Obituaries

Peter J. Griffin

Peter J. Griffin, 54, of 299 Flanders Road, East Lyme, Conn., formerly of Housatonic, died of natural causes Saturday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn. Born in Pittsfield on May...

Elda Ptacek

Elda Ptacek, 87, of Albany, N.Y., mother of Margaret Markham of Lee, died Wednesday at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. Born in Howe's Cave, N.Y., daughter of Fred and Margaret Hays, she received...

Retired Navy Capt. John Saunders Kilner Jr.

Retired Navy Capt. John Saunders Kilner Jr., 88, of North Church Street died Wednesday at home. Born in Rye, N.Y., on Jan. 16, 1917, son of John S. Kilner Sr. and Alice Denny Kilner, he attended...

Francis J. "Cy" Sigoski

Francis J. "Cy" Sigoski, 84, of 23 Gilmore Ave. died Thursday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 17, 1921, son of Frank and Julia Lemanowicz Sigoski, he attended schools...

Barbara K. Bourquard

Barbara K. Bourquard, 74, of 340 Laurel St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 23, 1930, daughter of John J. and Mary Cowhig Kelly, she was a...

Margaret Ann Rector

Margaret Ann Rector, 83, of 1 Lincoln Lane died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Findley, Ohio, on Oct. 31, 1921, daughter of Louis and Grace Welsch Bacon, she was educated in Fort...

Arthur G. Wolfe

Arthur G. Wolfe, 90, of 4 Furnace Road, formerly of 565 Marble St. in Lee, died yesterday at the Soldiers Home of Holyoke, where he had resided since March. Born in New York City on Feb. 6, 1915,...

Brock Elton Wilkerson

Brock Elton Wilkerson, 47, of Maple Street died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a battle with lung cancer. He had resided in Lenox for 12 years prior to moving to Stockbridge...

Verna S. Williams

Verna S. Williams, 93, of East Otis died Sunday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee. Born in Valley Cottage, N.Y., on Nov. 16, 1911, daughter of Clarence and Annie Hicks...

Francis E. St. Peter

Francis E. St. Peter, 69, of 2 Cherry Bounce Lane died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 10, 1936, son of Pearl Goodrich St. Peter and the late Ernest "Pat" St. Peter, he was a 1955...

Blanche A. Williams

Blanche A. Williams, 87, formerly of 15 Central St., Topsfield, a native of Great Barrington, died Monday at Caldwell Nursing Home in Ipswich. She was born in 1917, daughter of Thomas and Frances...

Edwin R. Grady

Edwin R. Grady, 86, a resident of Laurel Lake Center, formerly of Pleasant Street and Ferncliff Avenue, died Friday at his home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 24, 1918, son of Roy and Imogene Barber...

Rose M. Cosgriff

Rose M. Cosgriff, 87, of the Village at Laurel Lake, formerly of 241 Salisbury Road in Sheffield, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Sheffield on April 28, 1918,...

Eva Hart

Eva Hart, 82, of 5532 East Aspen Ave., Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Great Barrington, died at Heartstone Rehab & Health Center on July 15 in Mesa. Born in Stephentown, N.Y., on April 27, 1923,...

Norma Claire Shatan

Norma Claire Shatan, 73, of 415 Central Park West, New York City, died yesterday at home after a four-year battle with cancer. She also was a resident of the Beachwood section of Stockbridge....

Carol Rosalie Conte

Carol Rosalie Conte, 62, of 2512 Highvale Ave., Las Vegas, died Sunday as a result of a motorcycle accident near Tonopah, Nev. Born in Great Barrington on March 3, 1943, daughter of Louis and...

Margaret E. Duby Lockenwitz

Margaret E. Duby Lockenwitz, 73, of 780 Greylock St., formerly of 125 Pine St., South Lee, died Thursday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on April 27, 1932, daughter...

Robert Duane Sheehan Sr.

Robert Duane Sheehan Sr., 72, of Longmeadow, died Sunday, July 17, at Heritage Nursing Home in Agawam. His mother's family grew up in Housatonic and he summered there for many years. Born in...

Daniel T. Woolfe

Daniel T. Woolfe, 86, of Boca Raton, Fla., formerly of Otis, died Wednesday at home in St. Andrew's Estates. He had a summer home in Otis Woodlands for the last 24 years. Born in Brooklyn,...

Emma Louise Tuttle

Emma Louise Tuttle, 87, of Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home, 320 Maple Ave., died Tuesday afternoon after a long illness. Born in Worcester on Jan. 15, 1918, daughter of Goudias and Delia LaLiberty...

Angelo "Sal" Sorrentino

Angelo "Sal" Sorrentino, 86, of 145 Old Pleasant St. died Saturday evening at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in Lee on Aug. 2, 1918, son of Cosimo and Ignatia "Nancy" Navarro...

Orville Henry Barnes Jr.

Orville Henry Barnes Jr., 86, of Englewood, Fla., formerly of Great Barrington, died early Tuesday morning at the home of his daughter, Susan Pullaro of 396 Crane Ave., Pittsfield. Born in...

John A. MacGruer Jr.

John A. MacGruer Jr., 87, of Fairview Commons died Thursday of pneumonia at Fairview Hospital. He was a former Pittsfield lawyer. Born in Glen Ridge, N.J., on Dec. 24, 1917, son of John A....

Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Siok

Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Siok, 16, of 8 Spruce St., Houstaonic, died Friday at Boston Children's Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 1, 1988, daughter of Robert J. and Carolyn Hall Siok,...

William S. Adam, M.D.

William S. Adam, M.D., 68, of 99 Lower Road, East Canaan, Conn. died yesterday at his home after an illness. An orthopedic surgeon, his practice was located in Great Barrington. Born in North...