Obituaries

Patricia Sterling

Patricia P. Sterling, 78, of Concord, formerly of Pittsfield, died July 8 at the Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley in Littleton. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 16, 1923, daughter of Thomas F. and...

John J. Kenney Jr.

John J. Kenney Jr., 61, of 65 Columbus Ave. died Monday at home. Born in Worcester on July 1, 1940, son of John J. Kenney Sr. and Dorothy Beaudreau Kenney, he attended schools there. He served...

Isabelle Kierstead

D. Isabelle Kierstead, 77, of 800 Windsor Bush Road, Windsor, and 2504 15th St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, died Thursday at her home in Windsor. Born in Pittsfield on July 4, 1924, daughter of...

Grace Cardimino

Grace M. Cardimino, 73, of Lake Tarpon, Fla., a native of Adams, died Friday in Woodside Hospice, North Panellas Park., Fla., where she had resided since May. Born in Adams on Dec. 20, 1927,...

Sylvia Costigan

Sylvia S. Costigan, 93, of Stonehenge Road died Sunday evening at home. Born in N.J., on Dec, 27, 1907, daughter of Gustav and Hulda Heinisiltaa Eskola, she graduated from New Jersey...

Roberta Lemaire

Roberta Anne Lemaire, 48, of 81 Commercial St. died of a heart attack yesterday morning at home. Born in Hartford, Conn., on June 2, 1953, daughter of Burton and Theresa Bonett Frazier, she...

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...