Obituaries

Rosemarie Winstanley

Rosemarie Winstanley, 73, of Sunset Avenue died Saturday morning at home. She was chairman of the Allied Board of Mental Health for the commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1996 to 2000. Born in...

Amelia A. Morris

Amelia A. Morris, 83, formerly of 36 Lakewood Drive, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since November 1997. Born on April 6, 1920, in Pittsfield, daughter of Joseph and...

Eleanora Matilda Zauls

Eleanora Matilda Zauls, 94, formerly of North Adams, died Friday at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, where she was admitted earlier in the day. Born in Valmiera, Latvia, on Jan. 21, 1909, daughter...

Irene M. Eichorn

Irene M. Eichorn, 87, formerly of 177 High St., died Friday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for a week. She had resided at Cameron House in Lenox for two years. Born in Adams...

Walter Frederick Bishop

Walter Frederick Bishop, 79, of 2130 Mohawk Trail died Friday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on May 3, 1923, son of Marion and Josephine Noga Biskup, he attended schools in Adams...

Mattie Beatrice Wilson

Mattie Beatrice Wilson, 94, of Main Street died Wednesday at Fairview Commons Nursing Home, where she had been a resident since 1998. Born in Athens, Ga., on Nov. 25, 1908, daughter of Alexander...

Russell C. Thomas

Russell C. Thomas, 91, of 674 West Housatonic St., died at Springside of Pittsfield yesterday. He had resided there since July 2000. Born in Pittsfield June 18, 1911, son of Henry F. and E....

Louis P. Coco Sr

Louis P. Coco Sr., 83, of 180 Velma Ave., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee Sept. 12, 1919, son of Peter and Spizia Esoldi Coco, he attended Lee schools. He was a veteran...

Ruth E. Wright

Ruth E. Wright, 79, of 32 Old Stockbridge Road died Wednesday morning at home. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., on Dec. 21, 1923, daughter of Robert J. and Ethel C. Hambidge Gray, she moved as a child to...

William R. Tietgens Sr

William R. Tietgens Sr., 63, of 40 Roland St. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 17, 1939, son of Herman C. Tietgens Sr. and...

William J. Suttle

William J. Suttle, 66, of 70 Trafton Road, Springfield, formerly of 10 Union Court, died Wednesday at home following a brief illness. He moved to Springfield several years ago. Born in...

Madelyn V. Cross

Madelyn V. Cross, 87, of 269 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being admitted March 28. Born in Haverhill on Feb. 24, 1916, daughter of Henry T. and J....

Nicholas R. “Nick” Klein

Nicholas R. “Nick” Klein, 77, of 34 Leonard Ave. died early Wednesday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 21, 1925, son of Nicholas T. and Elizabeth Pritz...

Catherine T. Mele

Catherine T. Mele, 94, formerly of 132 High St., died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since 1992. Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Jan. 29, 1909, daughter of Joseph...

Rita R. Jones

Rita R. Jones, 85, of Hancock Road died Monday evening at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on April 2, 1917, daughter of Mederick and...

Katherine “Katie” Morin

Katherine “Katie” Morin, 92, formerly of 382 Old Columbia St., died Saturday at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H., where she was admitted earlier that day. Born in...

A. Edward Horton

A. Edward Horton, 88, of 20 Glen St. died Saturday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been a patient for one day. Born in Adams on May 19, 1914, son of Alexander and Agnes...

Doris Ann Gamache

Doris Ann Gamache, 73, of 68 Columbia St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on April 14, 1929, daughter of Joseph Letourneau and Isabell Harrington Letourneau Coulombe, she attended local...

Edward W. Callahan

Edward W. Callahan, 82, of General Cobb Street, Taunton, a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday at home following a short illness. Born on June 9, 1920, son of Edward and Jane Webb Callahan, he was...

Arthur E. Murphy Sr

Arthur E. Murphy Sr., 76, of 199 Tampa Ave. died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 26, 1927, son of James Murphy Sr. and Myrtle Smith...

Walter Krypel

Walter Krypel, 83, of 9 Springs Road died yesterday morning at the Vermont Veterans Home of Bennington after a long chronic illness. Born in Adams on Feb. 20, 1920, son of Peter and Josephine...

Alexander Michael Groves

Alexander Michael Groves, 42, of 30 Maple St. died Saturday morning in the emergency room at North Adam Regional Hospital after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 5,...

William A. Duquette, 54

FLORIDA, Mass. — William A. Duquette, 54, of 148 Mohawk Trail died Friday, March 28, 2003, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 5, 1949, son of Walter A....

Rita Marguerite Allard

Rita Marguerite Allard, 80, of 56 Galvin Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted March 21. Born in North Adams on July 11, 1922, daughter of Harold and...

Ruth M. Martin

Ruth M. Martin, 89, of 169 Valentine Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 21, 1913, daughter of Henry A. and Rose Morrow Cote, she was a graduate...