Obituaries

Robert E. Nixon

Robert E. Nixon, 64, of Pittsfield died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 4, 1940, son of Loretta Delaney Nixon of Pittsfield and the late Francis Emmett Nixon, he...

Jean Morel

Jean Morel, 70, of 992 Green River Road died Tuesday evening at home. Born in Bourg-en-Bresse, France, on Oct. 2, 1933, son of Claudius and Emilie Temporel Morel, he attended schools in France...

Valida Columbus Loszynski, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Valida Columbus Loszynski, 92, of 75 Commercial St. died Tuesday afternoon, March 9, 2004, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on June 3, 1911, daughter of William...

Peter Gomberg, 51

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. â€' Peter Gomberg, 51, of Main Street died Monday, March 8, 2004, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Boston on May 19, 1952, son of Abbott...

Paul Joslyn Chrzanowski

Paul Joslyn Chrzanowski, 57, of State Road died Friday at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, Maryland. He was returning from his home in Florida. Born in Great Barrington on July...

Sam Blachinsky

Sam Blachinsky, 90, of 38 East Road and Renaissance Gardens, 16565 Northeast 4th Ave., North Miami Beach, Fla., died yesterday morning at his Florida home. Born in New York City on July 1, 1913,...

Robert Thomas Arnold Jr

Robert Thomas Arnold Jr., 79, of Dennisport and Naples, Fla., formerly of Adams, died Tuesday in Naples. A longtime area businessman, he had owned the former R.T. Arnold Lumber Co. Born in...

Walter Legrand Wheat Jr

Walter Legrand Wheat Jr., 70, of 23 Ivy Lane died yesterday morning at home after a long illness. He was a senior vice president and trust investment officer at Bank Boston. Born in Natick on...

Mary B. Spazioso

Mary B. Spazioso, 58, of Albany, N.Y., died Wednesday at Albany Memorial Hospital after a battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on March 4, 1946, daughter of Luke and Laurinda Forgey Brophy, she...

Kathleen V. Rennie

Kathleen V. Rennie, 59, of 10 Riverview Homes died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Tonawanda, N.Y., on Feb. 9, 1945, daughter of Herbert and Eva Vance Mosher, she was a 1963...

Jane E. Piscioneri

Jane E. Piscioneri, 56, of Wilbraham died Wednesday at home, after a battle with cancer. She was the daughter of Muriel Rokos of South Egremont and the late John Rokos. Born in Suffern, N.Y.,...

Eva R. Metropole

Eva R. Metropole, 91, of 56 Tor Court died Wednesday evening at Providence Care Center in Lenox, following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1912, daughter of Israel and Rachel...

Mary T. Levee

Mary T. Levee, 70, formerly of 131 Lincoln St., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for a year. Born in Pittsfield on July 18, 1933, daughter of Robert B. and Margaret...

Gene Marie Daigle

Gene Marie Daigle, 78, of 3235 Main St. died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She had been a resident of Becket since 1940. Born in Elmira, N.Y., on Nov. 30, 1925,...

Ann R. Carr, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ann R. Carr, 68, of 511 Buttonwood Lane, Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of 81 Somerset Ave., Pittsfield, died Sunday, March 7, 2004, at home. Born Oct. 11, 1935, in...

Richard J. Brush

Richard J. Brush, 65, formerly of East Street, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a prolonged illness. He had suffered a stroke in April 1991, four months after an automobile...

Elizabeth P. Alexander

Elizabeth P. Alexander, 84, formerly of Alford Road, died Saturday at Timberlyn Heights Rehabilitation Center, where she had resided for several years. Born in Alford on April 25, 1919, daughter...

Edmund M. "Red" Poopor

Edmund M. "Red" Poopor, 83, of 99 Curtis Ave. died yesterday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where he had resided for a month. Born in Dalton on March 12, 1920, son of Bart and Anna Dowling...

Michael R. McGuire

Michael R. McGuire, 52, of Salisbury Road died yesterday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester following a long illness. Born in Great Barrington on June 19, 1951, son of...

Ida D. Mannello

Ida D. Mannello, 85, of 122 West Gate Drive, Port Orange, Fla., formerly of Great Barrington, died yesterday at home. Born in Canaan, Conn., on July 29, 1918, daughter of Peter and Rose Palafini...

Lorraine M. Glanville

Lorraine M. Glanville, 80, of McGee Road, North Egremont, and Punta Gorda, Fla., died March 3 at her Florida home. Born in Springfield on Jan. 18, 1924, daughter of James M. and Victoria Breault...

Salvatore DeFino

Salvatore DeFino, 78, of Hillcrest Commons, formerly of Bradford Arms, died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 17, 1925, son of Joseph and Rosalie Carista...

Edward Kenneth Zimmerman Sr

Edward Kenneth Zimmerman Sr., 85, of 28 Lombard St. died Saturday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington after a brief illness. Born in West Seneca, N.Y., on Sept. 25, 1918, son of Paul and...

Evelyn "Evvy" Woolis

Evelyn "Evvy" Woolis, 86, of 214 Pleasant St., Housatonic, died Sunday at Fairview Hospital. Born in New York City on Feb. 4, 1918, daughter of Isaac and Katie Bloom Galkin, she was educated...

Florence Elizabeth Markham

Florence Elizabeth Markham, 102, formerly of Providence Court Apartments, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility for three years....