Obituaries

Esther Dorothy Bornak

Esther Dorothy Bornak, 91, of 25 Velma Ave., died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield, following a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 28, 1915, daughter of Andrew and Frieda Lubold...

Garrett J. Bellora

Garrett J. Bellora, 11, of North Dartmouth, died Saturday at Children's Hospital Boston following a lengthy illness. He was the grandson of Richard and Judith Bellora of Pittsfield. Born in...

Ruth Eleanor Goodrich

Ruth Eleanor Goodrich, 68, of 39 Elm St. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 24, 1937, daughter of the late Eugene J. Goodrich Sr. and Gladys Fulton Goodrich, she lived in...

Anna Marie Terdoslavich

Anna Marie Terdoslavich, 84, formerly of Morgan Manor Condominiums, died Thursday at Berkshire Place in Pittsfield. Born in Cherso, Yugoslavia, on Nov. 18, 1921, daughter of Anthony and Catherine...

Antoinette Marguerite Simonelli

Antoinette Marguerite Simonelli, 89, a longtime resident of 13 Marietta St., died Thursday at Sweet Brook Nursing Home in Williamstown. Born in Castel Marrone, Italy, on Jan. 3, 1917, daughter of...

Betty Ann Turner

Betty Ann Turner, 77, of 46 Railroad St. died Thursday at home. Born in Great Barrington on Dec. 22, 1928, daughter of Frank and Eva Humes Rood, she attended schools in Mill River. She...

Donald C. Petell

Donald C. Petell, 91, of 37 Lakeway Drive died Friday at Springside Health Care Facility of Pittsfield, where he had resided for the past week. Born in Pittsfield on April 21, 1915, son of...

M. Zowd Joseph

M. Zowd Joseph, 84, of 252 Wells Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a short illness. Born in Utica, N.Y., on Aug. 5, 1921, daughter of John and Ida Abraham Peters, she...

Rita M. Sweeney, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rita Marion Sweeney, 88, of 93 Cleveland Ave., Berkshire Landings, died Thursday, July 27, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 9, 1918,...

Eleanor M. Muir, 78

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Eleanor M. Muir, 78, of Sweetwood Retirement Community died Wednesday, July 26, 2006, at home. Born in New Bedford on May 19, 1928, daughter of Francis and Johanna...

Doris "Dee" Herbrandson

Doris "Dee" Herbrandson, 86, of 214 Forts Ferry Road, Latham, N.Y., died Sunday, July 9, at Kimball Farms in Lenox, where she had lived for many years. Born in Everett on May 5, 1920, daughter of...

Elizabeth North Godfroy

Elizabeth North Godfroy, 79, formerly of Route 20, New Lebanon, N.Y., died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she had been a resident for four years. Born in Pittsfield on Dec....

Monica Charlotte Fadding

Monica Charlotte Fadding, 45, of Willow Street in Glendale died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bally, Pa., on July 30, 1960, daughter of Moses Richard and Trudy Bush Schultz, she...

Robert C. Boldyga Sr.

Robert C. Boldyga Sr., 64, of 1416 Gabriel Dr., Norfolk, Va., died Monday at home after a brief illness. Born in Great Barrington on May 14, 1942, son of Stephen F. and Rita Collins Boldyga, he...

Russell Edward Yarter

Russell Edward Yarter, 71, of 448 Union St. died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Feb. 1, 1935, son of Edward and Orvilla Baker Yarter, he graduated from Drury High...

Helen Kordana Soeten

Helen Kordana Soeten, 83, of 207 Alice Drive, Coventry, Conn., formerly of 200 Melbourne Road, Pittsfield, died Friday at Hartford (Conn.) Hospital. Born in Easthampton on Dec. 16, 1922, daughter...

Raymond Samuel Seymour

Raymond Samuel Seymour, 83, of 116 Bonair Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Nov. 9, 1922, son of Samuel and Mary Louise Lemoine Seymour, he attended...

Ruth Pindick

Ruth Pindick, 87, of 75 Central Ave. died Wednesday at home. Born in Dayton, Ohio, on Oct. 5, 1918, daughter of Myer Smith and Dora Berenson Smith Myers, she moved to the Boston area at an early...

Ruth Crystal Laliberte

Ruth Crystal Laliberte, 87, of 64 Notch Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Aug. 11, 1918, daughter of William L. and Agnes Stranaghan Tangley, she...

Aldo Teofil Gaspardi

Aldo Teofil Gaspardi, 55, of 22 Radcliffe Ave. died Sunday at home after a short illness. Born in Great Barrington on May 31, 1951, son of Aldo J. and Agnes Kernozek Gaspardi, he was a 1970...

Lydia Farr

Lydia Farr, 95, formerly of Bostwick Gardens, died yesterday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where she had resided since 1994. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 2, 1910,...

Mariette T. Cyr

Mariette T. Cyr, 84, of Epoch Assisted Living at Melbourne died yesterday at home. Born in St. Come, Québec, Canada, on Dec. 14, 1921, daughter of Edmond J. and Imelda LaChance Aubin, she...

Walter J. Coakley

Walter J. Coakley, 71, of Quanaduct Road, Stonington, Conn., formerly of Lenox, died Friday at Westerly (R.I.) Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 16, 1934, son of Walter M. and Jeannette...

Larence K'Milk Bolling Jr.

Larence K'Milk Bolling Jr., infant son of Larence K. Bolling Sr. and Shamia M. Berkeley of Columbus Avenue, was stillborn Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Besides his parents, he leaves two...

Maryellen D. Lake

Maryellen D. Lake, 76, of 88 King Arthur Drive died Sunday at Laurel Lake Center in Lenox due to complications from a series of illnesses. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Aug. 29, 1929, daughter of...