Obituaries

Esther L. Cuene

Esther L. Cuene, 92, of 382 Bradley St. died Saturday at home. Born in Russell on April 20, 1909, daughter of Charles and Nellie Crawford Filkins, she moved to Lee as a child and attended local...

John Wampler Jr.

John H. Wampler Jr., 49, of Fayetteville, Ark., formerly of Otis, died Tuesday at home from a heart attack. Born in New Bedford on Nov. 15, 1951, son of John H. and Barbara Bedford Wampler, he...

Helen Diamond

Helen M. Diamond, 75, of Lee died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 28, 1925, daughter of George and Carmella Waddock Diamond, she attended Lee schools and was a 1943...

Elizabeth Ingram

Elizabeth Diamond Ingram, 82, of Sarah Lane, Simsbury, Conn., formerly of Lee, died Tuesday at Hartford (Conn.) Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 5, 1918, daughter of Frank and Florence...

Clarence Decker

Clarence R. Decker, 83, of 290 East St. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Housatonic on Dec. 22, 1917, son of Byron and Lydia Kinne Decker, he attended Housatonic grammar...

Philip Audet Sr.

Philip E. Audet Sr., 72, of 35 High St. died yesterday morning at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Fitchburg on Aug. 2, 1928, son of Philip J. and Albina LeBlanc Audet, he...

Charles Hibbard

Charles R. Hibbard Jr., 78, of 250 Laurel St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Lenox on Sept. 3, 1922, son of Charles R. and Albertha Hutchinson Hibbard, he...

Theodore Bunnell

Theodore Bunnell, 43, of 15 Wyantenuck Street, Housatonic, died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 29, 1957, son of George W. Bunnell of Great Barrington and the late...

Stella T. Koldys

Stella T. Koldys, 79, of 227 Grove St., Housatonic, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Housatonic on Feb. 15, 1922, daughter of Teofil and Teofila Brzoska Bubrzycki, she graduated...

Paul B. Bowers

Paul B. Bowers Sr., 73, of Sebring, Fla., formerly of Lee, died June 22 in Tampa, Fla. Born in Lee on May 28, 1928, son of David and Helen Orienti Bowers, he attended St. Mary's School and was a...

Patricia G. Kent

Patricia G. Kent, 77, of South Main Street died Sunday at Fairview Commons Nursing Home, where she had been a resident since June. Born in Hamilton, Texas, on April 5, 1924, daughter of Claude and...

Doris W. Gray

Doris W. Gray, 97, of Russell Street died Monday at Fairview Commons Nursing Home. Born in Lowell on Nov. 9, 1903, daughter of Arthur and Addie L. Whittaker, she attended schools in Lowell and...

Grace C. Navin

Grace C. "Girlie" Navin, 89, of 155 George St. died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee. Born in Lenox on April 22, 1912, daughter of Edward T. and Grace Gorman...

J. Richard Kelly

J. Richard Kelly Sr., 89, of 8701 Litzsinger Road, St. Louis, formerly of Great Barrington, died Thursday at St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis. Born in Great Barrington on June 28, 1911, son of...

Lawrence E. Stannard

Lawrence E. Stannard, 102, formerly of Maple Street in the Risingdale section of Great Barrington, died yesterday at Fairview Commons. Born in Chester on May 9, 1899, son of Ernest and Bertha...

Frederick Holzman

Frederick Christian Holzman, 89, of Round Hill Road died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Good Ground, N.Y., on March 31, 1912, son of Christian Frederick and Edith Hubbard Holzman, he...

Anthony St. Georgio

Anthony St. Georgio, 81, formerly of 909 Main St., died Sunday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home. Born in Monteodorisio, Italy, on March 16, 1920, son of Salustiano and Maria DiGiamo St. Georgio,...

Christine G. Busse

Christine G. Busse, 92, of Quiet Knoll Road died Sunday at Laurel Lake Health and Rehabilitation Center in Lee. Born in Essen, Germany, on Jan. 16, 1909, daughter of Ludger and Dorothea Plankert...

Donald Holcomb Otis

Donald M. Holcomb, 60, of 70 Leonard Road died Saturday at home. Born in Springfield on March 4, 1941, son of George and Virginia Marsh Holcomb, he was a 1959 graduate of Westfield High School. He...

Catherine Simpkins Great Barrington

Catherine Simpkins, 74, formerly of Great Barrington, died Friday at her home in Sebastian, Fla. She was the mother of Andrew Moro of Housatonic. Born in Alford on Dec. 13, 1926, daughter of...

Louis F.V. Mercier

Louis Francois Valliot Mercier, 86, of Long Lots Road, Westport, Conn., father of Jean Evangeline Whitehead of Great Barrington, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Washington,...

Helen Brazee

Helen Brazee, 97, formerly of Marjorie Street, died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Feb. 10, 1904, daughter of Andrew and...

Wallace Olds Sr.

Wallace C. Olds, 77, of 390 Chapel St. in East Lee died Tuesday at Laurel Lake Center. Born in Lee on Aug. 2, 1923, son of Ralph and Lydia Turner Olds, he was educated in local schools. An Army...

Kergan Davidson

Kergan J. "Scotty" Davidson, 73, of 47 Robert St. died Saturday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Jan. 12, 1928, son of William and Meg Robson Davidson, he...

Gwendolyn Chapin

Gwendolyn P. Chapin, 72, of Pompano Beach, Fla., a native of Great Barrington, died Sunday at North Broward Medical Center Hospice Unit in Pompano Beach. Born April 7, 1929, daughter of Clayton...