Obituaries

Leila M. Ferris

Leila M. Ferris, 87, of 96 Lincoln St. died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Waterbury, Conn., on July 12, 1920, daughter of Abraham and Martha Haddad Ferris, she...

Dorothy Rita Zoito

Dorothy Rita Zoito, 86, of 97 Wells Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Commons following a long illness. Born in North Adams on Feb. 26, 1921, daughter of Clifford E. and Mabel Ryan Brosseau, she...

E. Myrl Herzig

E. Myrl Herzig, 77, of New Lenox Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Milton on Nov. 2, 1930, daughter of Alfred A. and Esther Williamson Gleason, she was a 1948 graduate of...

Marie T. Hanley

Marie T. Hanley, 80, of 83A Highview Drive, formerly of 183 Emerald St., Malden, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Saugus on March 15, 1927, daughter of Charles and Bernadette...

April Ehrenman, 73

GREAT BARRINGTON - April Ehrenman, 73, formerly of State Road, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, at Sunrise Assisted Living Facility in Manchester, Mo. She had moved to St. Louis two years ago to be near...

Jane E. Ryan, 49

NEW MARLBOROUGH - Jane E. Ryan, 49, of Clayton Mill River Road, Southfield, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a long battle with cancer. Born in...

Ray K. Bennett, 99

PITTSFIELD - Ray K. Bennett, 99, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Chelsea on Feb. 7, 1908, daughter of Peter S. and...

William W. Monks Jr., 75

PITTSFIELD - William Ward Monks Jr., 75, of 397 Stevers Mills Road, Broadalbin, N.Y., died Tuesday, De. 4, 2007, at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 16, 1932, son of William W. and Wilhelmina...

Joan M. Ryan

Joan M. Ryan, 71, of 24 Dan Ave., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 4, 1936, daughter of Thomas J. and Helen Furey Kirby, she was a 1954 graduate of St. Joseph's...

R. Alma Premerlani, 91

DALTON - R. Alma Premerlani, 91, of Sugar Hill, formerly of 72 Emerson Ave., Pittsfield, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 27,...

Zipporah McClendon, 16

NORTH ADAMS - Zipporah Jean McClendon, 16, of 775 West Shaft Road, died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in Boston on Nov. 29, 1991, daughter of Samuel and Lynda...

Rebecca J. MacHaffie, 50

SHEFFIELD - Rebecca J. MacHaffie, 50, of 38 Elm Court, died Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Torrington, Conn., on Dec. 15, 1956, daughter of Richard L. and...

Benjamin J. Kupiec Jr.

Benjamin J. Kupiec Jr., 71, of 105 Bracewell Ave., died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on March 26, 1936, son of Benjamin J. and Bernadette Guild Kupiec, he attended local...

Angelo Rocco Stracuzzi

Angelo Rocco Stracuzzi, 80, of Richmond Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1927, son of Joseph and Antoinette Intelisano Stracuzzi, he was educated in...

Severino A. Marchetto, 85

PITTSFIELD - Severino Anthony Marchetto, 85, formerly of 234 Cheshire Road, died Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for seven years. He was a co-founder of Marland Mold...

Warren Weston Geddes

Warren Weston Geddes, 79, of Beech Drive, Hannawa Falls, N.Y., formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at home. Born in Cambridge on Nov. 17, 1928, son of Paul and Gladys Dowsing Geddes, he was a...

Jean C. Gagne, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jean Christine Gagne, 74, of St. Joseph's Court, 85 Eagle St., died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, at home. Born in North Adams on April 3, 1933, daughter of George E. and...

Eva Mae Zahn Drake

Eva Mae Zahn Drake, 88, of 120 Kearney Ave., died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Beverly A. Zahn-Black of 28623 Wahoo Drive, Bonita Springs, Fla., where she had resided for three weeks. Born...

Warren B. Syer, 84

GREAT BARRINGTON - Warren B. Syer, 84, died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007, at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, after suffering for several years with Alzheimer's disease. He had been the...

Barbara Sprague, 80

POWNAL, Vt. - Barbara Sprague, 80, of 227 Valley View Drive, a former longtime resident of Readsboro, died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in New...

William J. Morandi

William J. Morandi, 78, of 38 Veazie St. died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Sept. 22, 1929, son of Joseph and Yvonne Devio Morandi, he attended local...

William Henry Londergan

William Henry Londergan, 79, of 104 Allengate Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 25, 1928, son of James and Mary Johnson Londergan, he attended St. Joseph's...

Frank M. Krol, 94

PITTSFIELD - Frank Melchior Krol, 94, a longtime resident of 71 Wilson St., died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brzoza Krolewska, Poland, on May 18, 1913, son of...

Anne A. Kelly

Anne A. Kelly, 68, of Canterbury Lane, Sun City Center, Fla., died Friday at home. She was a former longtime resident of Lee. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 20, 1938, daughter of Frank J. and...

Nancy Ann Hauser

Nancy Ann Hauser, 60, of 260 Pittsfield Road, Lennox Heights, died Saturday at home after a long illness. A former longtime resident of the town of Washington, she moved to Lenox in 2005. Born...