Obituaries

John P. Magner

John P. Magner, 68, of 5 Maple St. died Wednesday, Nov. 16, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 28, 1937, son of Charles and Helen Ring Magner, he was a 1955 graduate of the...

Ruth Lois Kearns

Ruth Lois Kearns, 87, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, at Springside of Pittsfield, where she lived since July. Born in Dalton on Sept. 29, 1918, daughter of William and Ada Maxson Brown, she attended...

Walter J. Gajda Sr.

Walter J. Gajda Sr., 88, of 303 Beaver St. died yesterday at his home. He was born June 15, 1917, in Adams, to Thomas and Katherine Piterah Gajda and graduated the former Adams High School in...

Robert E. "Whiz" Taylor Sr.

Robert E. "Whiz" Taylor Sr., 80, of 40 Porter Ave. died Monday morning in Shirley, at the home of his son. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 30, 1925, son of Herman F. and Bessie Signor Taylor, he was...

Allen Johnson Jr.

Allen Johnson Jr., 43, of Newport, N.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday, Nov. 13, at Carteret General Hospital in Newport. Born in North Adams, he was the son of Mary Johnson Dicorsi and the...

Robert A. Hess

Robert A. Hess, 59, of 17 Billings St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center, due to complications from a stroke. Born in Cleveland on Aug. 22, 1946, son of Anthony J. Hess Sr. and Helen A....

Alice Mae Wells

Alice Mae Wells, 83, of Rutland, Vt., died Monday afternoon at Eden Park Nursing Home in Rutland following a long illness. She was the mother of Patricia Beany of Pittsfield and Samuel Wells of...

Victoria Sedgwick

Victoria Sedgwick, 91, of 17 Pleasant St., died Tuesday afternoon at Williamstown Commons. Born in Savoy on Dec. 28, 1913, daughter of Joseph and Julia Zimna Tabor, she attended schools...

John Alan Innes

John Alan Innes, 61, of Tampa, Fla., died Friday after a long illness. Born in Andover on Aug. 26, 1944, son of John F. and Marion Welding Inness, he attended schools in Adams. He moved to...

Marion E. Forrest

Marion E. Forrest, 68, of 4 Isbell St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Sept. 13, 1937, daughter of Charles and Gladys Smith Oakley, she attended...

Kathleen C. Downey

Kathleen C. Downey, 44, of Pompano Beach, Fla., a former Pittsfield resident, died Saturday at North Ridge Medical Center in Florida. She moved to Pompano Beach in March. Born in Pittsfield on...

Marie Ida Ziaja Chilson Boudreau

Marie Ida Ziaja Chilson Boudreau, 87, of 139 Bellevue Ave., formerly of 107 Alger St., died Wednesday at Springside Nursing Home in Pittsfield after an illness. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Nov....

Timothy L. Stanton Jr.

Timothy L. Stanton Jr., 41, of 48 East Windsor Road, died at Berkshire Medical Center on Sunday. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 9, 1964, son of Timothy L. Stanton Sr. and Louise E. Blake Stanton...

Timothy E. Soule

Timothy E. Soule, 66, of 169 North Plain Road died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 29, 1938, son of John and Mary Sparks Soule, he was a 1957 graduate of Lee High School. He...

Rita May Ramsdell

Rita May Ramsdell, 68, of 120 West St. died Sunday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 24, 1937, daughter of Raymond and Cecelia Guzzy Matteson, she was a 1955 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Eric John "Boe" Kuuttila

Eric John "Boe" Kuuttila, 44, of 68 Sprague St., Danielson, Conn., formerly of Great Barrington, died Saturday at his home of cancer. Born in Westerly, R.I., on March 11, 1961, son of Jouko...

Susan Louisa Huls

Susan Louisa Huls, 82, of 150 Ashland St., Apt. 213, died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Lebanon Springs, N.Y., on Dec. 7, 1922, daughter of Morey K. and Grace H. Weavers Hadsell, she...

Eva S. Hovey

Eva S. Hovey, 93, of 20 South Onota St., died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield where she had resided since October. Born in Pittsfield on July 13, 1912, daughter of Emmanuel and Mary Zahn...

Lucille M. Felix, 81

SAVOY, Mass. - Lucille M. Felix, 81, of 48 Loop Road died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield from complications following surgery. Born in Adams on Dec. 8, 1923,...

Frederick W. Ott

Frederick W. Ott, 65, of 109 Dewey Ave. died Friday, Nov. 11, at Hillcrest Commons Nursing Center where he resided since July of 2003. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 1, 1940, son of Leonard and Mary...

Bennie J. "Mike" Olender

Bennie J. "Mike" Olender, 86, of 1096 Main St., Housatonic, died yesterday at Great Barrington Healthcare. Born in Housatonic on Nov. 27, 1918, son of Joseph and Teophila Dziokonska Olender, he...

Roy A. Kneipfer

Roy A. Kneipfer, 87, of West Road died Friday evening, Nov. 11, at Laurel Lake Center in Lee. Born in Adams on July 18, 1918, son of Arthur and Freida Haase Kneipfer, he attended schools in...

Carlen J. Robinson

Carlen J. Robinson, 32, of 64 Francis St. died Friday at home. Born in Adams on Aug. 9, 1973, daughter of John F. and Lorraine Pyra Robinson, she was a 1991 graduate of Hoosac Valley High School...

Gail D. Mappus

Gail D. Mappus, 61, of Leona Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Springfield on March 24, 1944, she was the daughter of Ralph E. Bjorge and the late Ruth...

Allen C. Lasher

Allen C. Lasher, 84, formerly of 33 Brown St., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons Nursing Center, where he had resided since July 2003. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 23, 1920, son of Albert and...