Obituaries
Celebrating Lives & Legacies
Rodney J. Ruane, 60
SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Rodney J. Ruane, 60, of 82 West Stahl Road, Ashley Falls, died Friday, Feb. 13, 2004, at home after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 28, 1943, son of Etta...Peter P. Pulasky
Peter P. Pulasky, 63, of 341 West St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1940, son of Elizabeth Collins Pulasky Niarchos of Pittsfield and the late Peter G....Martin L. Lasker
Martin L. Lasker, 72, of Iroquois Avenue and Sarasota, Fla., died Feb. 12 at the Moffitt Cancer Center Hospital in Tampa, Fla. Born in New York City on Jan. 26, 1932, son of Abraham and Fannie...Sister Mary L. Carr
Sister Mary L. Carr, also known as Sister Elizabeth Therese, 81, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Mont Marie Health Care Center in Holyoke, where she had resided for a short time. She...Joseph Justyn Zieba Sr
Joseph Justyn Zieba Sr., 65, of 14 Murray St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on July 1, 1938, son of Mildred M. Zieba of Adams and the late Henry J. Zieba,...James Norris Ward
James Norris Ward, 64, of 6 Claremont Road died yesterday morning at his home from leukemia. Born Dec. 15, 1939, in Altoona, Pa., son of James Albert and Mary Edna Norris Ward, he was a 1957...Linda K. Mann
Linda K. Mann, 45, of 187 Church St. died after a long illness Wednesday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Saturday. Born in Lima, Ohio, on Dec. 12, 1958,...Charles T. Gibson
Charles T. Gibson, 68, of Milton, N.C., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Feb. 3 in a work-related accident in Danville, Va. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on Aug. 30, 1935, son of Robert and...Laverne L. Marier DeFazio
Laverne L. Marier DeFazio, 92, formerly of 65 Cherry St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Hillcrest Commons since May 2002 and before that resided at the former Center...Kenneth R. Suprenant
Kenneth R. Suprenant, 77, of 233 Columbia St. died Monday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Sept. 6, 1926, son of Henry and Edna Ouimette Suprenant, he attended...Wilma Nicholson
Wilma Nicholson, 84, of Mountain View Terrace, died Friday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Lynn on April 13, 1919, daughter of Frank A. and Edith T. Haines Legro, she attended...Henry Walter Marcisz
Henry Walter Marcisz, 54, of 19 Grant St., Easthampton, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton after an eight-month battle with cancer. Born in...Herbert John Lewis Jr.
Herbert John Lewis Jr., 76, of 55 High St. died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after suffering an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on July 2, 1927, son of...Constance Winifred Voltoline
Constance Winifred Voltoline, 91, formerly of 39 Day St., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since July 25, 1999. Born in Adams on June 11, 1912, daughter of Richard and...Robert B. Rogers
Robert B. Rogers, 65, of 840 East St. died Friday evening at home. Born in Springfield on July 21, 1938, son of Charles L. and Gladys E. Wylie Rogers, he was a 1957 graduate of Holyoke High...Marsilia Lucille Pasquini
Marsilia Lucille Pasquini, 84, formerly of 54 Furnace Hill, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She had resided at Sugar Hill in Dalton for a month. Born in Gambellara,...Joan J. Hansen
Joan J. Hansen, 73, of 12 Concord Parkway died Sunday at home. Born in Chicago on May 10, 1930, daughter of Lottie Swider Janasky of Chicago and the late Walter Janasky, she attended schools...Dorothy Eva Crews
Dorothy Eva Crews, 88, formerly of 90 Emerald Lane, The Spruces, died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Jan. 7. She was a resident of Sweet Brook Care Centers for...Edward Wilson Cowan
Edward Wilson Cowan, 77, formerly of Francis Avenue, died Friday morning at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Jackson, Miss., on Dec. 26, 1926, son of Dallas H. and Gladys Wilson Cowan, he...Lawrence M. White
Lawrence M. White, 52, of 45 Spring St. died Thursday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, shortly after being stricken at home. He had also resided in Bennington, Vt., for many years....Raymond L. Bigler
Raymond L. Bigler, 54, of 152 Gray Station Road, Gray, Tenn., died Thursday at home. He lived in Pittsfield from 2002 until early January 2004. Born in Dunkirk, N.Y., on Jan. 25, 1950, son of...Adelina "Fern" Peixeiro
Adelina "Fern" Peixeiro, 72, of 90 Harvard St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Adams on Jan. 3, 1932, daughter of Henry and Rose Vogel Dansereau, she...Sharon L. Herlihy
Sharon L. Herlihy, 36, of Hampstead, N.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at her parents' home in Fair Haven, N.Y., after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 3, 1967, daughter of...Marshall S. Hannock
Marshall S. Hannock, 84, of Williamstown and Boynton Beach, Fla., died Feb. 1 at Del Ray Medical Center in Del Ray Beach, Fla., of pneumonia. Born in Albany, N.Y., on May 29, 1919, son of Dr....Thomas David "Chick" Chiaretto
Thomas David "Chick" Chiaretto, 89, of 7 Delaware Ave. and 820 Barnes Blvd., Rockledge, Fla., died Friday morning at Sunnyside Assisted Living Facility in Rockledge. Born in Pittsfield on Feb....iBerkshires.com Text Ads
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