Obituaries

Elizabeth Theresa Gilmartin-Persson

Elizabeth Theresa Gilmartin-Persson, 87, formerly of Emerson Avenue died Saturday, Oct. 6, at Briarwood Nursing Home in Atlanta, where she had resided for the past six years. Born in Somerville...

Raymond L. Cutler Jr., 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Raymond Lewis Cutler Jr., 84, of 26 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Friday, Oct. 6, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 10, 1922, son of Raymond...

Catherine E. Cornellier

Catherine E. Cornellier, 88, of 620 Laurel St., formerly of Sturgis Avenue, died Sunday at the Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where she has resided for the past three years. Born in Ilion, N.Y. on...

Louis Thomas Brown

Louis Thomas Brown, 56, of 879 Wade Inn Road died Thursday at home after a short illness. Before moving to Becket in November 2005, he had resided in Granby for 16 years. Born in Hampton,...

Elizabeth Marie Pagano

Elizabeth Marie Pagano, 86, of Melbourne Place, 140 Melbourne Road, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Sept. 2, 1920, daughter of Alfred and Angiolina Biondo...

Eleanor M. Burbank

Eleanor M. Burbank, 87, of 7319 Old Sage Drive, Bayonet Point, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on Feb. 22, 1919, daughter of Herbert J. and Ella...

Mary Louise Vadala

Mary Louise Vadala, 81, of 327 South St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 2, 1925, daughter of Philip and Louise Wilson Delano, she attended Pittsfield High...

Janett Gertrude Sinopoli

Janett Gertrude Sinopoli, 66, of 125 Bailey Road died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 23, 1940, daughter of Carl A. Zurrin Sr. and Edith Stevens Zurrin, she...

Francis H. Peasley, 91

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Francis H. Peasley, 91, of Van Deusenville Road, Housatonic, died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006, at Fairview Hospital. Born in Falls Village, Conn., on Nov. 26, 1914, son...

Theresa Julie Navroski

Theresa Julie Navroski, 80, of 12 Hall Place died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Nazareth, Pa., on May 26, 1926, daughter of George and Helen Unger, she attended schools there....

Veronica Jane Kus

Veronica Jane Kus, 86, of 7 Fryc Lane died Saturday at home. Born in Adams on Sept. 3, 1920, daughter of John and Anna Flaga Fryc, she attended local schools. Mrs. Kus was employed by General...

John B. "Jack" Higgins Jr.

John B. "Jack" Higgins Jr., 47, of Bud House, 185 Marble St., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Philadelphia on April 8, 1959, son of John Sr. and Mary Abbott Higgins, he...

Mary Ilene Wright

Mary Ilene Wright, 92, died Monday at Berkshire Place, where she had resided since 2000. She had lived in Bristol, Vt., from 1929 to 1998. Born on Oct. 28, 1913, in Bristol, Vt., daughter of...

Marguerite Alicia Sinclitico

Marguerite Alicia Sinclitico, 91, of 48 East Ave. died Wednesday in the emergency room at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was taken after being stricken earlier at home. Born in North...

Rita L. Zoito

Rita L. Zoito, 79, of 33 Forrest St. died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in Williamstown on Nov. 29, 1926, daughter of Albert R. and Bertha Burgess Raymond, she attended schools in...

Edith May Woodbridge

Edith May Woodbridge, 98, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. She most recently resided at EPOCH Assisted Living at Melbourne, where she was the oldest resident....

Gertrude Malvina Serre

Gertrude Malvina Serre, 99, formerly of 28 Sperry Ave. died yesterday at Sweetbrook Transitional Care and Living Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on July 2, 1907, daughter of...

Randel H. Middlebrook

Randel H. Middlebrook, 85, of 66 Judith Drive died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since August. Born in Pittsfield on May 6, 1921, son of Randel O. and Irene Gunn Middlebrook,...

Frank X. McWilliams

Frank X. McWilliams, 83, of 10 Main St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Staten Island, N.Y., on Jan. 21, 1923, son of Andrew F. and Helen Flynn McWilliams, he...

Lois B. Lepicier

Lois B. Lepicier, 75, of 533 Cold Spring Road died Tuesday at home. Prior to moving to Williamstown in 1968, she had lived in Cheshire. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Aug. 7, 1931, daughter of...

Lois Laptew

Lois Laptew, 70, of College Highway, Southampton, died Tuesday at home. She was a former resident of Hinsdale. Born in Chesterfield on Nov. 7, 1935, she was the daughter of Louis and Ella...

Sister Rose Bernard Donna CSJ

Sister Rose Bernard Donna CSJ, the former Mary Agnes Donna, 97, died yesterday at Albany Medical Center. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 77 years. Born in Dalton on...

Susan E. Donelan, Ph.D.

Susan E. Donelan, Ph.D., 51, of Wayand, died Sunday at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston following a three-year battle with inflammatory breast cancer. Born in Dorchester on June 11,...

Carol A. Dimaina Thompson

Carol A. Dimaina Thompson, 62, of 17 Egremont Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 31, 1943, daughter of the late John R. and Matilda Banus Villanova, she...

Edna D. Pelletier

Edna D. Pelletier, 94, of Union Court died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for three days. Born in Lawrence on Jan. 29, 1912, daughter of James and Delia Robidoux...