Obituaries

Harold E. "Red" Affhauser

Harold E. "Red" Affhauser, 81, of 552 Reservoir Road died Wednesday evening at the Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where he had resided since 1993. Born in North Adams on June...

Carolyn H. Houghtaling

Carolyn H. Houghtaling, 89, died yesterday morning at her home at 45 Birch St. Born in PIttsfield on Aug. 9, 1916, she was the daughter of Allen and Verda Burdick Wood. She attended local...

Gerald Lee Gross

Gerald Lee Gross, 71, of 32 Churchill Crest, a resident of Hillcrest Commons for four years, died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cambridge on Sept. 3, 1933, son of William...

Donald M. Webber

Donald M. Webber, 88, formerly of 301 East Road, died yesterday at Riverdale Gardens Nursing Home in West Springfield. He had resided in West Springfield at 81 Harwich Road since April 1998....

Judith Ann Perry

Judith Ann Perry, 63, of 454 South Undermountain Road died Tuesday at Fairview Hospital of cancer. Born in Lansing, Mich., on Feb. 17, 1942, daughter of Charles Trescott Roys and June Farlin...

Rudolph D. "Rudy" Kaatz

Rudolph D. "Rudy" Kaatz, 96, formerly of East Windsor Road, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Oct. 23, 1908, son of Rudolf D.H. and Louisa Kohn Kaatz, he was...

Sadie M. "Sandy" Wowk

Sadie M. "Sandy" Wowk, 85, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., died Sunday at Eden Park in Poughkeepsie after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 5, 1920, daughter of Jacob and Mary Wowk, she was a...

Maryanne E. Tyer

Maryanne E. Tyer, 63, of Henry Avenue died Friday at home after a brief illness. Born in New Haven, Conn., on Sept. 24, 1941, daughter of the late Peter and Elda Mottarella Cornaggia, she was...

Richard Joseph Endres

Richard Joseph Endres, 71, of 212 Bridges Road died yesterday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Jan. 31, 1934, son of William and Dorothy Morstatt...

Allen Lester Cooper

Allen Lester Cooper, 83, of 2434 East Main St., Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Lanesborough and Dalton, died yesterday at home. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Aug. 2, 1922, son of Francis J.A....

Geraldine Lemoine

Geraldine Lemoine, 80, of 18 Reeves St. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on June 9, 1925, daughter of Homer and Alice LeBlanc Belanger, she attended Adams schools and was a 1944...

John Joseph Biros

John Joseph Biros, 87, of 9 Richmond Lane died Friday evening at home. Born in Warren, R.I., on April 11, 1918, son of Peter and Albina Ciszek Biros, and stepmother Mary Biros, who raised him...

Thomas Edward Slater

Thomas Edward Slater, 53, of 7 Fourth Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Nov. 13, 1951, son of Thomas R. Slater and the late Margaret A. Russell...

Susan B. Levin

Susan B. Levin, 82, of Silver Street died Aug. 21 at home. Born in Chicago on Dec. 7, 1922, daughter of Louis and Rose Grabois Belzer, she attended Wright Junior College there. Mrs. Levin was...

James E. Godfrey Sr.

James E. Godfrey Sr., 80, of 580 Henderson Road died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Williamstown on Jan. 11, 1925, son of Archie and Bessie Davis Godfrey, he was a 1942...

Rose A. Coyne

Rose A. Coyne, 100, of 47 Franklin St. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Clarksburg on Jan. 1, 1905, daughter of Edward J. Curry and Anna Gilbert Curry Morin, she was a...

Bessie Eva Baker

Bessie Eva Baker, 94, of 265 Main St., Craneville Place of Dalton, died there Saturday. Born in Greenfield on Sept. 3, 1910, daughter of Max B. and Mary Rubin Baker, graduated with honors from...

Marguerite Ann Tristany

Marguerite Ann Tristany, 55, of 191 Brown St., formerly of 238 Main St. in Lee, died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on May 2, 1950, daughter of Josephine...

Ronald H. "Cooch" Couture

Ronald H. "Cooch" Couture, 66, of 76 Birch Grove Road, died at home on Thursday after a battle with renal cell carcinoma. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 13, 1938, son of Henry F. and Emma F. Briere...

M. Irene Fillio

M. Irene Fillio, 88, formerly of Pittsfield and St. Petersburg, Fla., died Aug. 20 at Rockingham County Nursing Home in Brentwood, N.H. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 23, 1916, daughter of Abel and...

Kevin Robert Squires

Kevin Robert Squires, 41, of 422 West Housatomic St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 17, 1964, son of Robert Squires and the late Dorothy VanBramer Squires, he...

Charles H. Dixon, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Charles Henry Dixon, 85, of 145 Bellevue Ave. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 29, 1919, son of Robert and Elizabeth Todt Dixon, he was a...

Fares A. Khoury

Fares A. Khoury, 72, of Gamwell Avenue died Monday at home. Born in Bloza, Lebanon, on Jan. 15, 1933, son of the Rev. Chidiac Khoury and Miriam Lebanon Khoury, he attended schools there and...

Anna L. Zuber

Anna L. Zuber, 71, of Berkshiretown Apartments, 176 Columbus Ave., Apt. 723B, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Hinsdale on March 12, 1934, daughter of Fred...

Albert Joseph Volpi

Albert Joseph Volpi, 60, of 245 Houghton St. died Sunday afternoon at the emergency room of North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was taken after being stricken earlier at home. Born in Adams...