Obituaries

Mildred A. Cole, 77

NORTH ADAMS -- Mildred Alice Cole, 77, of 423 State Road died yesterday morning. Born in North Adams on June 17, 1924, daughter of Gaspar and Eva Charron Marcil, she attended North Adams...

Dorothy I. Collins, 69

PITTSFIELD -- Dorothy I. Collins, 69, of Bath, Maine, formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Hawthorne House in Freeport, Maine, after a long illness. Born in Lanesboro on Nov. 12, 1931,...

Dorothy A. Geary

PITTSFIELD -- Dorothy A. Geary, 81, of 112 Doreen St. died Thursday. Born in East Arlington, Vt., on Sept. 16, 1920, daughter of Raymond and Edna Ennis Elwell, she attended schools there. She was...

Paul B. Litano

PITTSFIELD -- Paul B. Litano, 79, of 7 State St. died yesterday. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 11, 1922, son of Frank and Elvera Tramentozzi Litano, he attended local schools. He earned his general...

Adams D. Brooks, 19

Adam D. Brooks, 19, Monterey Store clerk SHEFFIELD -- Adam Dutcher Brooks, 19, of Ashley Falls died Monday from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Born in Torrington, Conn., on Dec....

Theodora Bury

Theodora "Teddy" Bury, 81, of Cornwall Bridge, Conn., died Friday at home of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. She was the mother of Gail M. Burns of Williamstown. Born in Boston on March 20, 1920,...

Richard Aveyard Jr.

Richard H. Aveyard Jr., 35, of 50 Maplewood Ave. died Monday at home. Born in Adams on March 16, 1966, son of Richard and Jean Lavigne Aveyard, he attended Adams schools and graduated from Hoosac...

Mollie E. Doherty

Mollie E. Doherty, 95, of 329 Pittsfield Road died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Hyannis on July 9, 1906, daughter of David Henry and Mary Saint Sears, she attended...

Josephine Polchlopek

Josephine A. Polchlopek, 83, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been a resident of Springside of Pittsfield since January. Born in Adams on May...

Joseph F. Kus

Joseph F. Kus, 86, of 7 Fryc Lane died Monday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Northampton. Born in Cleveland on July 30, 1915, son of Frank and Julia Houska Kus, he attended...

Frances Burke

Frances Elizabeth Burke, 95, formerly of 181 Elm St., died yesterday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided since September 2000. She moved to Pittsfield in 1980 after residing in...

Elizabeth R. Johnson, Infant

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Elizabeth Rayne Johnson, 5-week-old infant daughter of Deinah A. Darling and Andre M. Johnson Sr. of 221 Francis Ave., died Monday, Oct. 1, 2001, at Baystate Medical Center in...

Edith Charpentier

Edith F. Charpentier, 85, of Orchard House died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Sept. 20, 1916, in Astoria, Queens, N.Y., daughter of Arthur and Florence Treckman Andariese, she...

Caroline McGuire

Caroline E. McGuire, 78, formerly of Cottage Street, died Monday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 17, 1923, daughter of Bertolo and Serafina Costa, she attended local...

Mary G. Ram

Mary G. Ram, 78, of Hopedale, formerly of Milford, died yesterday morning at Hearthstone on Golden Pond in Hopkinton, where she had resided for four years. She was the mother of Mary T. Makuc of...

Marion Folmsbee

Marion G. Folmsbee, 94, formerly of 65 Columbus Ave., died Saturday evening at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since 1997. Born in Limerock, Conn., on June 19, 1907, daughter of...

M. Antoinette Drumm

M. Antoinette Drumm, 90, of Park Street, formerly of Alford, died Sunday at the Village at Laurel Lake Nursing Facility, where she had been a resident since 1999. She was the Alford town clerk for...

Lynda A. Brown

Lynda Antoinette Hebert Brown, 52, of 28 Church St. died Sunday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 11, 1948, daughter of Armand A. and Bertha Corbiere Hebert,...

Gertrude L. Fox

Gertrude L. Fox, 88, of 169 Valentine Road died Sunday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where she resided for the two years. Born in Huntington on June 10, 1913, daughter of Howard and Louise Plankey...

Edith M. Drew

Edith M. Drew, 92, of 11 Manchester Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 22, 1909, daughter of Norman and May Kelly Arnold, she attended local...

Charles W. Fertek

Charles Wladyshaw Fertek, 81, of 47 McAlister St. died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1920, son of Stanislaw and Mary Glazewski Fertek, he attended local...

Patrick H. Knapp

Patrick H. Knapp, 35, of 78 East St., an Alert Hose Company firefighter, died Saturday morning at MedSource Technologies in Pittsfield, where he had worked for 12 years. Born in Rochester, N.Y.,...

Edith Smithson

Edith C. Shaw Smithson, 94, of North Falmouth, a native of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born on July 20, 1907, daughter of Howard and Bessie Bovet Culver, she grew up in Dalton and attended...

Donald Willbrant

Donald L. Willbrant, 65, of Latham, N.Y., died Saturday at Albany (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital after a year's battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 10, 1936, son of Lewis H. and Elma Billings...

William A. Bertoli

William A. Bertoli, 87, of 287 Great Barrington Road died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Housatonic on April 22, 1914, son of Andrew and Martha Pautot Bertoli, he attended schools...