Obituaries

Wilson Hopper Kierstead

Wilson Hopper Kierstead, 88, of New York City and Jerusalem Road in Tyringham died at his home in New York on Sunday, April 2, of a thoracic aneurysm. Born on March 6, 1918, son of Wilson Hopper...

Anna E. Berte

Anna E. Berte, 89, of 74 Perrine Ave. died Saturday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cheshire on Sept. 17, 1916, daughter of John E. and Mary Ann Buckley Berte, she was a 1933...

Edker Austin

Edker Austin, 83, of 30 Prospect St. died Sunday evening at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had been a patient for the past two months. Mr. Austin moved to Pittsfield from Chapel Hill, N.C., in...

Edward A. Shook

Edward A. Shook, 75, of Martinsburg, Blair Co., Pa., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday morning, at the Village at Morrisons Cove, Martinsburg after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Oct....

Eva Crocini

Eva Crocini, 101, of 23 Great Barrington Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in the providence of Arrezzo, Monte's Savinon, Italy, on July 7, 1904, daughter of...

Richard Gamache

Richard Gamache, 42, of 28 Valley St. died Saturday morning at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Adams on July 29, 1963, son of the late Donald L. and Adella Rogowski...

James M. Cheney Sr.

James M. Cheney Sr., 47, of High Street, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness. Born in Springfield on April 19, 1958, son of James E. Cheney and Barbara...

Marie Florence Trudeau

Marie Florence Trudeau, 87, of 45 Spring St. died Thursday at Sweet Brook Transitional Care & Health Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Albany, N.Y., on March 8, 1919, daughter of Louis and...

Catherine Partenope

Catherine Partenope, 100, of 10 Hospital Ave. died Thursday at Sweet Brook Transitional Care & Health Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Feb. 12, 1906, daughter of Vincenzo and...

Shirley M. Hamilton

Shirley M. Hamilton, 78, of Hillcrest Commons, formerly of 107 Robbins Ave., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New Haven, Conn., on March 28, 1928, daughter of Claudius and Edith...

Roland L. Daigneault

Roland L. Daigneault 67, of 64 Musterfield Heights died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on Oct. 6, 1938, son of the late Alfred and Hortense Landgoc...

Adelbert W. Sharp

Adelbert W. Sharp, 90, died Saturday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. Born in Hancock on Jan. 7, 1916, son of Winfred and Pearl Maynard Sharp, he was a lifelong resident of Hancock...

Edward J. Ostrowski Jr.

Edward J. Ostrowski Jr., 52, of 41 Willow St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Nov. 19, 1953, son of Edward J. Ostrowski and the late Geraldine Towsley...

Robert L. Field

Robert L. Field, 80, of 51 Pines Lodge Park died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on Nov. 19, 1925, son of Harold and Alta Lee Field, he graduated in 1943 from the former...

Richard David Powers

Richard David Powers, 66, of 81 Maple St. died at home Monday night. Born in Pittsfield on March 25, 1940, son of Joseph R. and Dolores H. LaMudge Powers, he was a 1957 graduate of St. Joseph...

Roland F. Mahoney

Roland F. Mahoney, 86, of North Main Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Holyoke on Jan. 5, 1920, son of Frank and Frieda Loescher Mahoney, he attended Holyoke...

Brett Christopher Jackson

Brett Christopher Jackson, 43, of 3706 Farr Ave., Fairfax, Va., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fall Church, Va. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 22, 1962, son of Horace...

Ellen Erwin

Ellen Erwin, 89, of Summit Avenue, Albany, N.Y, died Wednesday at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. Born in Pittsfield on June 11, 1916, daughter of John and Frieda Mauersberger Gardner, she was a...

Francis Leonard Dargie Sr.

Francis Leonard Dargie Sr., 79, of 215 East Main St. died Wednesday evening at the North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 7, 1926, son of Henri Dargie and Eva Royal Dargie, he attended schools...

Milton A. Culver

Milton A. Culver, 86, formerly of 71 Highview Drive and Devonshire Estates, died Tuesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had been a resident since December 2005. Born in...

Bernice D. Pearce

Bernice D. Pearce, 91, formerly of Stearns Avenue, died Tuesday at Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born on Jan. 8, 1915, in Bennington, Vt., daughter of Raymond F. and Emma Roberts Russell, she...

Mary Jane Daly

Mary Jane Daly, 77, of 36 High St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 15, 1928, daughter of Archie and Jane Moran Herrick, she was a...

Evelyn Ciccarello

Evelyn Ciccarello, 81, of Avon, Conn., died at McLean Center of Simsbury, Conn., on Sunday evening. Her daughter, Kathleen Ciccarello, lives in Lanesborough. Born in Hartford, Conn., on July...

Richard Colburn Lantz

Richard Colburn Lantz, 84, of 25 Unkamet Drive died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Springfield on July 27, 1921, son of Arthur H. and Hazel Colburn Lantz, he graduated from...

Robert H. Benedict

Robert H. Benedict, 69, of 16 Cresant Lane died Sunday at Fletcher Allen Medical Center from injuries suffered in a car accident. Born in Pittsfield on January 28, 1937, son of Harold and Zella...