Obituaries

Robert L. Maynard Sr.

Robert Leon Maynard Sr., 77, of 245 Cheshire Road died Sunday afternoon at home. Born in Lanesboro on May 15, 1924, son of Wyatt L. and Helena Mickle Maynard, he attended schools in Lanesboro and...

Robert J. Bersaw

Robert J. Bersaw, 73, of 193 Castle St. died Sunday at home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 30, 1928, son of Norman and Della Jennings Bersaw, he moved to Williamstown as a child and attended schools...

Norman Schulze

Norman Dwight Schulze, 92, of 55 Marion Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Quincy on Aug. 9, 1909, son of Henry H. and Edna Herrick Schulze, he attended grammar school in Quincy before...

William Pedercini

William Robert Pedercini, 64, of 45 Leonard St., owner of Simon's Market in Pittsfield, died Saturday evening at home. Born in North Adams on Oct. 14. 1937, son of George and Katherine Hickey...

Robert B. Rivel

Robert Bradin Rivel, 80, formerly of 2 Juliana Drive, died Friday at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, where he had resided since December 1994. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 13, 1921,...

Lena M. Boichot

Lena M. Boichot, 95, of 4 Columbia St. died Saturday morning at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Feb. 4, 1906, daughter of Ludger and Adele Charbonneau Jarvis, she graduated from Notre Dame...

Henry D. Farias

Henry D. "Rick" Farias, 77, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Prince George Healthcare in Georgetown, S.C. Born March 17, 1924 in East Falmouth, he was the son of Manuel D. and Adelaide...

Frances H. Bruno

Frances Helen Bruno, 64, of 315 Hungerford St. died yesterday morning shortly after being admitted to Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Jan. 29, 1937, daughter of Febronia Koza Andrus and...

Edward McDonald

Edward J. McDonald, 88, of 471 Wauregan Road, Killingly, Conn., died Saturday at home. He was elected a Pittsfield councilor at large in 1945 and served as president of the council from 1947 to 1948....

Edward M. Moyer

Edward M. Moyer, 83, of Onset, formerly of 75 Wealthy Ave., died Friday at Tobey Hospital in Wareham. Born in Rochester, N.Y., on Jan. 29, 1918, son of Oliver and Cecilia Hunt Moyer, he attended...

Aurore McDevitt

Aurore A. McDevitt, 92, formerly of 52 Maple St.,died yesterday at North Adams Commons, where she had been a resident for two weeks. Born Jan. 1, 1909, in Cochituate, daughter of Herman and...

James Christmann

James W. Christmann 37, of Arlington died Wednesday morning at home of cancer. He was the son-in-law of Frederick and Nancy Costello of Lee. Born in Camp Springs, Md., on April 18, 1964, son of...

Helen Kelley

Helen Kelley 89, of Nohoval, County Cork, Ireland, formerly of Troy, N.Y., and mother of Mary Edwards of Stockbridge, died Wednesday at Cork University Hospital. Born in Bedford on March 16, 1912,...

Gerard A. Dragon

Gerard Andrew Dragon 81, of 142 Church St. died Wednesday afternoon at home. Born in Gilbertville on May 21, 1920, son of Appolinaire and Alexina Richards Dragon, he attended schools in...

Edward J. Hakes

Edward J. Hakes 79, of 34 Commercial St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Nov. 12. Born in Adams on June 12, 1922, son of William H. and Lena...

Wilson Aponte

Wilson Aponte, 44, formerly of 36 Springside Ave., died Nov. 15 of lung cancer at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Haven, Conn. Born in Pounce, Puerto Rico, on Jan. 17, 1957, son...

Matthew Loszynski, 86

ADAMS, Mass. — Matthew Peter "Spike" Loszynski, 86, of Millhouse Apartments, 75 Commercial St., died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001, at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Dec. 13, 1914, son of...

Lawrence Urbano

Retired Superior Court Judge Lawrence B. Urbano, a Williamstown native and former member of that town's Select Board, died Tuesday evening at the Hampshire Care Center in Leeds. Urbano, who lived on...

Alfred J. Calvano

Alfred J. Calvano Sr., 81, of Silver Street died Tuesday at Fairview Hospital. Born March 27, 1920, in Brooklyn, N.Y., son of Salvatore and Provendenzia Circardo Calvano, he attended Brooklyn...

Yolanda Puppolo

Yolanda Maria "Donda" Puppolo, 84, of 380 Ashland St. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield Nursing Home. Born in North Adams on April 22, 1917, daughter of Geaue and Adele DelDebbio...

Raymond Brownson

Raymond Louis Brownson, 83, formerly of Great Barrington, died Sunday in Brooksville, Fla. Born in Great Barrington on March 28, 1918, son of Edward S. and Cora L. Turner Brownson, he attended...

Martin Wojick Jr.

Martin J. Wojick Jr., 72, of 971 West St. died Saturday as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident in York, Maine. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 6, 1929, son of Martin J. Wojick Sr....

Jack E. Kissinger

Jack E. Kissinger, 67, of RR5, Wellsboro, Pa., formerly of Lee, died Sunday at home. Born in Carlisle, Pa., on Oct. 25, 1934, he was the son of the late Ralph K. and Lorraine Smith Kissinger. He...

Francis C. Bashara

Francis Charles Bashara, 79, of 20 West Housatonic St. died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Adams on April 24, 1922, son of Charles and Christine Mekedeci Bashara, he...

DeEtte Catherine Fyfe

DeEtte Catherine Fyfe, 86, of 54 Williamsburg Terrace died Monday at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she had been a patient since June 1. Born in Albany, N.Y., on April 28, 1915, daughter of...