Obituaries

Roy F. Brown

Roy F. Brown, 88, of Palo Alto, Calif., a former Pittsfield city councilman, died Wednesday in Palo Alto. Born in Arlington on March 11, 1913, son of Solomon and Isabele Benson Brown, he graduated...

Josephine Valente

Josephine Valente, 101, of East Street died yesterday at home. Born in Lares, Puerto Rico, on March 13, 1900, daughter of Benito and Maria Mercado Quinones, she moved from Puerto Rico to the...

Elizabeth L. Toohey

Elizabeth Louise Toohey, 76, of 12 Woods Drive died early yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Sunday. Born in Newton on June 18, 1925, daughter of...

Lee R. Martin

Lee Robert Martin, 44, of Main St., Housatonic, died Tuesday. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 12, 1956, son of Ruth J. Rourk Martin Kulas, and the late Frederick R. Martin, he graduated from...

Kathleen T. Bell

Kathleen T. Bell, 83, of Bisselville, Hinsdale and East Bradenton, Fla., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in West Springfield on Oct. 20, 1917, daughter of Francis and Ellen Halladay...

Joseph Welsh Jr.

Joseph Wickes Welsh Jr., 90, of New Marlboro and Vero Beach, Fla., died Tuesday at Visiting Nurse Association Hospice House in Vero Beach. Born in New York City on April 16, 1911, son of Joseph...

Homer L. Kurjan

Homer "Joe" Lewis Kurjan, 83, of Kimball Farms died Tuesday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. He was a former resident of Le Roi Drive in Pittsfield for 36 years. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, on...

Cecilia E. Maziarz

Cecilia E. Maziarz, 63, of 1 Dubis St. died Tuesday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on July 2, 1938, daughter of the late Thaddeus and Stella Mikuszewski Zawislak, she attended Adams...

Barbara Pickett

Barbara Pickett, 81, of 230 Hubbard Ave. and Northwest Harbor, Deer Island, New Brunswick, Canada, died Monday at home in Lenox. Born in Paris on May 9, 1920, daughter of Kenneth Proctor and Helen...

Thomas Salzarulo

Thomas V. "Timmy" Salzarulo, 76, of 193 South Mountain Road died Monday at Albany Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1925, son of Anthony and Katherine Puia Salzarulo, he attended...

Arline G. Segnalla

Arline G. Segnalla, 79, of Seneca, S.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Aug. 18 at the Inn at Seneca, an assisted-living facility in Seneca. Born in New Haven, Conn., on Nov. 8, 1921, daughter of...

Angela Stankiewicz

Angela Garzone Stankiewicz, 82, of Pittsfield died Sunday at Mount Greylock Nursing Facility. Born in Portland, Maine, on Aug. 3, 1919, daughter of Angelo and Josephine Garzone, she attended local...

Theodore Kemp

Theodore Leslie Kemp, 67, of Cold Spring Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Williamstown on July 27, 1934, son of Philip and Mary Rose Rohbare Kemp, he attended schools in...

Robert Williams

Robert Gustafson Williams, 78, of Larrywaug Crossroad died Sunday evening at home. Mr. Williams was elected to the Board of Selectmen in 1957 and served for 19 years, many of them as chairman. He...

Raymond Bissaillon

Raymond A. Bissaillon Sr., 73, of 1 Seminole Drive died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. A former longtime resident of Clarksburg, Mr. Bissaillon served as chief of the Clarksburg...

Joan Mills, 75

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Joan MacDonald Mills, 75, a former longtime Berkshire Eagle columnist, died Sunday, Aug. 26, 2001, at Fairview Commons Nursing Home. Born in Springfield on May 15,...

Clinton E. Hine

Clinton E. Hine, 80, of 63 Bailey Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Connecticut on Nov. 11, 1920, son of Arthur and Phoebe Clark Hine, he attended Lanesboro...

William Charron

William George Charron, 103, of Ashland Park Apartments, 150 Ashland St., died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Aug. 19. Born in North Adams on May 29, 1898,...

Ann M. Pleshaw

Ann M. Pleshaw, 49, of 22 East Orchard Terrace died yesterday at home of a heart attack. Born in Adams on Nov. 29, 1951, daughter of Walter L. and Cecilia Rokita Wol, she graduated from St....

Joseph Conner Sr.

Joseph E. Conner Sr., 69, of 31 Old Windsor Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a year's battle with cancer. Born in Becket on March 5, 1932, son of Fred and Rena...

Joan P. Lindy

Joan P. Lindy, 87, of 272 Dalton Ave. died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for a month. Born in Pittsfield on June 26, 1914, daughter of Gustav and Amelia Schilke...

Elizabeth P. Coy

Elizabeth P. Coy, 96, formerly of Berkshiretown Apartments died Saturday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 8, 1905, daughter of Henry and Angeline Boden Gladu, she...

Catherine Lepera

Catherine May Lepera, 66, of Ashland Street died Friday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown after a long illness. Born in North Adams on March 23, 1935, daughter of Isadora and...

Verna A. Trottier

Verna Anna Trottier, 66, of 49 Middle Road died yesterday at home after a short illness. Born in North Adams on Feb. 16, 1935, daughter of John and Filomena Federico Canale, she attended North...

Rose C. Guettler

Rose Carol Guettler, 82, of 80 Porter St. died Wednesday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 13, 1919, daughter of Louis and Eugenia Louise Garello Cantone, she attended North...