Obituaries

Ralph Zimmerman

Ralph W. Zimmerman Sr., 85, of Yonkers, N.Y., died Wednesday in Yonkers. He was the father of Ronald G. Zimmerman of Richmond. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Aug. 23, 1915, he was the son of...

Earl J. Ferris Jr.

Earl J. Ferris Jr., 78, of East Sheffield Road died May 3 at Fairview Commons. Born in Danbury, Conn., on April 29, 1923, son of Earl L. Ferris Sr. and Regina Coyne Ferris, he attended schools...

Donald S. Smith

Donald Spencer Smith, 74, of Barre, formerly of Pittsfield, died April 26 at Mary Lane Hospital in Ware. He was executive director of the Berkshire County Historical Society from 1967 to...

Donald S. Kelsey

Donald S. Kelsey, 81, of Ashley Falls Road died Wednesday at Massachusetts General Hospital. Born in Salisbury, Conn., on Nov. 16, 1919, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Kelsey, he grew up there and...

David A. Chapman

David A. Chapman, 62, of 161 Madison Ave. died Wednesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 27, 1939, son of Merritt E. and Margaret Winters Chapman, he attended local schools. He served in...

Ruth A. Denton

Ruth A. Denton, 82, of Rosewood Gardens, Troy, N.Y., formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Samaritan Hospital in Troy. Born in Pittsfield on March 12, 1919, daughter of Valentine and Emma Kaspar...

Russell Clark Sr.

Russell C. Clark Sr., 76, of Smith Road died Monday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester after suffering a heart attack. Born in Winsted, Conn., on Nov. 29, 1924, son of...

Robert J. Fitch

Robert J. Fitch, 67, of 490 West Housatonic St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 2, 1934, son of Major F. and Catherine M. Potash Fitch, he was a 1952 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Nora J. Goudey

Nora Josephine "Grandma" Goudey, 95, a longtime former resident of Heaton Court, died yesterday at her son's home in Hartsville. Born in Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland, on April 29, 1906,...

Muriel L. Kushi

Muriel L. Kushi, 85, of 74 Maryland Ave. died Monday at home. Born in St. Francis, Ontario, Canada, on Dec. 22, 1915, daughter of James and Mary Terresen Donnell, she graduated from London...

Margaret A. Slater

Margaret A. "Peg" Slater, 69, of 5 Seminole Drive died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on May 30, 1931, daughter of James and Gertrude Leppelt Russell, she moved to North...

John J. Scapin Sr.

John J. Scapin Sr., 59, of 43 Pearl St. died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 13, 1941, son of Eugene and Angelina Maule Scapin, he grew up in Lee and moved to...

Albert N. Hardy Jr., 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Albert Nelson Hardy Jr., 84, of 8343 Black Walnut Drive, East Amherst, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday, May 5, 2001, at Millard Fillmore Hospital in East...

Lydia Decoteau

Lydia A. Decoteau-Boynton, 42, of 97 North Summer St. died Saturday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 1, 1958, daughter of Richard B. Boynton of Orlando, Fla., and the late Jean Horn...

Lawrence Fleming

Lawrence E. Fleming, 84, formerly of Connecticut Avenue, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Hillcrest Commons for six years. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 10, 1916, son of...

Josephine Talarico

Josephine Talarico, 94, a native of Pittsfield, died April 30 at the Santa Teresita Nursing Home in Duarte, Calif., where she had resided for 10 years. Born in Pittsfield on July 21, 1906,...

Francis X. O'Neil

Francis X. O'Neil, 77, of 61 1/2 Orchard St. died Monday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 2, 1923, son of Thomas F. and Jennie Burns O'Neil, he attended local schools, including St....

Flora A. Ellsworth

Flora A. Ellsworth, 71, of Bancroft Road died Monday at home. Born in Saugus on March 9, 1930, daughter of Venice Madru Rock of Becket and the late Henry Rock Sr., she had resided in Becket for 52...

Walter J. Wick

Walter Joseph Wick, 83, of 363 Columbus Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 9, 1917, son of George and Alma Obert Wick, he attended local schools. Mr. Wick...

Raymond Biagini

Raymond J. Biagini, 86, of 70 Main St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cheshire on Jan. 8, 1915, son of Ralph and Adella Graziani Biagini, he attended local schools. Mr....

Kathryn Niarchos

Kathryn Sares Niarchos, 82, formerly of Brainard Road, Enfield, Conn., and Pittsfield, died Friday at Parkway Pavilion Healthcare Facility in Enfield. She and her husband, James A. "Steve" Niarchos,...

James M. Zorbo

James Michael Zorbo, 55, of Battle Creek, Mich., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 2, 1945, he was the son of Anthony and Eunice Scalzi Zorbo. He graduated...

Elbert D. Drumm

Elbert D. "Sonny" Drumm, 65, of 78 Lake Shore Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Lee on April 15, 1936, son of Ethel Sour Drumm and the...

Anna A. Donald

Anna A. Donald, 98, formerly of 15 Pomeroy Ave., died Saturday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for four years. Born in Newburgh, N.Y., on Dec. 8, 1902, daughter of...

Helen Mary (Sands) Waterhouse

Helen Mary (Sands) Waterhouse, 95, of One Berkshire Place, Adams, died Friday morning in North Adams Regional Hospital. She had been admitted to the hospital April 26th after suffering a fracture...