Obituaries

Demetrious Kurkamelis

Demetrious Kurkamelis, 87, formerly of 99 Second St. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on June 13, 1918, son of Zezimos and Nicoletta Kurkamelis, he was a...

Edith J. Grant

Edith J. Grant, 97, of Heaton Court, Stockbridge, formerly of Egremont, died yesterday at the Village at Laurel Lake in Lee. She had moved to Heaton Court in 1985. Born in South Egremont on...

Janet W. Gall, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Janet W. Gall, 93, of 7 Nash Hill Road, Williamsburg, formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, at Hampshire Care in Northampton. Born in Scotland on Sept....

Robert Adolph Choiniere

Robert Adolph Choiniere, 86, of 14 Dodge Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 7, 1919, son of Henry and Rose Aubin Choiniere, he was a 1937 graduate of...

Harvey M. Bond

Harvey M. Bond, 94, of Kimball Farms, died Saturday at its Nursing Care Center. He had been a resident of Kimball Farms for 13 years. Born in Russia on April 28, 1911, son of Tamara and Hillel...

Nato A. Cianfarini

Nato A. Cianfarini, 92, of 53 Parkside Ave. died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since May. Born in Hinsdale on Nov. 2, 1912, son of Louis and Domenica Biondi Cianfarini, he...

Norman Arthur Bedard

Norman Arthur Bedard, 76, of 44 Bernard Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had been a resident of Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility for seven months. Born in North Adams on...

Francis J. Baumgartner

Francis J. Baumgartner, 85, of 48 Preston Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lenox on April 2, 1920, son of Eugene and Josephine Bontell Baumgartner, he was a 1938 graduate...

Laurence E. Norton

Laurence E. Norton, 88, formerly of Partridge Road, died Sunday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox, where he had resided since 2003. Prior to moving to Kimball Farms, he had lived in...

Ralph E. Gleason

Ralph E. Gleason, 95, of 367 West Center Road died Sunday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Great Barrington. Born in Durham, Maine, on May 29, 1910, son of Ralph and...

Elsie Carpenter Turner

Elsie Carpenter Turner, 96, of Maple Ave. died Sunday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center where she had been a resident for the last 8 years. Born in Austerlitz, N.Y., March 23,...

Joan H. Sykes

Joan H. Sykes, 72, of Northport, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Venice Regional Medical Center, Venice, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on April 24, 1933, she was the daughter of Thomas F....

David Sargent Pafenbach

David Sargent Pafenbach, 56, of 994 Shaw Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 11, 1948, son of Fred and Phyllis Sargent...

Jack V. MacHaffie

Jack V. MacHaffie, 91, formerly of 61 Carolina St., died Tuesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had been a resident since March 2004. Born Aug. 27, 1914, in Pittsfield, the son of Earl and...

Mary Davis "Weezie" Kellogg

Mary Davis "Weezie" Kellogg, 86, of 235 Walker St. died Sunday in Lenox from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Troy, N.Y., on May 9, 1919, daughter of John S. and Adeline...

Marcella Bastion Ferry Flynn

Marcella Bastion Ferry Flynn, 98, died Monday at her home in Berkshire Place, on 89 South St. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 24, 1907, daughter of former State Representative John J. and Cecilia...

Ruth Sutherland Filkins

Ruth Sutherland Filkins, 86, of Kimball Farms died early Monday morning at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield from injuries sustained in a car accident in Lenox on Sunday afternoon. She was a...

Grace May Clifford

Grace May Clifford, 103, died Friday at her home in Berkshire Place on South Street. Born in Pittsfield on January 29, 1902, the daughter of Arthur and Julia Gauthier May. Mrs. Clifford...

Mary Ford Broderick

Mary Ford Broderick, 80, of 25 Cliffwood St. died yesterday at the Laurel Lake Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 20, 1925, daughter of William A. and Veronica Fogarty Ford, she was a 1943...

Lillian R. Bragdon

Lillian R. Bragdon, 79, of 1675 Home Road died Monday at Great Barrington Nursing Home and Rehab Center. Born in Ansonia, Conn., on August 7, 1926, daughter of Herbert and Irene Quillette Tyler,...

Walter Liszka

Walter Liszka, 87, of 6 School St. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Putnam, Conn., on Aug. 21, 1918, son of Maciej and Monica Bigosz Liszka, he came to Adams as a child with his family,...

Eleanor Kay

Eleanor Kay, 88, of 216 Oak St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Housatonic on July 29, 1917, daughter of Boleslaw and Eleanor Bubrzycki Siok, she was a 1934...

Louise Clara Davis

Louise Clara Davis, 70, of Pittsfield died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 14, 1935, daughter of Frank Raymond Derby and Doris Scully Derby Grasso, she spent her...

William J. Millis

William J. Millis, 63, of 651 Lancer Lane, Corona, Calif., a native of North Adams, died Wednesday in Corona. Born on Dec. 22, 1941, son of William and Flora Chenette Millis, he attended local...

William J. Higgins

William J. Higgins, 86, of 140 Melbourne Road died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 20, 1919, son of William and May McCormick Higgins, he was...