Obituaries

Dorothy Mae Smith

Dorothy Mae Smith, 76, of 379 East St. died Saturday at home. Born in Meriden, Conn., on July 17, 1929, daughter of Thomas R. and Dorothy Mae Spencer Smith, she was a graduate of Pittsfield High...

Erina "Jane" Shuts

Erina "Jane" Shuts, 75, of Berkshire School Road died Monday evening at home. Born in Sheffield on June 5, 1930, daughter of Rudolf Peter and Paulina Bartholomew Straleau, she was a graduate of...

Rita Georgianna Kateley

Rita Georgianna Kateley, 84, of 24 Kateley Lane died Tuesday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on April 24, 1921, daughter of Joseph A. and Arthemise Stringer Chouinard, she was a 1938...

Mary C. Glodt

Mary C. Glodt, 85, of Appletree Point on Onota Lake, and Houston, Texas, died Saturday at her home in Houston after a short illness. Born in Detroit on July 22, 1920, daughter of Arthur and Judith...

Leta I. Busby

Leta I. Busby, 87, of 4 Balwin Hill, South Egremont, formerly of Kirk Street, Housatonic, died Monday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in New Ashford on Oct. 13, 1918, daughter of...

Robert Charles Pizzuto

Robert Charles Pizzuto, 72, a 31-year-resident of 368 West Housatonic St., died Wednesday at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on March 20, 1933, son of Frank and Gloria...

John Walter Kotleski

John Walter Kotleski, 76, of Silver Street died Thursday at Great Barrington Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Great Barrington on July 12, 1929, son of Stephen and Victoria Bazonski...

Kevin E. Trombley, 18

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kevin Edward Trombley, 18, of 54 Prospect St. died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005, on Union Street as the result of an automobile accident. Born in Clovis, N.M., on March 22,...

Eugene K. Steele

Eugene K. Steele, 81, of 231 Park Ave., co-founder of Berkshire Custom Coating Inc., died Friday at home. Born in Harvard, Ill., on May 31, 1924, son of Blair M. Steele Sr. and Anne O'Mara Steele,...

Maryann D. Vallieres Robert

Maryann D. Vallieres Robert, 67, of 35 Angeli St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 16, 1938, daughter of Harold Palmer and Mary Ann Benoit...

Dolores A. Parker

Dolores A. Parker, 72, of Walnut Drive, Spring Lake Heights, N.Y., died Saturday at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, New York City. Her daughter, Kimberlee Conrad, was formerly of...

John N. Panasevich

John N. Panasevich, 52, of Maplewood Avenue, Marlboro, died Saturday at home, following a long illness. His parents own homes in Stockbridge. Born in Boston on May 20, 1953, son of Leo...

John B. Moro Sr.

John B. Moro Sr., 88, of 148 Maple Ave., died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. He was formerly of Hart Street, Housatonic. Born in Great Barrington on Dec. 23, 1916, son of Andrew and Martha Bona...

Rosemary Gannon

Rosemary Gannon, 95, of Lyman Street, Westborough died Saturday at the Beaumont Nursing Center after a long illness. Born in Worcester on Sept. 14, 1910, daughter of Dr. John F. and Mary O'Connell...

Laura B. Whittemore

Laura B. Whittemore, 88, of Devonshire Estates, 329 Pittsfield Road, died Monday at Providence Care Center of Lenox. She lived at Devonshire Estates the past five years. Born in New Chelsea,...

Richard Harold Tovani

Richard Harold Tovani, 62, of 9 Palmer Drive died Monday at his home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 29, 1942, son of Walter A. and Loretta Dupre Tovani, he attended local schools. He was an Army...

Helen L. Byrdy

Helen L. Byrdy, 102, of 155 King St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Rogi, Poland, on June 23, 1903, daughter of August and Sophia Muron Miszczak, her family moved, in 1911, to...

Edward H. Pennell, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Edward Hart Pennell, 83, of Sweetwood Retirement Community died early Monday morning, Nov. 21, 2005, at home. Born in New York City on Aug. 22, 1922, son of Henry B....

Albert Alfred Laurin

Albert Alfred Laurin, 86, of 95 East Park Terrace died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 8, 1919, son of Alphonse A. and Aldora Hebert Laurin, he was a 1938...

William Joseph Gosselin II

William Joseph Gosselin II, 57, of George Schnops Road died Friday at West Roxbury Veterans Hospital in West Roxbury after a brief illness. Born in Haleyville, Ala., on Oct. 5, 1948, he was the...

George H. Busiere

George H. Busiere, 77, of , North Port, Fla., died Wednesday, Nov. 16, at his home. He was a resident of Westfield and East Otis, and has lived in North Port since 1990. Born in Hartford,...

Nicolette M. Zorzin

Nicolette M. Zorzin, 90, of 295 Prospect St. died Thursday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care in Lenox, where she had been a patient for five days. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1915, daughter of...

William Patrick Moran Jr.

William Patrick Moran Jr., 63, of Lake Avenue died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. He was formerly of Egremont Plain Road, Egremont. Born in Jamaica, N.Y., on June 21, 1942, son of Hannah Moran...

Yvonne R. McCarthy

Yvonne R. McCarthy, 82, of 5 Hayer St. died Thursday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. She was a former resident of 202 Water St., Williamstown. Born in Winooski, Vt., on Nov. 9,...

William G. McCarthy Sr.

William G. McCarthy Sr., 73, of 41 Woodbine Ave. died Thursday of an apparent heart attack while driving on North Main Street in Lanesboro. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 2, 1931, son of Thomas and...