Obituaries

Dennis J. Murphy

Dennis J. Murphy, 47, of 41 Seminole Drive, Wheel Estates Mobile Home Park, died Friday at home. Born on May 16, 1959, in Pittsfield, son of Donald F. and Carolyn Wilcox Murphy, he had resided in...

Loretta M. Boyle

Loretta M. Boyle, 89, of 104A Highview Drive, died Saturday at home. Born in Greenfield on Jan. 8, 1918, daughter of James M. and Matilda Dame Collins, she was a resident of Pittsfield for most of...

Lillian F. Heiss

Lillian F. Heiss, 103, formerly of 118 Church St., died Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Centers where she had resided since 2002. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 1,...

James Joseph Greaney

James Joseph Greaney, 96, of 81 Conz St., Northampton, formerly of 108 Brown St., died Wednesday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since January. Born in Waterbury, Conn., on...

Veronica Crockwell, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Veronica May Crockwell, 82, of 45 Spring St., Spring Street Apartments, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at North Adams Commons. Born in Gardner on May 28, 1924, daughter...

Robert Leslie Stegner

Robert Leslie Stegner, 76, of 17 Pine Grove Drive, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., son of Frank C. and Susan Self Stegner, he was a 1948 graduate of New...

Paul G. Huska

Paul G. Huska, 79, of Schodack, N.Y., died yesterday at Albany Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Nashua, N.H., on July 12, 1927, son of Stephen and Eva Beauregard Huska, he attended...

William W. Hibbler Sr.

William W. Hibbler Sr., 58, of 167 Daniels Ave., died at home Monday. Born in Birmingham, Ala., on June 1, 1948, son of the late William Waites and Virginia Hibbler, he was raised by his aunt,...

Roger William Gavin Sr.

Roger William Gavin Sr., 81, of Wahconah Heights, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hinsdale on March 20, 1925, son of Patrick H. and Lila Bishop Gavin, he attended the former...

Lillian M. Elworthy

Lillian M. Elworthy, 84, of 50 Valentine Road, died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Pittsfield on July 26, 1922, daughter of Frank J. and Lillian Murphy Hall, she was a 1940...

Leopoldo Cintron Jr.

Leopoldo Cintron Jr., 56, of 17 Pleasant St., the Barrett House, died Tuesday at home following a long illness. Born in Puerto Rico on Nov. 15, 1950, son of Dolores Diaz Cintron Ferrer and the...

Yvonne M. Benoit, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Yvonne M. Benoit, 85, of 54 Kemp Ave., died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 3, 1921, daughter of Jean and Edmire...

William S. Allessio

William S. Allessio, 95, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 26, 1911, son of Michael and Delfina...

Kim Evan Lavigne

Kim Evan Lavigne, 51, of 333 Onota St., died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 9, 1955, son of the late Gertrude Stickles Lavigne, he was raised by...

Eleanor R. Favreau, 80

ADAMS, Mass. â€' Eleanor Rose "Helen" Favreau, 80, of 17 Pleasant St., died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on May 14, 1926, daughter of...

Josephine Mary Drobiak

Josephine Mary Drobiak, 76, of 11 Lakewood Circle, died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 23, 1930, daughter of Marino and Mary Cimini Cimini, she...

Cecile Yarter, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Cecile "Ceil" Yarter, 92, of 142 Liberty St., died Monday afternoon, Feb. 26, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 28, 1914, daughter of...

Lorraine Theresa Momaney Sartori

Lorraine Theresa Momaney Sartori, 79, of 369 Fred Mason Road, died early yesterday at the home of her niece, Carol Clerc, at 45 Notch Road, Adams. Born in Brattleboro, Vt., on Feb. 15, 1928, she...

Katherine E. Pirzl

Katherine E. Pirzl, 82, of Victoria Court, Lenoir, N.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Gateway Nursing Center in Lenoir. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 6, 1924, she was the daughter of James...

Dora E. Gruberg

Dora E. Gruberg, 95, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshire Town, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 11, 1912, she was the daughter of Joseph Gruberg and Sara...

Maureen L. Doolan

Maureen L. Doolan, 60, of 4 Sampson Parkway, died yesterday at Providence Health Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided since December 2006. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1946, daughter of...

Madaliene M. Shields, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Madaliene Mary Shields, 84, of 339 Franklin St., died Friday, Feb. 23, 2007, at home of cancer. Born in North Adams on Aug. 24, 1922, daughter of Frank and Elena Pozzi...

Dayton F. Tynan

Dayton F. Tynan, 74, of 200 Melbourne Road, died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Caldwell, N.J., on May 30, 1932, son of Dayton and Amy Decker Tynan, he was a 1950 graduate of...

Dolores C. Renaud

Dolores C. Renaud, 80, of 2 Cicero Drive, Lakeville, formerly of Clairmont Road in Dalton, died Thursday at Morton Hospital in Taunton. She moved to Lakeville two years ago. Born in...

Sarah J. Portieri

Sarah J. Portieri, 68, of East Street, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 4, 1939, daughter of William J. and Marion Broderick Newton, she was a 1957 graduate of...