Obituaries

Jean F. Richmond

Jean F. Richmond, 78, of South Glens Falls, N.Y., a native of Lenox, died yesterday at Eden Park Nursing Home in Glens Falls. Born on March 30, 1927, daughter of Harold and Lucy Gilmore Felton,...

Katherine E. Heywood Magdalenski

Katherine E. Heywood Magdalenski, 95, of 6 Smith St. died early yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Sept. 12, 1909, daughter of Anthony and Mary Gebarowski Godek, she...

Blanche A. Williams

Blanche A. Williams, 87, formerly of 15 Central St., Topsfield, a native of Great Barrington, died Monday at Caldwell Nursing Home in Ipswich. She was born in 1917, daughter of Thomas and Frances...

Anne M. Tenneson

Anne M. Tenneson, 68, of 121 Parker St. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 2, 1936, daughter of Donald B. and Anna Dupuis MacKenzie, she was a 1954 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Elizabeth Rummell

Elizabeth Rummell, 64, of Hancock died Sunday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Born in Hempstead, N.Y., on Jan. 18, 1941, daughter of Ralph...

Rita Ann Lomaglio

Rita Ann Lomaglio, 69, of 104 Michael Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 17, 1936, daughter of Alessandro and Assunta Pignone...

Franklyn P. Dolphin

Franklyn P. Dolphin, 96, of 255 Lebanon Ave. died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield Health Care Facility, where he had resided since March 2004. A longtime resident of Dalton, he and his wife,...

Lillian V. Morey

Lillian V. Morey, 78, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. She was a local civic leader and advocate for the elderly Born in North Adams on...

Betty-Jean Brent

Betty-Jean Brent, 82, of 18 Edgemere Road died Wednesday at home. Born in Saco, Maine, on Nov. 26, 1922, daughter of Harry and Harriet Northrop Miles, she attended schools in Old Orchard, Maine,...

Janette L. Anderson

Janette L. Anderson, 70, of 16 North Summer St. died Wednesday at North Adams Commons, where she had resided since July 22. Born in Adams on Oct. 20, 1934, daughter of Joseph A. and Norma Mazur...

William R. Sage

William R. Sage, 92, of Devonshire Estates, formerly of South Mountain Road, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New Haven, Conn., on June 19, 1913, son of Salvatore and Jennie...

Rosaline Linda LaPerle

Rosaline Linda LaPerle, 61, of 15 Elm St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 14, 1943, daughter of Rosario and Gladys Pettit LaPerle, she attended schools in...

Oliver Kingsbury

Oliver Kingsbury, 103, died Monday at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where he had resided for three years. He received the oldest resident's cane when he was 101. Born in Clifton, N.J., on July 17,...

John C. Kielman

John C. Kielman, 80, formerly of 207 Second St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Hillcrest Commons since February 1999. Born in Bristol, Conn., on March 20, 1925,...

Marceline V. "Polly" Gilman

Marceline V. "Polly" Gilman, 75, of Navajo Drive died Tuesday morning at home after a brief illness. Born in Williamstown on March 16, 1930, daughter of Allen and Hazel Katut Lowry, she was a...

Nellie A. Seremet

Nellie A. Seremet, 93, a former longtime resident, died Saturday at Atria Manresa Assisted Living in Annapolis, Md., where she had resided since March. Born in Fall River on June 8, 1912, daughter...

Milford "Mike" Casteel

Milford "Mike" Casteel, 75, of 76 Lexington Parkway, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Aurora, Neb., on Oct. 26, 1929, son of John A. and Edith Casteel, he was a 1947 graduate of...

Elaine F. Pochinchuk

Elaine F. Pochinchuk, 85, of Pine Grove Apartments on High Street died on Sunday at her home. Born in Hinsdale, N.H., on Oct. 2, 1919, daughter of Emil and Laura Deyo Rimbold, she attended the...

Edwin R. Grady

Edwin R. Grady, 86, a resident of Laurel Lake Center, formerly of Pleasant Street and Ferncliff Avenue, died Friday at his home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 24, 1918, son of Roy and Imogene Barber...

Pearl Goodman

Pearl Goodman, 82, former longtime resident of 36 Dan Ave., died on Saturday at Plumtree Care Center in Santa Jose, Calif. where she had resided for about a year. Born in Pittsfield on April 20,...

Rose M. Cosgriff

Rose M. Cosgriff, 87, of the Village at Laurel Lake, formerly of 241 Salisbury Road in Sheffield, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Sheffield on April 28, 1918,...

Eleanor Brown

Eleanor Brown, 90, a resident of Sweetwood, died Thursday at her residence following a long illness. Born Oct. 19, 1914, she was the only child of Albert and Lillian Hiltensmith Schalkenbach....

Julius E. Wendt

Julius E. Wendt, 94, formerly of 379 East St., died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for two months. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Dec. 9, 1910, son of Julius M. and Dorothea Kirchner...

Marcel Bernard Pemble

Marcel Bernard Pemble, 92, of 787 Pecks Road died yesterday at his home, where he had resided since 1936. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 4, 1912, son of Earl and Regina Bernard Pemble, he was...

Rosalina Costa Luz

Rosalina Costa Luz, 85, of 48 New York Ave., died on Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Ludlow on Nov. 19, 1919, daughter of Manual and Josephine Silva Costa, she attended the local...