Obituaries

Viola Lillian "Peggy" O'Brien

Viola Lillian "Peggy" O'Brien, 86, of Providence Care Center in Lenox, formerly of 99 Second St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. She also previously resided at Devonshire Estates in...

Robert J. Kelly

Robert J. Kelly, 81, of 6 Main St., The Curtis, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 9, 1925, son of John and Mary Burke Kelly, he graduated from Pittsfield High...

Edward J. Stefanik

Edward J. Stefanik, 81, of 23 Anthony St., died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 19, 1925, son of Andrew and Anna Glod Stefanik, he graduated from St. Stanislaus'...

Matthew Frank Mastalerz

Matthew Frank Mastalerz, 84, of 115 Ridgeway Ave., died Saturday at home. He was born in Pittsfield on Jan. 28, 1923, son of John and Agatha Szlosek Mastalerz, and graduated from Pittsfield High...

James Steven Varellas

James Steven Varellas, 66, of 7 Grandview Terrace, a longtime businessman, died Wednesday at home. Born in Sparta, Greece, on Jan. 23, 1941, son of Stavros and Stavroula Masganas Varellas, he...

Antoinette Pietras

Antoinette Pietras, 88, of 5 Gilead St., died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Dec. 30, 1918, daughter of Raphael and Rosalie Choiniere Moreau, she attended...

Mary Therese Driscoll

Mary Therese Driscoll, 91, formerly of 2 Calumet St., died Tuesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since Feb. 17. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 14, 1915, daughter of Christopher T....

Francesca D'Acquisto Dill

Francesca D'Acquisto Dill, 83, of 96 Anthony Road, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Naples, Italy, on Sept. 20, 1923, daughter of Salvatore and Ines D'Acquisto, she attended...

Francelia Dean "Frankie" Corbett

Francelia Dean "Frankie" Corbett, 95, of 235 Walker St., died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Winslow, Maine, on Dec. 16, 1911, daughter of James L. and Leana Pearl Reynold...

Jack L. Bennett

Jack L. Bennett, 92, formerly of Tor Court, died on Friday at Merrimack Valley Hospital following a brief illness. He had been living in West Newbury for the past three years. Born in...

Marjorie J. Lavalley

Marjorie J. Lavalley, 76, formerly of Second Street, died Tuesday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for three years. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 18, 1930, daughter of John...

Barbara Spurr Bulkeley

Barbara Spurr Bulkeley, 88, of Holmes Road, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 24, 1918, daughter of Earle C. and Marjorie Spurr Van Deusen, she grew up in...

Roland Gerard Pelletier

Roland Gerard Pelletier, 54, of 162 Woodlawn Ave., formerly of Springfield and Daytona Beach, Fla., died Friday at his home after a long illness. He resided in Pittsfield for the past three...

E. Mildred Patryn

E. Mildred Patryn, 91, of 3 Harding Ave., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Danielson, Conn., on June 4, 1915, to Antoni and Mary Dziewanska Kordana, she came to this area as a child...

John E. Hall

John E. Hall, 81, of 30 Warwick St., and 1324 Perico Point Circle, Bradenton, Fla., died Friday at Blake Hospital in Bradenton following a short illness. He had spent winters in Florida for the...

Joseph A. Finn

Joseph A. Finn, 81, of 94 Depot St., Westford, formerly of Sheffield, died Thursday at Emerson Hospital in Concord. Born in Great Barrington on June 24, 1925, he was the son of James P. and Esther...

Lester E. Martin

Lester E. Martin, 92, of 21 Warwick St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Woronoco on June 4, 1914, son of George and Eugenia Pisette Martin, he moved to Hartford, Conn., as a...

Marguerite Isabelle "Peggy" Keefner

Marguerite Isabelle "Peggy" Keefner, 83, a resident of Rose Manor since 1987, died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for two weeks. Born in Pittsfield on May...

Dorothy Alice Janes

Dorothy Alice Janes, 87, of 140 Melbourne Road, Melbourne Place, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 11, 1919, daughter of Henry O. and Leone Potter Goddeau, she...

Leonard Joseph Fields III

Infant Leonard Joseph Fields III was stillborn March 4 at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was the son of Leonard J. Fields Jr. and Robin Warner Dewey, who died Saturday from complications...

Robin Marie Dewey

Robin Marie Dewey, 25, of 1 Noble Place, died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital from complications related to pregnancy. On March 4, she delivered a stillborn son, Leonard Joseph Fields...

Eleanor Koncelik Curtiss

Eleanor Koncelik Curtiss, 82, formerly of State Road, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Helen Moening, of Ridgeway Avenue in Pittsfield, where she had resided for the past year. Born in...

Bernard Herbert Starr

Bernard Herbert Starr, 90, of 51 Sampson Parkway, died Wednesday at North Broward Medical Center in Pompano Beach, Fla. Born in Chelsea on March 13, 1917, son of Samuel and Bessie Ginsberg Starr,...

James Babcock Fales

James Babcock Fales, 90, of Southbury, Conn., formerly of Otis and Venice, Fla., died Tuesday at Danbury (Conn.) Hospital after suffering a stroke. Born in West Medway on Oct. 28, 1916, son of...

Victor John Bednarz

Victor John Bednarz, 73, of 16 Smith St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Aug. 16, 1933, son of Victor S. Bednarz and Julia Hoczela Bednarz Ciuk, he graduated from the former Adams High...