Obituaries

John F. Whalen Sr., 80

GREAT BARRINGTON - John F. "Hink" Whalen Sr., 80, of Egremont Road died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Hartford, Conn., on June 9, 1927, the son of...

Elinor Mary Reardon

North Adams - Elinor Mary Reardon, 79, of 183 Phelps Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on March 11, 1928, daughter of Lloyd F. and Isabel Huguenard Keating, she was a graduate of...

Alfred Herman Kleiner

Adams - Alfred Herman Kleiner, 92, of 105 Friend St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Dec. 1, 1915, son of Henry and Henrietta Wolfrum Kleiner, he attended local schools. An Army...

Stefanie Ann Levesque

Cheshire - Stefanie Ann Levesque, 40, of 85 Fisher Hill Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in LaCrosse, Wis., on April 28, 1967, daughter of LaVern and Janet...

Donald MacDonald III

Pittsfield - Donald MacDonald III, 75, of 25 Taylor St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was a former Pittsfield deputy fire chief. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 13, 1932, son of...

Mary B. Grillone, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Mary B. Grillone, 84, of 48 Apache Drive died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, at home. Born in North Adams on Oct. 26, 1923, daughter of Anthony and Lena Scavo Lopreta, she attended...

Francis Michael Cahill Sr.

Pittsfield - Francis Michael Cahill Sr., 91, of 3 Hopewell Drive died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 14, 1916, son of Michael H. and Catherine Casey Cahill, he was...

Elizabeth D. Robinton, 97

LENOX - Elizabeth Dorothy Robinton, 97, professor emeritus of microbiology at Smith College and one of the first residents of Kimball Farms retirement community, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008, at its...

Ella F. Nary

North Adams - Ella F. Nary, 94, of 125 Phelps Ave., died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Nov. 20, 1913, daughter of Joseph and Exilia Bergeron St....

Trudy Sofie Lorance

Lee - Trudy Sofie Lorance, 64, of 120 Orchard Street, died of cancer Wednesday at home. Born in Annapolis, Md., on Feb. 23, 1943, daughter of Sverre H. and Louise Kotleski Grinde, she grew up in...

Rocco Carmen LaRosa

Lanesborough - Rocco Carmen LaRosa, 51, of 4 Diane Court, died Wednesday at home after a two year battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield, Sept. 9, 1956, son of the late Francisco and Florette...

Joyce Marie Galloway

Pittsfield - Joyce Marie Galloway, 70, of 304 West Housatonic St., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 17, 1937, she was the daughter of Harold C. and Minnie...

Elizabeth E. Furlong

Dalton - Elizabeth E. Furlong, 88, of 38 East Deming St., and formerly of the town of Washington, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Becket on March 21, 1919, daughter of Richard A....

Norman W. Auger

Lanesborough - Norman W. Auger, 82, of 1448 SE 15th St., Cape Coral, Fla., a former longtime resident of 10 Monica Drive, died Tuesday at Kindred Hospital in Central Tampa, Fla. Born in Spencer on...

Edward Moore Zeller

Cheshire - Edward Moore Zeller, 89, of 675 Stafford Hill Road, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Dec. 6, 1918, son of Boltis and Rose Connolly Zeller, he moved with...

Susan M. Shweizer Holt

Lenox - Susan M. Shweizer Holt, 59, of 15th St., Lubbock, Texas, a former resident of Lenox, died Jan. 3 at Covenant Hospital in Lubbock. At one time, she owned and operated Salerno's...

Michael Jay Dewkett

Canaan, CT. - Michael Jay Dewkett, 30, of Railroad Street, formerly of Great Barrington, died Jan. 3 at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 15, 1977, son of Kathleen McGuire and her husband, the late...

Bernice Barbara Steele

Dalton - Bernice Barbara Steele, 76, of 141 East St. died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for a short time. Born in Pittsfield on May 12, 1931, daughter of Raymond E. and Irene...

Priscilla K. Shields

Pittsfield - Priscilla K. Shields, 86, of Berkshire Place, South Street, formerly of Stockbridge, died Monday at home. Born in Williamstown, on Oct. 11, 1921, daughter of Alvah and Mary Steele...

Disolina M. Mariano

Pittsfield - Disolina M. Mariano, 90, of 170 Columbus Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 16, 1917, daughter of Guiseppe and Maria Leano Russo, she attended...

Peter John Cadanelli

Pittsfield - Peter John Cadanelli, 47, of 256 Lakeway Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 2, 1960, son of Bruno R. and Sophia Lingoski Cadanelli, he was a...

Priscilla K. Shields

PITTSFIELD - Priscilla K. Shields, 86, formerly of Stockbridge, died early Monday morning, Jan. 7, 2008, at her home at Berkshire Place on South Street in Pittsfield. Born in South Williamstown...

Judith Shove McLean

PITTSFIELD - Judith Ann Shove McLean, 61, of 111 Dewey Ave. died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 30, 1946, daughter of Harold J. and Carol Grogan...

Rhoda E. Herrmann

Adams - Rhoda E. Herrmann, 83, of Rhodes Avenue, North Smithfield, R.I., formerly of 59 Quality St., died Jan. 4 at St. Antoine Residence in North Smithfield, where she had resided since...

Amy E. Deeb

Williamstown - Amy E. Deeb, 79, of 264 Sand Springs Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Andover, England, on March 12, 1928, daughter of Reginald and Anne Willis Smith, she...