Obituaries

Florence Gartner

Florence Gartner, 91, of Lebanon, Mo., a Housatonic native, died Sunday in Christian Health Care South in Lebanon. Born in Housatonic on March 9, 1916, daughter of Peter and Helena Mariani Storti,...

Linda S. Eichstedt

Linda S. Eichstedt, 60, of Christian Hill Road, died Tuesday morning at her home following a long illness. A native and lifelong resident of Berkshire County, Linda was born in Egremont on March...

Shirley May Bartram Duchna

Shirley May Bartram Duchna, 78, 412 North St., died Monday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Feb. 20, 1929, daughter of George and Alma Simpson Bartram, she...

Teresa Maria Carchedi Ciliberti

Teresa Maria Carchedi Ciliberti, 86, of 92 Colt Road, died Monday at her home following a long illness. Born in Francavilla, Italy, on Sept. 10, 1920, daughter of Vincenzo and Vittoria Costa...

Tracy Ann Bedard

Tracy Ann Bedard, 43, of 159 Liberty St., North Adams, died Sunday at her home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 19, 1963, daughter of the late Raymond P. Bedard and Theresa A. Mineau Bedard, she...

Mildred (Jill) Weaver

Mildred (Jill) Weaver, 93, of 95 West Avenue, Great Barrington, died Thursday April 5, 2007 at home. She was born March 26, 1914 in Brooklyn, N.Y. daughter of Abraham and Fanny Fukshananu Stier. A...

Rosalie A. Poplaski

Rosalie A. Poplaski, 77, of 562 Notch Road, died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Dec. 10, 1929, daughter of Leo and Angelina Strafaci Giroux, she attended schools...

Juliette Pevoski

Juliette Pevoski, 90, of 21 McLagen Drive, died yesterday at Sweetbrook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on June 12, 1916, daughter of Joseph D. and Albertine Brosseau Bourgeois,...

Vernon Dale O'Malley

Vernon Dale O'Malley, 94, of 24 Bower Drive, Myerstown, Pa., formerly of 590 River Road, died Saturday at the Golden Living Center in Reading, Pa. Born in Adams on March 16, 1913, daughter of...

Genevieve Murach, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Genevieve "Jennie" Murach, 92, of 22 Pearl St., died Monday, April 9, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown following a long illness. Born in North Adams on Aug....

Frances C. Guiltinan

Frances C. Guiltinan, 84, died Friday, March 30 at her home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 24, 1922, daughter of Dr. Francis J. and Elizabeth O'Leary Conlin, she was a 1940 graduate of Pittsfield...

Bertha E. Franklin

Bertha E. Franklin, 91, of 148 Maple St., formerly of Hewins Street in Ashley Falls, died yesterday -- her birthday -- at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where she had resided...

Alan C. Butler

Alan C. Butler, 61, of 27 Greenway St., died Friday at home. Born in Long Branch, N.J., on Feb. 6, 1946, son of Herbert Butler and the late Kathleen Sweeney Butler, he attended local schools until...

Thomas R. Tyler

Thomas R. Tyler, 76, of 23 Cliff Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 25, 1930, son of John R. and Louise Joyner Tyler, he...

Reginald Rowett Jr., 81

FLORIDA, Mass. — Reginald Rowett Jr., 81, of 229 Central Shaft Road died Friday, April 6, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was taken after being stricken earlier at home. He...

Kathleen A. Rawson

Kathleen A. Rawson, 45, of 18 George St., died Friday at home after a long illness. Born in Holyoke on Dec. 12, 1961, daughter of Jack and Josephine Costello Vincent, she attended Pittsfield...

Jocelyn Nichols

Jocelyn Nichols, 77, of Ramsdell Road, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on Dec. 1, 1929, daughter of George and Guiseppa Valvo Foster, she grew up in New York City...

Carol Ann Lewis

Carol Ann Lewis, 69, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 11, 1937, daughter of Edmund and Dorothy Durett Teot, she was a 1956 graduate...

Morton H. Kaplan

Morton H. Kaplan, 84, of 54 Zeff Drive died Thursday at home. Born in Providence, R.I., on April 12, 1922, son of Abraham and Tillie Siegel Kaplan, he was a 1939 graduate of Central High School...

Heide Jill Curtis

Heide Jill Curtis, 48, of Laurel Street, died Friday at home. Before moving to Lee in October 2005, she lived on Elm Street in Pittsfield for more than 20 years. Born in Sharon, Conn., on...

Marion G. Brady

Marion G. Brady, 91, of 3930 NE Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Friday at Marion House Health Care of Ocala. Born on June 14, 1915, daughter of Harry A. and Mary...

Stella Bernat

Stella Bernat, 88, formerly of 5 Edmund St., died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Oct. 9, 1918, daughter of Peter and Hanora Ostrobinski Zgrzebniak, she attended local schools....

Peter P. Nykorchuk

Peter P. Nykorchuk, 75, of 514 South Main St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 23, 1931, son of Anthony and Anastasia Kowchuk Nykorchuk, he was a 1950 graduate...

Edwin Luczynski

Edwin Luczynski, 80, of 37 Crandall St. and Fort Pierce, Fla., died Thursday at the Consulate Rehab Center in Vero Beach, Fla. Born in Clarksburg on Dec. 15, 1926, son of John and Leona Furtek...

Dorothea T. Kirchner

Dorothea T. Kirchner, 76, of 40 Old Stockbridge Road, died of cancer Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 23, 1930, daughter of James and Lillian Akroyd Thomson, she graduated from Lenox...