Obituaries

Barbara Fickling

Barbara Fickling, 80, of 31 Kenilworth St. died of cancer Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Newton on April 12, 1926, daughter of Walter and Martha Powers Young, she moved to...

William J. Wheeler

William J. Wheeler, 79, of 19 Pine Grove Ridge died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a former Otis selectman. Born in Pittsfield on March 25, 1927, son of Ernest and...

Peter M. Mela

Peter M. Mela, 64, of McNally Road, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 30, 1941, son of Harold G. and Jane Hall Mela, he was...

Gertrude Helen Graziola

Gertrude Helen Graziola, 80, of 6B Village East died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 22, 1925, daughter of Andrew and Anna Burnash Durocher, she was a graduate of...

Wanda Stella Scholz Armstrong

Wanda Stella Scholz Armstrong, 87, of 3 Second St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Oct. 23, 1918, daughter of Frank and Katherine Ciolkosz Czarnik, she attended the former Adams High...

Hazel M. Dellea

Hazel M. Dellea, 83, of Cole Avenue died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Egremont on Jan. 6, 1923, she was the daughter of John and Mary Morandi Dellea. From first grade...

John W. Daly

John W. Daly, 78, of 193 Elberon Ave., Rose Manor, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 11, 1927, son of William J. and Agnes E. Wise Daly, he attended local...

David McDonald Crosby

David McDonald Crosby, 68, of Cheshire Road died at home on Tuesday following a brief illness. Born in Hudson, N.Y., on July 7, 1937, son of Theodore and Buelah Kern Crosby, he attended local...

Roland Gerald "Frenchie" Meunier

Roland Gerald "Frenchie" Meunier, 89, of 40 Marcella Way for the past year and formerly of 12 State Road in Pittsfield for 23 years, died Tuesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. He also...

Walter Otto Siebert

Walter Otto Siebert, 75, of Vin Hebert Blvd., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Staten Island, N.Y. on Oct. 27, 1930, son of Otto W. and Gertrude Hensel Siebert, he moved with his...

Ann B. Johnson

Ann B. Johnson, 66, of 11 Robert St. died at her home Monday night. Born in Pittsfield on May 8, 1939, daughter of Robert H. and Jane Rennie Bingham, she graduated with honors from Pittsfield...

Curtis Grant Hildebrand Jr.

Curtis Grant Hildebrand Jr., 92, formerly of 612 Portland Ave., Baldwin, N.Y., died Monday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where he and his wife moved several years ago. Born in York, Pa. on...

Judith Hardy Frazier

Judith Hardy Frazier, 63, of 116 King St., Springfield, died Friday morning at the home of her mother, Victoria Conte, 71 Newton Ave. Born in Pittsfield on June 19, 1942, daughter of Victoria...

Dorothy P. Finlayson

Dorothy P. Finlayson, 95, of Brewster, Wellesley and Winchester died Monday in Winchester Hospital. Born in Worcester on Nov. 12, 1910, daughter of Charles and Lucy Dutton Boutwell, she graduated...

Rosemary Decker

Rosemary Decker, 71, of Pumpkin Hollow Road South in Copake, N.Y., died on Monday at the Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born on in the Bronx, N.Y. on June 8, 1934, daughter...

Ethel McCormick

Ethel McCormick, 88, formerly of Pleasant View Drive, died Sunday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee. Born in Pittsfield on July 20, 1917, daughter of Henry and Bessie Call Smith, she was a 1935...

James R. Mazzer Sr.

James R. Mazzer Sr., 74, of 335 Wahconah St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 12, 1932, son of Walter R. and Josephine Davis Mazzer, he was a 1950 graduate of...

Elsie May Reeves

Elsie May Reeves, 94, of Lake Avenue died Friday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Rochester, N.Y., on Dec. 31, 1911, daughter of Bartram and Elsie Pomeroy Shiras, she moved to Pittsfield as a child...

Larinda "Rindy" Stoveland

Larinda "Rindy" Stoveland, 51, of 2845 Phillips Ave., Bronx, N.Y., a native of Great Barrington, died Friday at home after a long illness. Born on Dec. 10, 1954, daughter of Nelva McLaughlin...

Frank Stanley "Stan" Reynolds

Frank Stanley "Stan" Reynolds, 78, of 45 Fred Mason Road died Friday at his store apartment at H.D. Reynolds General Merchandise, 52 Church St. Born in the Farnums section of Cheshire on June 9,...

Mabel Christina Bishop

Mabel Christina Bishop, 84, of 75 Commercial St. died Saturday at North Adams Commons. Born in Williamstown on Dec. 11, 1921, daughter of Clement and Harriet Robare Laliberte, she attended schools...

Kathleen A. "Kitty" Sinopoli

Kathleen A. "Kitty" Sinopoli, 81, of 49 Hollister St. died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 21, 1924, daughter of William and Irene Johnson O'Boyle, she attended Pittsfield Schools...

Harold Edward Halley

Harold Edward Halley, 102, a resident of 610 Tamarack Road since 1953, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Warren on Sept. 9, 1903, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Gilbert Halley, he...

Barbara Griffin

Barbara Griffin, 91, of California Avenue, died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Mrs. Griffin had been a longtime resident of Stockbridge before moving to Pittsfield in...

Thomas Robert Sears

Thomas Robert Sears, 89, of 59 Champagne Ave., formerly of 422 Church St., North Adams, died yesterday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was taken after being stricken earlier in...