Obituaries

Lola Elizabeth Briggs

Lola Elizabeth Briggs, 72, of 83 Emerald Lane, The Spruces, died Wednesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on April 14, 1930, daughter of Frank N. and Ruth M....

Oscar K. Kipp

Oscar K. Kipp, 79, of 121 Gamwell Ave., died Wednesday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons where he had been a patient since Jan. 16. Born in Brainard, N.Y., on Oct. 17, 1923, son of William and...

Russell T. Halliday

Russell T. Halliday, 74, of 40 Opechee St., died Wednesday afternoon at home after a long illness. Born in Cambridge on July 21, 1928, son of Gilbert E. and Ida Mowatt Halliday, he attended...

Herbert T. "Bus" Sagendorph

Herbert T. "Bus" Sagendorph, 82, formerly of Housatonic Street, died Wednesday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since 1999. Born in Lenox on Nov. 24, 1920, son of Herbert...

Mignonne T. Gawron

Mignonne T. Gawron, 79, of 3 Montgomery Ave. died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since October. Born in Canada on March 22, 1923, daughter of Almord J. and...

Jeanette M. Lemoine

Jeanette M. Lemoine, 94, of 19 Maple St. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Jan. 12, 1909, daughter of Ludger and Amanda Parenteau Lemoine, she attended the...

Niles H. Gage

Niles H. Gage, 87, of 5 Baldwin Hill Road, South Egremont, died Monday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Sandisfield on Feb. 18, 1915, son of Daniel W. and Lena Soule Gage, he...

Marie Lola Florentine

Marie Lola Florentine, 75, formerly of 49 Yorkshire Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on Staten Island, N.Y., on March 9, 1927, daughter of George and Mae Shannon Powell, she...

Louis A. Bolduc

Louis A. Bolduc, died yesterday morning at his home at 46 Alfred Drive following a long illness. He was 71. A former longtime city health commissioner Bolduc joined the Pittsfield Department of...

Marie Rose Beaulieu

Marie Rose Beaulieu, 82, formerly of High Street, died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she had resided since May 2001. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Aug. 13, 1920, daughter of John...

Charles M. "Rusty" Kennedy

Charles M. "Rusty" Kennedy, 53, of 51 Sadler Ave. died Saturday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1949, son of Charles E. and Agnes L. Hanrath Kennedy, he graduated in 1967 from...

Mark B. Reder

Mark B. Reder, 45, of Chatham, N.J., formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield, son of Marjorie Rothkopf Reder and the late Edwin E. Reder, he was a 1975 graduate of...

Marjorie Gertrude DeMarco

Marjorie Gertrude DeMarco, 90, of 4 Daniels Court died Saturday morning at Williamstown Commons. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., on Sept. 2, 1912, daughter of James P. and Rose Ryan Gillooley, she moved to...

Rose L. Carty

Rose L. Carty, 97, of 28 Lana Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Great Barrington on Dec. 29, 1905, daughter of Patrick and Johanna E. Cronin Larkin, she...

Dan Martin Berger

Dan Martin Berger, 46, of Silver Street died Jan. 12 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield following a long illness. Born April 6, 1956, in Detroit, the son of Bertha "Nikki" Nisenbaum Berger...

Perry Michael Comeau

Perry Michael Comeau, 48, of 103 Summer St. died late Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted earlier that day. Death followed a brief illness. Born in Cherry Point, N.C.,...

Nellie V. Hewitt

Nellie V. Hewitt, 78, of 568 River Road died Friday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Feb. 7, 1924, daughter of Anthony and Maskina Stevens Morin, she attended schools in...

Patricia Kingdon Ball

Patricia Kingdon Ball, 73, of Norfolk Road died yesterday morning at her home following a six-year battle with cancer. Born on April 29, 1929, in Pittsfield, the daughter of Philip H. and Ella...

Catherine S. "Kay" Hoffman

Catherine S. "Kay" Hoffman, 85, of 176 Windsor Ave. died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Death followed a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 17, 1917, daughter of Louis F. and...

Richard Inglis Jr

Richard Inglis Jr., 90, died Tuesday morning at Fairview Commons Nursing Home in Great Barrington. He was the father of Dr. Alan Inglis of Great Barrington. Born Dec. 7, 1912, in Cleveland, son of...

Helen T. Egerton

Helen T. Egerton, 82, of South Main Street died Tuesday morning at home. Born March 18, 1920, in New Brunswick, Canada, the daughter of Harry and Etta Holder Titus, she and her family moved to...

Rosemary A. Gibbons, 72

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Rosemary Ann Gibbons, 72, of Castle Hill Avenue died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003, morning at home. Born in Great Barrington on June 13, 1930, daughter of William and...

Robert Oliver Bliss Jr

Robert Oliver Bliss Jr., 43, 7 Church St., Apt. D, Tilton, N.H., died Monday at his home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 7, 1959, a son of Robert O. Bliss Sr. and Brigitte G. Dannigheit Bliss, he...

Francis H. Delisle, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Francis H. Delisle, 85, of 16 Wall St., died Tuesday evening, Jan. 14, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 22, 1917, a son of Israel and...

Kathleen E. Mattia

Kathleen E. Mattia, 73, of 65 Columbus Ave. died Tuesday morning at home after a brief illness. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on April 12, 1929, daughter of Merrill R. and Marian Geerholt Burns, she...