Obituaries

Ruth M. Emerson

Ruth M. Emerson, 95, of 28 Richardson St. died Friday morning at Hillcrest Commons, where she had been a patient since 1996. Born in Adams on May 14, 1906, daughter of Vern and Hattie M. Horton...

Mildred M. Tone

Mildred M. "May" Tone, 83, of 56 Spadina Parkway died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on June 23, 1918, daughter of James H. and Catherine Powers Tone, she attended...

Mabel A. Coffin

Mabel A. Powers Coffin, 89, of 380 Bears End Road died Saturday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She was born in Sheffield on Oct. 2, 1911, daughter of Cornelius and Mabel...

Edith Cohen

Edith Cohen, 75, of 33 Adam St. died Saturday evening at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for a month. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Feb. 15, 1926, daughter of Benjamin and Sadie...

Antonio DiTomasso

Antonio DiTomasso, 89, of 14 Westminster St. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he was admitted June 29. Born in Watervliet, N.Y., on May 17, 1912, son of Nicola and Concetta Polce...

Richard Stockwell

Richard D. Stockwell, 81, of 149 Mendon St., Upton, died yesterday at home. He was the father of Richard S. Stockwell of Pittsfield. Born on April 30, 1920, he was raised in Upton by Jennette and...

Laura Kushneroff

Laura Kushneroff, 99, of Bradley Street died Tuesday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. Born in Gomel, Russia, on March 25, 1902, she attended schools there. She came to the United...

John Chester Boyd

John Chester Boyd, 54, of 152 Wahconah St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a shooting incident at his home. He had been a resident of Pittsfield for 20 years. Born in Manhattan,...

Rufus M. Walker

Rufus Mason Walker, 91, of 100 Chestnut St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital following an long illness. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 26, 1909, he was the son of the late Henry...

Norma M. Gallese

Norma Mary Gallese, 96, of 34 Lower Westfield Road, Holyoke, a native and former longtime resident of North Adams, died Tuesday at home. Born in North Adams on June 27, 1905, daughter of Stephen...

Joseph LaPlante

Joseph B. LaPlante, 92, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 30, 1909, son of Henry and Helen Delaney LaPlante, he attended local...

E. Barbara Rudd

E. Barbara Cronin Rudd, 78, of 182 Ashuelot St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 20, 1922, daughter of John T. and Elizabeth Sitzman Cronin, she attended the...

Benjamin Wilbur

Benjamin Wilbur, 91, of 9 Sunnyside Drive died yesterday at home. Born in Swanton, Vt., on Oct. 3, 1909, son of Herbert H. and Ellen Benson Wilbur, he traveled to different cities as a child, and...

Allen W.P. Hart, 71

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Allen W.P. Hart, 71, of Williamstown died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at home. Born in Williamstown on Oct. 1, 1929, son of Henry Hart Sr. and Kate Alexander Hart, he attended...

Thomas Reilly Sr.

Thomas J. Reilly Sr., 77, of 1070 South St. died Sunday at Craneville Place of Dalton, where he had resided since July 17. Born in Rensselaer, N.Y., on April 21, 1924, son of Joseph and Mary...

Thomas B. Janes

Thomas Benedict Janes, 85, of 2165 Tupper St., Montreal, formerly of Pittsfield, died July 30 at Montreal General Hospital. Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, on Aug. 23, 1915, son of...

Rita Lacross

Rita Cecile Lacross, 86, of 29 Mohawk Forest Boulevard died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Stamford, Vt., on March 28, 1915, daughter of Francis and Delina Lagenesse Robillard,...

Helen R. Harris

Helen R. Harris, 86, of 546 Union St., Village East, died Monday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on July 6, 1915, daughter of Emile J. Goyette and Nellie Shays Goyette, she attended...

Helen D. Arienti

Helen D. Arienti, 80, of 72 Oswald Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 24, 1920, daughter of Lewis and Helen Wesley Wetzel, she attended schools in...

Dorothy DeGrenier

Dorothy H. DeGrenier, 80, of 54 Melbourne Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 3, 1921, daughter of William and Marie Suttung Hebert, she was a 1939 graduate...

Dennis Reynolds

Dennis M. "Mickey" Reynolds, 50, of 12 Vernon St., Holyoke, a native of Pittsfield, died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 8, 1950, son of the late Michael and Betty Gough Reynolds, he...

Clara A. Doran

Clara A. Doran, 93, formerly of 149 Bradley St., died yesterday at Laurel Lake Nursing Center in Lee, where she had been a patient for several years. Born in Adams on Feb. 29, 1908, daughter of...

Christina Gifford

Christina Gifford, 89, of Catskill, N.Y., died yesterday at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y., where she was admitted Monday. She was the mother of Elizabeth Kiriakedes of the Ashley Falls...

Cecilia DiLego, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Cecilia Theresa Scarbo DiLego, 92, of St. Joseph's Court, 85 Eagle St., died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted...

Aimee B. Locke

Aimee B. Locke, 94, formerly of Great Barrington, died Monday in Dunedin, Fla. Born in Milmine, Ill., on Aug. 12, 1906, daughter of Samuel and Mary Bevilhimer Brandenburg, she attended schools...