Obituaries
Celebrating Lives & Legacies
Margaret Valentine, 55
PITTSFIELD -- Margaret Mary "Peggie" Valentine, 55, of Rose Manor Apartments, 193 Elberon Ave., died Monday. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 26, 1945, daughter of William and Margaret Ray Girard, she...Irene Nettleton, 96
BECKET -- Irene Nettleton, 96, of Melbourne, Fla., formerly of Becket and Lee, died Sept. 15. Born in Delaney, W.Va., on Nov. 20, 1904, she was the daughter of Ernest and Hannah Little McGranahan....Helen I. Stohlman, 96
ADAMS -- Helen Irene Stohlman, 96, of 128 East Hoosac St. died Monday. Born in Adams on Feb. 5, 1905, daughter of John G. and Villa A. Sandford Mogul, she attended Adams schools. She assisted...Dorothy Zall, 85
LENOX -- Dorothy Charles Zall, 85, of Lenox died Monday. Born in Boston on April 23, 1916, daughter of Abraham and Sarah Smith Charles, she attended Boston schools and graduated from Girls High...Barbara L. Davis, 72
BECKET -- Barbara L. Davis, 72, of Pleasant Street died Monday. Born in Sharon, Conn., on Jan. 28, 1929, daughter of George and Flavia Surdam Doty, she graduated from Housatonic Valley Regional...William E. Casper, 37
ADAMS -- William E. Casper, 37, of 2 South Willow St. died Sunday at home. Born in Gary, Ind., on Oct. 23, 1963, he was the son of Elizabeth Doe Casper Oparowski of Adams. He moved to Adams as a...Ralph L. Welch, 72
PITTSFIELD -- Ralph L. Welch, 72, of 52 Orchard St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Interlaken on Jan. 27, 1929, son of Robert Grace and Frances Welch, he attended schools in...Matthew Sprague, 37
PITTSFIELD -- Matthew J. Sprague, 37, of 81 Orchard St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 29, 1964, son of Edwin Sprague and Lois Riddell Sprague Dearstyne, both...Mary A. Luczynski, 96
ADAMS -- Mary A. Luczynski, 96, of 545 Martha Drive, Holly Hill, Fla., formerly of Allen Street, Adams, died Friday at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Fla. Born in Adams on Aug. 16, 1905,...Marion F. Higham
ADAMS -- Marion F. Higham, 93, of 50 Dean St. died Friday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Westminster on June 2, 1908, daughter of Frank R. and Alma Johnstone Murdock, she...Louis J. Cimini, 71
PITTSFIELD -- Louis Joseph Cimini, 71, of 35 South Virginia Ave., Atlantic City, N.J., formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Atlantic City Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 12, 1930,...Lillian I. Adams, 95
NORTH ADAMS -- Lillian Ilene Adams, 95, of 105 Front St. died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Feb. 21, 1906, daughter of Joseph and Celia Fountaine Levesque, she attended...Gertrude Pidcoe, 75
LENOX -- Gertrude C. Pidcoe, 75, of 31 Howell Road, Picayune, Miss., formerly of Lenox, died Oct. 6 at home. Born in Westford on Jan. 24, 1926, daughter of Paul F. and Anna Louise Strandberg...Francis N. Pierce, 85
DALTON -- Francis N. "Red" Pierce, 85, of 228 Citron Way, North Fort Myers, Fla., a former Dalton resident of 35 years, died Oct. 7 at Cape Coral (Fla.) Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 26,...Dorothy K. Hine, 83
PITTSFIELD -- Dorothy K. Hine, 83, of Melbourne Place Assisted Living Community died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 4, 1918, daughter of Harry and...Dorothy E. Long, 81
OTIS -- Dorothy E. Long, 81, of 130 Ridge Ave. died Sunday at the Governor Center in Westfield. She was the mother of Shirley E. Lynn of East Otis. Born in Thurmont, Md., on June 11, 1920,...Charles Cunningham, 84
PITTSFIELD -- Charles T. Cunningham, 84, of 11 Renninger Road, Metuchen, N.J., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 22, 1917, son of Thomas and Maryellen...Peter J. Quaglietti, 91
PITTSFIELD -- Peter J. Quaglietti, 91, of 6105 SW 19th St., Miramar, Fla., formerly of Peck's Road, Pittsfield, died Sept. 6 at Memorial Hospital in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Born in Pescara, Italy, on...Mary P. Caden, 80
NORTH ADAMS -- Mary Patricia Caden, 80, of North Adams Commons, formerly of 406 East Main St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 4, 1921, daughter of...Catherine Nault, 94
GREAT BARRINGTON -- Catherine Nault, 94, formerly of 899 South Main St., died Saturday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where she had resided since December 1999. Born in...Rue G. Staton, 52
GREAT BARRINGTON -- Rue G. Staton, 52, of Dresser Avenue died yesterday at home. Born in Darlington, S.C., on July 23, 1949, daughter of Ruby Dolford Ellerbee Hargraves Fuller and the late Wisdom...
John C. Gottardi, 64
READSBORO, Vt. — John C. "Jack" Gottardi, 64, of 57 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls, formerly of Readsboro, died Friday, Oct. 12, 2001, at Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, Mass. Born in...William E. Curtiss, 80
GREAT BARRINGTON -- William E. Curtiss, 80, of 43 Monument Valley Road died Friday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Mount Washington on Dec. 25, 1920, son of William...James M. Shanahan, 61
GREAT BARRINGTON -- James M. Shanahan, 61, of 265 North Plain Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in North Adams on July 5, 1940, son of James and Frances...Thomas Janeczek, 18, Mt. Greylock graduate
LANESBORO -- Thomas Andrew Janeczek, 18, of 48 Greylock Estates Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center from injuries sustained in an automobile accident Aug. 31 in Hancock. Born in El Paso,...iBerkshires.com Text Ads
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