Obituaries

George Irving Jenks

George Irving Jenks, 79, of 163 Cheshire Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lenox on Oct. 6, 1923, son of George W. and Rachell Allen Jenks, he was a 1941 graduate...

Stanley F. Fryc Sr

Stanley F. Fryc Sr., 69, of 4 Kittler Ave. died yesterday at home after a brief illness. Mr. Fryc was town registrar of voters from 1987 to 1997, and a member of the School Committee from 1971 to...

William C. Moffatt

William C. Moffatt, 44, of Agawam, a native of Pittsfield, died in Agawam on Thursday. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 26, 1958, son of Carl R. and Lois M. Eastman Moffatt, he was a 1976 graduate of...

Arthur Walter Durwin

Arthur Walter Durwin, 77, of 1 Harmony St. died early yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 29, 1925, son of Joseph J. and Jennie Benway Durwin, he attended...

Jane E. Chapman

Jane E. Chapman, 56, of 16 Lathers Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 9, 1946, daughter of the late Harry S. Chapman...

Donald Arthur Beaudin

Donald Arthur Beaudin, 82, of 41 Melrose St. died Friday of pancreatic cancer at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where he had been a patient for a month. Born in Adams on June 25, 1921,...

Maria C. "Mary" Aiello

Maria C. "Mary" Aiello, 95, of 153 Newell St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Amato, province of Catanzaro, Italy, on Nov. 17, 1907, daughter of Giuseppe and Angela Cantafio...

Dominick J. Strizzi, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Dominick J. Strizzi, 85, of 60 Donna Ave. died Thursday, Sept. 25, 2003, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 31, 1918, son of Dominick Strizzi and...

Patricia Jean Ryan

Patricia Jean Ryan, 75, of Morgan Manor died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. She was a longtime teacher at Wahconah Regional High School in Dalton, retiring in the 1980s. Ms. Ryan was a...

Mary O. Francesconi

Mary O. Francesconi, 55, of 60 Toronita Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 12, 1948, daughter of Joseph J. and Pearl O. Francoeur Davis, she was a graduate...

Robert O. "Red" Carmon

Robert O. "Red" Carmon, 79, of 63 Cloverdale St. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since August. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28, 1923, son of Amos and Nellie Neilson...

Vitaline Yvette "Sunny" Cairns

Vitaline Yvette "Sunny" Cairns, 76, of 140 North Summer St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since September 2001. Born in Verdun, Quebec, Canada, on Aug. 21, 1927,...

Michele A. Bessette

Michele A. Bessette, 34, of 55 Harris St. died of cancer yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Aug. 16, 1969, daughter of Robert E. Bessette Sr. and Olive "Pat"...

Philip F. "Flip" Taylor Jr

Philip F. "Flip" Taylor Jr., 69, of 41 Thornliebank Road died yesterday at home. Born in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 24, 1934, son of Philip Taylor Sr. and Helen Burrows Taylor, he attended St....

Mercedes Nash

Mercedes Nash, 80, of 203 Melbourne Road died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 14, 1922, daughter of William Bullett Sr. and Anna LaBeau Bullett, she attended local...

Helen Dorothy Murphy

Helen Dorothy Murphy, 90, of East Housatonic St. died Wednesday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided the past month. Born in Pittsfield on July 5, 1913, daughter...

Jennie J. Love

Jennie J. Love, 74, of 46 Railroad St., Hyde Place, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Lee on Feb. 10, 1929, daughter of Peter and Antonetta Anderghetti Castegnaro,...

Lillian Alice LaPlante

Lillian Alice LaPlante, 93, of 248 Green River Road, Greenfield, a former resident of North Adams, died Tuesday evening at Poet's Seat Nursing Home in Greenfield. She and her husband, the late...

Mary Louise Daniels

Mary Louise Daniels, 88, of 408 Spring St. died yesterday at North Adams Commons after two months of illness. Born in North Adams on Nov. 16, 1914, daughter of John and Catherine Faustini...

Harmon F. Witter

Harmon F. Witter, 86, of 205 Summer St. died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided for two months. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Dec. 21, 1916, son of Frank H. and Ida...

Elizabeth R. Neal

Elizabeth R. Neal, 93, of 12 Alice Burke Way, Westfield, died Tuesday at Governor's House Nursing Center in Westfield. She and her husband, Ransley Neal, bought the Otis Village Inn in 1955 and...

Arthur Christian Lehman Sr

Arthur Christian Lehman Sr., 75, of 8 Blackstone Road died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Germany on Sept. 25, 1927, son of Christian A. and Margaret Ahrem Lehman,...

Morris B. Alpert

Morris B. Alpert, 92, of 20 Windom Terrace died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on June 18, 1911, son of Joseph Alpert and Ida Kovitz Alpert, he graduated from Drury High...

Francis Bernard Schnopp

Francis Bernard Schnopp, 86, of 29 Ensign St. died Monday afternoon at home. He was a longtime local businessman. Born in Hinsdale on Aug. 23, 1917, son of Frank C. and Johanna Butler...

Regina Makarski Pothul

Regina Makarski Pothul, 91, of 35 Kirk St., Housatonic, died Saturday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 13, 1911, daughter of Stanley and...