Obituaries

Hildegard Bednarz

Hildegard Bednarz, 79, of 37 East Albert St., Torrington, Conn., a former resident, died Wednesday evening at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington. She had resided in Torrington for the...

William Reopell

William Reopell, 67, of 16 Prospect Hill Road, Royalston, N.H., a native of Williamstown, died Sunday at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, N.H., after being stricken. Born on May 6, 1936, son of...

Esther V. Loucks

Esther V. Loucks, 75, of Allengate Avenue died yesterday morning at home after a yearlong illness. Born in Warren, Pa., on Nov. 10, 1927, daughter of Martin and Ima Larson Anderson, she was...

Velta Kidder

Velta Kidder, 66, of 1100 Mohawk Trail, Lot 21, died yesterday at home. Born in Latvia on July 4, 1937, daughter of Andren and Lucy Anna Paulis Sparins, she emigrated to the United States in 1947...

Richard E. Honiker, 56

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard Edward "Stony" Honiker, 56, of 10 Union Court died Tuesday morning, Aug. 12, 2003, at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 21, 1947, son of Richard and Dorothy...

Howard Alton Coulter

Howard Alton Coulter, 76, of 1606 Pinehurst Drive, Lady Lake, Fla., a native of Williamstown, died Tuesday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. He had been visiting the Berkshires for the summer. He...

Margaret L. Wright

Margaret L. Wright, 83, formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Bedford Village Nursing Home in New Bedford. Born in Malden on Sept. 9, 1919, daughter of Samuel J. and Julia Agnes Foley Gross,...

Eleanor A. Litscher

Eleanor A. Litscher, 80, of Devonshire Estates died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on May 10, 1923, daughter of Joseph and Wanda Betlejski Pryba,...

Rose Kish

Rose Kish, 97, of Blair Manor in Enfield, Conn., formerly of Becket, died Sunday at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford, Conn. Born Rose Czomba in Hungary on May 17, 1906, she had been a...

Paul W. Houle

Paul W. Houle, 74, of 120 Harryel St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Gardner on July 1, 1929, son of Oscar E. and Blanche A. Benoit Houle, he graduated in 1947 from Gardner High...

Vincent Joseph Carpino

Vincent Joseph Carpino, 75, of Springfield died yesterday at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1928, son of Egidio and Rose Ventura Carpino, he was a graduate of...

Robert R. Steele

Robert R. Steele, 76, of 25 South Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. He served as town assessor, constable, police officer and cemetery sexton for many years. Born in Pittsfield on...

Thomas Joseph Morrow

Thomas Joseph Morrow, 52, of 102 Locust Court, Pittsburgh, a native of North Adams, died of cancer Sunday evening at home. Born on Jan. 17, 1951, son of Elaine LeClair Morrow of North Adams and...

Agnes Mary Moffett

Agnes Mary Moffett, 90, of 175 Tamarack Road died Sunday morning at home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 14, 1912, daughter of Joseph and Roseanna Dupre LaBonte, she attended schools there. She...

Mary C. McInerney

Mary C. McInerney, 88, of 244 Cole Ave. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Cambridge, N.Y., on Oct. 5, 1914, daughter of Thomas E. and Anna Plunkett McInerney, she attended...

Francis Augustine Holmes

Francis Augustine Holmes, 88, of North Andover died yesterday at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen. He was the father of Betsy Meunier of Hinsdale. Born in Methuen on Jan. 26, 1915, son of...

Leslie W. Fuller

Leslie W. Fuller, 88, of 747 Williams St. died Sunday at Kimball Farms Nursing Center in Lenox, where he had been a patient since July 22. Born in Springfield on Nov. 5, 1914, son of Perley and...

Mary Lou Louise Brodeur

Mary Lou Louise Brodeur, 71, of 1937 East St. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 22, 1932, the daughter of Frank and Mary Callaghan Beattie, she was a...

Barbara E. “Bobbie” Wood

Barbara E. “Bobbie” Wood, 71, of Highview Drive died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 4, 1932, daughter of Rose Gigliotti Tristany Condron and...

Marshall W. Torrey

Marshall W. Torrey, 82, of 160 Brighton Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Surry, Maine, on Dec. 2, 1920, son of Harry and Ethel Saunders Torrey, he attended schools there...

Terri L. Messer

Terri L. Messer, 42, of 50 Dalton Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Los Angeles on Aug. 26, 1960, daughter of Helen Ruth, she attended schools there....

Laurence J. Censato

Laurence J. Censato, 87, of 170 Lenox Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a battle with cancer. Born in Richmond on Oct. 28, 1915, son of Antonio and Maria DeLago Censato, he...

John B. Tonlino Jr

John B. Tonlino Jr., 72, of 1598 Monterey Road died yesterday at home. Born in Lee on May 28, 1931, son of John B. Tonlino Sr. and Evelyn Sour Tonlino, he was educated in local schools. Mr....

Alice L. Murray

Alice L. Murray, 90, of State Road died Friday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home in Great Barrington, where she had resided for the past year. She was the owner of the former Little State Line...

Morton L. Levin

Morton L. Levin, 80, of Silver Street died Friday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Chicago on Sept. 22, 1922, son of Sam and Lillian Gannon Levin, he graduated from Senn High...