Obituaries

James F. "Tex" Goddeau

James F. "Tex" Goddeau, 87, of BerkshireTown Apartments, 176 Columbus Ave., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield, July 22, 1920, son of Henry O. and Leone A....

Ramona Garshelis

Ramona Garshelis, 80, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died on Friday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., Nov. 13, 1926, daughter of Samuel and Barbara Brommer Garshelis, she...

Ronald E. Gaiton

Ronald E. Gaiton, 77, of Otis, died Tuesday at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Staten Island, N.Y. July 29, 1930, son of Joseph and Helen Schaefer Gaiton, he was a 1948...

Armand A. Rivard Jr., 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Armand A. Rivard Jr., 61, of 77 Holbrook St. died Monday, July 30, 2007, at home after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Feb. 15, 1946, son of Armand A. Rivard Sr....

Carol Ann LeClaire

Carol Ann LeClaire, 72, of Wells Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Cheshire on Jan. 10, 1935, daughter of Oliver and Ethel Amadon Chaput, she attended...

John Clyde LaRoche

John Clyde LaRoche, 87, of 67 Dean St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Aug. 27, 1919, son of Dolphis and Anna Gamache LaRoche, he attended schools there. An Army...

Francis J. Higgins

Francis J. Higgins, 84, of 955 Barker Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 18, 1922, son of William F. and May McCormick Higgins, he was a 1940 graduate of St....

Martha D. Harris

Martha D. Harris, 92, of 17 Colt Road died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1914, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Teti Ruscio, she graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1934...

William A. Gross Jr.

William A. Gross Jr., 46, of 132 Longview Terrace died Sunday at UMass Medical Center in Worcester after a yearlong illness. Born in Manhattan, N.Y., on March 5, 1961, son of Charlotte Gross and...

Eugene R. Curletti

Eugene R. Curletti, 88, of 94 Kittredge Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Feb. 26, 1919, son of Lorenzo and Carolina Bertolino Curletti, he moved to...

William R. Voorhees

William R. Voorhees, 76, of 37 Kalliste Hill Road died Sunday at his home. Born in Roselle, N.J., on Jan. 14, 1931, son of William R. and Martha Macecsko Voorhees, he was a 1949 graduate of...

Peter Anthony Shelsey

Peter Anthony Shelsey, 85, of 10124 Suzanne Drive, River Ridge, La., died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 8, 1922, son of Damiano and Theresa Peri Scelsi, he graduated from Pittsfield...

Edward Holmes Mitchell Jr.

Edward Holmes Mitchell Jr., 70, of Lynchburg, Va., died Saturday at Lynchburg General Hospital. Born in Teaneck, N.J., on Feb. 15, 1937, son of Edward H. Mitchell Sr. and Charlotte Idella...

Edward J. Kousch

Edward J. Kousch, 92, of Hampden Village, Westfield, died Sunday at home. He was the father of Deborah K. "Sita" Howard of Pittsfield. Born in Westfield on June 10, 1915, son of John and Anna...

Valerie A. Hoster

Valerie A. Hoster, 64, of 110 Central Ave., Dalton, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. She lived in Delaware until five years ago when she returned to Dalton. Born...

Lena Victoria Angelini

Lena Victoria Angelini, 102, formerly of 27 Pembroke Ave., in the Lakewood section, died yesterday at Berkshire Place where she had resided since August 2003. Born in San Gimignano, province of...

Florence Janet Coussoule

Florence Janet Coussoule, 93, of 36 Richmond St. died Thursday at home. Born in Housatonic on Oct. 1, 1913, daughter of L. Frank and Harriet Wolcott Vincent, she moved to Pittsfield as a child and...

Alice Margaret "Peggy" Mazinski

Alice Margaret "Peggy" Mazinski, 94, of Samuel F. Vilas Home, Plattsburgh, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died Saturday at Champlain Valley Physician's Hospital Medical Center in Plattsburgh. Born...

Alma A. Cleaver

Alma A. Cleaver, 87, of Sunset Avenue died Friday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Binghamton, N.Y., on Sept. 15, 1919, daughter of Carl and Herimina Heinz Pepernik, she was educated...

Anthony Raymond Scieszka

Anthony Raymond Scieszka, 76, of 45 Burt St., died Tuesday at his home. Born in Adams on April 6, 1931, son of the late Felix and Aniela (Grzebien) Scieszka, he attended St. Stanislaus Elementary...

John F. Lenihan

John F. Lenihan, 63, of 1053 Weslin Creek Drive, Myrtle Beach, S.C., died Monday at his home. He was a former longtime Pittsfield resident and lived in Myrtle Beach for the past year and a...

Geraldine Katherine Glover

Geraldine Katherine Glover, 75, formerly of Pomeroy Avenue and Sugar Hill, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield, Oct. 16, 1931, daughter of Edward F. and Mary Higgins...

Carmen Marguerite Girard

Carmen Marguerite Girard, 88, of 30 Church St., died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 5, 1919, the...

Jean Ann Scarpitto Atwood

Jean Ann Scarpitto Atwood, 75, of 48 Pond Road, Rowe, died Tuesday at the Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams, on March 9, 1932, daughter of the late James Scarpitto and Wanda Sudacki...

Lillian Anita Steffens

Lillian Anita Steffens, 88, of San Diego, died Friday at Scripps Green Hospital. She was a former longtime resident of North Adams. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 17, 1918, daughter of Joseph...