Obituaries

Werner Bacher

Werner Bacher, 81, of 1150 West Main St. died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. He and his wife, Marina, owned and operated Chimney Mirror Motel. Born in Switzerland on June 20, 1925, son of...

Robert Charles Nicholas

Robert Charles Nicholas, 83, of Pownal, Vt., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 2, 1923, son of Everett A....

Douglas F. Barnes

Douglas F. Barnes, 65, of 189 Churchill Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center of an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on March 8, 1941, son of the late Leroy and Claire LaFrance...

Mary I. Ricchi

Mary I. Ricchi, 93, formerly of Pittsfield and McKinney, Texas, died Sunday at the Cogburn Health & Rehabilitation Center in Huntsville, Ala. Born in Cassine, Province of Alessandria, Italy, on...

Virginia May Mongeon

Virginia May Mongeon, 76, of 6 Glenns Road died Monday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 18, 1930, daughter of John and Blanche Royer Fox,...

David F. Hart

David F. Hart, 69, of 255 Lebanon Ave. died Sunday evening at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided for the past three years. Born in Pittsfield on April 9, 1937, son of M. Evelyn Fallaw...

Nina Grechan

Nina Grechan, 85, of 73 Rose Drive died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Springfield on March 29, 1921, daughter of Aleksey and Eugenie Gardieff Grechan, she was a graduate of Dalton...

Stanley Janik

Stanley Janik, 94, of 34 Crotteau St. died yesterday, Dec. 15, 2006, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 2, 1912, son of Joachim and Amalia Brach Janik, he attended local schools. A...

Christine Helen Vanhoenacker

Christine Helen Vanhoenacker, 69, of Melbourne Place, formerly of Dawes Avenue, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Shenandoah, Pa., on Dec. 7, 1937, daughter of Andrew and Helen...

Robert James Reardon

Robert James Reardon, 79, of 16 Birchwood Terrace died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 5, 1927, son of Charles and Beatrice Marran...

John Funke Jr.

John Funke Jr., 87, of 1110 Marshall Road, Greenwood, S.C., died Thursday at Wesley Commons in Greenwood. He was the father of Carole Ann Collins of Pittsfield. Born in Atlanta on March 15,...

Anne Lynne Bergeron

Anne Lynne Bergeron, 63, of 73 Nutmeg Lane died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Thursday. Born in North Adams on Aug. 7, 1943, daughter of Arthur and Pearl...

Albert W. "Red" Turner

Albert W. "Red" Turner, 90, of 40 Sunset Ave., a former longtime resident of 370 East St., died Saturday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where he had been a patient since May 4. Born in...

Priscilla Mary Ryan

Priscilla Mary Ryan, 81, of 19 Roselyn Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after six months of hospitalization. Born in Pittsfield on March 16, 1925, daughter of Joseph B. and...

Judith D. Joyce

Judith D. Joyce, 64, of 494 East New Lenox Road died Saturday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 22, 1942, daughter of Russell F. and Marion Williams Allen, she spent her...

Barbara A. Fahey

Barbara A. Fahey, 76, of 74 Flansburg Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 17, 1930, daughter of Walter B. and Vera Mongue Fox, she was a 1948 graduate of the former Dalton High...

Cecile Margaret Descoteaux

Cecile Margaret Descoteaux, 90, of 49 Phelps Ave. died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on June 20, 1916, daughter of Phillip and Amanda Mousseau...

Eleanor R. Wauszkiewicz

Eleanor R. Wauszkiewicz, 88, of 56 Reservoir Road died Tuesday at Laurel Lake Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 5, 1918, daughter of James and Gladys Jerome Murray, she was a graduate of...

Charles A. Reed Sr.

Charles A. Reed Sr., 73, of 347 Sycamore Drive, Crossville, Tenn., died Monday at home. He was co-owner of Summit Hill Campground in the town of Washington from 1985 to 2005 Born in New Haven,...

Celia Barcomb, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Celia Theresa Barcomb, 80, of Village East, 546 Union St., died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 12, 1926,...

Susan Wheeler

Susan Wheeler, 51, of 50 Olsen Road died Tuesday morning at her home, where she had lived for the past 25 years. Born in Pittsfield on March 11, 1955, daughter of the late James Sr. and Bertha...

Joseph Trzcinka

Joseph Trzcinka, 76, of 2 Bernard Gibbons Dr. died Tuesday at the Great Barrington Nursing and Rehab Center. Born in Housatonic on Dec. 16, 1929, son of Stanislaw and Marcianna Jaksina Trzcinka,...

James Henry Smith Jr.

James Henry Smith Jr., 80, of 84 Notch Road died Tuesday at the Sweetbrook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Dec. 7, 1926, son of James Henry and Eva Sarah Gauthier Smith, he...

Gisela Lainer

Gisela Lainer, 76, of 227 Franklin Court died Tuesday at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Bielefeld, Germany, on March 22, 1930, daughter of Otto and Wilhelmine Jurgens...