Obituaries

Lynn Elizabeth Morris

Lynn Elizabeth Morris, 74, of 70 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Friday. She was co-owner of the Golden Eagle Gift Shop and Restaurant on...

Claire Woods

Claire Woods, 85, of 40 Sunset Ave. died Monday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in New York City on Aug. 29, 1920, daughter of Edward and Charlotte Warren Streeter, she...

Eleanor A. Taylor

Eleanor A. Taylor, 87, of 10 Opeechee St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton on Feb. 21, 1918, daughter of Charles and Abigail Fox Watkins, she graduated from the former...

Robert Louis Hunt

Robert Louis Hunt, 58, of 45 Plunkett Reservoir Road died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1947, son of Gladys Smith Hunt Lennon and the late Robert E. Hunt, he was educated in...

Margaret Gertrude Hinckley

Margaret Gertrude Hinckley, 86, of 61 Wahconah Heights died Friday at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 16, 1919, daughter of Thomas F. and Rhoda Beckwith...

Bessie Garivaltis

Bessie Garivaltis, 94, of 39 Livingston Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Nestany, Greece, on Nov. 14, 1911, daughter of James and Georgia Papadakis, she attended schools in...

Dolores L. Fowler

Dolores L. Fowler, 74, formerly of Colonial Gardens, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since Nov. 4. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 1, 1931, daughter of Kenneth J. and Mary...

Peter Joseph "PJ" DiNicola

Peter Joseph "PJ" DiNicola, 25, of 34 Weston Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 23, 1980, son of Peter J. and Karen Vittone DiNicola, he was a member of the Bureau for...

Elmer F. Blake

Elmer F. Blake, 82, of 151 Jason St. died Sunday after a two-month stay at Springside of Pittsfield nursing facility. Born in Pittsfield on June 30, 1923, son of Louis and Ella Barber Blake, he...

Carmalita Benson Scott

Carmalita Benson Scott, 76, of Main Street, a psychologist, teacher and actress, died Sunday at home. Born in Madison, Wis., on March 18, 1929, daughter of Robert and Mary Carmalita Lewis Benson,...

Albena Shirley Messer

Albena Shirley Messer, 71, of 50 Dalton Ave. died Tuesday afternoon at her home. Born in Pittsfield, Feb. 21, 1934, daughter of Walter V. and Albena M. Mariam Messer, she was educated in...

Mary Joan Matuszak Czubryt

Mary Joan Matuszak Czubryt, 70, formerly of Adams, died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on May 25, 1935, daughter of the late Andrzej and Ursula Koscielniak Matuszak,...

Arthur L. Buda

Arthur L. Buda, 47, of 49 Spring Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Adams on Jan 31, 1958, son of the late Albert Budda, Jr. and Jeannette E. LeMire Buda, he graduated from the former...

Mildred Amelia Bernardo

Mildred Amelia Bernardo, 90, formerly of 176 Columbus Ave., died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since Nov. 1998. Born in Chicopee, Mass. Aug. 31, 1915,...

Sheilah S. Campbell Sweet

Sheilah S. Campbell Sweet, 77, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community, 235 Walker St., died Wednesday at home. She had resided there since 2002. Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, on March 30, 1928,...

Walter A. Sumner Sr.

Walter A. Sumner Sr., 65, of 1095 Mohawk Trail died yesterday at home of natural causes. Born in Clarksburg on April 4, 1940, son of Gertrude Witto Sumner and the late Stuart H. Sumner Sr., he...

Florence M. Netherwood, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Florence Mary Netherwood, 94, of Sweetwood Retirement Community, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005, at home. Born in North Adams on March 14, 1911, daughter of Louis P. and...

Lynn Marie Mills

Lynn Marie Mills, 56, of Pearl Street, Auburn, a native of North Adams, died Tuesday at home of cancer. Born on March 26, 1949, daughter of George H. and Mildred Tourjee Forgea, she graduated from...

Carole E. Jones

Carole E. Jones, 60, of Pine Crest Hill died Wednesday at home after a long illness. Born in Danville, Va., on Nov. 1, 1945, daughter of Dean and Anne Shelton Frantz, she graduated from Reading...

Raymond P. Dotchin

Raymond P. Dotchin, 62, of Sherwood Drive, co-owner and president of Colt Insurance Co. in Pittsfield, died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Hartford, Conn., on Sept. 6,...

John Dagruel

John Dagruel, 80, of 2 Bernard Gibbons Drive, Housatonic, died Monday at his home. Born in Housatonic on Jan. 27, 1925, son of August and Mary Murphy Dagruel, he attended local schools. A U.S....

Lawrence Bradford "Butch" Brent

Lawrence Bradford "Butch" Brent, 58, of 190 First St. died Wednesday, Dec. 21, at Berkshire Medical Center after being stricken with heart failure. Born in Holyoke on June 27, 1947, son of Irwin...

Robert C. Bogle

Robert C. Bogle, 88, of Shaw Road, Little Compton, R.I., died Friday at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. He lived in Pittsfield from 1956 to 1979. Born in Peabody, son of Irving W. and Minnie...

Ruth Miriam Marsh

Ruth Miriam Marsh, 81, of 75 Emerald Lane died Thursday at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided for two weeks. Born in Mechanicville, N.Y., on April 20, 1924, daughter of Ralph P. and Mabel...

The Rev. Charles V. Hayes

The Rev. Charles V. Hayes, 88, of Holy Name Friary nursing home in Ringwood, N.J., a member of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, died there Thursday. He lived on Charles Street before...