Obituaries

Louis Perrier

Louis Perrier, 92, of 2 Horn Place died yesterday morning at the Commons of Williamstown, where he had resided for two years. Born in Champlain, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1912, son of Isaac and Bridget...

Philip H. Krause

Philip H. Krause, 96, of 2421 Emerald Lake Drive, Sun City Center , Fla., , died Wednesday at LifePath Hospice House in Sun City Center. He was a member of the Pittsfield School Committee from...

Ruth L. Ford

Ruth L. Ford, 96, of 298 Jarvis Ave., Holyoke, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Dalton on Jan. 11, 1909, daughter of Arthur E. and Lavina Mann Ford, she was 1927...

Alice Frances Baczek

Alice Frances Baczek, 79, of 38 Burt St. died early yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Feb. 6, 1926, daughter of Alexander and Kamilia Demby Cwalinski,...

Henry Griffith Weaver III

Henry Griffith Weaver III, 61, of Hillcrest Commons, a former resident of Fairview Commons in Great Barrington, died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Camden, N.J., on Aug. 22,...

Ruth Oloff

Ruth Oloff, 84, of Baldwin Hill Road East died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 23, 1920, daughter of Joseph and Annie Shopsin, she...

Martha Josefine Lunde

Martha Josefine Lunde, 102, formerly of Reuter Avenue, died Friday at St. Leonard's Rehabilitation Center in Centerville, Ohio. Born near Stavanger, Norway, on June 19, 1902, while her parents,...

Joanne Keiderling

Joanne Keiderling, 67, of 27 Main St. died Tuesday at home. Mrs. Keiderling held several public offices, including those of town accountant and town clerk. In 1974, she began working as the...

Carl W. Schaefer

Carl W. Schaefer, 87, of 2607 Lake Ridge Circle NW, Rome, Ga., a native of Pittsfield, died Friday at Floyd Medical Center in Rome. Born on Oct. 15, 1917, son of George and Susanna Eberhardt...

Cheridah L. Rose

Cheridah L. Rose, 65, died Monday evening at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 26, 1939, daughter of Frank and Orrel Waters Rose, she was a 1957 graduate of Lee High School. Ms....

John E. Lee

John E. Lee, 68, of 45 Spring St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in Williamstown on March 10, 1937, son of Hazel Exford Lee Boyd of Williamstown and the...

Marion Jarvis

Marion Jarvis, 87, of 75 Commercial St. died Sunday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital after suffering cardiac arrest. Born in North Adams on July 1, 1917, daughter of Nathan and Rose...

William H. Hawley Jr.

William H. Hawley Jr., 81, of Craneville Place died there yesterday. Born in Dalton on July 22, 1923, son of William H. Hawley Sr. and Martha Barron Hawley, he was educated in schools in Dalton...

Hugo A. Funk

Hugo A. Funk, 79, of 34 Emerson Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Kenmore, N.Y., on May 10, 1925, son of Hugo and Mary Hummel Funk, he was a graduate of Kenmore High School...

Alexandria Zawistowski

Alexandria Zawistowski, 87, of 8 Burbank St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 23, 1917, daughter of William and Vera Silen Karpeck, she...

Gerald F. Goerlach Jr.

Gerald F. Goerlach Jr., 76, of 24 Glass Works Road, Berkshire, died Sunday morning at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 20, 1928, son of Gerald F. Goerlach Sr. and Eva Fowler...

Mohena H. Butler

Mohena H. Butler, 81, of Devonshire Estates died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Bayside, N.Y., on Sept. 22, 1923, daughter of Franklin L. and Mohena Belle...

Wayne Stephen Boyce

Wayne Stephen Boyce, 70, of 157 Mohawk Trail died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at home. He was a former town selectman. Born in Nashua, N.H., on Jan....

Robert Stephen Frazier

Robert Stephen Frazier, 52, of 161 Bradford St., died Thursday from cancer at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 23, 1953, son of Robert C. and Eleanor Demick Frazier, he...

Richard Charles Ferryall

Richard Charles Ferryall, 69, of 54 Dalton Division Road, died Thursday at his home after a short illness. Born in Stafford Springs, Conn., on Dec. 2, 1935, son of Floyd and Rose Bengle Ferryall,...

Edward S. Fennelly

Edward S. Fennelly, 66, of 119 Main St., died Thursday morning at his home. Born in Tyringham on March 23, 1939, son of Richard and Amy Woodin Fennelly, he was educated in the Tyringham and Lee...

Gerald "Jerry" Erb

Gerald "Jerry" Erb, 49, of 20646 Laurel Lock, Katy, Texas, a former Dalton resident, died Monday morning at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in San Diego, Calif., on Nov. 5, 1955,...

Maureen R. Crane, 77

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Maureen Regan Crane, 77, of 857 North Hoosac Road, formerly resident of Rye, N.Y., died Friday, April 22, 2005, at her home. Born in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 29,...

Ruth Drake Galliher Murray

Ruth Drake Galliher Murray, 90, formerly of Pomeroy Manor, died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where she had resided for several months. Born in Albany, N.Y., on...

Cecile M. Supple

Cecile M. Supple, 86, of 178 Lenox Ave. died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield on March 13, 1919, daughter of Cecil M. and Harriet...