Obituaries

Rose M. Keefner

Rose M. Keefner, 74, of 899 South Main St. died yesterday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in New York City on April 25, 1929, the daughter of Charles and Florence...

G. Larry Davis

G. Larry Davis, 68, of 1185 Boylston St., Boston, formerly of Lee, died Wednesday at Mount Auburn Hospital in Boston. Born in Albany, Vt., on April 16, 1935, son of George and Florence Taylor...

Marcia L. Sparks

Marcia L. Sparks, 85, of 155 Marble St., formerly of Summer Street, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee on Oct. 9, 1918, daughter of William and Elizabeth Cheney Andrews, she...

Justine G. Simmons

Justine G. Simmons, 83, of 720 Greylock St. died Thursday at her home. Born in South Lee on Oct. 12, 1920, daughter of Frederick and Alice Muller Merwin, she moved to Housatonic as a child and...

Marie Therese Godwin

Marie Therese Godwin, 65, of 445 Devon Road died Sunday morning at home. Born in Kingston, N.Y., on Jan. 31, 1938, daughter of William J. and Gertrude Falvey O'Reilly, she was a 1955 graduate of...

Lillian M. Thompson

Lillian M. Thompson, 85, of Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canaan, Conn., formerly of Great Barrington, died Sunday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Southbridge on June 10, 1918, daughter...

Rena L. Lamas

Rena L. Lamas, 87, died yesterday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Torrington, Conn., on April 19, 1916, daughter of Joseph and Caroline Zarini Saporite, she attended...

Victoria "Vickie" A. Ptak

Victoria "Vickie" A. Ptak, 92, former longtime resident of Taconic Avenue, died yesterday at Laurel Lake Assisted Living Center in Lee, where she had resided for three years. Born in Housatonic...

Madeline S. Coles

Madeline S. Coles, 80, formerly of Tyringham Road, died Wednesday morning at the home of her daughter, Sandra Dunn of Lee. Born in New Marlboro on Sept. 16, 1923, daughter of Raymond and Cecil...

Alexandra Stackliff

Alexandra Stackliff, 92, of 242 Long Pond Road died Wednesday at Fairview Commons Nursing Center. Born in Skopje, Macedonia, on July 18, 1911, daughter of Paul and Victoria Simich, she attended...

Victoria Coleman

Victoria Coleman, 91, of Newnan, Ga., formerly of Housatonic, died Sunday at Beaulieu Convalescent Center in Newnan. Born in Housatonic on March 17, 1912, daughter of Marcel and Marianna Zdun...

Harriet M. Witow

Harriet M. Witow, 87, of 24 Silver St. died Friday at Fairview Commons. Born in Chicago on Dec. 8, 1916, daughter of Michael and Hattie Schwartzman Scherer, she was educated there. While in...

William B. Salinetti

William B. Salinetti, 88, of 275 Fairview St. died Thursday at the Village at Laurel Lake, where he had resided for three years. Born in Lee on Oct. 30, 1915, son of Abbondio and Angelina Bartini...

John Francis Baumann

John Francis Baumann, 74, of Division Street died Tuesday, Dec. 23, at Fairview Hospital. Born Jan. 1, 1929, in Pittsfield, son of George and Louise Maier Baumann, he attended local schools and...

Susan Touponce

Susan Touponce, 57, of North Main Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born Sept. 29, 1946, in Hartford, Conn., daughter of Russell Looby of Steinhatchee, Fla., and the...

Dorothy J. Siok

Dorothy J. Siok, 91, formerly of 8 Waubeck St., died Monday at Timberlyn Heights, where she had resided for seven years. Born in Housatonic on June 27, 1912, daughter of Alexander and Rozalia...

Evelyn Dietrich

Evelyn Dietrich, 88, of 4 Goodrich St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Aug. 29, 1915, daughter of Paul and Sophia Matoska Krajchy, she was...

Mary Sewall

Mary Sewall, 95, of Pleasant Street, South Lee, died Sunday at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth. Born in South Lee on Feb. 12,1908, daughter of Bartholemew and Mary Haig Bossidy, she was educated in...

Theodore H. Candee Jr

Theodore H. Candee Jr., 42, of Boston died unexpectedly on Tuesday at his parents' home in South Windsor, Conn. He was born in Great Barrington on Feb. 28, 1961, son of Theodore H. Candee Sr. and...

Denise Ledoux

Denise Ledoux, 45, of Prince John Drive died Monday at Worcester Medical Center. Born in Boston on Sept. 20, 1958, daughter of James McEwen of Stamford, Vt., and Elsie Silva of Worcester, she...

Mary H. Winters

Mary H. Winters, 71, of 151 Christian Hill Road, Fairview Commons Nursing Center, died there Thursday. She had resided there for about six years. Born in Housatonic on Dec. 21, 1931, daughter...

C. Baptiste "Bat" Bernasconi

C. Baptiste "Bat" Bernasconi, 90, of Dublin Hill died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lenox on July 16, 1913, son of Battista and Maria Menotti Bernasconi, he was a 1932 graduate of...

Alsha Elmendorf

Alsha Elmendorf, 86, of Delmar, N.Y., died Sunday at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, N.Y., after a brief illness. She was the mother of Donna Elmendorf of Stockbridge. Born in Memphis, Tenn.,...

Chester B. Farmer

Chester B. Farmer, 55, of 21 Greylock St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Worcester on Jan. 28, 1948, son of Ralph and Sylvia Richards Farmer, he was raised in...

Jean A. Croatti-Shohan

Jean A. Croatti-Shohan, 67, of Natick and Lee, professor emeritus at the Massachusetts College of Art, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Boston and a resident of...