Obituaries

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...

Michael B. F. Matz, 27

GREAT BARRINGTON — Michael Bergson Fichman Matz, 27, of New York and Great Barrington, died on Sunday, March 23, 2008, at his home in Great Barrington, following a long illness. He was...

Rosemary B. O'Connor, 71

WEST STOCKBRIDGE — Rosemary B. Maslowski O'Connor, 71, of Main Street died Sunday morning, March 23, 2008, at home. Born at the family home in West Stockbridge on Sept. 11, 1936, daughter of...

Antonio Zamperini, 73

SHEFFIELD - Antonio "Frank" Zamperini, 73, of 277 County Road died Saturday, March 22, 2008, at home. Born in Sheffield on Jan. 4, 1935, son of Carlo and Marcella Battistoni Zamperini, he attended...

Donna M. Agar, 55

NEW MARLBOROUGH — Donna Mae Agar, 55, of Clayton Mill River Road, Southfield, died Sunday, March 16, 2008, at home. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 26, 1953, daughter of Henry and Charlotte...

Brian G. Soldati, 40

GREAT BARRINGTON — Brian Guy Soldati, 40, of Prospect Street, died March 11, 2008, at home following a brief illness. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 22, 1967, son of Helen Ames Soldati and...

Harold C. Olsen, 91

PITTSFIELD - Harold Clarence Olsen, 91, died Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 6, 1916, son of Anton B. and Martha M. Olsen, he attended local...

Lillian V. Smith, 84

GREAT BARRINGTON - Lillian V. Smith, 84, formerly of Highland Drive, died peacefully on Sunday, March 16, 2008, at Fairview Hospital. Born in Springfield on June 28, 1923, daughter of Peter and...

Raymond J. Keefner Sr., 92

GREAT BARRINGTON - Raymond J. Keefner Sr., 92, of 31 Fairview Terrace, died Sunday, March 16, 2008 at home. Born in Housatonic on June 21, 1915, son of John and Carrie Race Keefner, he attended...

Elvira Encarnacao, 91

LEE - Elvira Encarnacao, 91, of Laurel Lake Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, died March 15, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was the mother of Doreen Hutchinson of Lee. Born...

June M. Alexander, 71

PITTSFIELD - June M. Alexander, 71, of 38 Spring St., died on Friday March 14, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield, Dec. 6, 1936, daughter of Arthur...

Roy C. Shaw, 85

EGREMONT â€' Roy C. Shaw, 85, of Creamery Road, South Egremont, died Wednesday morning, March 12, 2008, at the Soldier's Home in Holyoke. The Berkshires native was born on April 3, 1922, son of...

Joseph D. Welch, 84

SHEFFIELD - Joseph D. Welch, 84, of 115 Main St., died Sunday, March 9, 2008, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born on Dec. 8, 1923, son of Robert and Anna Pinkava Welch, he attended...

Cheryl Kane, 60

SHEFFIELD - Cheryl Shmulsky Kane, 60, of Sheffield died Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at home. Born in Great Barrington on Dec. 26, 1947, daughter of Mildred Tatsapaugh Shmulsky and the late...

Paul G. Lopez, 64

GREAT BARRINGTON - Paul Gardener Lopez, 64, of Baldwinville, a native of Great Barrington, died in Baldwinville on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Born on June 14, 1943, the son of Paul and Mary Preston...

Eleanor G. Blowe, 77

PITTSFIELD - Eleanor G. Blowe, 77, of 37 Darlene Ave., died Thursday, March 6, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center, following a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 25, 1930, daughter of John...

Margaret K. Stevens, 93

NEW MARLBOROUGH - Margaret Kirk Burnett Stevens, 93, a resident of Southfield for six decades, died Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, at Tidewell Hospice in Sarasota, Fla. Born in Phelps, N.Y., on Feb. 9,...

Kathryn E. Hunt, 82

GREAT BARRINGTON - Kathryn E. Hunt, 82, formerly of Schenectady, N.Y., died Saturday, March 1, 2008, at Fairview Hospital. She had been residing at Timberlyn Heights Nursing and Alzheimer's...

Henry J. Cerny, 88

HILLSDALE, N.Y. - Henry J. Cerny, 88, of Holm Road died Monday morning, March 3, 2008, at his home. Born in Queens on May 24, 1919, the son of John and Bonida Linek Cerny, he graduated from...

Mary M. Kelly, 91

PITTSFIELD - Mary M. Kelly, 91, formerly of 45 Delaware Ave., died Sunday, March 2, 2008, at Berkshire Place, 89 South St., where she resided since December 2003. Born in Pittsfield, daughter of...