Obituaries

Guy A. Marchetti

Guy A. Marchetti, 87, of 11 Laurel St. died Friday at home. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 15, 1915, son of John and Theresa Marchetti, he moved to Lenox in 1919 and was a 1935 graduate of...

Elvira D. Portiere

Elvira D. Portiere, 91, of 1844 Jacob's Ladder Road, died Friday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where she had resided for 18 months. Born in Lime Rock, Conn., on July 10, 1911, daughter of Andrea...

Jessie B. "Gram" McCormick

Jessie B. "Gram" McCormick, 97, of Cherry Hill Road died Sunday morning at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Windsor on Oct. 26, 1905, daughter of Harry and Bessie Thompson Drew, she...

Dorothy M. Hunter

Dorothy M. Hunter, 84, of Albany, died Thursday at Albany (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital. She was the mother of the Rev. Joseph Forte, pastor of Macedonia Baptist Church in Great Barrington. Born in...

Russell J. Yetz

Russell J. Yetz, 74, of Devon Road died Saturday evening at home. Born in West Orange, N.J., on May 8, 1928, son of Rocco and Lillian Shrump Yetz, he moved to this area as a child. He attended...

Barbara M. Pasini

Barbara M. Pasini, 64, of Sunshine Avenue died Saturday morning at the Jewish Home in Fayetteville, N.Y. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 28, 1938, daughter of Raymond and Mary Keenan Turner, she was a...

Bernard P. Mallon

Bernard P. Mallon, 62, of 44 Main St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield of a heart attack. Born in Sparkill, N.Y., on Dec. 15, 1940, he was a 1958 graduate of St. Agnes' High...

Robert Romeo Frederick

Robert Romeo Frederick, 72, a longtime resident of Methuen, died Saturday at Fairview Commons, where he had resided since February 2001. He was the father of Marion Vanasse of Great...

Lillian F. Bendross

Lillian F. Bendross, 87, of 46 Railroad St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Birmingham, Ala., on Jan. 16, 1916, she was the daughter of Ulysses and Effie Black...

Mary L. Tucker

Mary L. Tucker, 66, a longtime resident of East Alford Road, died Monday evening at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home in Great Barrington following a long battle with multiple sclerosis. Born Dec....

Howard F. Haywood

Howard F. Haywood, 87, formerly of Heaton Court, died Monday evening at Kimball Farms Nursing Home in Lenox, where he had resided since December 2000. Born in Housatonic on Feb. 11, 1916, son of...

Agnes Dunn Murphy

Agnes Dunn Murphy, 94, of 35 East St. died at home on Friday, Feb. 14. Born Jan. 25, 1909, at the Dunn family home at 35 East St. in Great Barrington, daughter of John T. and Margaret Kane Dunn,...

Wilfrid Jacques Millet

Wilfrid Jacques Millet, 90, of 81 Taconic Ave., died Friday, Feb. 14, at Fairview Hospital on his 56th wedding anniversary. A well-known local dentist, he practiced up until his death. Born in...

William A. "Chick" Walker

William A. "Chick" Walker, 76, of 106 Railroad St., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Lee on Aug. 7, 1926, son of Robert and Ruth Watson Walker, he graduated from...

Eda Mary Crochiere

Eda Mary Crochiere, 94, of 85 Washington St. died Monday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, on April 19, 1908, daughter of Carmello and Maria Penino...

Steven A. Smith

Steven A. Smith, 45, of State Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Oct. 30, 1957, son of Richard and Alma Harrington Smith, he was a 1977 graduate of Monument...

Hazel L. Murphy

Hazel L. Murphy, 95, formerly of High Street, Housatonic, died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. She had resided at Great Barrington Healthcare since 1998. Born in New Marlboro on Aug. 2, 1907,...

Joseph Miller Jr

Joseph Miller Jr., 72, of Bradley Street died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Nashua, N.H., on Jan. 15, 1931, son of Joseph and Blanche Janis Miller, his family moved to...

Carlton E. McCormick

Carlton E. McCormick, 72, of Park Street died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1930, son of Jessie Drew McCormick and the late Joseph T. McCormick, he attended Stockbridge schools...

Frances E. Baker

Frances E. Baker, 94, of 710 Greylock St. died Saturday at home. Born in East Lee on May 22, 1908, daughter of William and Minnie Olds Ingraham, she was a 1926 graduate of Lee High School and a...

Mathew Paul Savard

Mathew Paul Savard, 75, of Merritt Island, Fla., died Friday at Island Health and Rehabilitation Center in Merritt Island. He was the father of Linda Silverman of Lee. Born in St. Albans, Vt., on...

Mildred B. Stewart

Mildred B. Stewart, 96, formerly of South Dennis, died yesterday at Fairview Commons. Born on June 3, 1906, in Pine Bush, N.Y., daughter of John F. and Mary Barnes Stewart, she attended local...

Violet M. Toelken

Violet M. Toelken, 91, of the Village at Laurel Lake, a former resident of Pine Road in East Otis, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Springfield on April 4,...

Gladys E. Schmolze

Gladys E. Schmolze, 89, of 28 Out of Bounds Road, Palmyra, Va., died yesterday at home. She was the mother of Douglas Schmolze of Great Barrington. Born in Paterson, N.J., on April 6, 1913, she...

Anna D. Zanin Ferretti

Anna D. Zanin Ferretti, 103, formerly of Heaton Court in Stockbridge, died early yesterday morning at Fairview Commons Nursing Home in Great Bar-rington, where she had been a resident since Nov. 2,...