Obituaries

Francis W. Bourquard

Francis W. Bourquard, 78, of 340 Laurel Street died Friday morning at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Housatonic on June 15, 1926, son of Edmund and Rosa Meier...

Jane Louise Rice

Jane Louise Rice, 70, of 1635 Hewins St., Ashley Falls, died Saturday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 10, 1934, daughter of Frank M. and Bertha Kittle Franklin, she was a...

Elvera L. Petersoli

Elvera L. Petersoli, 83, of 116 Woodland Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Sheffield on Nov. 13, 1921, daughter of Henry and Josephine Vidovelli Brighenti, she...

Stanley R. Olender

Stanley R. Olender, 94, of 22 High St., Housatonic, died Friday at Fairview Hospital shortly after being stricken at home. Born in Rome, N.Y., on Sept. 4, 1910, son of Ignatius and Wladyslawa...

Francis W. Bourquard

Francis W. Bourquard, 78, of 340 Laurel Street died Friday at the Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation. Born on June 15, 1926, in Housatonic, son of the late Edmund and Rosa Meier...

Donald E. Crandall Sr.

Donald E. Crandall Sr., 79, of 12 Monterey Road died Saturday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after a brief illness. He was a former chairman of the School Committee. Born in...

James Sidney "Jay" Simmons

James Sidney "Jay" Simmons, 84, of 720 Greylock St. died yesterday morning at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Lee on June 25, 1920, he was the son of George and Martha Moxon Simmons, and...

Charles Francis "Texaco Charlie" Casey

Charles Francis "Texaco Charlie" Casey, 97, of 4 Lake Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in East Canaan, Conn., on Sept. 10, 1907, son of Martin and Mary Kane Casey, he graduated from high school...

Mary E. Scapin

Mary E. Scapin, 81, of 130 Tamarack Ave. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Great Barrington on June 1, 1923, daughter of Wright and Mary Touponce Seward, she...

Mary Harrigan

Mary Harrigan, 81, of 24 Silver St., died Thursday at home. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 3, 1923, daughter of Emilio and Emilia Zanzi Palfini, she graduated from the former New Marlboro High...

Heidi Carla Coburn

Heidi Carla Coburn, 40, of Monson, Maine, formerly of Otis,died Feb. 2 at Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. Born on Jan. 7, 1965, in Bitburg, Germany, she was the daughter of...

Martha L. Buffoni

Martha L. Buffoni, 80, of 44 Murray Lane died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Dalton on Dec. 17, 1924, daughter of Edward A. and Etta I. Fuller Murray, she moved to...

David E. Braman

David E. Braman, 92, formerly of Stockbridge died Saturday morning at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation. Born in North Adams on July 29, 1912, son of Jason and Theresa Beck Braman,...

Kenneth E. Shepardson

Kenneth E. Shepardson, 85, of 160 Willow Hill Road, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lenox on Feb. 6, 1919, son of Robert and Margaret Misbel Shepardson, he was educated in...

Clara A. DiGrigoli

Clara A. DiGrigoli, 94, of 100 High Point Drive, Hartsdale, N.Y., formerly of Lee, died Thursday at home. Born in Indiana on March 16, 1910, daughter of Ezra and Ida McVay, she grew up in Dexter,...

Donald A. Raifstanger

Donald A. Raifstanger, 74, of 21 Quarry St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 12, 1930, son of Earl B. and Mildred...

Joseph J. Petersoli Sr.

Joseph J. Petersoli Sr., 84, of 116 Woodland Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Springfield on Oct. 19, 1920, son of Antonio and Bridget O'Sullivan Petersoli,...

Theresa Marie Consolini

Theresa Marie Consolini, 56, of State Road died yesterday morning at home after a brief illness. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 1, 1948, daughter of Philip Consolini and the late Jane S. Hayes...

Joseph C. Savery

Joseph C. Savery, 78, of 185 Stockbridge Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a longtime member and former chairman of the School Committee and a former member of the...

Carleton Horton Mott

Carleton Horton Mott, 96, of Main Street died Saturday evening at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where he had resided for a few months. Born in Far Rockaway, Long Island,...

William Kelly Collins Sr.

William Kelly Collins Sr., DDS, 81, of 175 Spring St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on May 15, 1923, son of Dr. Bernard M. Collins and Elizabeth...

Raymond E. Nicholson

Raymond E. Nicholson, 92, of 56 Mountainview Terrace died Tuesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Concord, N.H., on Oct. 7, 1912, son of Norman and Margaret Cooper Nicholson,...

Thomas Patrick Fogarty

Thomas Patrick Fogarty, 85, of 132 Christian Hill Road and Lake Placid, Fla., died Sunday at Florida Hospital in Lake Placid. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 21, 1919, son of Thomas and Roselle...

George R. Atwood Jr.

George R. Atwood Jr., 91, formerly of 64 Dresser Ave., died yesterday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Center. Born in Great Barrington on June 15, 1913, son of George R. Atwood Sr. and Mary Hart...

Jean R. Cummings

Jean R. Cummings, 73, of 800 Stockbridge Road, Holly House, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1931, daughter of Robert and Ruth Richmond Mackie, she was...