Obituaries

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...

Ralph D. Conroy

Ralph D. Conroy, 65, of 28 Revilla Terrace, died yesterday at home after an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 18, 1939, son of Francis M. and Cecelia Alvarez Conroy, he attended...

Eva Hart

Eva Hart, 82, of 5532 East Aspen Ave., Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Great Barrington, died at Heartstone Rehab & Health Center on July 15 in Mesa. Born in Stephentown, N.Y., on April 27, 1923,...

Steven D. "Z" Zink

Steven D. "Z" Zink, 52, of 140 High St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 31, 1952, son of Norman "Tiny" Zink of Dalton and the late Katherine J. Benham Zink, he attended...

Thomas J. Curley Jr.

Thomas J. Curley Jr., a Berkshire Superior Court judge whose love of the law was trumped only by his devotion to family and friends, died yesterday at his home at 148 Alfred Drive after a 2 1/2-year...

David H. Hebert

David H. Hebert, 56, of 30 First St. died Sunday in Newfane, Vt. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 17, 1948, son of Henry and Eleanor DelConte Hebert, he attended local schools. He was an Air Force...

Jacqueline Zielonko, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jacqueline Zielonko, 67, of 33 Central Ave. died Wednesday, July 27, 2005, of a brief illness at North Adams Commons, where she had been admitted July 26. Born in North...

John Stanley Skowron

John Stanley Skowron, 83, of 227 Onota St. died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Indian Orchard on Feb. 26, 1922, son of Albert and Sophia Kryzak Skowron, he graduated from...

Norma Claire Shatan

Norma Claire Shatan, 73, of 415 Central Park West, New York City, died yesterday at home after a four-year battle with cancer. She also was a resident of the Beachwood section of Stockbridge....

Margaret M. Lanoue

Margaret M. Lanoue, 88, of 66 Quincy St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier in the day. She was a retired longtime educator and librarian at Drury High...

Roy William Kerr

Roy William Kerr, 92, of Epoch Assisted Living at Melbourne, 140 Melbourne Road, a former resident of North Adams, died Monday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Adams on March 9, 1913, son of George...

Carol Rosalie Conte

Carol Rosalie Conte, 62, of 2512 Highvale Ave., Las Vegas, died Sunday as a result of a motorcycle accident near Tonopah, Nev. Born in Great Barrington on March 3, 1943, daughter of Louis and...

Henry S. Soha, 76

ADAMS, Mass. — Henry Stanislaus Soha, 76, of 4 Columbia St. died Sunday afternoon, July 24, 2005, at home. Born in Clarksburg on Aug. 13, 1928, son of Andrew and Victoria Obara Soha, he...

Sophia Niksa

Sophia Niksa, 79, of Wahconah Heights died Friday morning at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since March. Born in Dickson, Pa., on June 18, 1926, daughter of Machiej and Anna Malicki...

Julia May Johnson, 83

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Julia May Johnson, 83, formerly of Rose Manor, died Saturday evening, July 23, 2005, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since December 2002....

Rosemary M. Thomson D'Alessandro

Rosemary M. Thomson D'Alessandro, 77, of 2518 67th Ave. South, St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg. Born in Pittsfield on Aug....

Florence T. Young

Florence T. Young, 87, of 194 Allengate Ave. died Thursday at home. Born in Canton on March 14, 1918, daughter of Jeremiah F. and Katherine Monaghan McCarthy she was a graduate of St. John's High...

Alfred Abramson Talbert

Alfred Abramson Talbert, 85, of PineHill at Kimball Farms, 235 Walker St., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided in Lenox for 1 1/2 years. Previously, he had been a 50-year...

Mary S. Maruk

Mary S. Maruk, 77, of 29 Potter Mountain Road died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 14, 1928, daughter of Stanley and Anna Mikasz Mezzack, she was a 1946 graduate...