Obituaries

Frederick Besancon Jr.

Frederick J. Besancon Jr., 50, of Ruidoso, N.M., a former resident of Otis, died Monday at home. Born in Great Barrington on March 1, 1951, son of Frederick Besancon Sr. and E. Marie Tracy...

Evelyn B. Cahalan

Evelyn B. Cahalan, 90, formerly of 23 East Alford St., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since 1999. Born in South Lee on May 16, 1910, daughter of Michael and Mary Coles...

Dorothy Rudisill

Dorothy Kay Rudisill, 60, of 170 Old Stockbridge Road, and Houston, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after a 30-year battle with multiple sclerosis. Born on San Banard, Texas, on Dec. 18,...

Dorino B. Blasioli

Dorino B. "Tony" Blasioli, 81, of Waltham died Sunday in Deaconess-Waltham Hospital. Born in Italy, son of Dominic and Mamie DeSantis Blasioli, he emigrated to the United States at a young age...

Dixon Hall Daniels

Dixon Hall Daniels, 79, of 7 Daniels Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was a longtime Adams businessman and civic leader. Born in Adams on Sept. 30, 1921, son of Rupert B....

Zora M. Rozinak

Zora M. Rozinak, 80, a resident of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community, died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on Nov. 1, 1920, daughter of Bedrich and Karla...

Tyler J. Roberts

Jay Roberts, 20, of 129 Gibbs Road died Thursday in Blandford. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 11, 1980, son of David and Sandy Moyer Roberts, he received his GED in Great Barrington. Mr. Roberts...

Philip E. Kalker

Philip E. Kalker, 68, of 94 Ide Road and Hilton Head Island, S.C., died at his Williamstown home Sunday after a long illness. He was a former member of the Planning Board and Finance Committee....

Marie A. Shultis

Marie A. Shultis, 94, died Saturday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home and Alzheimer's Center in Great Barrington. Born in Lee on June 29, 1906, daughter of Evi and Alma Har-rington Shultis, she...

Irmgard B. Waller

Irmgard B. Waller, 82, of Devonshire Estates died yesterday at Kimball Farms Nursing Center. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, on May 20, 1918, daughter of Wilhelm and Lilly Engel Brill, she attended...

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers, 81, of Melbourne, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died April 8 at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 17, 1919, daughter of Ralph and Rose Teti...

Felicia A. Banas

Felicia Alice Banas, 88, of 69 North Summer St. died early yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on May 18, 1912, daughter of John and Katherine Krawczyk Jamros, she...

Dr. Helena G. Miller

Dr. Helena deKay Gilder Miller, 87, of 10450 Lottsford Road, Mitchellville, Md., a summer resident of Tyringham, died April 6 at home in Mitchellville. She was the last surviving granddaughter of...

Catherine Taylor

Catherine Taylor, 93, of Agney Avenue, Terryville, Conn., died Monday at Shady Oaks Retirement Center in Bristol, Conn. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 26, 1907, daughter of James and Mary Farrell...

Carrie E. Murach

Carrie Elizabeth Murach, 82, of 2 Fisk St. died Sunday evening at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Springfield on June 6, 1918, daughter of Ernest and Annie Freeman Chamberlain,...

Carol E. Battistoni

Carol Elizabeth Battistoni, 86, of 95 Cheshire Road died Saturday at Brightview of Avon in Avon, Conn., where she had resided since December. Born in Salisbury, Vt., on Dec. 25, 1914, daughter of...

Eleanor Orzolek Drumm

Eleanor Orzolek Drumm, 74, of 219 Oak St., Housatonic, died suddenly Sunday, April 16, at Bristol Hospital. She was born in Housatonic on March 4, 1927, daughter of the late Stanislaw and Marcianna...

Dorothy M. Kustra

Dorothy Mary (Macksey) Kustra, 82, of 24 Anthony St., Adams, died Monday evening in Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield after her transfer there by ambulance following a motor vehicle accident in...

Robert J. Dean

Robert James Dean, 75, of 108 Woodlawn Ave., a longtime schoolteacher in North Adams, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Thursday. Born in North Adams on Aug....

Leo J. Andrews

Leo Joseph Andrews, 64, of 40 Brooklyn St. died Friday at home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 13, 1936, son of Elsie Sorel Andrews Cote and the late Leo J. Andrews, he lived in Cheshire and attended...

Sue Eleanor Davis

Sue Eleanor Elizabeth Davis, 82, of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community died Friday at home. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on April 22, 1918, daughter of William G. and Kathryn Walsh Crandall, she grew up...

Fred E. Strelin

Fred E. Strelin, 79, of 286 Onota St. died April 9 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 15, 1922, son of Karol and Rose Rosenburg Strelin, he was a 1940 graduate of Pittsfield...

Alona Walden

Alona Walden, 82, of Lindley Terrace died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Hudson Falls, N.Y., on May 28, 1918, daughter of Thomas J. and Mabel Breneisen...

Fred P. Johnson

Fred P. Johnson, 74, of 56 Michael Drive died Sunday at home. Born in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 14, 1926, son of John H. and Louise Parmele Johnson, he attended schools there and received two...

David A. Vincent

David A. Vincent, 48, of 28 Thomas Island Road died Sunday at home after a six-month battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1952, son of Donald and Josephine Kelley Vincent, he was a...