Obituaries

Margaret Theresa "Peggi" Schneider

Margaret Theresa "Peggi" Schneider, 56, of 193 Church St. died Saturday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted March 20. Born in Adams on Dec. 8, 1948, daughter of...

Marion Prentice

Marion Prentice, 86, formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Pittsfield on July 11, 1918, daughter of Edward H. and Mona Jean Shankland Prentice, she was a...

Gertrude Hillard

Gertrude Hillard, 86, of 3 Loftus St. died Friday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 16, 1918, daughter of Frederick and Gertrude Strong Aubin, she attended the former St....

Marie Helene Guano

Marie Helene Guano, 85, of the Village at Laurel Lake died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Philadelphia on Dec. 17, 1919, daughter of William R. and Mary A....

Catherine T. Derivan

Catherine T. Derivan, 93, of Kimball Farms died Wednesday evening at its Nursing Care Center. She had resided at Kimball Fams since 1990. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 9, 1911, daughter of...

Rudolph Clary

Rudolph Clary, 78, of Valley Drive, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born in Roanoke Rapids on Dec. 14, 1926, son of Thomas E. and Annie Mills Clary,...

Lulu Dee Jones

Lulu Dee Jones, 84, of 95 Lincoln St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Panama City, Fla., on Jan. 15, 1921, daughter of Edward and Jessie Maebelle Darby Pollard, she attended...

Leila Bona

Leila Bona, 89, of Roaring Brook Road died Tuesday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided since September 2004. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 18, 1916, daughter of...

Susan Thomas

Susan Thomas, 76, formerly of Becket, died Sunday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Born July 10, 1928, in Locust Valley, N.Y., daughter of Skeffington and...

Ann Siliciano

Ann Siliciano, 80, of High Point Drive, Claremont, Calif., died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with a neurological disorder known as Charcot Marie Tooth disease. Born in Adams on March 30, 1924,...

Robert Anthony O'Neill

Robert Anthony O'Neill, 79, of 35 North St. died Wednesday at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Feb. 5, 1926, son of Thomas and Hazel Estes O'Neill, he attended schools...

Francis Eugene Messina

Francis Eugene Messina, 53, of 75 Commercial St. died Wednesday at home, following a short illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 15, 1952, son of Francis Joseph and Mary V. MacTavish Messina, he...

Dante Botto

Dante Botto, 90, a former longtime resident of 26 Foote Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. He had resided at Laurel Lake Center in Lee since July...

Helen S. Walker

Helen S. Walker, 89, died yesterday morning at home. Born in South Norwalk, Conn., on June 6, 1915, daughter of Alex and Julia Hutkai Erdos, she was educated there. In the 1950s and 60s, she...

Ethel "June" Kauppi

Ethel "June" Kauppi, 90, a longtime resident of North Pownal Road in Pownal Center, died yesterday morning at home after a short illness. Born in Williamstown, Mass., on June 1, 1914, daughter of...

Major Gen. Garth Bryant Dettinger

Retired Air Force Major Gen. Garth Bryant Dettinger, 83, of 9120 Belvoir Woods Parkway, Fort Belvoir, Va., formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday of heart disease at Inova Fairfax (Va.) Hospital. He...

Catherine A. Cadorette

Catherine A. Cadorette, 93, formerly of 32 Stockbridge Road, died Thursday at Providence Care Center, where she had resided for the past few years. Born in Pittsfield on May 11, 1911, daughter of...

Holly Sipma

Holly Sipma, 45, of 219 Saratoga Ave., Chicopee, died Wednesday at home after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 5, 1959, daughter of Russell Clark and Joan D. Couch...

Mary A. Sini

Mary A. Sini, 93, of 19 Maple St., Greenfield, died Wednesday at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, following a period of failing health. A native of Capaci, Palermo, Italy, she was born on...

Dolores M. Passardi

Dolores M. Passardi, 69, of 16 Walnut Lane, Essex Junction, Vt., formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday evening at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt. She moved to Essex Junction in 1987....

Peter N. Palmer

Peter N. Palmer, 60, of 35 Arnold St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at his home. Born in Lynn on Nov. 7, 1944, he was the adoptedson of John and Wilma...

Edward L. Manley Jr.

Edward L. Manley Jr., 79, of 12 Grove Ave., died at home on Tuesday. Born in Springfield on Nov. 2, 1925, son of Edward L. Manley Sr. and Harriett Gelinas Manley, he attended schools there He...

Michaelina G. Handerek

Michaelina G. Handerek, 83, of 37 Albro St., died Wednesday morning at home. Born in Montague on Nov. 5, 1921, daughter of Michael and Stella Aptacy Saharceski, she was a 1939 graduate of...

Jean Baldwin, 81

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Jean Baldwin, 81, of West Center Road died early Thursday morning, March 17, 2005, at Kimball Farms in Lenox, where she had resided for three months. She had resided...

Marie Volff

Marie Volff, 66, of 4 Columbia St. died Monday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Nov. 15, 1938, daughter of Archibald and Hazel O'Dell Brown, she attended Adams schools....