Obituaries

Richard Ernest Koch Jr.

Richard Ernest Koch Jr., 93, of 22 Jayne Ave. died Friday at home. Born in Adams on July 12, 1912, son of Richard E. Koch Sr. and Annie Karnitchka Koch, he attended schools there. He was an...

Lois B. Keefner

Lois B. Keefner, 75, of Main Street died Thursday at home. Born in Great Barrington on May 16, 1930, daughter of Neil E. and Helen Hamm Taggart, she was educated in local schools. Mrs. Keefner...

Pearl Andrews

Pearl Andrews, 101, of 89 South St., a former longtime resident of 87 Calumet St., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Glenville, Conn., on Oct. 28, 1904, daughter of Giuseppe and...

Joan Welkowitz

Joan Welkowitz, 76, of Hawthorne Street died Saturday at home. Born in New York on April 17, 1929, daughter of Abraham and Ray Young Horowitz, she graduated from Hunter College High School in 1945...

Josephine V. Waryjasz

Josephine V. Waryjasz, 89, formerly of Myrtle Street Apartments and a resident of Williamstown Commons for the past year, died Saturday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Charlemont...

Pearl L. Pfister, 73

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Pearl Lila Pfister, 73, of 15 Jenks Road died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on June 18, 1932, daughter of Richard L....

W. Everett Evans

W. Everett Evans, 92, of 759 Massachusetts Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 23, 1913, son of Walter E. and Minnie Ludwig Evans, he graduated from Drury High School in...

Ernestine "Nina" Allessio

Ernestine "Nina" Allessio, 87, of 676 Dalton Division Road died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for 3 1/2 years. Born in Pittsfield on July 14, 1918, daughter of Peter and...

Robert "Rob" Payne

Robert "Rob" Payne, 58, of East Street, died on Tuesday evening at Noble Horizons in Salisbury, Conn. Born on Jan. 22, 1948, in New York, son of the late George and Jean Rose Payne, he was raised...

Susan M. Melle

Susan M. Melle, 88, of 123 Everett Road, Barre, a former Pittsfield resident, died Wednesday at the Christopher House in Worcester, where she had resided since Dec. 2005. Born in Pittsfield on...

Helen C. Mela McConnell

Helen C. Mela McConnell, 88, of Clearwater, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Harbour Wood Nursing Center in Clearwater. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on March 11, 1917, daughter of Sidney...

Carol A. Cassidy

Carol A. Cassidy, 59, of 127 Full Circle St., Forestville, Conn. and formerly of Great Barrington, died Wednesday at Bristol Hospital, Bristol, Conn. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 4, 1946,...

Bernard G. Blanchard, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bernard George Blanchard, 80, of 227 Franklin St. died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2006, at North Adams Commons. He was a past chairman and longtime member of the North Adams...

Gary P. "Goober" Roosa

Gary P. "Goober" Roosa, 52, of 101 Center St. died Tuesday afternoon in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 7, 1953, son of Margaret "Peg" Holian Roosa and the late Gordon "Giggles" Roosa, he...

Jennie L. Melito, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jennie Louise Melito, 92, of 231 North St. died Tuesday evening, Feb. 7, 2006, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on July 7, 1913, daughter of Alfonso and...

Ann Terese Kirchner

Ann Terese Kirchner, 63, of 529 Kirchner Road, a long-time resident of Dalton, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 21, 1943, daughter of Norman J. and Grace...

Leo E. Ethier

Leo E. Ethier, 59, of 1287 Main Road died Wednesday at North Adams (Mass.) Regional Hospital. Born in Milford, Mass., on Feb. 8, 1947, son of the late Edgar and Lea LaPierre Ethier, he attended...

Corinne L. Shapiro

Corinne L. Shapiro, 79, of 43 Bishop Parkway died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on June 20, 1926, the daughter of Arthur and Sally Lubin, she attended...

Charles Michael Pallos

Charles Michael Pallos, 74, of 34 Howe Road died yesterday morning at UMass Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Monroe, Mich., Feb. 11, 1931, a son of Michael C. and Mary J. Sever Pallos, he was...

Viola L. Jacobs

Viola L. Jacobs, 84, formerly of 11 Stearns Road, died at Springside of Pittsfield on Saturday. She had resided there since September 2002. Born in Nassau, N.Y., Feb. 20, 1921, the daughter of...

Donald P. Brookman, 79

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Donald Phelps Brookman, 79, of 370 Pine St., Springfield, a formerly of Williamstown, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born on...

Dorothy Roche

Dorothy Roche, 84, of 101 Brooklyn St. died Sunday at the Sweetbrook Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on May 8, 1921, daughter of Alfred and Mary Timothy Foote, she attended...

Patricia Kibby

Patricia Kibby, 73, of 1645 West Housatonic St. died at her home Sunday morning. Born Sept. 22, 1932, in North Adams, daughter of Leo C. and Julia A. Reardon Gagnon, she graduated from St....

Howard S. Frye

Howard S. Frye, 79 of 58 Meadow Lane died Saturday at his home. Born in Adams on Sept. 5, 1926, son of the late Howard Frye and Anita Fitzroy Frye, he attended schools in New Ashford and also...

Nathan Edward Kulis

Nathan Edward Kulis, 86, formerly of Columbia Arms Apartments, 65 Columbus Ave., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since December 2004. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27,...