Obituaries

Robert Milton Hunt

Robert Milton Hunt, 74, of 117 Danforth Ave. died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 31, 1931, son of James H. and Ruth Van Buren Hunt, he was a 1949 graduate of Pittsfield...

Fred A. "Art" Gwinnell

Fred A. "Art" Gwinnell, 77, of 88 McArthur St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. For more than 25 years, he was a basketball referee at the Boys' Club and umpired baseball games...

Laura M. Benedetti

Laura M. Benedetti, 78, of 325 McClure Road, Franklin, N.C., died Friday at Angel Medical Center in Franklin after a long illness. She was a former resident of Bennington, Vt., Williamstown and...

Bruce C. Bard

Bruce C. Bard, 68, of 1095 Mohawk Trail died Sunday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long battle with squamous cell cancer. Born in Adams on Feb. 6, 1937, son of Edgar O. and Anna...

Ann M. Archey

Ann M. Archey, 73, of 47 Springside Ave. died Sunday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 31, 1932, daughter of John and Agnes Kelly Herrick, she was a 1950 graduate of...

Mary Zucco

Mary Zucco, 90, of Fairview Terrace died yesterday at Fairview Commons. Born in Great Barrington on June 7, 1915, daughter of Morris and Mary Viea Spadaccini, she attended schools in East Canaan,...

Bernard Joseph Simoneau Sr.

Bernard Joseph Simoneau Sr., 78, of 115 Memorial Drive died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Auburn on Jan. 1, 1927, son of Ferdinand and Marguerite Simoneau, he...

Sydelle Shapiro

Sydelle Shapiro, 78, of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community on Cold Spring Road, a former longtime resident of 81 Appleton Ave., Pittsfield, died Thursday night at Berkshire Medical Center. Born...

Tadeusz Piekos, 73

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Tadeusz Piekos, 73, of Daniels Road, Ransomville, N.Y., a native of Cheshire, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005, at Kenmore (N.Y.) Mercy Hospital. Born on Oct. 14, 1932, son of...

Dorothy M. Gageant

Dorothy M. Gageant, 87, of 34 Phelps Ave. died Thursday at home. Born in Adams on July 14, 1918, daughter of Philias and Lillian Perrault Sauve, she attended schools there. Mrs. Gageant was a...

Mary Field

Mary Field, 87, of 395 North St. died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Springfield, Vt., on Jan. 8, 1918, daughter of Jerry and Margaret Lee Carroll, she attended schools in Granville,...

Albert A. Blaney

Albert A. Blaney, 83, of West Heights Lane, Ozark, Mo., a former resident of Lenoxdale, died Thursday at home. He moved to Ozark in 2000. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 23, 1922, son of Arthur and...

Thomas Joseph Maguire

Thomas Joseph Maguire, 78, of 107 Allengate Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lowell on Nov. 26, 1927, son of Philip and Alice Reidy Maguire, he was a 1945 graduate...

Noble G. Woodin

Noble G. Woodin, 86, a former longtime resident of Hayshill Road in the village of Mill River, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He had been a resident of Great Barrington...

John J. O'Brien Jr.

John J. O'Brien Jr., 77, of Taconic Avenue died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 25, 1928, son of John J. O'Brien Sr. and Elizabeth Keegan O'Brien, he was...

George X. Geoffrion

George X. Geoffrion, 82, of 52 Sunset Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Sept. 6, 1923, son of Louis and Louise Mercier Geoffrion, he attended schools there and...

James A. Foster

James A. Foster, 61, of 5 Huckleberry Lane died Saturday at home after a long illness. He was born in Eau Claire, Wis., on June 29, 1944, son of Wilson and Margaret Selbach Foster. He served in...

Achille A.C. "Scotty" Cibelli

Achille A.C. "Scotty" Cibelli, 85, of 156 West Park St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Mr. Cibelli was Norman Rockwell's personal barber and the model for the illustration "First...

Roger M. Atwell, 62

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Roger Melvin Atwell, 62, of 89 Barbour St. died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2005, in the emergency room of North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier in the...

Leon Carl Storti

Leon Carl Storti, 92, of Silver Street died Wednesday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born Lino Carineglio Stolti in Housatonic on May 22, 1913, son of Louis and Louisa...

Frances Anderson Jerome

Frances Anderson Jerome, 97, of Hendersonville, N.C., formerly of Sheffield, died Tuesday Dec. 6, 2005 at Carolina Village Health Center in Hendersonville, N.C. Born in Caledonia, N.Y., on March...

Iive M. Rouse

Iive M. Rouse, 70, of 126 Mountain Drive, died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, on May 19, 1935, daughter of Ursula Rogar Aldre and the late Manivald Aldre,...

Arthur J. Conlon Jr.

Arthur J. Conlon Jr., 80, of Crofut Street died Tuesday evening at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Boston on May 26, 1925, the son of Arthur J. and Miriam O'Callaghan Conlon, he moved with his family...

Agnes F. Brooksbank

Agnes F. Brooksbank, 81, of Gertrude Road and of Margate, Fla., died Monday at Coral Springs Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Holyoke on Feb. 28, 1924, daughter of James F. and Mary...

Domenica Spadaccini

Domenica Spadaccini, 85, of Maple Street, Housatonic, died Monday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on March 20, 1920, daughter of G.A. and Celistina Borgnis Pellegrini, she was a...