Obituaries

Victor Rancourt Jr.

Victor Alfred Rancourt Jr., 76, of 40 Brooklyn St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Feb. 8, 1925, son of Victor Alfred Rancourt and Mabel Baker Rancourt, he attended Adams schools,...

Shirley Collette

Shirley Mae Collette, 75, of 201 East Road died yesterday at North Adams Commons on Franklin Street. Born in Greenfield on Jan. 12, 1927, daughter of John Francis Young and Gertrude Dorothy Smead...

Mary A. Pratt

Mary A. Pratt, 83, of 400 Washington Road died Monday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in County Leitrium, Ireland, on Dec. 24, 1918, daughter of John and Levera Gunshunan Slevin, she attended schools...

Louis J. Gilardi

Louis J. Gilardi, 87, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, Lenox, and formerly of Elberon Avenue, died Tuesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on...

Ida M. Lusignan

Ida M. Lusignan, 95, of 101 Lebanon Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Salem on April 7, 1906, daughter of Achille and Diane Pradet Gagne, she attended Pittsfield...

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...