Obituaries

Margaret L. May

Margaret L. May, 95, formerly of 44 Pine St., died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had been a resident since October 1998. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 23, 1906, daughter of Louis...

Nicholas Speranzo

Nicholas J. Speranzo of 10 Union Court, longtime chairman of the Pittsfield Housing Authority and a labor leader, died Sunday at his home. He was 82. Mr. Speranzo served on the Housing...

John J. Wajda

John J. Wajda, 93, of 10 High St. died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Nov. 2, 1908, son of Thomas and Katherine Alibozek Wajda, he attended Adams schools, including...

Daniel E. Pemble

Daniel Earl Pemble, 86, of 69 Baker St. died Sunday at Providence Care Center where he had been a patient for the last two months. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 1, 1915, son of Earl P. and Regina...

Cornelius Boccagni

Cornelius William Boccagni, 86, of 1440 Rose Terrace, Apopka, Fla., died Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Florida Hospital in Altamonte Springs following a short illness. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Oct. 30,...

Barbara A. Asta

Barbara Ann Asta, 52, of Memorial Drive died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 12, 1949, daughter of Basil and Natalie Malczynski LaTorre, she attended...

Richard Ferrell

Richard S. Ferrell Sr., 80, of Westford, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Emerson Hospital in Concord. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 31, 1920, son of Albert A. and Lena Muzette Rogers...

Harry R. Wilson

Harry R. Wilson, 70, of Epworth Arms, 350 West St., died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 30, 1931, son of Charles L. and Anna Bocock Wilson, he grew up...

Arthur L. George

Arthur Lester George, 100, of 54 Oblong Road died Friday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center. He held many town posts, including forest and tree warden, and moth superintendent Born on Berlin...

Robert Earl Pause

Robert Earl Pause, 68, of 28 Meadow St. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Adams on July 21, 1933, son of William and Frances Demarais Pause, he graduated from the former Adams High School in...

Muriel B. Rowe

Muriel Buesing Rowe, 69, of 303 Harlan Road, North Bennington, Vt., died Monday following a long illness. She retired as a secretary from Williams College. Born April 5, 1932, in Belvidere, Ill.,...

Diana Liszka

Diana Liszka, 89, of 32 Richmond St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 8, 1912, daughter of Joseph and Katherine Hospod Gorczyca, she attended local...

Rita L. Robinson

Rita L. Robinson, 80, of 169 Valentine Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 20, 1921, daughter of William J. and Blanche Lange Mooney, she attended local...

Lillian L. Downey

Lillian Lorraine Downey, 82, formerly of Rose Manor, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for the past two years. Born in Pittsfield on April 8, 1919, daughter of John P. and...

James McMahon

James F. McMahon, 84, of Westfield died Tuesday at Laurel Lake Center, where he had resided since August. Born in Westfield on June 13, 1917, son of Thomas and Mary Ellen Donovan McMahon, he...

Donald C. Racine

Donald C. Racine, 71, of 376 Old Columbia St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Oct. 1, 1930, son of Thomas and Rose Gladu Racine,...

Charlotta Grant

Charlotta Grant, 83, of 75 Atwood Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Springfield on Oct. 21, 1918, daughter of Ruth Barnabas Grant, she was a graduate of Pittsfield High...

Paula C. Faddis

Paula Connelly Faddis, 57, of 290 Sherman Ave., Waynesburg, Pa., formerly of Lenox, died Monday at Washington Hospital in Washington, Pa., after a long illness. Born in Lenox on Oct. 30, 1944,...

Jean B. Stockwell

Jean B. Stockwell, 85, of Shellpoint Village in Fort Myers, Fla., a native of Adams, died Saturday at home after a brief illness. Born in Adams on Dec. 21, 1915, daughter of David and Isabell...

Laura H. Getman

Laura Harrington Getman, 90, formerly of Cheshire and Sharren Lane, Enfield, Conn., died yesterday at Suffield House in Suffield, Conn. Born in Adams on May 31, 1911, daughter of Gilbert A. and...

Elizabeth McCormick

Elizabeth DeCane McCormick, 81, of 77 Bull Hill Road died Sunday at home. Born in Somerville on Aug. 14, 1920, daughter of Arthur and Elizabeth Nugent DeCane, she attended schools there and...

Clarke H. Gray Sr.

Clarke H. Gray Sr., beloved husband and father, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, at his home in Port St. John, Fla. A memorial service will take place Friday, Dec. 21, at 9 a.m. at Faith Evangelical Lutheran...

Gerard Edward Smith

Gerard Edward Smith, 85, of 35 Thistle Path, a former businessman and civic leader in Williamstown and North Berkshire, died Thursday at home. He was a former chairman of the Williamstown Planning...

Romolo L. Guarda

Romolo L. Guarda, 68, of 5 Pine St., formerly of West Stockbridge, died Saturday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Richmond on March 6, 1933, son of Dominic and Aurelia Pellizaro...

Richard Skinner

Richard E. Skinner, 48, of East Bridgewater, formerly of Lee, died Saturday at Brockton Hospital after a short illness. Born in Providence, R.I., son of Claire Dube Skinner and the late Richard...