Obituaries

Ronald H. "Cooch" Couture

Ronald H. "Cooch" Couture, 66, of 76 Birch Grove Road, died at home on Thursday after a battle with renal cell carcinoma. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 13, 1938, son of Henry F. and Emma F. Briere...

M. Irene Fillio

M. Irene Fillio, 88, formerly of Pittsfield and St. Petersburg, Fla., died Aug. 20 at Rockingham County Nursing Home in Brentwood, N.H. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 23, 1916, daughter of Abel and...

Kevin Robert Squires

Kevin Robert Squires, 41, of 422 West Housatomic St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 17, 1964, son of Robert Squires and the late Dorothy VanBramer Squires, he...

Charles H. Dixon, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Charles Henry Dixon, 85, of 145 Bellevue Ave. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 29, 1919, son of Robert and Elizabeth Todt Dixon, he was a...

Fares A. Khoury

Fares A. Khoury, 72, of Gamwell Avenue died Monday at home. Born in Bloza, Lebanon, on Jan. 15, 1933, son of the Rev. Chidiac Khoury and Miriam Lebanon Khoury, he attended schools there and...

Anna L. Zuber

Anna L. Zuber, 71, of Berkshiretown Apartments, 176 Columbus Ave., Apt. 723B, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Hinsdale on March 12, 1934, daughter of Fred...

Albert Joseph Volpi

Albert Joseph Volpi, 60, of 245 Houghton St. died Sunday afternoon at the emergency room of North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was taken after being stricken earlier at home. Born in Adams...

Bernice Carlotta Merrill

Bernice Carlotta Merrill, 98, formerly of Wahconah Heights, died Sunday at University Commons Nursing Home in Worcester after a long illness. She had resided in Worcester for 10 years. Born in...

Helen Theresa Kruzel

Helen Theresa Kruzel, 89, of 108 Wells Road died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Adams on April 24, 1916, daughter of Peter and Apolina...

Richard C. Johnson

Richard C. Johnson, 64, of 122 Edward Ave. and 69 Shore Road, West Harwich, died Saturday at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis after suffering a heart attack earlier at home. Born in Pittsfield on...

Peter J. Griffin

Peter J. Griffin, 54, of 299 Flanders Road, East Lyme, Conn., formerly of Housatonic, died of natural causes Saturday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn. Born in Pittsfield on May...

Carmella E. DelGallo

Carmella E. DelGallo, 85, formerly of 632 Crane Ave., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. She had resided at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility since April 2002. She...

Nancy Lee Alibozek

Nancy Lee Alibozek, 60, of 420 Stewart White Road died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long battle with lung cancer. Born in North Adams on June 25, 1945, daughter of...

Elda Ptacek

Elda Ptacek, 87, of Albany, N.Y., mother of Margaret Markham of Lee, died Wednesday at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. Born in Howe's Cave, N.Y., daughter of Fred and Margaret Hays, she received...

Rose C. Oleskiewicz, 83

ADAMS, Mass. - Rose C. Oleskiewicz, 83, of 12 Weber St. died Friday, Aug. 19, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Hamden, Conn., on Oct. 17, 1921, daughter of Fredrico and Maria...

Joseph T. "Jay" Liverseidge III

Joseph T. "Jay" Liverseidge III, 58, of Granville, formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on June 17, 1947, son of Eleanor Blaney...

Robert Edward Kiwacz

Robert Edward Kiwacz, 63, of 54 Chase Ave. died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Oct. 22, 1941, son of Edward and Helen Frank Kiwacz, he graduated from...

Daniel H. Eschen

Daniel H. Eschen, 83, of Sylvan Road died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in New York City on May 7, 1922, son of Louis and Bertha Meyer Eschen, he was educated in New York schools. He...

Rocco P. Trimarchi

Rocco P. Trimarchi, 71, of 1 Berkshire Square died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on March 30, 1934, son of Rocco M. and Raffaella Burro Trimarchi, he attended North Adams schools and...

George "Carl" Sumner

George "Carl" Sumner, 77, of 108 Dean St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Oct. 21, 1927, son of George and Elizabeth Cradelton Sumner, he attended schools in...

Constance C. Stickles

Constance C. Stickles, 81, of Williams St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lenox on March 14, 1924, daughter of Llewellyn and Anna Sullivan Crosby, she attended local schools...

Virginia Scribner

Virginia Scribner, 88, of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community died there Friday. Born in Cleveland on Aug. 6, 1917, daughter of Ezra G. and Ruth Bergetta Syverson Wilkinson, she received a...

Stephen Liddon Hester

Stephen Liddon Hester, 68, of 590 Canaan Road died Thursday at his home after a brief illness. He had been a resident of Richmond since 2001. Born in Birmingham, Ala., on Nov. 7, 1936, son of...

Matthew Thomas Heller Zappone

Matthew Thomas Heller Zappone, 20, of 139 Barbour St. died Saturday morning in an automobile accident on Route 7, Lanesborough, while driving to work. Born in North Adams on March 23, 1985, son...

Retired Navy Capt. John Saunders Kilner Jr.

Retired Navy Capt. John Saunders Kilner Jr., 88, of North Church Street died Wednesday at home. Born in Rye, N.Y., on Jan. 16, 1917, son of John S. Kilner Sr. and Alice Denny Kilner, he attended...