Obituaries

Arthur J. Ivey, 60

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Arthur J. Ivey, 60, of 80 Taconic Ave., died Monday, May 7, 2007, at home after a long battle with lung cancer. Born in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18, 1946, son of...

Frances H. Giracca Gennari

Frances H. Giracca Gennari, 94, of 7 Wyantenuck St., died Monday in North Fulton Hospital, Roswell, Ga. Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., on Feb. 4, 1913, daughter of John and Gretchen Stemmer Harvey,...

Anna Kornas

Anna Kornas, 74, of 115 Summer St., died Sunday at home. Born in Wronki, Poland, on July 4, 1932, daughter of Wojciech and Anna Chojan Kaczmarek, she graduated from high school there in...

Sylvia Mary Kaufmann

Sylvia Mary Kaufmann, 88, of 15 Weston St., died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for a short time. Born in Bromley, England, on Aug. 29, 1918, daughter of...

Sandra Irene Hamilton

Sandra Irene Hamilton, 64, of 21 Crossway St., Apt. 205, formerly of McNerney Road, Becket, died Saturday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after a long illness. She moved to Lee a year...

Peter D. Fraser Jr.

Peter D. Fraser Jr., 47, of Devon Road died Friday evening when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving struck a tree on the Hollywood Club property in Colton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Born in...

William H. Fairfield

William H. Fairfield, 69, of Jacob's Ladder Road, died Saturday at the home of his sister Dorothy "Betty" Bangs of 829 Ashley Falls Road, Ashley Falls. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 20, 1938, son of...

Elaine Frances Bigelow

Elaine Frances Bigelow, 76, of 911 Tyler St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 11, 1930, daughter of Roy W. and Dorothy Thomas Kickery, she attended local...

Maurice E. Rice Sr.

Maurice E. Rice Sr., 70, of Benton Hill Road, died Tuesday at home. He was a former volunteer Becket firefighter. Born in Becket on July 13, 1936, son of Arthur E. and Ethel Ransom Rice, he...

Helen Raczynski

Helen Raczynski, 91, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since July 2006. Born in Centralia, Pa., on April 4,...

Elizabeth Dennis

Elizabeth Dennis, 90, of Chapel Street, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Ms. Dennis served as head librarian of Lee Library from 1942 to 1987. In 1978, the Betty Dennis...

Beverly A. Darrow

Beverly A. Darrow, 69, of 113 Pine St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 6, 1937, daughter of Leonard A. and Irene Murphy Teal, she was...

Gwen Berla

Gwen Berla, 85, of 21 Crossway Village, died Friday at the home of her daughter, Lin Schreiber of 48 Pomeroy Ave. in Pittsfield. Born in Munger, Mo., on Sept. 30, 1921, daughter of George W. and...

Dorothy Garity Wilson

Dorothy Garity Wilson, 86, of 5 Cornell Lane, died Friday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided since September 2006. Born in Westfield on May 3, 1921, daughter of Harold and...

Eleanor Myers

Eleanor Myers, 88, of 118 Church St., died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on June 30, 1918, daughter of Carleton B. and Ruby Field Hall, she graduated from the former...

Gerald A. Guild

Gerald A. Guild, 77, of 163 Clevland Road, died Saturday at Beth Israel Hospital in Boson. Born in Wrentham on Nov. 30, 1929, son of William and Myrtle MacInnes Guild, he graduated from Oliver...

James F. Primm II

James F. Primm II, 56, of 6650 West 83rd St., Overland Park, Kan., died Monday at Hillcrest Commons Health Care Facility, where he had resided for two months. Born in New York City on April 13,...

Anna Marie Wrenn

Anna Marie Wrenn, 89, of East Road, died at home on Tuesday. Born on Nov. 26, 1917, in Waterbury, Conn., daughter of George and Mary Hyland O'Neill, she was educated in schools there. After...

Irene Eleanor Twing

Irene Eleanor Twing, 45, of 97 Francis Ave., died Monday morning as a result of injuries sustained after being hit by a train. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 29, 1961, daughter of Walter E. and Mabel...

Charles Leslie Seddon

Charles Leslie Seddon, 59, of 27 Dewey Ave., died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 6, 1947, son of Laurence R. and Lois Fraser Seddon, he attended local schools and earned his General...

June Lamb

June Lamb, 76, of 21 Fourth Ave., died Tuesday at home. Born in Adams on June 29, 1930, a daughter of Robert and Mabel Alderman Horn, she was a 1949 graduate of the former Adams High...

Kaare Nils Francis

Kaare Nils Francis, 51, of Estero, Fla., died Tuesday at Southwest Regional Medical Center in Fort Myers, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 18, 1955, son of the late Burton Francis Jr. and Violet...

Norma Smith Twiss Paget

Norma Smith Twiss Paget, 86, of East Road, died Monday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Great Barrington on Jan. 11, 1921, daughter of Ernest and Bertha Blood Smith, she was...

Elizabeth A. Holcomb

Elizabeth A. Holcomb, 59, of Christian Hill Road, died Sunday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Burlington, Vt., on May 5, 1947, daughter of Clarence L. and Elsie G. Hill Fleming, the family moved to...

Paul Roger Burdick Sr.

Paul Roger Burdick Sr., 72, of 11 Haggerty St., died Monday at his home. Born in North Adams on May 23, 1934, son of Lawrence and Helen Reynolds Burdick, he attended North Adams schools. From...