Obituaries

Hal E. Clevenger

Hal E. Clevenger, 80, of 30 Lebanon Ave. died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since October 2001. Born in New York City on Jan. 19, 1923, son of Hal H. and Bertha H. Winn...

Gertrude Margaret Brazeau

Gertrude Margaret Brazeau, 100, formerly of 37 Phelps Ave., died Tuesday at the Inn at Fox Run Senior Assisted Living in Fairborn, Ohio. Born in the Greylock section of North Adams on Sept. 25,...

Eleanor Choiniere

Eleanor Choiniere, 86, of West Cornwall, Conn., died Tuesday at Litchfield Woods in Torrington, Conn. She was the mother of Joanne Woodworth of Pittsfield. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Oct....

Donald Kirkpatrick

Donald Kirkpatrick, 88, of 39 Alden Ave. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Braintree on Oct. 1, 1914, son of Arthur W. and Maude Winthrop Lincoln Kirkpatrick, he was a 1933...

James Thomas Malloy Sr

James Thomas Malloy Sr., 87, formerly of Richmond Hill, died yesterday afternoon at Williamstown Commons, where he had resided for several years. Born in Adams on Dec. 24, 1915, son of John Malloy...

Sandra "Dayashakti" Scherer

Sandra "Dayashakti" Scherer, 60, of 12 Water St., Housatonic, died Saturday at home after a 10-month struggle with cancer. Born in Two Rivers, Wis., on Feb. 23, 1943, daughter of Edward and Marion...

Marilyn Ann Horne

Marilyn Ann Horne, 69, of 46 Richard Drive and 141 Wading Bird Circle, Naples, Fla., died Monday at Naples Community Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 14, 1933, daughter of John H. and Margaret...

Edythe P. Reid

Edythe P. Reid, 75, formerly of Cole Avenue, died Sunday at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since June 2000. Born in Pittsfield on April 23, 1927, daughter of John and Estella Grant...

Dena Kneipfer

Dena Kneipfer, 83, of 17 West Road, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on April 13, 1919,daughter of Anthony and Mary Delmolino Delmolino, she was a graduate of...

Stephen Michael Truchan

Stephen Michael Truchan, 41, of 339 West Ave., Ludlow, died Saturday at home of a brain tumor. His family was at his side. He was a former resident of Pittsfield and a volunteer member of the...

Guy A. Marchetti

Guy A. Marchetti, 87, of 11 Laurel St. died Friday at home. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 15, 1915, son of John and Theresa Marchetti, he moved to Lenox in 1919 and was a 1935 graduate of...

Vincent S. Magnano

Vincent S. Magnano, 84, of 51 Longfellow Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 12, 1918, son of Thomas S. Magnano and Rose Monito Magnano Genovese, he...

Anne Y. Forfa Juliano

Anne Y. Forfa Juliano, 79, of 31 Boylston St. died Friday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 15, 1923, daughter of Lionel and Alice Snow Gagnon, she was a 1941 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Lawrence Henry "Butch" Gross

Lawrence Henry "Butch" Gross, 82, of 47 Charles St., a former longtime resident of Adams, died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Wednesday. Born in...

Dr. Winthrop E. Brielman

Dr. Winthrop E. Brielman, a longtime Pittsfield veterinarian, died Saturday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. He was 80. Dr. Brielman, who had lived at 791 Holmes Road, came from a...

Benita Posella

Benita Posella, 79, of 114 Elberon Ave., died Friday after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Pittsfield on March 16, 1923, daughter of Vincenzo A. and Mary Carnute Bruni, she...

Elvira D. Portiere

Elvira D. Portiere, 91, of 1844 Jacob's Ladder Road, died Friday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where she had resided for 18 months. Born in Lime Rock, Conn., on July 10, 1911, daughter of Andrea...

Minnie Julia Patterson

Minnie Julia Patterson, 105, of 20 Revilla Terrace, died Friday evening at home. Born in Utica, N.Y., on Feb. 5, 1898, daughter of Frederick and Rose Klossner Humphrey, she attended schools in...

George J. Kastrinakis

George J. Kastrinakis, 94, of the Masonic Home, 88 Masonic Home Road, Charlton, formerly of Springfield, died Friday at the home. He was the father of John G. Kastrinakis of Lenox. Born in...

Leslie F. Clark

Leslie F. Clark, 89, of Clover Hill Farm, Route 41, died Friday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee. Born in Richmond on his family's farm on Jan. 9, 1914, son of A. Harry and Gertrude Peirson Clark, he...

James W. Briggs

James W. Briggs, 90, of 63 North St., died yesterdayat Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Dalton on April 25, 1912, son of James W. and Gertrude Hughes Briggs, he attended Dalton and...

Alfred D. Scipione, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alfred D. Scipione, 95, of Westwood, died March 6, 2003, at New England Sinai Hospital in Stoughton. He was the father of Phyllis DeMartino of Pittsfield. Born in Boston...

Evelyn I. Murphy, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Evelyn Irene Murphy, 80, of 49 Willow Dell died early Thursday morning, March 6, 2003, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Dec. 23, 1922, daughter of Joseph...

William Jay Johnson Jr

William Jay Johnson Jr., 79, of 363 Walker St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Feb. 27. Born in North Adams on July 13, 1923, son of William J. and...

Martin John Emerson

Martin John Emerson, 72, former wiring inspector for Dalton and Hinsdale, died yesterday at his home in Albany, Ga., where he moved following his retirement. Born in Hinsdale on Nov. 20, 1930, son...