Obituaries

Nancy J. Brosnihan, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Nancy Jean Brosnihan, 73, of 165 North St. died Sunday morning, March 12, 2006, at Noble Hospital in Westfield, where she was admitted on Feb. 19, 2006. Born in...

Alexander Mark Bashara

Alexander Mark Bashara, 15, of 151 Bull Hill Road died Sunday as a result of injuries sustained in a snowboarding accident at Jiminy Peak. Born in Pittsfield on April 30, 1990, son of Mark and...

Beatrice I. Todd

Beatrice I. Todd, 91, of 176 Columbus Ave., died at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility on Thursday. She had resided there for three months. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 14, 1914, daughter of...

Leona E. Ostrander, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Leona Eva "Babe" Ostrander, 97, of 45 Spring St., died Saturday evening, March 11, 2006, at North Adams Commons. Born in Lynn on July 16, 1908, daughter of William and...

James C. Messana Sr.

James C. Messana Sr., 79, of 47 Rhode Island Ave., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 12, 1927, son of Ignazio and Altonza Vaccaro Messana, he graduated from...

Eleanor M. "Corky" Corrigan Hanlon

Eleanor M. "Corky" Corrigan Hanlon, 91, formerly of 120 Pollock Ave., died Saturday at Timberlyn Heights in Great Barrington, where she had resided for the past year. Born in Adams on Dec. 18,...

Claire Mae Hurlbut Fortini

Claire Mae Hurlbut Fortini, 76, of 94 Lincoln St., died Sunday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on Friday. Born in North Adams on Jan. 27, 1930, daughter of...

Estelle F. Konecko Kennedy

Estelle F. Konecko Kennedy, 83, formerly of Sunset Avenue, died Friday evening at Harbor Lights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Boston, where she had resided for the past two years. Born in...

Angela C. Carlotto Hayden

Angela C. Carlotto Hayden, 97, of Williams Street died Friday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home. Born in Italy on Nov. 29, 1908, daughter of John and Louise Carlotto Carlotto, she attended...

Joan Lillian Crofts Chenail

Joan Lillian Crofts Chenail, 75, of 1378 Massachusetts Ave. died Saturday morning at her home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 2, 1930, daughter of Thomas Hicks and Lillian Gregory Crofts, she...

Ruth F. Pyburne

Ruth F. Pyburne, 69, of 35 Kellog St. died Tuesday at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Jersey City, N.J., on Dec. 8, 1936, daughter of Frank and Ruth Grady, she attended...

Michelle Lynne Padgett

Michelle Lynne Padgett, 27, of 30 Dartmouth St. was found dead Monday. Born in Pittsfield, Sept. 29, 1978, daughter of Jerry and Donna A. Wilkins Padgett Rinaldi, she attended grade school in...

Harry MacWhinnie

Harry MacWhinnie, 95, of Devonshire Estates, died Thursday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where he had resided since March 1. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 19, 1910, son of the late...

Gertrude LeGeyt

Gertrude LeGeyt, 94, of LeGeyt Road died at home on Thursday. Born in Sheffield on Feb. 23, 1912, daughter of John and Anna Clark Huggins, she attended the former Brush Schoolhouse and graduated...

George David Knight

George David Knight, 88, formerly of Hazelwood Terrace, died Thursday morning at Sugar Hill Senior Living Community in Dalton. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 6, 1917, son of Clark and Estella...

Robin G. Holloway

Robin G. Holloway, 72, of Doylestown, Pa., died Wednesday at Doylestown Hospital from complications resulting from the treatment of lymphoma. He served on the board of the Berkshire Opera Company for...

Rose M. Crittendon

Rose M. Crittendon, 70, of North Main St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Bon in Lee on Sept. 2, 1935, daughter of George and Agnes Aldrich Crane, she was educated in the Lee schools....

Anna May Miner Sweet

Anna May Miner Sweet, 89, formerly of 150 Ashland St., died Wednesday evening at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she had been a resident for several years. Born on Jan. 11, 1917, in Pittsfield,...

Blanche "Dolly" Mary Roukas

Blanche "Dolly" Mary Roukas, 74, of 150 Lenox Ave. died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center following a short and sudden illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 23, 1931, daughter of William...

Bertha F. Moro

Bertha F. Moro, 81, of 142 Christian Hill Road died Thursday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in West Stockbridge on Feb. 4, 1925, daughter of Nora Blake Winters, she attended...

Irene W. Lihou

Irene W. Lihou, 87, formerly a resident of New Marlborough, died Monday at the Cape Regency A. Radius Healthcare Facility in Hyannis. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., on Dec. 3, 1918, the daughter of Henry...

Lucy Rita Kenney

Lucy Rita Kenney, 91, of 46 Quincy St. died Wednesday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on Tuesday March 7th. Born in North Adams on June 13, 1914, daughter of the...

Alice Hempel

Alice Hempel, 78, of Englewood, Fla., formerly of Dalton, died Feb. 25 at Venice Regional Medical Center in Venice, Fla., after a 20-year battle with breast cancer. Born in Passaic, N.J., on Dec....

Anthony A. Wojcik, 53

ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony A. Wojcik, 53, of 7 North Summer St. died Wednesday morning, March 8, 2006, at his home following a long battle with cancer. Born on July 2, 1952, son of the late...

Edna M. Trzcinka

Edna M. Trzcinka, 72, of 126 Elizabeth St., died on Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Albany, N.Y., on April 25, 1933, daughter of Joseph and Pauline Zalrzewski Zuraski, she attended...