Obituaries

Dante “Dan” Testa

Dante “Dan” Testa, 78, formerly of Baldwin Hill South, died Tuesday at Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inverness, Fla. He had been a resident of Beverly Hills, Fla., since 1999. Born in...

Arthur J. Pero Jr

Arthur J. Pero Jr., 81, of 190 Lenox Ave., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Nov. 11, 1921, son of Arthur J. Pero Sr. and Anna Thompson Pero, he was a 1940 graduate of...

Eleanor Marie Appleton

Eleanor Marie Appleton, 68, of 38 Essex St., died Wednesday morning at her home. Born in Pittsfield Oct. 6, 1934, daughter of Amedee and Rose Garneau Cornellier, she attended the former Notre...

Evelyn Dolores Trueheart

Evelyn Dolores Trueheart, 87, of 187 Liberty St. died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Dec. 8, 1915, daughter of Chester and Georgiana Frisby Williams, she was educated in...

Kathryn M. Storie

Kathryn M. Storie, 93, formerly of 64 Winship Ave. and Wahconah Heights, died Tuesday evening at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since 1996. Born in Pittsfield on...

MaryAnn Sawick

MaryAnn Sawick, 74, of Wappinger Falls, N.Y., formerly of Pittfield, died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 12, 1928, daughter of Clarence and Hilda Cox Hovey, she was a 1946 graduate...

Lois L. Kirk

Lois L. Kirk, 87, of 37 Pine Crest Drive died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Shelbyville, Ind., on Nov. 3, 1915, daughter of the Rev. Carl F. Lauer and Florence...

Robert N. Giroux

Robert N. Giroux, 72, of 63 Notch Road died Tuesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, following a long illness. Born in Adams on Aug. 30, 1930, son of Samuel F. and Anna Kustra...

Sallye Balter

Sallye Balter, 78, of Stevens Glen Road died Tuesday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Chicago on June 29, 1924, daughter of Jack and Edna Hohenfels Ellerstein, she moved to New York...

Wilfred William Stack

Wilfred William Stack, 80, of 832 West 36th Lane, Yuma, Ariz., formerly of Adams, died Monday at home of a heart attack. Born Joseph Wilfred William Stack in North Adams on May 26, 1922, son of...

John Scaduto

John Scaduto, 81, of 71 Dickinson Ave. died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had been admitted April 28. Born in Pittsfield on June 22, 1921, son of Michael and Anna Gallo Scaduto, he...

Neil Shepard Orenstein

Neil Shepard Orenstein, 60, of Beartown Mountain Road, died Monday at home. Born in New York City on April 5, 1943, son of Shirley Berkowitz Orenstein and the late Benjamin Orenstein, he...

Avis H. Morrow

Avis H. Morrow, 65, of 1535 South Washington State Road died yesterday at home. Born in Gardner on Dec. 29, 1937, daughter of Leon and Janet West Gardner, she was a 1955 graduate of Chester High...

Russell Joseph Lussier

Russell Joseph Lussier, 84, of 14 Tyler St., died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on April 9, 1919, son of Joseph A. and Sadie Charbonneau Lussier, he attended the...

Herbert W. Warner Jr

Herbert W. Warner Jr., 53, of Davis Street died Sunday at home. Born in Great Barrington on July 30, 1949, son of Herbert W. Warner Sr. and Ella Rasmussen Warner, he was a graduate of the former...

Barbara Agnes Toniatti

Barbara Agnes Toniatti, 60, of 28 Rich St. died Saturday evening at Williamstown Commons, following a long illness. Born in Adams on July 23, 1942, daughter of Roscoe W. and Alma A. Fortier Cain,...

Thomas J. Reed

Thomas J. Reed, 56, of 255 Linden St. died Sunday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield of complications from heart surgery. Born in Boston on Oct. 20, 1946, son of Marguerite E. Mahoney Reed...

Eleanor L. “Grammy” Pierce

Eleanor L. “Grammy” Pierce, 89, of 68 Elm Terrace, Greenfield, formerly of Windsor, died Friday at Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield. Born in Troy, N.Y., on April 23, 1914,...

Edith F. Kamienski

Edith F. Kamienski, 73, of 24 Evelyn St. died Sunday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 25, 1930, daughter of Harry and Lillian Berman Brookner, she attended local schools. She graduated...

Robert Vincent Furey

Robert Vincent Furey, 62, of 153 Notch Road died Sunday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 11, 1940, son of Howard V. and Geraldine Davis...

Robert D. Allen

Robert D. Allen, 83, of Monument Valley Road died Sunday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Center, where he had resided for two years. Born in Springfield on Sept. 6, 1919, son of Frank and Ida Emma...

A. Albert Sitnik

A. Albert Sitnik, 94, of 19 Gilmore Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Adams on May 10, 1908, son of Antoni and Marya Skiba Sitnik, he attended Adams schools. He moved to Great Barrington in...

June E. Handy

June E. Handy, 73, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons Nursing Home, where she had resided since January. Born in Pittsfield on June 8, 1929, daughter...

Joseph Raymond Chrostowski

Joseph Raymond Chrostowski, 80, of Millhouse Apartments, 75 Commercial St., died early yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 10, 1922, son of John and Maryanna Danilowicz...

Joseph E. Perrone

Joseph E. Perrone, 94, of Melbourne Place, died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Mormano, Italy, on Dec. 7, 1908, son of Rafael and Maria Sangiovanni Perrone, he came with his...