Obituaries

Elsie B. Sweet

Elsie B. Sweet, 70, of Burke, N.Y., formerly of New Marlboro, died Dec. 23, 2001, at home. Born May 3, 1931, in Starksboro, Vt., daughter of Henry and Ila Flemming Bush, she was raised in the New...

Edward J. Stanton

Edward J. Stanton, 88, of Colchester, Conn., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday in Marlboro, Conn. Born in West Stockbridge on July 20, 1913, son of William and Anna Noonan Stanton, he attended...

Earl W. Pelkey

Earl William Pelkey, 78, of 31 Pomeroy Ave. died Monday at Craneville Place, where he had been a resident for two weeks. He had lived in Dalton since 1966. Born in Dalton on Feb. 9, 1923, son of...

Adelaide Tessier

Adelaide C. "Tottie" Tessier, 90, formerly of Salisbury Estates, died Monday evening at her daughter's home on North Plain Road, Housatonic, following a brief illness. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on...

Sonia S. Keeler

Sonia S. Keeler, 87, of 616 South Main St. died Saturday at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 17, 1914, daughter of Ignatius and Madeline Makovich, she moved to Lanesboro as a child and...

Martha Asma-Roberts

Martha E. Asma-Roberts, 39, of 1014 Main St. died Friday at home. Born in Geneva, N.Y., on Jan. 30, 1962, daughter of H. John and Ellen Bradford Asma, she attended Pennsylvania schools and...

Frederick Polesak Sr.

Frederick J. Polesak Sr., 76, of Green River Road and Boynton Beach, Fla., died Friday night at his home in Florida, where he had spent the past five winters. He was a former Alford assessor and...

Winifred Alexander

Winifred R. Alexander, 73, of 42 Drive D, East Otis, died yesterday afternoon at home. Born in Dalton on Jan. 28, 1928, daughter of Bernard and Myrtle Plouffe Kirchner, she moved to Egremont as a...

Saul Hofstein

Saul Hofstein, 85, of 17 Walden Lane died yesterday morning at Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami while on vacation. Born in New York City on Feb. 20, 1916, son of Morris and Rose Schectman Hofstein,...

Judith E. Lyon

Judith E. Lyon, 56, of 51 Leona Drive died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 26, 1945, daughter of Baptiste and Lucy Bettega Nolli, she attended local schools. She was employed at...

George Reinhold

George Arthur Reinhold Sr., 73, of 80 South St. died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield in September 1928, son of C. Arthur and Lolita Bassett Reinhold, he attended...

Walter T. Duda

Walter T. Duda, 84, of 108 Barton Hill Road, formerly of 121 Deming St., Pittsfield, died Tuesday at home. Born in Milwaukee on Sept. 28, 1917, son of Stanislaw and Natalia Turowska Duda, he moved...

Richard Hooker

Richard A. Hooker, 40, of Fish Hatchery Road, Cambridge, N.Y., died Tuesday in Salem, N.Y. He was currently employed as a chef at the Main Street Cafe in Williamstown. Born in Lebanon, N.H., on...

Milton Musbach

Milton W. Musbach, 76, of Deltaville, Va., formerly of Pittsfield, died Dec. 22 at Walter Reed Convalescent Center in Gloucester, Va. Born in Middletown, N.Y., on July 9, 1925, son of William H....

James W. Haley, 74

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' James William Haley, 74, of 118 Church St., Proprietors Fields, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in North Adams on April 15, 1927, son of...

James E. Groat

James E. Groat, 78, of 14 Winter St. died yesterday at home. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Dec. 10, 1923, son of Willis and Madeline Nardin Groat, he was a resident of Pittsfield most of his life and...

Ingeborg Browne

Ingeborg R. Browne, 86, of 20 Breit Drive, Salisbury Estates, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Germany on March 13, 1915, daughter of Ewald A. and Hedwig A. Trauschke Adler, she...

Frank H. Bailey

Frank H. Bailey, 82, of Alum Hill Road died Tuesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Sheffield on April 13, 1919, son of Ross Bailey Sr. and Mina Bayley Bailey, he attended local...

Eugene J. LeBeau

Eugene Joseph "Ray" LeBeau, 91, of 541 Church St. died yesterday afternoon at home. Born in Adams on March 7, 1910, son of Eugene and Almina Beaudin LeBeau, he grew up in Savoy and Adams, where he...

Charles L. Renaud

Charles Lawrence Renaud, 81, of 18 Claremont Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 1, 1920, son of Arthur and Laura Cote Renaud, he was a 1938 graduate of...

Thomas Beall

Thomas Beall, 84, of 36 Highland Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Greenock, Scotland, on Dec. 4, 1917, son of Robert and Grace McKinnon Beall, he came to the United States at the age of 8 with...

Evelyn M. Condi

Evelyn Marguerite Condi, 88, of 40 Backman Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 21, 1913, daughter of August and Elizabeth Higgins Hoffman, she graduated from...

Ethel H. Deane, 80

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Ethel H. Deane, 80, of Bernard Gibbons Drive, Housatonic, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002, at Fairview Hospital. Born in New Marlborough on June 20, 1921, daughter of...

Constantino Rosingana

Constantino Rosingana, 92, of 130 Benedict Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 15, 1909, son of Rodolfo and Virginia Borgo Rosingana, he returned to Italy as...

Anna Nykorchuk

Anna Semeno Nykorchuk, 81, of 51 Mohegan St. died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Philadelphia on July 8, 1920, daughter of Alex and Katherine Petrashchuck Semeno, she...