Obituaries

Arlene E. Edmonds, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Arlene Edith Edmonds, 71, of 297 River St. died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on June 23, 1936, daughter of Homer and...

Muriel R. Boyle

Muriel R. Boyle, 89, of 23B Highview Drive died Friday at the home of her son, Connell A. Boyle of 67 Joan Drive. Born in Oakland, Maine, on Sept. 13, 1918, daughter of George A. and Leona Martin...

Doris Vincent

Doris Vincent, 87, of 41 Wood Ave. died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 29, 1920, daughter of Willard F. and Maude Woods Mosher, she was a 1938 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Dorothy Ruth Saldo

Dorothy Ruth Saldo, 86, of 21 Forest Place died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for a year. Born in Pittsfield on March 3, 1921, daughter of William and Hope Miller Peaslee,...

Ralph A. Forrest Sr.

Ralph A. Forrest Sr., 84, of Lucca St., Fort Myers, Fla., died Monday at home. Born in Great Barrington on April 18, 1923, son of Gordon and Ruth Bristol Forrest, he graduated from the former...

Theodore Szafranski

Theodore Szafranski, 86, of 2 West Kittler Ave., died Tuesday at North Adams Commons Care Center. Born in Adams on May 11, 1921, son of Martin and Agnes Jamros Szafranski, he graduated from St....

Margaret K. Stepanian

Margaret K. Stepanian, 93, of 45 Main St., died Tuesday at Sugar Hill, where she had resided for 3 1/2 years. Born in Lenox on March 9, 1914, daughter of Alexander and Annie Simpson Rennie, she...

Regina Kathleen Latimer

Regina Kathleen Latimer, 42, of 10 Jennifer Lane, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 19, 1965, daughter of Kathleen O'Brien Demary and the...

Guido J. Gelpi

Guido J. Gelpi, 90, of Cameron House, 109 Housatonic St., Lenox, formerly of Olive Street, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee on April 19, 1917, son of Joseph and Angelina...

John H. Dempsey

John H. Dempsey, 94, of Fairview Terrace, died Monday at Fairview Hospital. Born in North Canaan, Conn., on Nov. 25, 1913, son of Freeman and Annie Wanger Dempsey, he attended Gilbert Academy in...

Cecile Juliett Cutting

Cecile Juliett Cutting, 86, of Penacook, N.H., mother of Eva Jane "Zoe Jilleen" Cutting of Pittsfield, died Nov. 25 at Concord (N.H.) Regional VNA Hospice House. Born in Franklin, N.H., on Feb....

Shirley Ann Rocca

Shirley Ann Rocca, 70, of Kimball Farms, a former resident of 31 Pacific St., Pittsfield, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Scranton, Pa., on June 24, 1937, daughter of Sarah Roach...

Veronica Murphy

Veronica Murphy, 79, of 36 Cobbleview Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on Feb. 27, 1928, daughter of Richard and Veronica Simmons Hickey, she attended schools...

Dexter P. "Dick" Miller

Dexter P. "Dick" Miller, 70, of 3 Alice Drive died Sunday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 2, 1937, son of Wesley and Barbara Connell Miller, he was raised in Lenox and...

Elva H. Lloyd

Elva H. Lloyd, 87, formerly of 386 Elm St., died Monday at Beaumont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Northbridge after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Nov. 14, 1920, daughter of Arthur...

Ann M. Gull

Ann M. Gull, 89, of 48 Pine St. died Nov. 23 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Housatonic on May 17, 1918, daughter of Massimo and Mary Zariani Ricchi, she attended schools there. Mrs. Gull...

Peter Thomas Niarchos

Peter Thomas Niarchos, 87, of 28 Melecca Ave. died Sunday at Williamstown Commons, where he had resided for three months. Born in Chicopee Falls on Sept. 16, 1920, son of Thomas and Helen Petras...

Peter Henry Martin Sr.

Peter Henry Martin Sr., 89, of North Andover died there Saturday at Prescott House. He was the father of Peter H. Martin Jr. of Pittsfield. Born in North Andover on April 19, 1918, son of...

Walter Francis Kuczynski

Walter Francis Kuczynski, 86, of San Francisco, a former resident of Adams, died Saturday at Lawton Health Care Center in San Francisco. Born in Fall River on Sept. 18, 1921, son of Boleslaus C....

Walter Ernest Jones Jr.

Walter Ernest Jones Jr., 83, of 24 Rose Terrace, formerly of 1087 North St., died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 27, 1924, son of Walter E. Jones Sr....

William H. Johnson

William H. Johnson, 73, of 190 Farnum Road, Lakeville, Conn., died Saturday at Sharon (Conn.) Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 16, 1934, son of Harold and Evelyn Vickers Johnson, he...

Eleanor N. Faber, 92

STOCKBRIDGE - Eleanor N. Faber, 92, formerly of Heaton Court, died on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. She had been a resident of Great Barrington Rehabilitation and...

Rosemary Herlihy, 77

SHEFFIELD - Rosemary Kirchner Herlihy, 77, of Park Lane died Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, at Newport (R.I.) Hospital after a long illness. She had been vacationing in Newport. Born on Nov. 15, 1930,...

Janice Schneider, 66

GREAT BARRINGTON - Janice Schneider, 66, of Bernard Gibbons Drive died suddenly Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 9, 1941, the daughter of John and Mildred Esie Pepino...