Obituaries

Winnie Bell Payton

Winnie Bell Payton, 84, of 365 W. 118th St., New York City, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been residing in Pittsfield with her granddaughter, Sabrina D. Powell, while receiving...

William F. Daley

William F. Daley, 81, of Cynthia Lane died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bangor, Maine, on April 7, 1926, son of Jerome F. and Eva Thomas Daley, he graduated from John Bapst...

James F. McCarthy, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - James Francis McCarthy, 93, of 150 Crest St., died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 8, 1914, son of Arthur and Marion...

Jena Marcovicci, 62

RICHMOND - Jena Marcovicci, 62, of Rossiter Road died Monday, Oct. 29, 2007, at home. Born on April 22, 1945, in Sedalia, Mo., the son of Mary V. Troy and the late Alex Marsten, he grew up in the...

Arthur F. "Sonny" Williams Sr.

Arthur F. "Sonny" Williams Sr., 73, of Hancock Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. He served as a Hancock selectman for more than five years, as town constable for many years and as the...

Donald James Meiklejohn

Donald James Meiklejohn, 91, of 72 Benlise Drive died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Aug. 16, 1916, son of Thomas and Ada Squire Meiklejohn, he...

Richard H. Arndt

Richard H. Arndt, 78, of Waukesha, Wis., formerly of Lenox, died Oct. 24. at Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Born in Milwaukee on May 29, 1929, son of August and Maria Christiansen Arndt, he moved to...

Leo H. Wells Jr.

Leo H. Wells Jr., 77, of Bernard Gibbons Drive, Housatonic, a former longtime resident of Francis Avenue, died Thursday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where he had resided the...

Helen Grace Roberts LaCross

Helen Grace Roberts LaCross, 82, of 4 Columbia St. died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on March 4, 1925, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Caron Maynard, she moved to North...

Stanley "Birdie" DiLallo

Stanley "Birdie" DiLallo, 58, of George Street died Thursday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center after a 10-year battle with lymphoma. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on Aug. 4, 1949, son of Lawrence and...

Charles S. Hudak

Charles S. Hudak, 89, of 260 Pittsfield Road died Friday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Dixonville, Pa., on Jan. 31, 1918, son of Frank and Mary Furin Hudak, he attended schools there...

Amy E. Chaves

Amy E. Chaves, 12, of 85 Emerson Ave. died of cancer Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 12, 1995, daughter of John and Deborah Dalton Chaves, she graduated from Crosby Elementary School...

Gladys A. Spring

Gladys A. Spring, 82, formerly of Columbia Arms Apartments, died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since March. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 8, 1925, daughter of Raymond...

Margaret Ann Kaplan

Margaret Ann Kaplan, 69, of Onota Street, formerly of Grove Street in Housatonic, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Holyoke on Jan. 18, 1938, daughter of John J. Conway Sr. and...

Bernadette M. Barbeau, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bernadette Marie Barbeau, 71, of 81 Holbrook St. died Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 16, 1936, daughter of Frank E....

Levi M. Andrews Jr.

Levi M. Andrews Jr., 76, of 4 Columbia St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Aug. 12, 1931, son of Levi M. Andrews Sr. and Anna Levesque Andrews, he was educated in...

Denise Marie Regnier

Denise Marie Regnier, 50, of 197 148th Ave., Madeira Beach, Fla., a former longtime Lenox resident, died Monday at home after a long illness. She had lived in Florida for 15 years. Born in...

Catherine Ethel Lewis

Catherine Ethel Lewis, 58, of 1489 Cain's Road, Auburn, Ga., formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday at home. Born in North Adams on Feb. 2, 1949, daughter of the late William E. and Ruth Post...

Florence Lefebvre

Florence Lefebvre, 80, of 254 State Road died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Aug. 14, 1927, daughter of Thomas and Edna Morin Robert, she attended the former Notre...

Richard J. Guiltinan

Richard J. Guiltinan, 79, of Stuart, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Martin Memorial Medical Center in Stuart. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 2, 1928, son of Walter and Alice Purnell...

Elizabeth Ferris, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Elizabeth "Betty" Ferris, 91, of 95 Kemp Ave. died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on April 13, 1916, daughter...

Thurman Lewellyn Cross

Thurman Lewellyn Cross, 59, formerly of Housatonic Court in the Furnace District, died Friday at Champaign Valley Physicians' Hospital in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Born in Elizabethtown, N.Y., on Oct. 15,...

Julie A. Ferris

Julie A. Ferris, 61, of Main Street, died Sunday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1946, daughter of Dr. Alfred J. Ferris and Amy George Ferris, she was a 1964 graduate...

Catherine Chilson

Catherine Chilson, 84, of 102 West Shaft Road, died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Dec. 29, 1922, daughter of John and Edna Werner Quirk, she attended the former...

Sophie Brooks

Sophie Brooks, 87, of 522 Walker St., died Monday at North Adams Commons. Born in Ware on Oct. 5, 1920, daughter of Henry and Victoria Kuropatwa Szufnarowski, she moved to Adams with her family at...