Obituaries

George Earl Jepson

George Earl Jepson, 88, of 513 Jepson Road died yesterday at home. Born in Stamford on July 23, 1915, son of Marshal and Grace Jones Jepson, he attended schools there. He retired in 1977 from...

Mary Lorraine Hendricks

Mary Lorraine Hendricks, 76, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on May 10, 1928, daughter of Herve and Alphonsine Chaloux St. Pierre, she...

Bernard J. Hayes

Bernard J. Hayes, 66, of 73 Holmes Road died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 20, 1938, son of William and Eliza-beth Kirk Hayes, he was a 1956 graduate...

Virginia H. Gaetani

Virginia H. Gaetani, 83, of Rose Manor Apartments died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 25, 1921, daughter of Harry A. and Clara M....

John C. Thomson Sr

John C. Thomson Sr., 87, formerly of 46 Model Farm Road, died Monday afternoon at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where he had resided since 2003. Born in Sheffield on Dec....

Margaret F. McGowan

Margaret F. McGowan, 97, formerly of 123B Highview Drive, died Monday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 16, 1906, daughter of Jeremiah and Margaret Meehan Hyland, she attended...

Loring W. Kidder

Loring W. Kidder, 79, formerly of East Street, died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where he had resided for four years. Born in Newton on July 31, 1924, an orphan, he...

Margaret Mary Chojnowski

Margaret Mary Chojnowski, 68, of 107 Birch Grove Drive died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Feb. 15, 1936, daughter of Harry and Margaret M. Kennedy VanWart, she...

Evelyn Mae Maxwell

Evelyn Mae Maxwell, 86, formerly of Housatonic, died on Monday afternoon at Laurel Hill Nursing Home in Winsted, Conn., where she had been a resident since 1998. Born in Housatonic on July 23,...

Charles Louis Masino

Charles Louis Masino, 78, of 527 South St. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1925, son of Secundo and Madalena Vittone Masino, he was a 1944 graduate of Pittsfield High School....

Bernard A. Judware Sr

Bernard A. Judware Sr., 82, of 165 Center St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a former town inspector of weights and measures, a former auxiliary police officer and a...

Muriel Rose Johnson

Muriel Rose Johnson, 85, of Spruce Meadow Court, Wilton, Conn., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Sunday at home. Born in Canaan, N.Y., on Oct. 21, 1918, daughter of Frank and Rose Asher...

Frank A. Iannuzzelli

Frank A. Iannuzzelli, 83, of 268 East Road, a former town assessor and firefighter, died Sunday at home. Born Francesco Antonio Iannuzzelli in Tricarico, Italy, on March 13, 1921, son of...

Laurent F. Simard

Laurent F. Simard, 90, formerly of 23 1/2 Murray St., died Thursday at the VA Medical Center in Albany, N.Y. Born in Adams on July 1, 1913, son of Samuel and Marie Lemoine Simard [Seymour], he...

Roger G. Halsey

Roger G. Halsey, 71, of 95 Davis St. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 4, 1932, son of Arthur and Nydia Curnow Halsey, he graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1950. Mr....

Regina G. Freehan

Regina G. Freehan, 83, of Melbourne Place died Wednesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 23, 1921, daughter of Victor and Adela Dardzinska Siwik, she graduated from Pittsfield High School in...

Elizabeth J. Carney

Elizabeth J. Carney, 83, of 63 Hull Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 19, 1920, daughter of Harry and Harriet Robinson Armstrong, she graduated from...

Helen E. List

Helen E. List, 92, died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since January. She had moved to Pittsfield from New Jersey in 2000. Born in Jersey City,...

Robert S. Howes

Robert S. Howes, 77, of Freehold, N.J., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. He had lived in Little Falls, N.J., for more than 40 years until moving to Freehold in 1996. A Navy veteran...

Jose Canitrot

Jose Canitrot, 78, of 158 Liberty St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Commons. Born in Havana, Cuba, on April 12, 1926, son of Manuel and Maria Soto Canitrot, he attended schools there....

Albert P. Ranzoni Jr

Albert P. Ranzoni Jr., 63, of West Road died Saturday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington after a long illness. Born in Alford at the family home on West Road on Jan. 19, 1941, son of Albert...

Marion "Betty" Farina

Marion "Betty" Farina, 80, of Brown Memorial Court died Saturday at home. Born in Natalie, Pa., on Feb. 9, 1924, daughter of Tylman and Eva Rudy Cohoon, she was a 1941 graduate of Mount Carmel...

Francis W. Zimny

Francis W. Zimny, 77, of 3 Myrtle St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Adams on Jan. 31, 1926, son of Peter and Josephine Finik Zimny, he attended Adams schools. Mr. Zimny worked for Williams...

John A. Valenti

John A. Valenti, 77, of 68 Marian Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 27, 1927, son of Angelo and Maria Lombardi Valenti, he attended local schools and...

Helen A. Leete

Helen A. Leete, 92, a former resident of Williamstown, Andover and Deland, Fla., died Thursday at Harborside Health Care of Mashpee following a long illness. Born in Williamstown on Jan. 20,...