Obituaries

Nancy Higgins Flory

Nancy Higgins Flory, 63, of 23 Winter St., Fitchburg, died Thursday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 17, 1939,...

Henry R. Butler

Henry R. Butler, 91, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown, died at the Berkshire Medical Center yesterday shortly after being admitted. He was a resident of 914 E. New Lenox Road during summers and...

Leonard A. Bona

Leonard A. Bona, 66, of 75 Roaring Brook Road, died Thursday night at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 27, 1936, son of Leila Merletto Bona and the late Lawrence Bona, he was...

Gae E. Manning

Gae E. Manning, 55, of 175 Smith Road, died yesterday morning at her home after a three-year battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield Dec. 7, 1947, daughter of William D. Striebel Sr. of Dalton and...

Gertrude M. Flaherty

Gertrude M. Flaherty, 88, of 505 Union St. died Wednesday evening at North Adams Commons, where she was admitted Jan. 7. Born in North Adams on May 11, 1914, daughter of Frank and Gertrude Ashline...

Joseph Casmir Grucelski

Joseph Casmir Grucelski, 87, of 179 Highland Ave., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Goetzville, Mich., March 18, 1915, son of Alexander Grucelski and Helen Zich...

Domenico A. Grande, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Domenico Alfonso Grande, 85, of 216 North St., died Tuesday evening, Jan. 1, 2008,  at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, following a brief illness. Born...

Violet M. Toelken

Violet M. Toelken, 91, of the Village at Laurel Lake, a former resident of Pine Road in East Otis, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Springfield on April 4,...

Tanya Williams

Tanya Williams, 28, of 20 Canal St. died Monday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester because of complications from childbirth. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 28, 1974,...

Robert S. Brouillet, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Stanley Brouillett, 50, of 2 Winter St. died Monday, Jan. 27, 2003, at home following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on July 2, 1952, son of Mildred Embry...

Richard F. Falcon

Richard F. Falcon, 56, of Briar Drive, Milford, formerly of North Adams, died Monday at Milford-Whitinsville Regional Hospital in Milford. Born in North Adams on Jan. 24, 1947, son of William N....

Laurette C. Kegresse

Laurette C. Kegresse, 79, of 17 Pleasant St. died Monday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Montreal on Oct. 30, 1923, daughter of Arthur and Marie Pelletier Bonsant, she moved to...

Hermann A. Clement

Hermann A. Clement, 94, formerly of 65 Columbus Ave., died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons. He was a longtime local businessman and dairy farmer. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on Jan. 12, 1909, son...

Francis J. "Mac" McCarthy

Francis J. "Mac" McCarthy, 83, of 1 Colt Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Holyoke on April 30, 1919, son of Roy and Rhea Beauchmien McCarthy, he attended Holy Rosary School...

Caroline Copeland

Caroline Copeland, 86, of Oblong Road died Monday at Sweet Brook. Born in Hanover, N.H., on July 15, 1916, daughter of Edmund E. and Emily Emerson Day, she graduated from Smith College in 1938....

Gladys E. Schmolze

Gladys E. Schmolze, 89, of 28 Out of Bounds Road, Palmyra, Va., died yesterday at home. She was the mother of Douglas Schmolze of Great Barrington. Born in Paterson, N.J., on April 6, 1913, she...

Herberta Mae Litchfield

Herberta Mae Litchfield, 79, of 608 Hodge Road, Summerville, S.C., formerly of Hinsdale, died yesterday morning at Trident Regional Medical Center in North Charleston, S.C. Born in Chesterfield...

William E. "Punch" Demary Sr

William E. "Punch" Demary Sr., 82, of 56 Gilbert St. died Saturday at the home of his son, William E. Demary Jr. of 17 Richardson St. Born in Hinsdale on Sept. 9, 1920, son of Walter and Maude...

Alice M. Bailey

Alice M. Bailey, 97, formerly of 33 Maplewood Ave., died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where she had resided since Nov. 28, 1997. Born in Lenox on Dec. 1, 1905, daughter of Jules and Mary...

Robert Armstrong Chapin

Robert Armstrong Chapin, 85, of Balsam Hill Farm on Hewins Street died early Friday morning at Fairview Commons Nursing Home. He had been a resident there for two months. A native and lifelong...

Richard Stanley Brimage

Richard Stanley Brimage, 36, of 42 Blackinton St. died Thursday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Boston on Aug. 24, 1966, son of Eva Brimage McGee of Providence, R.I., and...

Anna D. Zanin Ferretti

Anna D. Zanin Ferretti, 103, formerly of Heaton Court in Stockbridge, died early yesterday morning at Fairview Commons Nursing Home in Great Bar-rington, where she had been a resident since Nov. 2,...

Cynthia Berna Gambell

Cynthia Berna Gambell, 56, of Carpenter Hill Road, Bennington, Vt., a native and former resident, died Wednesday at home after being stricken with a cardiac arrest. Born on Dec. 4, 1946, daughter...

Gilbert A. Lefebvre

Gilbert A. Lefebvre, 76, of 254 State Road, died Wednesday afternoon at the North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Feb. 28, 1926, son of Emil and Ida Ryan Lefebvre, he attended Adams...

Isadore Herbert Pindick

Isadore Herbert Pindick, 84, of 215 Ashland St., died Thursday morning at the home of his daughter, Gail B. Giorgi, of 75 Central Ave. Born in North Adams on Feb. 7, 1918, son of Morris Pindick...