Obituaries

Richard Edward Cook

Richard Edward Cook, 63, of 265 Savoy Road, died Wednesday at his home. Born in North Adams on Oct. 28, 1943, son of the late Alfred R. and Anna Blake Cook, he attended local schools. Mr. Cook...

Jean Theresa Spagnuolo

Jean Theresa Spagnuolo, 76, a Pittsfield native, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Formerly of 381 Springside Ave., she had resided at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility since...

Wayne R. "Hawk" Rivers

Wayne R. "Hawk" Rivers, 54, of 126 Lenox Ave., a Pittsfield native, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born Nov. 4, 1952, son of Charlotte Bence Rivers and the late...

Stasia Nowobilski

Stasia Nowobilski, 91, of New Britian, Conn., died Tuesday after a long illness at Brittany Farms Health Center in New Britian. Born in Housatonic on March 1, 1916, she was the daughter of Joseph...

Anita J. Martin

Anita J. Martin, 85, of 27 Greene Ave., died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Nov. 8, 1921, daughter of John and Julia Burke Smith, she attended Drury High...

Helen Marie Lidstone

Helen Marie Lidstone, 77, of Kimball Farms on Walker Street in Lenox, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born April 23, 1930, in Sioux City, Iowa, daughter of August...

Dorothy Himes

Dorothy Himes, 87, of Bonita Springs, Fla. died Monday at a Hospice of Naples in Naples, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on March 1, 1920, daughter of Michael and Mary Perry Yanni, she was a 1938 graduate...

Mildred J. McElwain

Mildred J. McElwain, 85, formerly of 118 Lincoln St., died Monday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she had resided since 2001. Born in Alcove, N.Y., on July 25, 1922, daughter of Dorie...

Robert Irving Johnson

Robert Irving Johnson, 70, of 279 North St., died Sunday at his home after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1937, son of Robert and Clara Therriault Johnson, he attended schools in...

Sara M. Geist-Sirk, 36

ADAMS, Mass. — Sara Marie Geist-Sirk, 36, of 508 Commons Drive, Evans, Ga., formerly of Adams, died Saturday, Aug. 8, 2007, at University Hospital in Augusta, Ga. Born in North Adams on Nov....

Marion L. Dalton

Marion L. Dalton, 100, of Framingham, formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Faulker Hospital in Jamaica Plain. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1907, daughter of John B. and Mary Fogarty Coughter,...

James F. Dawson Sr.

James F. Dawson Sr., 57, of 174 East Main St., Ashley Falls, died yesterday at home after a seven-year battle with cancer. Born in Island Pond, Vt., on Nov. 29, 1949, son of Roland W. and Dorothy...

Josephine E. Carnevale

Josephine E. Carnevale, 93, a longtime resident of Brown Street, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 18, 1914, daughter of Raphael and Alessandrina Caparelli...

Rosemary Blackburn

Rosemary Blackburn, 84, of 6 Railroad St. died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 16, 1923, daughter of William M. and Anna Marshall Egan, she attended schools in Burlington, Vt., and in...

Helen Bejgrowicz

Helen Bejgrowicz, 88, formerly of 19 Victory St., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Jan. 24, 1919, daughter of John and Sophie Bernat Jasinski, she attended St. Stanislaus'...

Elinor A. Becker

Elinor A. Becker, 82, of Pittsfield died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Gail I. Becker of Edward Avenue. Born on Aug. 31, 1924, daughter of Franklin and Irene Abbott Capen, she attended the...

Richard Austin Anderson

Richard Austin Anderson, 65, of Muskellunge Bay Lane, Sackets Harbor, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died of cancer Saturday at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y. Born on May 27, 1942,...

Shirley Mildred Choquette

Shirley Mildred Choquette, 82, of 9 Pinnacle Point died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 5, 1925, daughter of Bert and Mildred Hurst Hardy, she...

Rolland George Berthiaume

Rolland George Berthiaume, 85, formerly of 28 Britton St., died Saturday at North Adams Commons, where he had resided since April. Born in Turners Falls on Jan. 20, 1922, son of Armand and Eva...

Raymond R. Regnaiere Jr.

Raymond R. Regnaiere Jr., 51, of 215 East Main St. died yesterday at home. Born in Warwick, R.I., on April 10, 1956, son of Raymond Regnaiere and Evelyn Hudson Regnaiere DiGiammarco, he attended...

Paul A. Martel Sr.

Paul A. Martel Sr., 61, of 3 Myrtle St. died Wednesday at Craneville Center in Dalton, where he had recently been transferred after a six-week stay at the Albany VA Medical Center. Born in...

Leo Lepotakis

Leo Lepotakis, 79, of 72 Norwich Drive died yesterday morning at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 31, 1927, son of Emmanuel and Kaliope Tavladorakis Lepotakis, he attended schools there until...

Mary Kickery

Mary Kickery, 87, of Laurel Street died Tuesday at Fairview Hospital. Born at her family home in the village of Interlaken in Stockbridge on Dec. 5, 1919, daughter of Frank and Bessie Hewitt...

Louise Kelly

Louise Kelly, 79, of Nashua, N.H., a native of Housatonic, died Aug. 3 at Community Hospice House in Merrimack, N.H. Born on May 7, 1928, daughter of Tofield and Mary Zadroga Olszewski, she was a...

James E. Williams

James E. Williams, 84, of 29 Crystal St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Troy, N.Y., on April 29, 1923, son of Samuel and Minnie Bubb Williams, he attended Pittsfield...