Obituaries

Janet A. Zaorski

Janet A. Zaorski, 85, of 32 Baker St. died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where she had resided for three weeks. Born in Bayonne, N.J., on Aug. 17, 1919, daughter...

Alan Russel Stickles

Alan Russel Stickles, 55, of Long Pond Road died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Presque Isle, Maine, on Feb. 23, 1949, son of Richard and Florence Jardine Stickles, he moved to...

Henry Stentiford Jr.

Henry Stentiford Jr., 83, of 17 Flower Ave., Madison, Conn., died Friday at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. He was a former owner and operator of Follwell Greenhouses and Gifts at 805 North St....

Donald Clarence Shepherd

Donald Clarence Shepherd, 94, of 85 Otis Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 25, 1910, son of Clarence D. and Helen Busiere Shepherd, he was a graduate of...

Regina M. Marquis

Regina M. Marquis, 76, of 184 Lenox Ave. died Friday morning at home. Born in Waterville, Maine, on Jan. 14, 1928, daughter of Alphonse and Mary Duby Rancourt, she was 6 when her family moved to...

Dorothy Hicks

Dorothy Hicks, 91, of 225C Park Ave. died Saturday at Craneville Place, where she had resided for two weeks. Born in Pittsfield on April 12, 1913, daughter of George and Ruth Gallup Hicks, she...

Mary Patricia Coryat

Mary Patricia Coryat, 84, formerly of 716 High Street Hill Road, died Tuesday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for two years. Born in New York City on July 30, 1920,...

Patricia Altiere, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Patricia Altiere, 84, of 112 Gallup St. died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Tuesday. Born in Altoona, Pa., on Dec....

Harold Walter Schuhle

Harold Walter Schuhle, 83, of 15 Profile St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Turners Falls on Nov. 14, 1921, son of Martin and Margaret Koch Schuhle, he was a 1939 graduate of...

Retired Army Col. Richard E. Maloy

Retired Army Col. Richard E. Maloy, 83, of 308 Orrs Bridge Road, Camp Hill, Pa., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill. Born in Pittsfield on March 30, 1921,...

Cheryl A. Kaley

Cheryl A. Kaley, 41, of Silver Street died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on Oct. 1, 1963, daughter of Lee and Patricia Elger Martin of Bennington, she was...

Grace Elizabeth Hubbard

Grace Elizabeth Hubbard, 80, of Bradford Arms, formerly of 75 John St., died Tuesday morning at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since October. Born in Lenox on June 13, 1924, daughter of...

Sister Mary Dugan

Sister Mary Dugan of the Sisters of Mercy, 77, of the Convent of Mercy, Albany, N.Y., died yesterday at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center in Guilderland, N.Y. She was the sister of Ann Langlais of...

Brianna Constance DiCarlo

Brianna Constance DiCarlo, 5, of 19 Chestnut St., died Monday afternoon at home from a brain stem tumor. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 30, 1999, she was the daughter of Donald E. DiCarlo Jr. and...

Caryl M. Adams

Caryl M. Adams, 69, of 564 Wade Inn Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Hartford, Conn., on April 20, 1935, daughter of Ruth Coyle Millard Reynolds and the late...

Mary Frye Thompson

Mary Frye Thompson, 86, of 350 West St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 14, 1918, daughter of Walter and Flora Greenleaf Wilbur, she attended local schools....

Vivian G. Sanderson

Vivian G. Sanderson, 78, of 143 Maple St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Bennington, Vt., on May 15, 1926, daughter of Ralph and Abbie Irene Burgess Thurber, she...

Josephine L. Ragusa

Josephine L. Ragusa, 74, of 22 Little John Road died Sunday at home. Born in Queens, N.Y., on July 1, 1930, daughter of Eugene and Erminia Vairo Bianco, she was a 1948 graduate of Central Needle...

Wanda Lee Hillard

Wanda Lee Hillard, 49, of 98 Barbour St. died Tuesday evening in the emergency room of North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was taken after being stricken earlier at home. Born in Bennington,...

Harold William Guiden

Harold William Guiden, 78, of 1241 Oblong Road died yesterday at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington. He owned and operated H.W. Guiden Plumbing Co. until his retirement in 1989. Born in...

Richard E. Wheeler

Richard E. Wheeler, 73, of Parkside Avenue died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 26, 1931, son of Russell G. and Madeline L. Farnum Wheeler, he attended...

Rita Mary Vella

Rita Mary Vella, 86, formerly of 283 Cheshire Road, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been a resident of Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility for three years. Born...

Francesca M. Trapani

Francesca M. Trapani, 101, formerly of 10 Union St., died Thursday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided since July 2002. Born in Terranova, province of Reggio Calabria,...

Helen A. Galletly

Helen A. Galletly, 92, of 127 Ashuelot St., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Northampton on March 6, 1912, daughter of Roy A. and Edith Walker Wetherbee, she attended schools in...

Arthur R. "Smokey" Dietlin Jr.

Arthur R. "Smokey" Dietlin Jr., 48, of 218 Orchard Road died Thursday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1956, son of Caroline Martin Dietlin and the late Arthur...