Obituaries

Robert Stephen Frazier

Robert Stephen Frazier, 52, of 161 Bradford St., died Thursday from cancer at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 23, 1953, son of Robert C. and Eleanor Demick Frazier, he...

Richard Charles Ferryall

Richard Charles Ferryall, 69, of 54 Dalton Division Road, died Thursday at his home after a short illness. Born in Stafford Springs, Conn., on Dec. 2, 1935, son of Floyd and Rose Bengle Ferryall,...

Edward S. Fennelly

Edward S. Fennelly, 66, of 119 Main St., died Thursday morning at his home. Born in Tyringham on March 23, 1939, son of Richard and Amy Woodin Fennelly, he was educated in the Tyringham and Lee...

Gerald "Jerry" Erb

Gerald "Jerry" Erb, 49, of 20646 Laurel Lock, Katy, Texas, a former Dalton resident, died Monday morning at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in San Diego, Calif., on Nov. 5, 1955,...

Maureen R. Crane, 77

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Maureen Regan Crane, 77, of 857 North Hoosac Road, formerly resident of Rye, N.Y., died Friday, April 22, 2005, at her home. Born in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 29,...

Ruth Drake Galliher Murray

Ruth Drake Galliher Murray, 90, formerly of Pomeroy Manor, died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where she had resided for several months. Born in Albany, N.Y., on...

Cecile M. Supple

Cecile M. Supple, 86, of 178 Lenox Ave. died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield on March 13, 1919, daughter of Cecil M. and Harriet...

Nellie A. Nalty

Nellie A. Nalty, 98, of 30 Gilmore Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Housatonic in Aug. 1, 1906, daughter of George and Anna Klimek Budz, she moved with her family to Bilalka, Poland, for two...

Andress B. Hoag Sr.

Andress B. Hoag Sr., 84, of 535 North St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on April 3, 1921, son of William and Helen Harrington Hoag, he was a...

Alfred Arthur Pierce

Alfred Arthur Pierce, 69, of 41 Main Road died Tuesday morning at home. Born in Savoy on Sept. 21, 1935, son of Marion L. Gardner Pierce of Adams and the late Oliver W. Pierce, he was raised in...

David Edward "Sonny" Lescarbeau

David Edward "Sonny" Lescarbeau, 75, of 15 Hudson St. died Monday evening at his home following a long battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Dec. 4, 1929, son of Edward J. and Emaline Delia...

Matilda "Tillie" Farris

Matilda "Tillie" Farris, 94, of 176 Columbus Ave. died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 5, 1911, daughter of Attalla and Mary Joseph Farris, she attended...

Jeannot Louisa Heyman

Jeannot Louisa Heyman, 72, of 101 Egremont Plain Road died Monday at the home of her daughter, Martha Heyman of Cochranville, Pa. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 11, 1932, daughter of George and...

Dana Bourgoin

Dana Bourgoin, 26, of 322 Union St. was pronounced dead Sunday in White Creek, N.Y., after drowning in the Hoosic River. He had been missing since Nov. 2, 2004. Born in Newburgh, N.Y., on June...

William Boraski

Attorney William Boraski, 75, of 105 Partridge Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 12, 1929, son of Charles and Sadie Wowk Boraski, he...

Capt. Gino M. Balardini, 83

ADAMS, Mass. — Retired Adams Police Capt. Gino M. Balardini, 83, formerly of 19 Apremont St., died April 19, 2005, of a heart attack at Sugar Hill assisted living facility in Dalton, where he...

Wayne Richard Mullaney

Wayne Richard Mullaney, 44, of 288 Peck's Road died Saturday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 14, 1960, son of Janice M. Reid Mullaney and the late John F....

Thomas Edward Mullaney Jr.

Thomas Edward Mullaney Jr., 38, of Adamstown, Md., formerly of Cheshire, died Saturday at home, after a two-year battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Born in Oakland, Calif., on Feb. 4, 1967, son of...

Ralph D. Macarelli Sr.

Ralph D. Macarelli Sr., 85, formerly of Imperial Avenue, died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons after a brief illness. He had resided at Providence Care Center in Lenox until his recent admission to...

Julia R. Truskowski

Julia R. Truskowski, 79, of 6 Meadow Lane, died Thursday morning at her home. Born in Adams on April 30, 1925, daughter of John and Mary Kotry Czubryt, she attended schools there. Mrs....

Margaret M. Smith

Margaret M. Smith, 89, former longtime resident of Pittsfield, died yesterday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Center in Lenox, where she lived for the past three years. Born in Belleville, N.J.,...

Francis L. Shaw

Francis L. Shaw, 79, of 77 Jones Ave., died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield where he had resided for the past 10 months. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 25, 1926, son of...

Lucille M. Ginthwain, 56

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lucille M. Ginthwain, 56, of 40 Linden St., where she had resided since October, formerly of Chickering Street, died Wednesday afternoon, April 13, 2005, at Berkshire...

Katherine Isabel Bliss

Katherine Isabel Bliss, 95, of 150 Ashland St., died Thursday afternoon at Williamstown Commons. Born in Stamford, Vt., on Nov. 21, 1909, daughter of Leon and Bessie Lesure Bliss, she attended...

Walter Chester Gawron

Walter Chester Gawron, 84, a resident of 3 Montgomery Ave. since 1977, died Thursday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield, July 20, 1920, son of Stanley and Mary Mazul Gawron,...