Obituaries

Mary Wiswell

Mary Wiswell, 87, of Stone Mountain, Ga., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Thursday at her daughter's home in Stone Mountain. Born in Adams on Jan. 7, 1914, daughter of Henry J. and Mary E....

Harry Nowobilski

Harry "The Cat" Nowobilski, 84, of New Britain, Conn., formerly of Housatonic, died Tuesday at New Britain General Hospital. Born in Housatonic on May 5, 1918, he was the son of Carl and Jadwiga...

Gladys Abderhalden

Gladys K. Abderhalden, 82, formerly of Washington Mountain Road, died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Lee on Feb. 14, 1920, daughter of Martin and Hattie Crawford Carty, she...

Mary Rixse

Mary Rixse, 86, of 75 Bellmore Drive died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1916, daughter of John and Justine Iwanyczak Olekson, she attended Pittsfield High...

Mary L. Roberts

Mary L. Roberts, 97, formerly of 226 Lenox Ave., died Monday at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she resided for four years. Born in Pittsfield on May 16, 1904, daughter of Leon and Emilie...

Donna M. Ruhl

Donna M. Ruhl, 71, of 1913 Sylvan Park Drive, Burlington, N.J., died yesterday at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Hospital in Worcester. She was the mother of Jean E. Thompson of...

Mary F. Corrigan

Mary Frances Corrigan, 82, of 11 Randall St. died yesterday at home. Born in Montague on Feb. 5, 1920, daughter of Arthur J. and Helen Firth Courteau, her family moved in 1923 to Adams, where she...

Lennox N. Lee

Lennox N. Lee, 73, of Dover, N.H., formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday at Langdon Place of Dover. Born in Pennsauken, N.J., on Oct. 31, 1928, he was the son of Lennox and Ethel Melville Lee. He...

Frank Pniak

Frank Pniak, 85, of 30 Greylock Ave. died yesterday morning at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in New Bedford on June 17, 1916, son of John and Louise Pasterzyk Pniak, he moved to Adams as a...

Catherine Hyams

Catherine Mary Hyams, 89, of 84 Bachand Ave. died Wednesday at North Adams Commons. Born in Scotland on June 12, 1912, daughter of Felix and Rose Foran McParland, she came to the United States as...

C. Bruce Lepisto

C. Bruce Lepisto, 57, of 1008 Jennifer Lane, Falls Church, Va., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at home of an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 28, 1944, son of Karl O....

Richard Marden

Richard Gibbs Marden, 92, of Topsham, Maine, died Monday at Midcoast Memorial Hospital in Brunswick, Maine. He was the father of Alan L. Marden, president of the North Adams City Council. Born in...

Francis C. Tetlow

Francis C. Tetlow, 64, of 175 Elm St. died Monday afternoon at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since 1999. Born in Pittsfield on April 11, 1938, son of George and Margaret Shea...

Bruce E. Coe

Bruce E. Coe, 52, of Lutz, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died April 24 at home. Born May 6, 1949, in Pittsfield, son of Vera C. Bemis Coe of Pitts-field and the late George E. Coe, he graduated...

Virginia Fielding

Virginia B. Fielding, 98, formerly of Morgan Manor, died Sunday morning at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where she had resided since 1998. Born in Stockbridge on Feb. 4, 1904, daughter of Harry and...

Rose M. Ross

Rose M. Ross, 94, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court Apartments, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since June 14, 1990. Born in Pittsfield on...

Ronald Greenleaf

Ronald L. Greenleaf Sr., 68, of 360 Onota St. died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 29, 1933, son of Louis A. and Cora Blake Greenleaf, he attended local...

Robert A. Yerkes

Robert A. Yerkes, 54, of 272 View Drive died Saturday at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. An active member of the community, he was a former president of the Richmond Civic Association...

Mary Tildsley

Mary "Mae" Tildsley, 81, of 151 Christian Hill Road died yesterday at home. Born in Allentown, Pa., on May 21, 1920, daughter of Herbert and Agnes Rooney Stewart, she moved to Great Barrington in...

Lucy R. Cozzaglio

Lucy Rita Cozzaglio, 82, of 31 Veazie St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. She had resided there since January 2001. Born in North Adams on Feb. 25, 1920, daughter of Saverio and Nicolina...

Lois E. Gian

Lois E. Gian, 70, of 11 South Carolina Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 14, 1931, daughter of Leon and Mildred Crocker Pike, she was a 1949 graduate of...

June E. Henault

June E. Henault, 84, formerly of 69 Perrine Ave., died Sunday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since January. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1917, daughter of John and Madeline...

Janet L. Beaman, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Janet Lamont Beaman, 86, of 11 Michael Drive died Monday, April 29, 2002, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 9, 1916, daughter of Alfred V. and Annie...

James A. Walker

James Allen Walker, 58, of New Boston Nursing Home died Wednesday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. He had resided at the nursing home since 1997. Born in Attalla, Ala., on June 7, 1943,...

Francis M. Legge

Francis Michael "Bud" Legge, 74, of 1331 Southpalm Way, Lake Worth, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. He had resided in Lake Worth for many years. He moved to Florida in the late...