Obituaries

Barbara Sylvester, 69

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Barbara Sylvester, 69, of 106 Water St. died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Dec. 23, 1937, daughter of...

Jason P. Robichaud

Jason P. Robichaud, 20, of 185 Glassworks Road died Sunday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 26, 1986, son of Gerald and Linda Finizola...

Dorothy A. Maurus

Dorothy A. Maurus, 88, of 11 Stonefield Trail, South Windsor, Conn., died Friday at home. She lived in Housatonic for more than 52 years before moving to South Windsor seven years ago. Born in...

Eleanor G. Lewis

Eleanor G. Lewis, 88, of 217 Harryel St. died Sunday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided since January 2003. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 24, 1918, daughter of Clark M. and...

Mary Evelyn Forbes

Mary Evelyn Forbes, 80, of Berkshire Place, 89 South St., died there Friday. Born in Dorchester on Oct. 3, 1926, daughter of C. Leighton and Vera Vickers Forbes, she was a 1943 graduate of Milton...

Gladys Monica Alibozek

Gladys Monica Alibozek, 93, of 49 North Summer St., died Thursday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on May 19, 1914, daughter of Mikolaj and Zofia Juras Salisz, she...

Helen M. Zaveruka

Helen M. Zaveruka, 86, a former longtime resident of 7 Dexter St., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Craneville Place in Dalton since May 2004. Born in Montague...

Bruce Earle Clark

Bruce Earle Clark, 58, of 51 Watson St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 3, 1948, son of Helen Meskevich Clark and the late Earl R. Clark, he was a 1966...

Dorothy M. Burdick

Dorothy M. Burdick, 90, of 30 Phelps Road died Sunday at home. Born in Cheshire on Aug. 9, 1917, daughter of Lewis and Emma Sweeney Briggs, she attended schools there. Mrs. Burdick was employed...

Walter Charles Wojtusiak

Walter Charles Wojtusiak, 86, of 6 Sparrow St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on April 23, 1921, son of Matthew and Veronica Strzepek Wojtusiak, he...

John A. Prendergast

John A. Prendergast, 85, formerly of 116 Pine Grove Drive, died Tuesday at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 28, 1921, son of John A. and Margaret Dougherty Prendergast, he...

Charles W. O'Brien

Charles W. O'Brien, 66, of Marble Street died Thursday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 6, 1940, son of John J. and Elizabeth Keegan...

Jean Magner

Jean Magner, 80, of 235 Walker St. and 2400 South Ocean Drive, Fort Pierce, Fla., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 27, 1927, daughter of Walter and Alice...

Lawrence Edward Lemanski

Lawrence Edward Lemanski, 82, of 13 Bieniek Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on June 2, 1925, son of Walter and Alice Zaik Lemanski, he was a graduate of the former...

Eleanor L. Turner

Eleanor L. Turner, 93, of 27 Summer St. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 27, 1913, daughter of Thayer and Lucy Pratt Farnam, she was a member of the first graduating class of...

Rita M. Forni

Rita M. Forni, 93, of Middletown, Conn., died Sunday at Wadsworth Glen in Middletown. Born in Pittsfield on July 2, 1914, daughter of John and Mary Tassinari Forni, she was a 1933 graduate of...

Virginia Adams Fishell

Virginia Adams Fishell, 84, of 156 King Arthur Drive Sherwood Forest, formerly of Darien, Conn., died Tuesday at home. Born in Darien on May 12, 1923, daughter of Frederick and Marjorie Cornish...

James C. Faulkner

James C. Faulkner, 88, of 1611 Cold Spring Road, Sweetwood Continuing Care Community, died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Lola, Ky., on Aug. 6, 1919, son of Carl F. and Yvonne Barth...

Beverly Fares

Beverly Fares, 67, of 101 Mountain Drive died yesterday at home after a brief illness. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, on June 26, 1940, daughter of John and Anne Javorsky, she graduated from schools...

Margaretta C. duPont

Margaretta C. duPont, 55, of Delafield Drive died Tuesday at the home of her sister, Mary C. Melanson of Park Drive in Lanesborough, after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on May 5,...

Scott Michael Danford

Scott Michael Danford, 38, of 178 1/2 Second St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center of natural causes. Born in Pittsfield on July 11, 1969, son of Gary W. Danford and Donna LeVardi Danford...

Elizabeth Ann Chapman

Elizabeth Ann Chapman, 78, of 35 Adams Road died yesterday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center. Born in Williamstown on June 27, 1929, daughter of Charles E. and Minnie Hunter Garrison, she was a...

Dale "Tom" Roberts

Dale "Tom" Roberts, 61, of 131 Stoddard Ave. died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had spent the past two days. Born in Pittsfield on March 30, 1946, son of Charles and Lillian Arthur...

Alice R. Lesnick, 77

ADAMS, Mass. — Alice Roberta Lesnick, 77, of 114 Upper E. Hoosac St. died Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, at home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 10, 1930, daughter of Eugene and Alice Benoit Bellows,...

Peter T. Brett

Peter T. Brett, 70, of 146 Bartlett Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 19, 1937, son of George and Evelyn Kelly Brett, he was a 1955 graduate of St. Joseph's High School. Mr....