadding Jr. and Jennie Bevens Fadding, he...

Catherine Marie Foreman

Catherine Marie Foreman, 85, of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, formerly of Housatonic, died Friday at Wyandot Memorial Hospital in Upper Sandusky. She recently moved from Morral, Ohio, to Upper Sandusky....

George Bernard Benner Jr.

George Bernard Benner Jr., 47, of Park Street, Housatonic, died Thursday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Port Jefferson, N.Y., on Nov. 26, 1958, son of George Bernard Benner Sr. and Florence...

Laszlo George Kish

Laszlo George Kish, 84, of 1739 Old Brook Road, Charlottesville, Va., formerly of Lee, died Wednesday at Hospice of the Piedmont in Charlottesville. Born in Budapest, Hungary, on May 18, 1922,...

Catherine Tracy Staples

Catherine Tracy Staples, 78, died Wednesday on Hilton Head, S.C. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 29, 1928, daughter of Edward and Mary Bailly Tracy, she attended local schools. She was a...

Bertha M. Malally

Bertha M. Malally, 89, of Valatie, N.Y., formerly of Great Barrington and Hillsdale, N.Y., died Monday at Albany Memorial Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 19, 1916, she was the daughter...

Catherine F. Noble

Catherine F. Noble, 87, of 267A Spruce Drive died Saturday at Great Barrington Health Care. Born in the Bronx, on Oct. 4, 1918, daughter of Charles and Jeanne Bourgeot Ferrero, she attended...

V. Doris Crow

V. Doris Crow, 86, of 259 State Road died Tuesday at home. Born in Browndell, Texas, on Sept. 27, 1919, daughter of James M. and Hazel Jones Arnold, she was a graduate of Pineland (Texas) High...

Jean S. McCarthy

Jean S. McCarthy, 63, of West Center Road died Tuesday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. She served on the Otis School Committee from 1983 to 1987. Born in Springfield on April 13,...

Marguerite Ann Gabrielle "Gay" Blum

Marguerite Ann Gabrielle "Gay" Blum, 65, of 320 State Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in New York on Feb. 22, 1941, daughter of Paul A. and Martha Baum Blum, her...

Thomas "Tom" P. Goudey

Thomas "Tom" P. Goudey, 69, formerly of Stockbridge, died Wednesday, Aug. 2, at Geary Community Hospital in Junction City, Kan., where he had been living since 1979. Born in Pittsfield on Jan....