Obituaries

Philip J. Burro, 52

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Philip Jerome Burro, 52, died Saturday, July 14, 2001, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield shortly after being admitted. He was a former longtime resident of...

Linda A. Gardner

Linda A. Gardner, 52, of Fort Worth, Texas, a native of Pittsfield and Cheshire, died yesterday at home. Born June 14, 1949, daughter of Napoleon and Shirley Lewis Levesque, she attended local...

John W. Frick

John W. Frick, 85, of Charlottesville, Va., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at the Colonnades Assisted Living complex in Charlottesville. Born in St. Cloud, Minn., on June 11, 1916, son of...

Elsie Moynihan

Elsie Moynihan, 95, formerly of 296 Hancock Road, died Sunday night at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1906, daughter of David and Isabella MacDonald MacWhinnie, she...

Edna H. Best, 96

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Edna Hannah "Mammy" Best, 96, formerly of 35 Glassworks Road, Berkshire Village, died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. She was the...

Edith Henry

Edith Henry, 95, formerly of Appleton Avenue, died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Raynham Center on Aug. 26, 1905, daughter of Frank D. and Olive Ely Allen Washburn, she was a...

Carlton D. Lockenwitz

Carlton D. "Butch" Lockenwitz, 61, of 28 Clinton Ave. died yesterday morning from injuries suffered in an auto accident late Sunday night in Lenox. Born in South Lee on Oct. 30, 1939, son of...

Norman Singer

Norman Singer, 80, of Norfolk Road died Saturday morning at Fairview Commons Nursing Facility in Great Barrington. Born in Rockaway Beach, N.Y., on April 16, 1921, son of Julius and Rose Weiner...

Rosemary Glendon

Rosemary C. "GG" Glendon Sr., 83, of 5960 Lockamy Lane, Norfolk, Va., died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 23, 1918, daughter of Francis L. and Ruby Farley Curley, she attended local...

Mathilde Wirth

Mathilde Wirth, 97, of West Street died Friday evening at Fairview Commons Nursing Facility in Great Barrington, where she had been a resident since 1997. Born in Strasskirchen, Germany, on April...

Pauline Marchetto

Pauline Marchetto, 77, of 29 Woodruff Road died Friday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee. Born in Sheffield on May 10, 1924, daughter of Antonio and Antonia Sebben Marconi, she was a 1942 graduate of...

Janet M. DiRusso

Janet Marie DiRusso, 48, of 44 Jackson Road died early Saturday morning at home. Born in Newton on July 30, 1952, daughter of Dorothea Colantuono DiRusso and the late Louis DiRusso, she attended...

Peter W. Stephenson

Peter W. Stephenson, 78, of 368 High St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Mr. Stephenson was a teacher and guidance counselor at the former Dalton High School and at Wahconah Regional High...

Clara Annichiarico, 81

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Clara Anna Annichiarico, 81, of 30 Candlewood Drive died Friday, July 13, 2009, at home. Born in New York City on Jan. 4, 1920, daughter of Victor J. and Agnes Rielich...

William Seaman

William H. Seaman, 87, of 11 Windigo Road died Wednesday at home. He served on the town Finance Committee, Planning Board and Council on Aging. Born in Wantagh, N.Y., on Jan. 10, 1914, son of...

Robert E. Scace

Robert E. Scace, 79, of 1150 Barker Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 28, 1921, son of Franklin and Hannah Tierney Scace, he was a 1939 graduate of...

Carole B. Gwara

Carole B. Gwara, 60, of 38 Cambridge Ave. died yesterday of cancer at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 27, 1940, daughter of Yolanda Donati Hickey and the late Thomas Hickey...

William A. Palmer

William Alonzo Palmer, 62, of Hamlin Street died Wednesday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Great Barrington on March 6, 1939, son of Alonzo W. and Doris VanDeusen Palmer, he...

Mario A. Ramasco

Mario A. Ramasco, 75, of 21 Montgomery Ave. died Wednesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Staten Island, N.Y., on Jan. 23, 1926, son of Antonio and Consiglia Lagliastri Ramasco, he...

Irene L. Vareschi

Irene Louise Vareschi, 79, of 83 Cady St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Saskatchewan, Canada, on Aug. 7, 1921, daughter of Edward R. and Ruth Oleson Roberts, she spent...

George W. Maihl

George Wilmer "Will" Maihl, 90, of 79 View Drive died Wednesday at the Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in Baltimore, Md., on Oct. 18, 1910, son of Thomas W. and Etta...

David A. Jacobs

David A. Jacobs, 58, of Whittier, Calif., director of athletics and professor of physical education at Whittier College, a native of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born on Feb. 19, 1943, son...

Ruth A. Lewis

Ruth Alberta Lewis, 79, of 150 Ashland St., Apt. 305, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Monday. Born in North Adams on Oct. 9, 1921, daughter of David and...

Robert J. Formel

Robert J. Formel, 74, of Peachtree City, Ga., a native of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Fayette Community Hospital in Fayetteville, Ga. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 13, 1927, son of Fernando A. and...

Robert F. Morey

Robert F. "Biff" Morey, 60, of 42 South St., Bernardston, died yesterday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in Adams on Feb. 6, 1941, son of Russell and Doris Green Morey, he graduated from...