Obituaries

Edward Szakal

Edward Szakal, 80, of 111 Pleasant St. died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Akron, Ohio, on May 18, 1921, son of Paul and Helen Farkas Szakal, he attended...

Ruth E. Popovich

Ruth Emerson Popovich, 80, of 25615 Troon Ave., Mount Plymouth, Fla., formerly of Dalton, died April 5. Born in Dalton on Jan. 2, 1922, daughter of Philip H. and Alberta Price Emerson, she...

James Litourneau

James H. Litourneau Jr., 31, of 313 Tyler St. died Wednesday in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 4, 1970, son of Elaine Kickery Litourneau Bigelow and the late James H. Litourneau Sr., he...

Alice A. Liccardi

Alice Ann Liccardi, 65, of 60 Dutchess Ave. died Wednesday in Stamford, Vt., at the home of her brother, Frank Alfonso. Born in Pittsfield on April 10, 1937, daughter of Frank and Domenica Lapi...

Thomas A. Simon

Thomas A. Simon, 82, of 65 Columbus Ave., formerly of 42 Doreen St., died Tuesday evening at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Fall River on June 7, 1919, son of Ferris and Jamily Coury Simon, he...

Patricia McHugh

Patricia C. McHugh, 67, of 100 Inverness Place, Syracuse, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died Monday at James Square Nursing Home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 14, 1934, daughter of Cora Harder...

Lois Courtney

Lois Courtney, 71, of North Hoosac Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a brief illness. She was the widow of former Berkshire County Sheriff John D. Courtney. Born in...

Gerald T. Ronan

Gerald Timothy Ronan, 80, of 65 Hathaway St. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Aug. 30, 1921, son of Michael and Catherine Murphy Ronan, he attended North...

F. Richard Drennan

F. Richard Drennan, 80, of 59 Holmes Road died Monday evening in Hartford, Conn., following an auto accident. Born in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 16, 1922, son of Richard Patrick and Margaret G....

Cecelia D. Dondi

Cecelia D. Dondi, 102, of Buena Park, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died April 14 at home. Born June 1, 1899, in Curigula, Italy, daughter of Constantine and Rosa Rossi Dellea, she attended...

Carolyn 'Carrie' Bak

Carolyn "Carrie" Bak, 90, formerly of 287 Dewey Ave., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Ludlow on Feb. 24, 1912, daughter of Louis and Aniela Obozut Neils, she attended Immaculate...

Ashley Chaffee Sr.

Ashley G. Chaffee Sr., 47, of Blandford Road, East Otis, died Tuesday morning at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after a long illness. Born in London, England, on April 25, 1954, son of...

Wilfred Lee West

Wilfred Lee "Jed" West, 58, of Summerville, S.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 31 at Medical University of South Carolina after a long illness. Born in Summerville on Sept. 6, 1943, son of...

Stanley Wintemberg

Stanley Wintemberg, 89, of 24 Dean St. died Sunday at North Adams Commons, where he had resided since last year. He had previously resided in Hinsdale and in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on May...

Mitchell Shapiro

Mitchell Leonard Shapiro, 47, of Bisbee, Ariz., formerly of Housatonic and Great Barrington, died April 8 at home of natural causes. Born in Danbury, Conn., on June 20, 1954, son of Hilda Banks...

Mary Ann Bulsa

Mary Ann Bulsa, 70, of 3 Cutler Road, Hudson, N.H., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 19, 1931, daughter of...

Kathleen Graffagnino-Sawyer

Kathleen A. Graffagnino-Sawyer, 43, of Buena Vista St., Unionville, Conn., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, Conn., after losing a two-year battle with...

Joshua A. Mead

Joshua Adam Mead, 27, of 930 East Colfax, Denver, formerly of 8 Meadow Lane, died Friday after a long illness. Born in Westfield on June 23, 1974, son of Laurie Walker Martin Mead and the late...

Isabel R. O'Hearn

Isabel R. O'Hearn, 93, formerly of 38 Wahconah Heights, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 15, 1908, daughter of Neil and Henriette Zwingelstein Newton, she spent her...

Helen M. Koenig

Helen M. Koenig, 77, of Rose Manor Apartments, 195 Elberon Ave., died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., on March 2, 1925, daughter of Arthur and Hazel...

Frank M. Pupo

Frank M. Pupo, 86, of 66 Circular Ave., former councilor at large, three-term Ward 6 councilor, School Committee chairman and member of the Pittsfield Housing Authority, died Saturday at Hillcrest...

Blanche Schofield

Blanche M. Schofield, 87, of 7 Hathaway St. died Saturday evening at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on April 2, 1915, daughter of Charles and Marie Louise Rauthier Clerc, she attended Adams...

Patrick F. Tobin

Patrick Frank Tobin, 76, of 568 South Main St., Centerville, a native of Adams, died of a heart attack Saturday at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Margaret T. and John Curtin, at 99 Grove...

Mary P. Cardozo

Mary P. Cardozo, 85, of 2000 Knoxville Drive, Bedford, Texas, a former resident of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born in Lisbon, Portugal, on Dec. 15, 1916, daughter of John and Lucinda...

Irene C. Leavens, 81

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Irene Carolyn Leavens, 81, of Hall Street died Sunday morning, April 21, 2002, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on July 2, 1920, daughter of Donald H. Meekin...