Obituaries

Leonard M. Benoit, 87

NORTH ADAMS â€' Leonard Malcolm Benoit, 87, of 54 Kemp Ave., died Sunday, May 11, 2008, at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 19, 1920, the son of Henry and Nellie Bryant Benoit, he graduated...

John R. Smith, 48

GREAT BARRINGTON â€' John R. Smith, 48, of Wyantenuck Street, Housatonic, died Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on June 18, 1959, the son...

Alice G. Cerny, 85

HILLSDALE, N.Y. â€' Alice G. Cerny, 85, of Holm Road died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at home. Born in Queens on Jan. 26, 1923, daughter of John and Frances Theisen Goetke, she attended schools in...

Joseph G. Curtiss, 77

SHEFFIELD â€' Joseph G. Curtiss, 77, of County Road died May 3, 2008, at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington after a long illness. Born in North Canaan, Conn., on Aug. 12, 1931, the son of...

Daniel W. House Jr., 60

WEST STOCKBRIDGE — Daniel W. House Jr., 60, of 20 Red Rock Road, died suddenly at home on Saturday, May 3, 2008. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Aug. 21, 1947, son of Daniel W. House Sr. and...

Mark F. Bonn, 51

GREAT BARRINGTION - Mark F. Bonn, 51, of McKinney, Texas, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008, in Frisco, Texas. Born in Great Barrington, on May 27, 1956, son of Mildred Evelyn Drumm Bonn Gleason and...

Edward G. Cleary, 91

NEW MARLBOROUGH â€' Edward George Cleary, 91, of Hartsville, New Marlborough Road, died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Oct. 12, 1916, son of Walter and Ella...

Francis E. Millard, 62

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Francis Edward Millard, 62, of 610 Church St., died Wednesday, April 30, 2008. He was the longtime principal of McCann Technical School and the football coach at McCann and Drury...

Martha E. Gile, 80

LENOX, Mass. — Martha Elizabeth Gile, of Stockbridge Road, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008, her 80th birthday, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in New Lebanon, N.Y., daughter of...

Funeral Notice: Stevens

NEW MARLBOROUGH - A memorial service celebrating the life of the late Margaret Burnett Stevens will be held on Saturday, May 10, at 11:30 a.m. at United Church of New Marlborough on Norfolk Road in...

Irma Emerson, 81

CANAAN, N.Y. — Irma Emerson, 81, of Wild Wood Lane died Saturday, April 19, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. Born in the Bronx on Sept. 21, 1926, daughter of Charles...

David Anatole, 98

EGREMONT â€' David Anatole, 98, of Greenwich, Conn., formerly of Egremont, died Sunday, April 20, 2008, in Greenwich after a short illness. Born in Kiev, Russia, on Oct. 14, 1909, he left...

Beverly J. Keefner, 78

GREAT BARRINGTON — Beverly J. Keefner, 78, of 31 Fairview Terrace died Monday, April 21, 2008, at Timberlyn Hieghts Nursing Center. Born in Tyringham on Feb. 10, 1930, daughter of Howell P....

Betty J. Decker, 70

STOCKBRIDGE — Betty J. Decker, 70, a longtime resident of Vine Street, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 24, 1937,...

Bernard T. Beauchemin, 83

ADAMS, Mass. — Bernard Theophile Beauchemin, 83, of 1 Cedar Lane died Monday, April 14, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Dec. 31, 1924, son of Albert and...

Thomas M. Dillon, 42

NEW MARLBOROUGH — Thomas MacVenn Dillon, 42, of Mill River-Great Barrington Road, Mill River, died Saturday, April 12, 2008, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield following a brief...

Jonathan L. Tauer, 39

PITTSFIELD - Jonathan Louis Tauer, 39, of 70 Conz St., Northampton, formerly of 39 Cascade St., died Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at home of complications from post-traumatic stress disorder. Born in...

Carl E. Magnusson, 93

HINSDALE — Carl E. Magnusson, 93, of Country Road died Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at Williamstown Commons, following a brief illness. Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., on June 10, 1914, son of...

Louis H. Bell, 89

STOCKBRIDGE — Louis H. Bell, 89, former longtime resident of Averic Road in Interlaken died early Friday morning, April 4, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He had been residing...

Shirley Downes, 88

PITTSFIELD — Shirley Downes, 88, of Melbourne Road, died late Friday night, March 28, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 30, 1920, daughter of Leo and Anna...

John W. Plant, 95

STOCKBRIDGE — John Willatt Plant, 95, of Stockbridge died Thursday, March 27, 2008, at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. He had served as a Stockbridge selectman and town treasurer. Born...

Iona E. Seely, 79

GREAT BARRINGTON - Iona E. Seely, 79, of East Street died Sunday, March 23, 2008, at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born at the family home in South Egremont on July 30,...

Helen Kandler, 97

GREAT BARRINGTON - Helen Kandler, 97, of Chapel Road, Winchester, Conn., died on Saturday, March 22, 2008, at Fairview Commons Nursing Facility. Born in Tivoli, N.Y, on July 10, 1910, daughter of...

William J. Bowens, 92

GREAT BARRINGTON — William James Bowens, 92, of Great Barrington and California, died on March 21, 2008, at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. Born in Camden, S.C., on April 26,...

Jane A. Shanahan, 89

GREAT BARRINGTON — Jane A. Shanahan, 89, formerly of Tamarack Farm and Melbourne Assisted Living in Pittsfield, died of pneumonia on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at Fairview Commons Nursing and...