Obituaries

Gerald "Jerry" Bassett

Gerald "Jerry" Bassett, 64, of 174 N. Summer St., died Sunday, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28, 1942, son of Earl and Norma Lewis Bassett, he was educated in Pittsfield...

Elizabeth C. Ryan

Elizabeth C. Ryan, 88, of 420 Greylock St. died Sunday at home. Born in Airde, Scotland, on Dec. 2, 1918, daughter of Daniel and Susan McMahon Christie, she moved to New York as a child and...

Doris Ruth Russell

Doris Ruth Russell, 92, formerly of Rose Manor, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Springside of Pittsfield for five months. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 24, 1914,...

Walter P. Fertek

Walter P. Fertek, 85, of 52 Vivian Ave., died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 26, 1922, son of Stanislaw and Mary Glazeski Fertek, he was a 1940 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Bruce Morgan Crosier

Bruce Morgan Crosier, 80, of 436 East St., died yesterday at home after a brief illness. Born in Dalton on March 19, 1927, son of Earl B. Crosier Sr. and Maude Mather Crosier, he attended local...

Grace P. Houle

Grace P. Houle, 84, of 7 Velma Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 31, 1922, daughter of Archibald and Catherine Nethery Houston, she was a 1940 graduate...

Mary Tinker

Mary Tinker, 88, of Squire Lane, died Thursday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington after a brief illness. She had been a resident of Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center for...

Albert Joseph Stavaski

Albert Joseph Stavaski, 69, of 2 Fryc Lane, died Thursday at the home of his daughter, Kathleen M. Stavaski of 577 Canaan St., Canaan, N.H., after a long illness. He was a former member and...

Mildred Blanchard, 88

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Mildred Blanchard, 88, of 434 Houghton St., died Sunday, April 29, 2007, at home. Born in Adams on July 17, 1918, daughter of James and Ola Clark, she attended schools in...

Lucille Schorge

Lucille Schorge, 89, of Sugar Hill Assisted Living in Dalton, formerly of 11 Pinnacle Lane, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Jan. 14, 1918, daughter of Edward and...

Edmund J. Prehoden Sr.

Edmund J. Prehoden Sr., 81, of 73 Tanner St., died of congestive heart failure Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mary E. Prehoden, 1553 Guy St., San Diego. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 30, 1925,...

John O. Tucker Sr.

John O. Tucker Sr., 87, formerly of 173 King St., died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield nursing facility. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1920, son of Charles J. and Isabel Hamilton Tucker, he...

Thomas Mark Szumowski

Thomas Mark Szumowski, 50, of Ashland Park Apartments, 150 Ashland St., died April 20 at home after a brief illness. Born in Northampton on May 12, 1956, son of S. Thomas and Vera Mielesko...

Howard F. "Rick" Randall

Howard F. "Rick" Randall, 61, of 19 Elder Ave., died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 30, 1945, son of Sarah Jones Lowry Randall and the late Thurman...

Elaine Kaplan

Elaine Kaplan, 82, of 54 Zeff Drive, died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 4, 1924, daughter of Robert M. and Mary Aaronson Kriger, she graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1941 and...

William Francis Wilber

William Francis Wilber, 86, of 52 Arnold St., died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Arlington, Vt., on Feb. 10, 1921, son of Winfield S. Wilber and Ethel Ennis Wilber Waite, he attended...

Robert R. Tolvo

Robert R. Tolvo, 78, of 10241 Misty Meadow Road, Leesburg, Fla., formerly of Lenox and South Egremont, died Sunday at home. Born in Housatonic on June 7, 1928, son of Patrick and Helen Richards...

George C. Runz

George C. Runz, 94, of 15 Mallard Drive, died Tuesday at his home. Born in Long Island City, N.Y., on April 19, 1913, son of Martin and Emma Roughley Runz, he moved to Berkshire Village in...

James Robert Hunt Sr.

James Robert Hunt Sr., 70, of 734 Dermody Road, Bennington, Vt., died Tuesday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 29, 1936, son of William F. and...

Donald S. "Hoppy" Hopkins Sr.

Donald S. "Hoppy" Hopkins Sr., 75, of 105 West Road, died Tuesday at home. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 29, 1931, son of Seth and Marion Miles Hopkins, he moved to Lee and graduated from Lee...

Ella Maria Dunsmore

Ella Maria Dunsmore, 91, of 28 Summit Ave., died Monday at home. Born in North Adams on July 24, 1915, daughter of William and Mabel Barlow Thatcher, she attended local schools and graduated from...

Warren Alger Drew

Warren Alger Drew, 88, of 934 Main St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center following a short illness. Born in Barnston in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada, on Oct. 11, 1918, son of...

Margaret R. Wood

Margaret R. Wood, 75, of 176 Columbus Ave., died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 19, 1932, daughter of Robert and Irene Walker Duggan, she was a 1949 graduate of Pittsfield High School....

David Warren Swanson Sr.

David Warren Swanson Sr., 89, of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community, formerly of Stoney Ledge Road, died yesterday at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 31, 1917, son of Robert W. and Ruby...

Helen Frances Gomeau

Helen Frances Gomeau, 85, of 10B Franklin Court, died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 28, 1921, daughter of George and Catherine Nestor LePage, she graduated...