Obituaries

Justine G. Simmons

Justine G. Simmons, 83, of 720 Greylock St. died Thursday at her home. Born in South Lee on Oct. 12, 1920, daughter of Frederick and Alice Muller Merwin, she moved to Housatonic as a child and...

Francis E. Lawson, 88

ADAMS, Mass. — Francis E. Lawson, 88, of 17 Pleasant St., the Barrett House, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where was admitted Jan. 4. Born in Adams on...

Phyllis Dorothy Hamilton

Phyllis Dorothy Hamilton, 73, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments, Elberon Avenue, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for the past two years. Born on March 29, 1930, in...

Margaret Carroll Ford

Margaret Carroll Ford, 81, of 89 South St., Berkshire Place, died there on Monday. Born in Providence, R.I., on July 28, 1922, daughter of George N. and Hannah Roberts Ford, she came to...

William A. Fahey Jr.

William A. Fahey Jr., 88, of Wood Avenue died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 15, 1915, son of William A. and Mary V. Cooke Fahey, he was a lifelong resident of...

Charles R. "Randy" Blanchard Jr.

Charles R. "Randy" Blanchard Jr., 90, formerly of 529 Kirchner Road, died at Craneville Place on Thursday. He had resided there since July 2003. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 17, 1913, son of...

Patricia A. DeAlmeida VanZandt

Patricia A. DeAlmeida VanZandt, 62, of 20603 Candlewood Hollow, Estero, Fla., formerly of Lenox, died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 19, 1941, daughter of Nelson and Cecelia Szetela...

Edmund James Mastrovito

Edmund James Mastrovito, 94, formerly of 11 Delaware Ave. died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since Feb. 12, 2001. Born in Newport, R.I., on Sept. 6, 1909, son of Michele and...

Robert Thomas "Red" Langsdale

Robert Thomas "Red" Langsdale, 73, of 56 Partridge Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsburgh on April 2, 1930, son of Thomas Langsdale and John and Grace Stansbury...

James Henry Ryan

James Henry Ryan, 88, of 63 Anita Drive died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee, where he had been a patient for a week. Born in Willimantic, Conn., on Oct. 12,...

John J. Klink Sr.

John J. Klink Sr., 76, of 229 Robbins Ave. died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had been a patient for a few days. Born in Pittsfield on July 15, 1927, son of Zacharias and Ellen Donovan...

Harold D. "Skip" Hathaway Jr.

Harold D. "Skip" Hathaway Jr., 68, of Russell Road, Westfield, a native of Dalton, died yesterday at home. Born on May 25, 1935, son of the late Harold D. Hathaway Sr. and Catherine Bauman...

Ellen C. Graham

Ellen C. Graham, 44, of Golden Hill Road, Lenox Dale, died yesterday at home. Born in Needham on Feb. 5, 1959, daughter of Leo Keefe and the late Eleanor Mitchell Keefe, she was a 1977 graduate...

Ann M. "Nan" Condron

Ann M. "Nan" Condron, 78, of New Port Richey, Fla., and Contoocook, N.H., formerly of Peru, died Dec. 14 at Bay Tree Rehabilitation Center in Palm Harbor, Fla. Born in Medford on Aug. 16, 1925,...

Robert James Casuscelli

Robert James Casuscelli, 69, of 134 Meadow St. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Jan. 15 following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Sept. 4, 1934, son...

Joseph A. Bouquet

Joseph A. Bouquet, 77, died yesterday at New Boston Nursing Home, where he had resided for 15 years. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 25, 1926, son of Joseph L. and Mary O'Hara Bouquet, he was a 1943...

Theodore Joseph Ziemlak

Theodore Joseph Ziemlak, 80, formerly of 15 Edward Ave., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Craneville Place in Dalton since November 1999. Born in North Adams on Feb....

Sterling B. "Sonny" Shapiro

Sterling B. "Sonny" Shapiro, 80, of 6444 Pumpkin Seed Circle, Boca Raton, Fla., formerly of 142 Marion Ave., died yesterday at Boca Raton Community Hospital. A longtime local businessman, he was a...

Marie Therese Godwin

Marie Therese Godwin, 65, of 445 Devon Road died Sunday morning at home. Born in Kingston, N.Y., on Jan. 31, 1938, daughter of William J. and Gertrude Falvey O'Reilly, she was a 1955 graduate of...

Alice O. Gerard

Alice O. Gerard, 85, formerly of 10 Pilgrim St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She had resided at Providence Care Center in Lenox for the past year. Born in Great...

Dorothy M. Connors

Dorothy M. Connors, 87, of 169 Valentine Road died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 25, 1916, daughter of William and Irene Johnson O'Boyle, she attended local schools...

Lillian M. Thompson

Lillian M. Thompson, 85, of Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canaan, Conn., formerly of Great Barrington, died Sunday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Southbridge on June 10, 1918, daughter...

William E. Roberts, 49

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William E. "Moose" Roberts, 49, of 37 Beacon St. died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Jan. 13, 1955, son...

Mary E. Matthews

Mary E. Matthews, 95, formerly of 39 Windsor Ave., died Monday at the Thirty-Thirty Park nursing home in Fairfield, Conn. Born in Chester on May 1, 1908, daughter of John H. and Bridgett A....

Francis Edward Major

Francis Edward Major, 87, of Ashland Park, Apt. 513, 150 Ashland St. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted on Dec. 26. Born in Adams, on Feb. 1, 1916, son of Frank...