Obituaries

Robert Charles Plourde

Robert Charles Plourde, 69, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Amesbury on May 18, 1936, son of Charles Plourde of Pittsfield and the late Cora Nolan Plourde, he was...

Monique Lavigne

Monique Lavigne, 54, of 26 Bellevue Ave. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Sept. 12, 1950, daughter of Leo and Yvette Caron Chouinard, she...

Robert E. Kushi

Robert E. Kushi, 84, of 20 Worthen St. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 15, 1920, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Cronin Kushi, he was a 1938 graduate of Pittsfield High School....

Shirley Ann Fox

Shirley Ann Fox, 70, of 121 Pleasantview Drive died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 4, 1934, daughter of Eddie T. and Leda M. Cyr Cyr, she was a 1952 graduate of St. Joseph's High...

Grace M. DeFelippo

Grace M. DeFelippo, 86, of 950 Hale St., Beverly Farms, died yesterday at Salem Hospital in Salem. Born in Pittsfield on March 15, 1919, daughter of Agosto F. and Concetta Leone Rossi, she was a...

Albert J. Maillow

Albert J. Maillow, 94, of Walker Street died Monday afternoon at Providence Care Center, where he had resided since February. Born in Pittsfield on June 22, 1911, son of Armand and Lena Grant...

John A. MacGruer Jr.

John A. MacGruer Jr., 87, of Fairview Commons died Thursday of pneumonia at Fairview Hospital. He was a former Pittsfield lawyer. Born in Glen Ridge, N.J., on Dec. 24, 1917, son of John A....

Arthur Harvey

Arthur Harvey, 90, formerly of Clarksburg and Lake Worth, Fla., died Saturday at Wingate, a skilled nursing facility in South Hadley. Born in Pittsfield on March 16, 1915, son of George and Mary...

Mary C. Casivant

Mary C. Casivant, 71, of 295 First St. died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Great Barrington on June 19, 1934, daughter of Ernest and Lillian Stannard...

Charles W. "Chuck" Vallone

Charles W. "Chuck" Vallone, 55, formerly of 48 Third St., died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since April. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 31, 1950, son of Anthony and Iola Caliento...

Mildred Mary Tanguay

Mildred Mary Tanguay, 98, of 292 Beaver St., formerly of 118 Union St., died Saturday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Oct. 3, 1906, daughter of Patrick and...

Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Siok

Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Siok, 16, of 8 Spruce St., Houstaonic, died Friday at Boston Children's Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 1, 1988, daughter of Robert J. and Carolyn Hall Siok,...

William L. Carpenter

William L. Carpenter, 44, of 164 North St. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on April 5, 1961, son of Joanne M. DeRose Carpenter of North Adams and the late Raymond G. Carpenter, he...

William S. Adam, M.D.

William S. Adam, M.D., 68, of 99 Lower Road, East Canaan, Conn. died yesterday at his home after an illness. An orthopedic surgeon, his practice was located in Great Barrington. Born in North...

Frederick ‘Fritz' H. Jones Jr.

Frederick ‘Fritz' H. Jones Jr., 80, of 1429 S. W. Eagleglen Place, Stuart, Fla., formerly of Whitesboro, N.Y. and Pittsfield, died yesterday at his home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 4, 1925,...

Gertrude M. Cudworth

Gertrude M. Cudworth, 99, formerly of 319 North St., died yesterday at Curtis Manor, where she had resided for two years. Born in Easthampton on July 1, 1905, daughter of John and Bertha Neidel...

Ralph "FooFoo" Louison

Ralph "FooFoo" Louison, 76, of 225 State Road died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 17, 1928, son of James F. and Ethel Heap Louison, he was a 1946...

Anna M. Hish Filip

Anna M. Hish Filip, 85, of East Walnut Street, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., on Sept. 7, 1919, daughter of Michael and Mary Pola Gadek, she moved to...

Harvey E. "Pat" Denault

Harvey E. "Pat" Denault, 69, of 47 Taft St. died Monday at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in North Adams on March 16, 1936, son of Harvey and Mary Elliott Denault, he attended schools...

Arthur Theise Wasserman

Arthur Theise Wasserman, 93, formerly of Main Street, an attorney and a philanthropist, died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where he had resided for several years. He was formerly of...

Loydann Pierce

Loydann Pierce, 87, of 80 Willow Cove Road died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 22, 1918, daughter of Clair W. "Clay" and E. Christine Shankland Perry, she was a 1936 graduate of...

Charlotte E. Exford, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Charlotte E. Exford, 85, formerly of 19 Greene Ave., died Sunday, June 26, 2005, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since October...

Ann C. Baer

Ann C. Baer, 60, of 14 Cherry Hill Road died Sunday at home of cancer. Born in Laconia, N.H., on Oct. 19, 1944, daughter of John and Lee Osborne Robinson, she grew up in Huntington, N.Y., and was...

Donald A. Lee

Donald A. Lee, 94, of 981 South St., a resident of Craneville Place for 14 months, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bethel, Conn., on March 20, 1911, son of Harry B. and Ethel...

Alfred E. Kassimer

Alfred E. Kassimer, 93, of Kimball Farms, 235 Walker St., died Sunday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where he had been a patient since Jan. 18. Born in Tannersville, N.Y., on July 4, 1911,...