Obituaries

Jeffrey J. Mach, 31

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Jeffrey John Mach, 31, of 57 Tyler St. died Friday evening, April 11, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted April 6 after being stricken at home. Born...

Pamela Joan Jacques

Pamela Joan Jacques, 55, of 59 Notch Road died yesterday morning at home, following a six-month-long illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 3, 1948, daughter of Freda Hassell Poplar of Adams and...

Jack H. Paley

Jack H. Paley, 81, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Naples Community Hospital. Born July 12, 1921, in New York City, son of David and Lydia Gasner Paley, he was a...

Arthur Joseph Rupprecht

Arthur Joseph Rupprecht, 91, of 96 Bachand Lane, died yesterday at North Adams Commons. He had been there since July 2000. Born in Adams Feb. 25, 1912, son of Frank and Mary Charbonneau...

Gary V. Burtt

Gary V. Burtt, 66, of 115 Egremont Ave., died at Berkshire Medical Center on Wednesday. Born in Blain, Maine, Nov. 28, 1936, son of the Rev. Vernon and Hortense Craig Burtt, he was a graduate of...

Madeleine M. Basiliere

Madeleine M. Basiliere, 86, of 109 Housatonic St., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Providence, R.I., on Dec. 24, 1916, daughter of John and Bridgette Coyle Betters, she...

Carol Ann Gleason

Carol Ann Gleason, 61, of Mohawk Trail died yesterday at Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital after being stricken Sunday at her camp in Crown Point, N.Y. Born in North Adams on Dec. 21, 1941, daughter of...

Jeanne File Warsing

Jeanne File Warsing, 76, of Stockbridge Road, formerly of St. Petersburg, Fla., died yesterday at Providence Nursing Home following a long illness. Born in Philadelphia on Oct. 28, 1926, daughter...

Jeannette L. Girard, 47

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jeannette L. Girard, 47, of 71 State St., Northampton, a native of North Adams, died Sunday, April 6, 2003, at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. Born on April...

Helen Bard

Helen Bard, 90, of Oak Park, Clermont, Fla., formerly of 4 Columbia St., died Friday at Ocoee (Fla.) Health Care Center. Born in Adams on July 9, 1912, daughter of Joseph and Anna Leppelt...

Wilfred Walter Pierce

Wilfred Walter Pierce, 70, of 56 Murray Ave. died Monday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Jan. 20, 1933, son of Marion Gardner Pierce of Adams and the late Oliver W....

Charles W. Keating Jr., 64

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Charles William Keating Jr., 64, of 24 Harding Ave. died Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on June 30, 1938, son of...

Sanford P. “Sank” Kay

Sanford P. “Sank” Kay, 79, of Churchill Crest, died Tuesday morning in Berkshire Medical Center’s skilled nursing unit. He and his family owned several clothing stores in...

William J. Nickum

William J. Nickum, 74, of 272 South Mountain Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New Castle, Pa., on Feb. 19, 1929, son of Gibson W. and Sara Eve Nickum, he was a 1947...

Howard Phillip Chilson

Howard Phillip Chilson, 77, of 470 Union St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 28, 1926, son of Clarence and Lillian Chase Chilson, he attended local...

Rosemarie Winstanley

Rosemarie Winstanley, 73, of Sunset Avenue died Saturday morning at home. She was chairman of the Allied Board of Mental Health for the commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1996 to 2000. Born in...

Amelia A. Morris

Amelia A. Morris, 83, formerly of 36 Lakewood Drive, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since November 1997. Born on April 6, 1920, in Pittsfield, daughter of Joseph and...

Eleanora Matilda Zauls

Eleanora Matilda Zauls, 94, formerly of North Adams, died Friday at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, where she was admitted earlier in the day. Born in Valmiera, Latvia, on Jan. 21, 1909, daughter...

Irene M. Eichorn

Irene M. Eichorn, 87, formerly of 177 High St., died Friday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for a week. She had resided at Cameron House in Lenox for two years. Born in Adams...

Walter Frederick Bishop

Walter Frederick Bishop, 79, of 2130 Mohawk Trail died Friday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on May 3, 1923, son of Marion and Josephine Noga Biskup, he attended schools in Adams...

Mattie Beatrice Wilson

Mattie Beatrice Wilson, 94, of Main Street died Wednesday at Fairview Commons Nursing Home, where she had been a resident since 1998. Born in Athens, Ga., on Nov. 25, 1908, daughter of Alexander...

Russell C. Thomas

Russell C. Thomas, 91, of 674 West Housatonic St., died at Springside of Pittsfield yesterday. He had resided there since July 2000. Born in Pittsfield June 18, 1911, son of Henry F. and E....

Louis P. Coco Sr

Louis P. Coco Sr., 83, of 180 Velma Ave., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee Sept. 12, 1919, son of Peter and Spizia Esoldi Coco, he attended Lee schools. He was a veteran...

Ruth E. Wright

Ruth E. Wright, 79, of 32 Old Stockbridge Road died Wednesday morning at home. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., on Dec. 21, 1923, daughter of Robert J. and Ethel C. Hambidge Gray, she moved as a child to...

William R. Tietgens Sr

William R. Tietgens Sr., 63, of 40 Roland St. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 17, 1939, son of Herman C. Tietgens Sr. and...