Obituaries

Marion Frances Smith

Marion Frances Smith, 57, of 231 Bradford St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 22, 1947, daughter of Frederick and Phyllis...

Leon L. Smith

Leon L. Smith, 89, of 50 Sleepy Hollow Road died Sunday at home. He was a former town cemetery superintendent and a founder of the Richmond Volunteer Fire Department. Born in Amherst on Dec....

Michael James Signor

Michael James Signor, 47, of 23 Hamlin St. died Saturday afternoon from injuries sustained after being struck by a motorcycle while crossing Pittsfield-Lenox Road in Lenox. Born in Plattsburgh,...

Jane Louise Manning

Jane Louise Manning, 73, of 210 Old State Road, Berkshire Village, died Saturday afternoon at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 19, 1931, daughter of Frank and Mary Miner Mottor, she was a 1949...

Joseph Francis Macksey Jr.,

Joseph Francis Macksey Jr., 72, of 2 Orcutt St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after being transferred from Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Oct. 20, 1932, son of...

Donald J. Boyer, 77

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Donald Joseph Boyer, 77, of 63 Elm St. died Sunday, June 12, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was a former chairman of the Finance Committee and former member of...

William "Bill" Anthony Mattia

William "Bill" Anthony Mattia, 78, of 29 Terrace Ave., died Friday, June 10, at Berkshire Medical Center after an apparent heart attack. Born, April 4, 1927, son of Albert W. and Grace Signor...

Linwood Ernest Farron

Linwood Ernest Farron, 59, of 380 Union St., died Friday afternoon, June 10, at his home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 19, 1945, son of Robert C. and Gladys Penniman Farron, he attended schools in...

Marymartha Blum

Marymartha Blum, 59, of Welcome Street died Friday afternoon, June 10, at her home. Born Nov. 19, 1945, she was the daughter of Paul A. and Martha I. Baum Blum. The family moved to the area in...

Glada B. Sutton

Glada B. Sutton, 85, of 92B Pomeroy Ave. died Saturday at home after a short illness. Born in West Virginia on April 18, 1920, daughter of Manderville Miller and Mary Toney Miller Lake, she...

Robert A. Snyder

Robert A. Snyder, 76, of 77 Gulf Road died Friday at home after a long illness. Born in Dalton on Nov. 12, 1928, son of James and Jesse Snyder, he was a 1946 graduate of the former Dalton High...

Clara A. Perry

Clara A. Perry, 91, of 1428 Massachusetts Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on July 9, 1913, daughter of Robert and Alice Luscier Bardsley, she attended schools there. Mrs....

Madeline Elizabeth "Sue" North

Madeline Elizabeth "Sue" North, 75, of 25 East St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born at home in Tyringham on Oct. 2, 1929, daughter of James and Dora Grover...

James Paul Eder

James Paul Eder, 48, of East Street died yesterday morning at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in St. Louis on Sept. 17, 1956, son of Patricia Routman Eder and the late Ray Eder, he...

Doris May Moon

Doris May Moon, 90, of 1520 West St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 3, 1914, daughter of Sherman and Estella Wheeler Drake, she was a...

Donald Eugene Martin

Donald Eugene Martin, 64, of Village East, 546 Union St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. Born in North Adams on May 10, 1941, son of James F. and...

John Charles Anderson Jr.

John Charles Anderson Jr., 86, of 90 Dorchester Ave. died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Dalton on Jan. 21, 1919, son of John C. Anderson Sr. and Martha Galusha Anderson, he was a...

Sarah A. Sheldon

Sarah A. Sheldon, 41, of Oceanside, Calif., formerly of North Adams, died Saturday at her sister's home in Costa Mesa, Calif., after a six-year battle with breast cancer. Born in North Adams on...

Martha LaVallee

Martha LaVallee, 81, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Snowshoe, Pa., on March 17, 1924, daughter of Andrew and Mary Billy Basala, she attended schools in...

Gerald W. Hebert

Gerald W. Hebert, 64, of 65 Columbus Ave. died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for six weeks. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 15, 1940, son of James H. and Bertha...

Bennie Chrostowski

Bennie Chrostowski, 94, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., formerly of Housatonic, died Wednesday at Mayes Center for Hope in Stuart, Fla. Born in Housatonic on May 12, 1911, son of Joseph and Anastasia...

John Sannicks Smith

John Sannicks Smith, 79, of Rolling Hills died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a struggle with cancer. Born in Peterboro, N.Y., on March 8, 1926, son of Harold and Sadie...

Curtis Gove Callan Sr

Curtis Gove Callan Sr., 88, of Hightstown, N.J., died Saturday at Meadow Lakes Retirement Community. He was the father of Virginia Callan Sheldon of Williamstown. Born in Staten Island, N.Y.,...

Frances M. Herrick

Frances M. Herrick, 92, of Housatonic Street died yesterday morning at Laurel Lake Nursing Center in Lee. Born in West Lebanon, N.Y., on Oct. 5, 1912, daughter of Edgar C. and Emma Carpenter...

Clifford Henry Benoit Jr.

Clifford Henry Benoit Jr., 83, of 134 Barlow Ave. died yesterday at the Sweet Brook Health Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Dec. 22, 1921, son of Clifford and Mary Hall...