Obituaries

Gertrude C. Paquette

Gertrude C. Paquette, 82, of 3 Walters Lane, Winchester, N.H., formerly of Greenfield, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. She was the mother of Patricia A. Michalak of Lanesboro. Born in...

Alice R. Geary

Alice R. Geary, 94, of 18 Valentine Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 8, 1911, daughter of Armand L. and Roseanna Faucher Pagerey, she graduated...

Diane E. Freadman

Diane E. Freadman, 84, formerly of 35 Williams St., died Sunday at Life Care Center of Inverary in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after a long illness. She had resided there for a very short time....

Richard F. White

Richard F. White, 57, of 95 Tamarack Ave. died Wednesday, at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 13, 1947, son of Charles and Evelyn Roberts White, he was a 1965 graduate of...

Michael Andrew VanBramer

Michael Andrew VanBramer, 39, of 6 Cherry St. died in his sleep of natural causes Thursday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 19, 1966, son of Barbara Chitarra VanBramer Londergan and...

Pearl Cecelia Lefkowitz

Pearl Cecelia Lefkowitz, 79, of 111 Allengate Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 21, 1925, daughter of Jared W. and Rose B. Dion Finch, she was a 1943 graduate of...

Abraham N. Hoffman

Abraham N. Hoffman, 85, of Great Barrington Road and of Cranberry Lane in Easthampton died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Springfield on Aug. 26, 1919, son of Benjamin and Jennie...

Leo P. Godbout, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Leo Paul Godbout, 91, of 157 North St. died Friday, April 29, 2005, at the home of his daughter, Anne Marie Williams of 51 Murray Ave. Born in North Adams on Jan. 25,...

Pauline A. Furciniti

Pauline A. Furciniti, 74, of 245 Cheshire Road died Thursday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Aug. 14, 1930, daughter of Floyd Shaw Sr. and Nina Demarais Shaw, she attended...

Robert G. Carnevale Sr.

Robert G. Carnevale Sr., 66, of Providence Court Apartments, 379 East St., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 21, 1939, son of Dominick and Irene Dailey...

Hazel Lee Boyd

Hazel Lee Boyd, 98, of Spring Street Apartments, 45 Spring St., died Thursday, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on July 29, 1906, daughter of Henry J. and Mary Ann Godfrey Exford,...

Elbert M. Barton

Elbert M. Barton, 72, of Springfield, formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Becket on May 2, 1932, son of William and Nettie Dearing Barton, he...

Agnes M. Yerazunis

Agnes M. Yerazunis, 86, formerly of 32 Bradford St., died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since February 2004. Born in Pittsfield on June 10, 1918, daughter of...

Pauline A. Sadlowski

Pauline A. Sadlowski, 82, of 5 Cherry St. died Friday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Brattleboro, Vt., on Oct. 11, 1922, daughter of Joseph and Sophie Bozek Urus, she came to...

Dorothy Bell Baker Parmelee

Dorothy Bell Baker Parmelee, 91, formerly of 75 Commercial St., died yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since December 2000. Born in Pittsfield,...

Jane Katherine Hoelter

Jane Katherine Hoelter, 86, of Melbourne Place Assisted Living Community, died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Milwaukee on Oct. 5, 1918, daughter...

Louis C. "Jack" Coviello

Louis C. "Jack" Coviello, 79, of 3 Myrtle St. died Friday morning at North Adams Commons, where he had resided since March. Born in Chelsea on Feb. 28, 1926, son of Louis B. and Louise Carrey...

Kenneth E. Tower, 71

MONROE, Mass. â€' Kenneth Edward Tower, 71, of 126 Main Road died Saturday, April 30, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Friday after a brief illness. Born in North...

Louis W. Sinico Jr.

Louis W. Sinico Jr., 56, of 18831 Parade Road, Hudson, Fla., a former longtime member of the Great Barrington Police Department, died Saturday at the home of his daughter, Shannon A. Sinico of 135...

J. Kenneth Driscoll

J. Kenneth Driscoll, 76, of 2 Christopher Hall Way, Yarmouthport, formerly of 3 Navin Heights, died Saturday at Pavilion Hospice Care Facility in Hyannis. Born in Lee on July 10, 1928, son of...

Rosemarie Drawec

Rosemarie Drawec, 68, of 47 Center Road died Saturday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Jan. 13, 1937, daughter of Nelson and Rose Robinson Aubin, she attended schools...

Bernice E. Cornelio

Bernice E. Cornelio, 84, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, formerly of 1 Scott Drive, Pittsfield, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a brief illness. Born in...

John J. Zimmerman

John J. Zimmerman, 83, of 266 Appleton Ave. died Wednesday at home. Born in New York City on June 26, 1921, son of Samuel and Celia Wasserman Zimmerman, he was a graduate of Evander Childs High...

Julian Szpila

Julian Szpila, 82, of 380 Old Columbia St. died early yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 29, 1922, son of Joseph and Catherine...

Jeffrey J. Rock

Jeffrey J. Rock, 44, of 89 Main St. died Tuesday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 18, 1960, son of Joseph and Lorraine Winslow Rock, he was a 1978 graduate of Lee High School. He...