Obituaries

Penny Fall

Professor Penny J. Fall, 60, of Chestertown, Md., a native of Pittsfield, died Dec. 22 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Chestertown. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 10, 1941,...

Anthony Salzarulo

Anthony Louis Salzarulo Jr., 72, of Simi, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died Dec. 26 at Northridge Hospital in Reseda, Calif., after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 19,...

Shirley Grandbois

Shirley E. Clancy Grandbois, 80, of 221 Barker Road died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 12, 1921, daughter of William G. and Ethel M. Bissell Keyes, she was a 1939...

Penny Fall

Professor Penny J. Fall, 60, of Chestertown, Md., a native of Pittsfield, died Dec. 22 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Chestertown. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 10, 1941,...

Nelson Foster Jr.

Nelson Joseph Foster Jr., 70, of 2438 Mohawk Trail died yesterday while working at 610 Main St., Williamstown. Born in North Adams on July 4, 1931, son of Nelson Joseph Foster Sr. and Alice...

Rosa Sternberger

Rosa Sternberger, 93, formerly of 4174 Inverrary Drive, Lauderhill, Fla., died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Center. Born in Fehegyarmat, Hungary, on Feb. 28, 1908, daughter of Herman and Ester...

Robert R. Sauve

Robert R. Sauve, 72, of Edwin Drive, Charlton, N.Y., a native of Adams, died Saturday at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., after a short illness. Born on Sept. 15, 1929, son of Joseph and...

Rev. John Bourque

The Rev. John R. Bourque, 77, of Englewood, Colo., a former pastor of St. Francis' Church, died Tuesday in Colorado. Born in Holyoke on March 22, 1924, son of Amedee J. and Agnes Rohan Bourque, he...

Philip D. Wooliver

Philip D. "Tink" Wooliver, 74, of 37 Glenn Drive died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 8, 1927, son of Philip E. and Henrietta Schaefer Wooliver, he attended local schools. He had...

Matthew F. Juras

Matthew F. Juras, 82, of 70 Columbia St. died yesterday morning at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in Adams on Sept. 14, 1919, son of Peter and Hedwig Cynar Juras, he attended local...

Kitty Shumar

Kitty Shumar, 85, of Taconic Avenue died Friday at home. Born in Toledo, Ohio, on April 24, 1916, daughter of James and Genevieve Valiquette Hughes, she graduated from Lapeer (Mich.) High School...

Jason Clairmont

Jason Dale Clairmont, 22, of Burdine Street, Bossier City, La., formerly of 19 Indian St. Pittsfield, died Friday at home after a gun he was cleaning accidentally discharged. Born in Pittsfield on...

Janet H. Green

JJanet H. Green, 53, of 102 West St., Medway, a native of Pittsfield, died Thursday at home after a brief illness. Born July 25, 1948, daughter of Robert M. and Jeanne Morey Howes, she attended...

Elizabeth Cuthbertson

Elizabeth M. Cuthbertson, 82, of 31 Donna Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Westfield on Sept. 22, 1919, daughter of Arthur and Margaret Cathcart Burke, she...

Clayton Shaw Jr.

Clayton E. Shaw Jr., 93, of Watson House Community Care Center in North Bennington, Vt., formerly of Williamstown, died Wednesday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. He had resided...

Marjory Kirk

Marjory Colt Kirk, 72, of Gulf Shores, Ala., formerly of Dalton and Pittsfield, died Dec. 28 at the Mobile Infirmatory near Gulf Shores. Born in Pittsfield on July 12, 1929, daughter of Zenas...

Erna Burghardt

Erna Burghardt, 91, of Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of Great Barrington, died Tuesday morning at Heartland Care Center in Boynton Beach. Born in Great Barrington on April 25, 1910, daughter of...

Virginia L. Russell

Virginia L. Russell, 92, a resident of the Orleans Convalescent Home in Orleans, died Monday at Cape Cod Hospital. She was a former Williamstown resident. Born in Clintonville, Pa., on Aug. 20,...

Roy J. Wood

Roy James Wood, 82, of 61 Melrose St. died Tuesday afternoon at home. Born in Plymouth, England, on Oct. 30, 1919, son of James and Lillian Mildren Wood, he came to the United States at the age of...

Rose A. Berti

Rose Ann Berti, 84, of 66 Furnace Hill died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 2, 1917, daughter of Mario and Mildred Bondini Coppolino, she attended local schools...

Robert A. Blass

Robert A. Blass, 58, of 204 Bunce Road, Ashley Falls, died yesterday morning at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington after being stricken at home Tuesday. Born in Winsted, Conn., on Sept. 22,...

Omer C. Murphy Jr.

Omer C. Murphy Jr., 73, of 99 Clydesdale Drive died Dec. 27 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lynn on Sept. 15, 1928, son of Omer C. and Elsie McCarthy Murphy, he graduated from Lynn English...

Mary A. Scott

Mary Agnes Scott, 74, of 3400 South Ironwood Road, No. 219, Apache Junction, Ariz., formerly of Pittsfield, died Dec. 23 at Hospice of the Valley East Mesa Palliative Care Unit, Mesa, Ariz. Born...

Edward White Sr.

Edward Fredrick White Sr., 57, of 5241 Vatican Ave., Orlando, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died of cancer Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 28, 1944, son of Warren and Barbara Jacques...

Jennie T. Dus

Jennie T. Dus, 67, of 5 Washington Square died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Great Barrington on March 9, 1934, daughter of William and Anna Szwyd McGuire, she...