Obituaries

Leonard J. Murphy

Leonard J. Murphy, 84, of 44 Anita Drive died Tuesday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox, where he had resided for six weeks. Born in Pittsfield on July 9, 1919, son of Dennis and Mary...

Dennis P. Filiault, 55

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dennis Peter Filiault, 55, of 442 Notch Road died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after being stricken at Six Flags in Agawam, where he...

Homer R. Boucher

Homer R. Boucher, 82, of 118 Church St., formerly of Maple Street, died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 14, 1921, son of George T. and Corinne Cote Boucher, he attended schools...

Stephanie Barber

Stephanie Barber, 84, of Hawthorne Street and New York City died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, shortly after being stricken with a heart attack. Born in Jamaica,...

Esther Springstube O’Neil

Esther Springstube O’Neil, 89, died yesterday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home. Born in Housatonic on May 27, 1914, daughter of Frederick and Edith Cobb Springstube, she attended local...

Mary L. Maselli, 84

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Mary Louise Maselli, 84, of 361 Cross Road died Tuesday afternoon, Agu. 26, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Monday. Born in North Adams on...

Gertrude Ann Beaupre

Gertrude Ann Beaupre, 99, of 4 Columbia St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital after being admitted on Monday. Born in North Adams on June 4, 1904, daughter of Frank and...

Dorothea B. Beardsley

Dorothea B. Beardsley, 97, died Tuesday at Berkshire Retirement Home, where she had resided since November 2000. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1905, daughter of George S. and Clara J. Mugler...

Ferman Leroy Turner Jr

Ferman Leroy Turner Jr., 83, formerly of Williamstown, died Saturday at Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, where he had resided for several years. Born in Boston on Jan. 2, 1920, son of Ferman...

Erich J. Strobl

Erich J. Strobl, 93, of 45 Walchenbach Circle, Salisbury Estates, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Vienna, Austria, on Jan. 20, 1910, son of Richard and Leonie Schnabl Strobl,...

George O. Jones

George O. Jones, 47, of 110 Linden St. died Saturday afternoon at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester after a brief illness. Born in Hampton, Va., on March 20, 1956, son...

Barbara Jean Stegner

Barbara Jean Stegner, 72, of 17 Pine Grove Drive died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, on Feb. 14, 1931, daughter of Samuel W. Rice II and Violet McElligott Rice, she...

Marjorie A. Carpenter

Marjorie A. Carpenter, 89, died Thursday at Berkshire Retirement Home, where she had resided since July. She had previously resided at Epoch Assisted Living at Melbourne. Born in Boston on...

Doris V. “Dot” Walsh

Doris V. “Dot” Walsh, 69, of 120 Raymond Drive died Thursday at home after a long illness. Born in Hinsdale on April 26, 1934, daughter of Edward C. and Zella Witherall Walsh, she...

Walter Anthony Oparowski

Walter Anthony Oparowski, 85, of 68 Valley St. died Thursday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Jan. 25, 1918, son of Henry and Louise Zwolen Oparowski, he attended...

William Ralph Saunders

William Ralph Saunders, 73, of Greenwood Circle died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on April 6, 1930, in Lawrence, N.Y., son of Mitchell and Dorothy Munzer Saunders, he attended...

Dorothy B. Breda, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy B. Breda, 74, of 134 Harris St. died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Sunday. Born in North Adams on Feb....

George A. Adams

George A. Adams, 82, of 5 Whitman St. died at Berkshire Medical Center on Wednesday. Born in Saybrook, Conn., on April 8, 1921, son of George W. and Helen Atwater Adams, he was a 1939 graduate of...

Thomas M. Torrey

Thomas M. Torrey, 91, of 144 Middlefield Road died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since June 16. Born in Peru on March 20, 1912, son of Thomas E. and Matie Hathaway...

Rosa E. McBride, 94

OTIS, Mass. — Rosa E. "Annie" McBride, 94, of 66 Broad St., Westfield, formerly of East Otis, died Tuesday at the Governor's Center in Westfield. She was the town clerk of Otis from 1980...

Yvonne G. Besaw

Yvonne G. Besaw, 91, formerly of 46 Railroad St. (Hyde Place), died Saturday at the Village at Laurel Lake in Lee. Born in St. Brigide, Quebec, on June 29, 1912, daughter of Napoleon and Delima...

Angelina M. Goudreau, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Angelina M. Goudreau, 71, of 2301 Northwest 15th Way, Boynton Beach, Fla., died Monday, Aug. 18, 2003, at the home of her daughter Tina Palermo of West Palm Beach. She had...

Iva Mae Cullett

Iva Mae Cullett, 84, of 260 Cheshire Road died Monday morning at home. Born in Lenox Dale on July 5, 1919, daughter of Frederick G. and L. Mae Blake Joyner, she was a 1936 graduate of Lenox High...

Marie Rose Trembley

Marie Rose Trembley, 48, of Berkshiretown Apartments died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Holyoke on Nov. 2, 1954, daughter of Veronica Starsiak Trembley and the late...

Milton D. Reynolds Jr

Milton D. Reynolds Jr., 63, of 19 Crosier Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1939, son of Lempi E. Nelson Reynolds and the late Milton D. Reynolds Sr.,...