Obituaries

Stephen E. Grande Jr.

Stephen E. Grande Jr., 80, of Sudbury, father of Lorna M. Grande of Stockbridge, died Sunday, Jan. 1, at home. Born in Boston on June 25, 1925, son of Stephen E. and Conchetta Mucci Grande, he was...

Kathleen R. Dudziak

Kathleen R. Dudziak, 55, of 592 Peru Road died at her home on Monday. Born in Manchester, N.H., on Nov. 1, 1950, daughter of the former Shirley MacPherson Huot of Dalton and the late Joseph Huot,...

Kenneth H. Tuttle

Kenneth H. Tuttle, 79, of 892 Southbridge Road, Warren, died Thursday at Harrington Memorial Hospital. His daughter, Kathleen Cota, lives in Pittsfield. Born 1926 in Warren, son of Kenneth W....

Harold Joseph Sweeney

Harold Joseph Sweeney, 82, of 105 Lenox Ave., and longtime former resident of Tucker St. in Lenox, died Friday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since March, 2005. Born on Feb. 2,...

Marjorie Boucher Wheeler, 77

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Marjorie Rita Boucher Wheeler, 77, of 112 Riverside Drive died Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was taken after being stricken at...

Anthony F. Scarpitto, 64

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony Francis Scarpitto, 64, of 10 Rand St. died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, at the home of his former wife, Elizabeth Sinclair, of 75 Commercial St., Adams, after a long...

Franklin Wilson Ragsdale Jr.

Franklin Wilson Ragsdale Jr., 72, of 261 Dewey Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hudson, N.Y., on March 17, 1933, son of Franklin W. Ragsdale Sr. and Sarah Porter Ragsdale,...

Lynn Elizabeth Morris

Lynn Elizabeth Morris, 74, of 70 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Friday. She was co-owner of the Golden Eagle Gift Shop and Restaurant on...

Claire Woods

Claire Woods, 85, of 40 Sunset Ave. died Monday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in New York City on Aug. 29, 1920, daughter of Edward and Charlotte Warren Streeter, she...

Eleanor A. Taylor

Eleanor A. Taylor, 87, of 10 Opeechee St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton on Feb. 21, 1918, daughter of Charles and Abigail Fox Watkins, she graduated from the former...

Robert Louis Hunt

Robert Louis Hunt, 58, of 45 Plunkett Reservoir Road died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1947, son of Gladys Smith Hunt Lennon and the late Robert E. Hunt, he was educated in...

Margaret Gertrude Hinckley

Margaret Gertrude Hinckley, 86, of 61 Wahconah Heights died Friday at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 16, 1919, daughter of Thomas F. and Rhoda Beckwith...

Bessie Garivaltis

Bessie Garivaltis, 94, of 39 Livingston Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Nestany, Greece, on Nov. 14, 1911, daughter of James and Georgia Papadakis, she attended schools in...

Dolores L. Fowler

Dolores L. Fowler, 74, formerly of Colonial Gardens, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since Nov. 4. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 1, 1931, daughter of Kenneth J. and Mary...

Peter Joseph "PJ" DiNicola

Peter Joseph "PJ" DiNicola, 25, of 34 Weston Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 23, 1980, son of Peter J. and Karen Vittone DiNicola, he was a member of the Bureau for...

Elmer F. Blake

Elmer F. Blake, 82, of 151 Jason St. died Sunday after a two-month stay at Springside of Pittsfield nursing facility. Born in Pittsfield on June 30, 1923, son of Louis and Ella Barber Blake, he...

Carmalita Benson Scott

Carmalita Benson Scott, 76, of Main Street, a psychologist, teacher and actress, died Sunday at home. Born in Madison, Wis., on March 18, 1929, daughter of Robert and Mary Carmalita Lewis Benson,...

Albena Shirley Messer

Albena Shirley Messer, 71, of 50 Dalton Ave. died Tuesday afternoon at her home. Born in Pittsfield, Feb. 21, 1934, daughter of Walter V. and Albena M. Mariam Messer, she was educated in...

Mary Joan Matuszak Czubryt

Mary Joan Matuszak Czubryt, 70, formerly of Adams, died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on May 25, 1935, daughter of the late Andrzej and Ursula Koscielniak Matuszak,...

Arthur L. Buda

Arthur L. Buda, 47, of 49 Spring Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Adams on Jan 31, 1958, son of the late Albert Budda, Jr. and Jeannette E. LeMire Buda, he graduated from the former...

Mildred Amelia Bernardo

Mildred Amelia Bernardo, 90, formerly of 176 Columbus Ave., died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since Nov. 1998. Born in Chicopee, Mass. Aug. 31, 1915,...

Sheilah S. Campbell Sweet

Sheilah S. Campbell Sweet, 77, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community, 235 Walker St., died Wednesday at home. She had resided there since 2002. Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, on March 30, 1928,...

Walter A. Sumner Sr.

Walter A. Sumner Sr., 65, of 1095 Mohawk Trail died yesterday at home of natural causes. Born in Clarksburg on April 4, 1940, son of Gertrude Witto Sumner and the late Stuart H. Sumner Sr., he...

Florence M. Netherwood, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Florence Mary Netherwood, 94, of Sweetwood Retirement Community, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005, at home. Born in North Adams on March 14, 1911, daughter of Louis P. and...

Lynn Marie Mills

Lynn Marie Mills, 56, of Pearl Street, Auburn, a native of North Adams, died Tuesday at home of cancer. Born on March 26, 1949, daughter of George H. and Mildred Tourjee Forgea, she graduated from...