Obituaries

V. Doris Crow

V. Doris Crow, 86, of 259 State Road died Tuesday at home. Born in Browndell, Texas, on Sept. 27, 1919, daughter of James M. and Hazel Jones Arnold, she was a graduate of Pineland (Texas) High...

Elaine E. McCarthy

Elaine E. McCarthy, 80, of 76 Baldwin Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center of an apparent heart attack shortly after being admitted. She was a three-time cancer survivor. Born in...

Stanislaw L. Kozlowski

Stanislaw L. Kozlowski, 46, of 61 Union St. died after a long illness Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since Tuesday. Born in Pittsfield on May 7, 1960, son of Stella Ozga...

Jules G. Jeanfaivre Jr.

Jules G. Jeanfaivre Jr., 67, formerly of 37 Enterprise St., died Friday at Holyoke Rehabilitation Center in Holyoke. Born in Adams on Aug. 29, 1938, son of the late Jules G. Jeanfaivre Sr. and...

Dennis Albert Lussier

Dennis Albert Lussier, 51, of 242 Wahconah St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 5, 1955, son of Gil A. Lussier and the late Carmella...

M. Elizabeth Grucelski

M. Elizabeth Grucelski, 86, formerly of 179 Highland Ave., died Wednesday at Epoch Senior Center in Brewster, where she had resided for two years. Born in Tupper Lake, N.Y., on Oct. 4, 1919,...

Eugene E. Gillette

Eugene E. Gillette, 86, of 91 Brombach St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 10, 1920, son of Jules and Harriet Marquis Gilliotte, he was a graduate of...

Jean S. McCarthy

Jean S. McCarthy, 63, of West Center Road died Tuesday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. She served on the Otis School Committee from 1983 to 1987. Born in Springfield on April 13,...

Marguerite Ann Gabrielle "Gay" Blum

Marguerite Ann Gabrielle "Gay" Blum, 65, of 320 State Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in New York on Feb. 22, 1941, daughter of Paul A. and Martha Baum Blum, her...

Rebecca A. Spaniol

Rebecca A. Spaniol, 92, formerly of RiverRun Apartments, died Monday, Aug. 14, at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Wells, Vt., on March 9, 1914, daughter of Fred and Florence Haskins Fisher, she...

Ralph E. Sincere

Ralph E. Sincere, 97, formerly of New Hampshire Avenue, died Sunday, Aug. 13, after a long illness at Hillcrest Commons, where he had lived for the past three years. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 9,...

Leo "Joe" Rivers

Leo "Joe" Rivers, 69, of Route 16A, Intervale, N.H., formerly of Dalton, died Saturday, Aug. 12, at his home. Born in Dalton on Sept. 2, 1936, son of Leo and Helen Lee Rivers, he received his...

The Rev. William N. Persing

The Rev. William N. Persing, 78, of Garden St., Rocky Hill, Conn., formerly of West Stockbridge, died Saturday, Aug. 12, at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut. He was the former rector of St....

Richard Matthew Keane

Richard Matthew Keane, 84, of Providence Court, 379 East St., died Friday while visiting his daughter, Theresa I. Wilson of 9 McKinley Drive, Delmar, N.Y. Born in Roxbury on Nov. 2, 1921, son of...

Valmore F. Charron

Valmore F. Charron, 68, of Apartment 1, 42 Meadow St., North Adams, died Wednesday Aug. 9, 2006, at his home. He was born in North Adams, on Aug. 20, 1937, a son of Francis Charron and Rose...

Thomas "Tom" P. Goudey

Thomas "Tom" P. Goudey, 69, formerly of Stockbridge, died Wednesday, Aug. 2, at Geary Community Hospital in Junction City, Kan., where he had been living since 1979. Born in Pittsfield on Jan....

Thomas d'Aquin Daverin

Thomas d'Aquin Daverin, 86, of 19 Cummings Ave. died Wednesday morning at his home. Born in Pittsfield on March 25, 1920, son of George and Yvonne d'Aquin Daverin, he was a graduate of Pittsfield...

James C. "J.C." Lothridge

James C. "J.C." Lothridge, 64, of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich, N.Y. Born in Norwich on Oct. 31, 1941, son of the late Floyd E. and Margaret Christle...

Gordon Frederick Gates Sr.

Gordon Frederick Gates Sr., 64, of 19 Hillside St., died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since July 6. Born in Pittsfield on May 3, 1942, son of Gordon J. and Marjorie...

Mark William Fontaine

Mark William Fontaine, 34, of 18 Dartmouth St. died Tuesday as a result of injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident in Bernardston. Born in Ware on June 6, 1972, son of Ethel Clapp Fontaine...

Valmore F. Charron

Valmore F. Charron, 68, of 42 Meadow St., Apartment #1, died yesterday at his home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 20, 1937, son of the late Francis Charron and Rose Thibert Charron, he attended...

Isabelle L. Bowman

Isabelle L. Bowman, 95, of 1282 North St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hinsdale on March 1, 1911, daughter of Augustus and Mayra Watkins Bowman, she attended the Dalton...

Mary Jane Williams

Mary Jane Williams, 88, of Elberon Avenue died Wednesday, Aug. 2, at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for a short time. Born in Toronto on March 4, 1918, daughter of John and...

Connor Rhys Phelps

Connor Rhys Phelps, infant son of Daniel E. Phelps and Jessica L. Case of 48 Elizabeth St., died at birth on Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Besides his mother and his father, he leaves his...

Eleanor M. Medler

Eleanor M. Medler, 96, former longtime resident of Deborah Avenue, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for seven years. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on...