Obituaries

Matthew F. Juras

Matthew F. Juras, 82, of 70 Columbia St. died yesterday morning at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in Adams on Sept. 14, 1919, son of Peter and Hedwig Cynar Juras, he attended local...

Kitty Shumar

Kitty Shumar, 85, of Taconic Avenue died Friday at home. Born in Toledo, Ohio, on April 24, 1916, daughter of James and Genevieve Valiquette Hughes, she graduated from Lapeer (Mich.) High School...

Jason Clairmont

Jason Dale Clairmont, 22, of Burdine Street, Bossier City, La., formerly of 19 Indian St. Pittsfield, died Friday at home after a gun he was cleaning accidentally discharged. Born in Pittsfield on...

Janet H. Green

JJanet H. Green, 53, of 102 West St., Medway, a native of Pittsfield, died Thursday at home after a brief illness. Born July 25, 1948, daughter of Robert M. and Jeanne Morey Howes, she attended...

Elizabeth Cuthbertson

Elizabeth M. Cuthbertson, 82, of 31 Donna Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Westfield on Sept. 22, 1919, daughter of Arthur and Margaret Cathcart Burke, she...

Clayton Shaw Jr.

Clayton E. Shaw Jr., 93, of Watson House Community Care Center in North Bennington, Vt., formerly of Williamstown, died Wednesday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. He had resided...

Marjory Kirk

Marjory Colt Kirk, 72, of Gulf Shores, Ala., formerly of Dalton and Pittsfield, died Dec. 28 at the Mobile Infirmatory near Gulf Shores. Born in Pittsfield on July 12, 1929, daughter of Zenas...

Erna Burghardt

Erna Burghardt, 91, of Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of Great Barrington, died Tuesday morning at Heartland Care Center in Boynton Beach. Born in Great Barrington on April 25, 1910, daughter of...

Virginia L. Russell

Virginia L. Russell, 92, a resident of the Orleans Convalescent Home in Orleans, died Monday at Cape Cod Hospital. She was a former Williamstown resident. Born in Clintonville, Pa., on Aug. 20,...

Roy J. Wood

Roy James Wood, 82, of 61 Melrose St. died Tuesday afternoon at home. Born in Plymouth, England, on Oct. 30, 1919, son of James and Lillian Mildren Wood, he came to the United States at the age of...

Rose A. Berti

Rose Ann Berti, 84, of 66 Furnace Hill died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 2, 1917, daughter of Mario and Mildred Bondini Coppolino, she attended local schools...

Robert A. Blass

Robert A. Blass, 58, of 204 Bunce Road, Ashley Falls, died yesterday morning at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington after being stricken at home Tuesday. Born in Winsted, Conn., on Sept. 22,...

Omer C. Murphy Jr.

Omer C. Murphy Jr., 73, of 99 Clydesdale Drive died Dec. 27 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lynn on Sept. 15, 1928, son of Omer C. and Elsie McCarthy Murphy, he graduated from Lynn English...

Mary A. Scott

Mary Agnes Scott, 74, of 3400 South Ironwood Road, No. 219, Apache Junction, Ariz., formerly of Pittsfield, died Dec. 23 at Hospice of the Valley East Mesa Palliative Care Unit, Mesa, Ariz. Born...

Edward White Sr.

Edward Fredrick White Sr., 57, of 5241 Vatican Ave., Orlando, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died of cancer Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 28, 1944, son of Warren and Barbara Jacques...

Jennie T. Dus

Jennie T. Dus, 67, of 5 Washington Square died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Great Barrington on March 9, 1934, daughter of William and Anna Szwyd McGuire, she...

William Healey Sr.

William John Healey Sr., 81, of 490 North St. died Sunday at Sunbridge Rehabilitation Center in Newton, following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 22, 1920, son of Timothy W. and...

Francis J. McKay

Francis Joseph "Frank" McKay, 88, of 85 Eagle St. died Tuesday at the Vermont Veterans Home, Bennington, Vt., where he had been admitted March 2, 2001. Born in North Adams on Dec. 25, 1913, son of...

Dorothy J. Foose

Dorothy Jane Foose, 82, formerly of 1540 West St., died Sunday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Care Center in Great Barrington, where she had resided since 1999. She moved to Pittsfield in 1997. Born...

William Beliveau

William George Beliveau Sr., 76, of 150 Ashland St., Apartment 804, died Saturday evening at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in North Adams on Sept. 2, 1925, son of Armand...

Lucille T. Bessette

Lucille Theresa Bessette, 87, of 43 Taft Ave. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Dec. 22. Born in Adams on Sept. 26, 1914, daughter of Louis and Roseanna...

Casimer Trela

Casimer Trela, 80, of 7 Water St. died Friday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken at home. Born in Adams on Sept. 25, 1921, son of Francizek and Aniela Gora Trela, he...

Bernice Brighenti

Bernice E. Brighenti, 78, of 289 Golden Hill Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Lee on Aug. 22, 1923, daughter of Leslie and Myrtle Webb...

Pasquale Lucchese

Pasquale L. "Pat" Lucchese, 69, of 245 Theresa Terrace died yesterday morning at Albany (N.Y.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Born in White Plains, N.Y., on April 29, 1932, son of Yolanda Cioce...

Martin Greenberg

Martin L. Greenberg, 63, of New York City died Tuesday at Castle Point (N.Y.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center after a long illness. He was the brother of Joel S. Greenberg of Pittsfield. Born in...