Obituaries

Paul P. Nykorchuk

Paul P. Nykorchuk, 70, of 31 Springside Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 26, 1933, son of Anthony and Anastasia Kowchuk Nykorchuk, he was a 1953...

Ethel James

Ethel James, 89, of 4 North St. died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons, where she had been admitted Friday. Born in North Adams on Feb. 19, 1914, daughter of Harry and Hannah Dale Johnson, she...

Anna E. Howe

Anna E. Howe, 97, of 58 Flansburg Ave. died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 2, 1906, daughter of Robert and Margaret Ball Howe, she moved to...

Lionel Alton Blair

Lionel Alton Blair, 91, of 6 Pinnacle Lane died early yesterday morning at home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 8, 1912, son of Charles and Emma Platner Blair, he attended local schools. He lived in...

Eileen V. Berry

Eileen V. Berry, 80, of 600 Main St. died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1923, daughter of James and Julia Dineen Berry, she was a graduate of...

Marcia L. Sparks

Marcia L. Sparks, 85, of 155 Marble St., formerly of Summer Street, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee on Oct. 9, 1918, daughter of William and Elizabeth Cheney Andrews, she...

Justine G. Simmons

Justine G. Simmons, 83, of 720 Greylock St. died Thursday at her home. Born in South Lee on Oct. 12, 1920, daughter of Frederick and Alice Muller Merwin, she moved to Housatonic as a child and...

Francis E. Lawson, 88

ADAMS, Mass. — Francis E. Lawson, 88, of 17 Pleasant St., the Barrett House, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where was admitted Jan. 4. Born in Adams on...

Phyllis Dorothy Hamilton

Phyllis Dorothy Hamilton, 73, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments, Elberon Avenue, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for the past two years. Born on March 29, 1930, in...

Margaret Carroll Ford

Margaret Carroll Ford, 81, of 89 South St., Berkshire Place, died there on Monday. Born in Providence, R.I., on July 28, 1922, daughter of George N. and Hannah Roberts Ford, she came to...

William A. Fahey Jr.

William A. Fahey Jr., 88, of Wood Avenue died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 15, 1915, son of William A. and Mary V. Cooke Fahey, he was a lifelong resident of...

Charles R. "Randy" Blanchard Jr.

Charles R. "Randy" Blanchard Jr., 90, formerly of 529 Kirchner Road, died at Craneville Place on Thursday. He had resided there since July 2003. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 17, 1913, son of...

Patricia A. DeAlmeida VanZandt

Patricia A. DeAlmeida VanZandt, 62, of 20603 Candlewood Hollow, Estero, Fla., formerly of Lenox, died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 19, 1941, daughter of Nelson and Cecelia Szetela...

Edmund James Mastrovito

Edmund James Mastrovito, 94, formerly of 11 Delaware Ave. died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since Feb. 12, 2001. Born in Newport, R.I., on Sept. 6, 1909, son of Michele and...

Robert Thomas "Red" Langsdale

Robert Thomas "Red" Langsdale, 73, of 56 Partridge Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsburgh on April 2, 1930, son of Thomas Langsdale and John and Grace Stansbury...

James Henry Ryan

James Henry Ryan, 88, of 63 Anita Drive died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee, where he had been a patient for a week. Born in Willimantic, Conn., on Oct. 12,...

John J. Klink Sr.

John J. Klink Sr., 76, of 229 Robbins Ave. died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had been a patient for a few days. Born in Pittsfield on July 15, 1927, son of Zacharias and Ellen Donovan...

Harold D. "Skip" Hathaway Jr.

Harold D. "Skip" Hathaway Jr., 68, of Russell Road, Westfield, a native of Dalton, died yesterday at home. Born on May 25, 1935, son of the late Harold D. Hathaway Sr. and Catherine Bauman...

Ellen C. Graham

Ellen C. Graham, 44, of Golden Hill Road, Lenox Dale, died yesterday at home. Born in Needham on Feb. 5, 1959, daughter of Leo Keefe and the late Eleanor Mitchell Keefe, she was a 1977 graduate...

Ann M. "Nan" Condron

Ann M. "Nan" Condron, 78, of New Port Richey, Fla., and Contoocook, N.H., formerly of Peru, died Dec. 14 at Bay Tree Rehabilitation Center in Palm Harbor, Fla. Born in Medford on Aug. 16, 1925,...

Robert James Casuscelli

Robert James Casuscelli, 69, of 134 Meadow St. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Jan. 15 following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Sept. 4, 1934, son...

Joseph A. Bouquet

Joseph A. Bouquet, 77, died yesterday at New Boston Nursing Home, where he had resided for 15 years. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 25, 1926, son of Joseph L. and Mary O'Hara Bouquet, he was a 1943...

Theodore Joseph Ziemlak

Theodore Joseph Ziemlak, 80, formerly of 15 Edward Ave., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Craneville Place in Dalton since November 1999. Born in North Adams on Feb....

Sterling B. "Sonny" Shapiro

Sterling B. "Sonny" Shapiro, 80, of 6444 Pumpkin Seed Circle, Boca Raton, Fla., formerly of 142 Marion Ave., died yesterday at Boca Raton Community Hospital. A longtime local businessman, he was a...

Marie Therese Godwin

Marie Therese Godwin, 65, of 445 Devon Road died Sunday morning at home. Born in Kingston, N.Y., on Jan. 31, 1938, daughter of William J. and Gertrude Falvey O'Reilly, she was a 1955 graduate of...