Obituaries

Eunice P. Bruyn

Eunice P. Bruyn, 88, of 385 South Main St., Colchester, Conn., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at W.W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Conn. Born in Pittsfield on May 1, 1913, daughter of Lester...

Edith J. Nicoll

Edith J. Nicoll, 86, of 30 Thomson Place died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 26, 1914, daughter of Henry C. and H. Elizabeth Polly Rickheit, she was a 1932...

Charles L. Vigeant

Charles L. Vigeant, 84, of 30 Fourth St. died Monday at home. Born in Adams on Feb. 5, 1917, son of Delphis and Georgiana Molleur Vigeant, he graduated from the former Adams High School. Mr....

Anna F. Holian

Anna F. Holian, 93, formerly of Great Barrington, died May 8 at Brookview Nursing Home in West Hartford, Conn. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 22, 1907, daughter of George and Mary Shaughnessy...

Dorothy R. Marcil, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Rose Marcil, 77, of 17 Meade Ave. died Monday evening, May 14, 2001, at home. She had been in failing health since January. Born in Burlington, Vt., on Dec. 26,...

Stephen Schreyack

Stephen J. Schreyack, 81, of 10 Union St. died Sunday at the Center for Optimum Care. He owned and operated the former Country Style Motel in Lanesboro from 1962 to 1975. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y.,...

Sheila A. Cannon

Sheila A. Cannon, 71, of 582 Pleasant St., Holyoke, a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday morning at Holyoke Hospital. Born Dec. 13, 1929, daughter of Melvin and Mary Wallace Fassell, she was a 1948...

Madeline C. Avery

Madeline C. Avery, 93, of 145 South Road died Sunday at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she had resided for three weeks. She was a former member of the Peru School and Building Committee and served...

Leo Ladouceur

Leo Ladouceur, 76, of 7 Longview Road died Sunday at home. He was a former Lanesboro volunteer fireman. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Nov. 15, 1924, son of Leopold and Camille Bourverette Ladouceur, he...

Edward C. Perkett

Edward Charles Perkett, 61, of 833 Old Kings Road South in Jacksonville, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died May 7 of a heart attack in Jacksonville. Born April 8, 1940, son of Joseph F. and...

Arthur Seidman

Arthur Seidman, 78, of County Road died yesterday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Manhattan, N.Y., on Jan. 7, 1923, son of Jack and Frances Caesar Seidman, he graduated from...

William Morrisey

William J. Morrisey Jr., 84, of 4363 Minerva Drive, Green Acres, Lake Worth, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died Friday at Integrated Health Services in Lake Worth. Born in Arlington, Vt., on July...

Ruth E. Miller

Ruth Evelyn "Tootie" Miller, 78, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in North Adams on May 20, 1922, daughter of William J. and Martha Bostwick Wilson, she...

Laura E. Fortin

Laura E. Fortin, 92, of Gilroy, Calif., formerly of 7 Kerr Ave., died Saturday in Gilroy. She moved to Gilroy some years ago. Born in Adams on Jan. 2, 1909, daughter of Arthur and Mary Beaudin...

Joseph Shurkus Sr.

Joseph P. Shurkus Sr., 73, of 3 May St. died Saturday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Cambridge on April 29, 1928, son of Dominic and Domincella Winchus...

Charlotte Williams

Charlotte R. Williams, 73, of 104 Beach Road, a former member of the Washington Democratic Committee, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She had been a patient at Mount Greylock...

Alexander Carney

Alexander Gelan Carney, 8, of 519 Kirchner Road died Friday as a result of an all-terrain vehicle accident at his home. Born in Tver, Russia, on Sept. 13, 1992, son of Dennis H. and Alyce Kendrick...

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...