Obituaries

Yvonne Kickery Haywood, 105

STOCKBRIDGE - Yvonne G. Kickery Haywood, 105, of Willard Hill Road, Interlaken, died Monday morning, Nov. 12, 2007 at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Hericourt, France,...

Edward L. Guidi, 67

GREAT BARRINGTON - Edward L. Guidi, 67, of 140 East St., died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2007, in South Egremont. Born in Great Barrington on July 3, 1940, son of Harold and Marion Curtiss Guidi, he...

E. Harper Holbrook, 89

GREAT BARRINGTON - E. Harper Holbrook, 89, a native of Great Barrington, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2007, at York (Maine) Hospital. Born June 5, 1918, son of Edwin and Mildred Holbrook, he was raised by...

Ronald C. Deffer, 71

GREAT BARRINGTON - Ronald Chester Deffer, 71, of Fairview Terrace died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, at Fairview Commons. Born in Jamaica, N.Y., on Jan. 2, 1936, son of Chester R. and Lillian Heimer...

J. Mason Whalen Jr., 46

GREAT BARRINGTON - J. Mason Whalen Jr., 46, of Silver Street, died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, at home following a brief illness. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 11, 1961, son of Hannah Wyman Agar and...

Mary Rose Bethard Ryan

Mary Rose Bethard Ryan, 94, of 51 Mount Williams Drive, died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 16, 1913, daughter of Daniel and Rose Goodman Twomey, she graduated...

Anthony J. Magnano

Anthony J. Magnano, 87, of Laurel Lake Assisted Living Center, formerly of 49 Longfellow Ave., Pittsfield, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was a lifelong resident of Pittsfield...

Congetta M. Kirchner

Congetta M. Kirchner, 79, of 57 John St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee on Nov. 10, 1927, daughter of Peter and Congetta Borsellino Colombari, she was a 1946 graduate of...

Dr. Jay Harris Katz

Dr. Jay Harris Katz, 79, of 59 Lake Buel Road died Monday at home of prostate cancer. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Sept. 11, 1928, son of Herman and Ida Farber Katz, he graduated from Bronx High School...

Doris F. Hover

Doris F. Hover, 87, of 8 Lucille St., died Monday at home. Born in Lenox on July 19, 1920, daughter of Frederick G. and Lydia Blake Joyner, she was a 1937 graduate of Lenox High School. Mrs....

Sarah Rose Carlino

Sarah Rose Carlino, 4, of George Street died Monday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 19, 2003, she was the daughter of Bryan and Jodi Moran Carlino. She loved the ocean,...

James E. 'Pete' Bardin, 84

DALTON, Mass. — James Edgar "Pete" Bardin, 84, of 1190 North St., died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on the family dairy farm in Dalton on Nov. 12,...

Christine Vera Mullette

Christine Vera Mullette, 92, of Tilda Hill Road died Saturday at North Adams Commons. Born in the town of Florida on Jan. 25, 1915, daughter of Olaf S. and Gerda Anderson Oleson, she attended...

Alan Joseph Morris

Alan Joseph Morris, 53, of 16 Freeman Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 13, 1954, son of Alice Dennett Morris and the late Arthur J. Morris...

Ruth T. Decker

Ruth T. Decker, 93, of Boardman Street, a former longtime resident of Water Farm Road, died Saturday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Norfolk, Conn., on Jan. 27, 1914, daughter of Delbert H. and...

Steven M. Burns

Steven M. Burns, 53, of 23 Temple St. died of cancer Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Turners Falls on April 28, 1954, son of the late James J. Burns III and Dorothy...

Peter Trova

Peter Trova, 94, of Mansfield Avenue, Norton, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. He spent winters in Port Richey, Fla., for 22 years. Born in Wilmerding, Pa., on Sept. 8, 1913, son...

Ethel M. Sayers

Ethel M. Sayers, 79, of 290 Linden St. died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for eight months. Born in Tyringham on Dec. 30, 1927, daughter of Chester and Myra Harrington...

Roberta Jean Salvatore

Roberta Jean Salvatore, 65, of 11 Stockbridge Road died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Jeannine M. Salvatore of 138 Bradley St., Lee, with whom she had resided for two years. Born in Hinsdale...

Winnie Bell Payton

Winnie Bell Payton, 84, of 365 W. 118th St., New York City, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been residing in Pittsfield with her granddaughter, Sabrina D. Powell, while receiving...

William F. Daley

William F. Daley, 81, of Cynthia Lane died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bangor, Maine, on April 7, 1926, son of Jerome F. and Eva Thomas Daley, he graduated from John Bapst...

James F. McCarthy, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - James Francis McCarthy, 93, of 150 Crest St., died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 8, 1914, son of Arthur and Marion...

Jena Marcovicci, 62

RICHMOND - Jena Marcovicci, 62, of Rossiter Road died Monday, Oct. 29, 2007, at home. Born on April 22, 1945, in Sedalia, Mo., the son of Mary V. Troy and the late Alex Marsten, he grew up in the...

Arthur F. "Sonny" Williams Sr.

Arthur F. "Sonny" Williams Sr., 73, of Hancock Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. He served as a Hancock selectman for more than five years, as town constable for many years and as the...

Donald James Meiklejohn

Donald James Meiklejohn, 91, of 72 Benlise Drive died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Aug. 16, 1916, son of Thomas and Ada Squire Meiklejohn, he...