Obituaries

Peter A. Seplow

Peter A. Seplow, 54, of 59 Monument Valley Road died Wednesday at home. Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., on April 11, 1947, son of Seymour Seplow and the late Caryl Finger Seplow, he was a 1965...

Mary Blanchette

Mary A. Blanchette, 90, of Springfield, formerly of Sandisfield, died Saturday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Winsted, Conn., on Dec. 23, 1911, daughter of Nattiriiska and...

Louis W. Herforth

Louis W. Herforth, 97, of 23 Summit Ave. died yesterday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where he had resided since October 2000. Born in Pittsfield on June 26, 1904, son of Alois and Anna Herforth,...

Frances Clayton

Frances Clayton, 79, of 73 Valley St. died Feb. 17 at home. Born in Adams on July 22, 1922, daughter of Ralph and Rosanna Choiniere Moreau, she was a 1940 graduate of the former Adams High...

Betty Ann Horn

Betty Ann Horn, 61, of 29 Victory St., former owner of Betty's Boutique, died Saturday morning of cancer. Born in Adams on Nov. 30, 1940, daughter of Joseph and Frances Twardowski Kut, she was a...

Agnes R. Mansen

Agnes Rose Mansen, 85, of 151 Jones Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Swansboro, N.C., on Feb. 10, 1917, daughter of William J. and Mary Sewell Cashman, she was educated...

Richard T. May

Richard T. May, 65, of Grange Hall Road died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 26, 1936, son of Edward C. and Alice O'Brien May, he attended schools in Lenox and later moved to...

Mary Kelly Groat

Mary Kelly Groat, 76, of 339 Onota St. died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 5, 1926, daughter of Thomas G. and Nora Hanley Kelly, she attended local...

Harry Alfred George

Harry Alfred George, 88, of 639 Ashland St., president of H.A. George and Sons Fuel Co. Inc., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Sunday. Born on Berlin...

Esmonde Manson

Esmonde John Manson, 84, of 27 Kemp Ave. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a longtime member of the North Adams Fire Department. Born in North Adams on Oct. 30,...

Erin E. Tresp

Erin Elizabeth Tresp, 21, formerly of Berkshire Heights Road, died Wednesday morning at her apartment in Keene, N.H. Born in Great Barrington on June 23, 1980, daughter of Dr. Dennis F. Tresp and...

Elizabeth Phillips

Elizabeth Phillips, 89, of 4436 Wyoming Ave., Tampa, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Feb. 9 at Kindred Hospital in Tampa. She had resided in Tampa for more than 50 years. Born in Pittsfield on...

Sidney R. Benoit

Sidney Richard Benoit, 64, of 804 Daniels Road died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted after being stricken earlier at home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 8, 1937, son...

Ruth Lancto

Ruth Lancto, 90, of Alexandria, Va., formerly of Williamstown, died Feb. 15 at Woodbine Nursing Home in Alexandria of congestive heart failure. Born Nov. 13, 1911, in Williamstown, daughter of...

Peter Krzeminski Jr.

Peter John Krzeminski Jr. 72, of 124 North Summer St., Adams, died yesterday at Williamstown Commons Health Care Center, where he was admitted three weeks ago. Born in Adams on Aug. 17, 1928, son...

Patricia L. Strizzi

Patricia Lee Strizzi, 52, of 141 Allengate Ave. died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1949, daughter of Joseph J. Strizzi Jr. and the late Virginia Lee...

Mary K. Lynch

Mary K. Lynch, 81, of 5 Dodge Ave. died Tuesday at home. Born in Tinnvier Attanah, County Laoise, Ireland, on March 8, 1920, daughter of John M. and Katherine Coffey Lynch, she attended local...

Judith A. Carty

Judith A. Carty, 61, of 56 Marian Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 9, 1940, daughter of John P. and Katherin Rowan Leahy, she was a 1958 graduate of St....

Jane R. Smith

Jane Raphel Smith, 89, formerly of Stockbridge, died Monday at St. Catherine Laboure Manor in Jacksonville, Fla. Born in Orange, N.J., on March 10, 1912, daughter of Edward and Jane Raphel, she...

Frank Giddings

Frank Giddings, 85, of 1430 South Branch Parkway, Springfield, formerly of Great Barrington, died Saturday at Sunbridge nursing home of East Longmeadow. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 25, 1916,...

Doris W. Ratcliff

Doris W. Ratcliff, 98, of Gloucester died Saturday at home. She was the mother of the late William N. Ratcliff of Richmond. Born in Newport, Maine, on March 5, 1903, daughter of Hubert M. and...

Anne M. Ruane

Anne M. Ruane, 95, of 15 Sumner St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Great Barrington on May 11, 1906, daughter of Thomas and Bridget Gibbons Ruane, she was a 1924 graduate of the former Searles High...

Agnes B. Grosz

Agnes B. Grosz, 77, of 10 North St. died Tuesday at the Commons of North Adams, where she was admitted Nov. 20. Born in Adams on May 18, 1924, daughter of Conrad P. and Elizabeth M. Frank Grosz,...

Stephanie McInnis

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Stephanie Ann McInnis, 39, of 49 Grove St., died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2002, at home after a long illness. Born in Uniondale, N.Y., on April 26, 1962, daughter of John...

Sophie T. Shugrue

Sophie T. Shugrue, 72, of 164 Balance Rock Road died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Uxbridge on March 20, 1929, daughter of Albert and Katherine Wocjick Knapik, she attended...