Obituaries

Margaret R. O'Brien

Margaret R. O'Brien, 88, of 909 South Main St. died Wednesday at Great Barrington Healthcare, where she resided since June. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 15, 1913, daughter of Frank and Mae...

William Edward Brownson

William Edward Brownson, 65, of Roger Road died yesterday morning at Fairview Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 9, 1936, son of Charles H. and Mary B. Day...

Bertha Frances Drumm

Bertha Frances Drumm, 101, longtime resident of Church Street, died Tuesday at Fairview Commons Nursing Home, where she had been a resident since 1993. Born in Alford on Jan. 4, 1901, daughter of...

Walter E. Brown

Walter E. Brown, 91, of Robert Street died Sunday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Halifax on Dec. 24, 1910, son of William and Audrey Ferris Brown, he was a graduate of Whitman High...

M. Leslie Crampton

M. Leslie Crampton, 74, of Concord, N.H., died Aug. 9 at Concord Hospital in Concord. She was the mother of Dr. Lindsay G. Crampton of Lee. Born in Detroit on Nov. 9, 1927, daughter of Stuart...

Kathleen Rose Menard Wilson

Kathleen Rose Menard Wilson,53, of 3 Benton Ave. Great Barrington died Friday at Fairview Hospital. She was born in Pittsfield daughter of the late Philias A. and Ella J.(Warner)Menard on June...

Jennette M.Snow Race

Jennette M.Snow Race, 96, of 783 South Main St. Great Barrington died Saturday at home. She was born in Westfield daughter of the late Harvey W.and Mary Allen Snow on May 8,1906. She was educated in...

Margaret Shaffer

Margaret Elizabeth Shaffer, 97, of Brewster, formerly of Otis, died Tuesday at Epoch Senior Care in Brewster. Born in New York City on Feb. 23, 1905, daughter of George and Anna Hall Raino, she...

Peter Borie

Peter Borie, 88, of Yale Hill, Stockbridge, and Philadelphia, died Saturday at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. Born in Philadelphia on Sept. 12, 1913, son of Adolphe and Edith Pettit...

Joseph M. Tracy

Joseph Murray Tracy, 87, of 49 Main St. died Sunday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Mr. Tracy served on the Stockbridge School Committee from 1950 to 1968 and on the Berkshire Hills...

Frances MacArthur

Frances A. MacArthur, 76, of 362 South Main Road died Saturday afternoon at home. Born in Chelsea on Nov. 14, 1925, daughter of Charles G. and Mabel Frances Butt Bearce, she attended schools in...

Carmen DiGrigoli

Carmen DiGrigoli, 54, of Canton, Ga., a native of Lee, died Friday at home of cancer. Born on Nov. 21, 1947, son of Angelo and Susie Pizzuto DiGrigoli, he was a graduate of Lee High School, where...

Kenneth MacCuish

Kenneth MacCuish, 96, of Malden died Thursday at McFadden Memorial Manor in Malden. He was the father of Jean M. Dunn of Great Barrington. Born in Malden on Nov. 16, 1905, son of William and...

Henry J. Helberg

Henry J. Helberg, 79, of Fort Wayne, Ind., formerly of Stockbridge, died Monday at home. Born in Andover, Vt., on Nov. 17, 1922, he was the son of Edgar W. and Alice Tayton Helberg. He had resided...

Elizabeth Holbrook

Elizabeth Holbrook, 81, of Sentry Hill at York, Maine, formerly of Great Barrington, died Tuesday at home. Born in Westfield on Sept. 23, 1920, daughter of George and Marguerite Searle, she...

Leonard Spencer

Leonard Rudd Spencer, 85, of High Street died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where he had been a resident since 1999. He was a descendant of one of Becket's founders, Jonathan...

Sr. Mary Cartier

Sister Mary Pauline Cartier, 92, of the Sisters of the Visitation Monastery died Saturday at the monastery in Tyringham. Born Louise Cartier in Kusnacht-Zurich, Switzerland, on July 19, 1910,...

Margaret E. Drake

Margaret E. Drake, 85, of 1 Maple St. died Wednesday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee. Born in Pittsfield on April 23, 1917, daughter of Francis and Ruby Farley Curley, she attended local schools and...

W. Garfield Canon

W. Garfield Canon, 85, of Lee and Naples, Fla., died Tuesday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. Born in Tyringham on May 4, 1917, son of Clifford R. and Abigail D. Garfield Canon, he...

John J. Cascio Jr.

John J. Cascio Jr., 68, of Jacob's Ladder Road died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. He was owner and operator of the Gas Light Motor Lodge and a former selectman and planner. Born in...

Isolina L. Ranzoni

Isolina L. Ranzoni, 91, formerly of Marble Street, died yesterday morning at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Domaso, Italy, on Dec. 13, 1910, daughter of Louis and Maria...

Mary Ann Boeglin

Mary Ann Boeglin, 88, of Fairview Street died yesterday at home. Born in Boston on Sept. 15, 1913, daughter of John and Katherine Samalonas Barones, she attended schools in Pittsfield. She had...

Robert F. Rodier

Robert F. Rodier, 89, of Silver Street died Thursday at his home. Born July 11, 1912, in West Springfield, son of Peter Henry and Luella Dorr Rodier, he attended schools in Vermont and graduated...

Francis M. Zinna

Francis M. "Frank" Zinna, 74, of Church Street died Tuesday at Baystate Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on April 22, 1928, son of Angelina Margillo Zinna of Forest Hills, N.Y., and the...

Angelina DePasquale

Angelina DePasquale, 80, of Old Pocasset Lodge, Cranston, R.I., formerly of Lee, died June 23 at Fatima Hospital, North Providence, R.I. Born April 9, 1922, in Lee, daughter of Amido and Lucarino...