Obituaries

Ethel R. Brown

Ethel R. Brown, 95, of East Main St. died yesterday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in West Springfield on April 19, 1905, daughter of Frank and Mabel Dale Ruesch, her family moved...

Denise E. Filkins

Denise E. Filkins, 42, of 150 Barton Hill Road died Wednesday at home. Born in Dalton on March 3, 1959, daughter of Bernice Mongue Filkins and the late Ronald C. Filkins, she was a 1977 graduate...

Beverly Ann Carpenter

Beverly Ann Carpenter, 65, of Mount Vernon, Ind., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 22 at her winter home in Haines City, Fla. Born Oct. 31, 1935, in Crossville, Ill., daughter of Cyril J. and...

Benjamin Virgilio

Benjamin N. Virgilio, 84, of 66 Winesap Road died Wednesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on May 18, 1916, son of Bernardino and Maria DiPaola Virgilio, he...

Anne W. Dawson

Anne W. Dawson, 84, of 195 Elberon Ave. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 19, 1916, daughter of Peter and Mary Woloshyn Yarmey, she attended local schools and...

Adolph N. Louison

Adolph N. "Duddie" Louison, 89, of 227 Franklin St. died Wednesday evening at Willowood Care Center of North Adams after a chronic illness. Born in Adams on May 9, 1911, son of Adolph P. and...

Joseph F. Chucka

Joseph F. Chucka, 66, of Cochran Street, West Warwick, R.I., died Monday at Kent Hospital in Warwick. He was the father of Joyce A. Amuso of Pittsfield. Born in Old Town, Maine, son of Joseph A....

John C. Boomsma

John C. Boomsma, 80, of 620 Laurel St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Newbury, England, on March 20, 1921, son of Jon and Ann Farnham Boomsma, he moved to Chester at the age of...

Jadwiga T. Ahola

Jadwiga T. Ahola, 88, of 90 Lime St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Nov. 14, 1912, daughter of John Szurek and Tekla V. Rozek, she graduated from St. Stanislaus...

J. Raymond Scarmana

J. Raymond Scarmana, 84, formerly of Sheffield and Summerville of Torrington, Conn., died March 13 at the Litchfield Woods Health Care Center. Born in Torrington, Conn., on Sept. 7, 1916, son of...

Harold Korn

Harold Korn, 71, of 20 Nielsen Lane and 160 E. 65th St., New York City, died Tuesday at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York City. He was born on June 25, 1929, son of Jack and Nettie Korn....

George Stalker Sr., 38

COPAKE, N.Y. — George Raymond Stalker Sr., 38, of Route 22 died Tuesday, March 27, 2001, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington,Mass. Born in Hudson on Sept. 19, 1962, he was the son of...

Edward Langevin, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Edward Langevin, 88, of 1 Nelson St. died Wednesday, March 28, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pittsfield, N.H., on June 18, 1912, son of Peter and...

Doris Horbal

Doris Veronica Horbal, 97, of 458 East Main St. died Tuesday at Willowood of North Adams Health Care Center. Born in Bristol, Conn., on Oct. 7, 1903, daughter of James Edward and Mary Ellen...

Alvia F. Diamond

Alvia F. Diamond, 79, of Madden Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton, Mass., on Jan. 18, 1922, son of Martin E. and Madeline M. Hart Diamond, he resided in the...

Sally W. Walker

Sally W. Walker, 89, of Canaan, N.Y., died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. Born in Albany on Dec. 25, 1911, daughter of Howard G. and Mary Louise Davis Wild, she attended...

Robert T. Howard

Robert T. Howard, 73, of Murrells Inlet, S.C., formerly of Pittsfield and a former president of NBC Television, died March 11 in New York City. Born in Red Bank, N.J., on June 18, 1927, he...

Paul A. Meyers

Paul A. Meyers, 81, of 71 Maple St., a retired GE engineer and former town selectman, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Beaver Brook, N.Y., on July 26, 1919, son of Ernest and...

John A. Morris, 69

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John Alexander Morris, 69, of 1935 Mohawk Trail died Monday, March 26, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted on March 4. Death followed a brief...

Jack Marsico

Jack Marsico, 77, of 325 Northside Drive, Bennington, Vt., died Monday at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, where he had resided since 1997. He was the brother of Jacomina Cirone of North...

Frances K. Roff

Frances K. "Frankie" Roff, 77, of Main Street died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on Aug. 5, 1923, daughter of Harold and Esther Lewis Gross, she was a 1941 graduate of...

Constance McGregor

Constance McGregor, 74, died Monday at the home of her daughter, Elena C.M. Tucker. She had extensive careers in both politics and nursing. Born in Hartford, Conn., on May 31, 1926, daughter of...

Ann L. Lifvergren

Ann L. Lifvergren, 87, of Bay State Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 4, 1913, daughter of Emil H. and Anna Martenson Lifvergren, she was a 1931 graduate...

William J. 'Pete' Carpenter Jr.,

William J. 'Pete' Carpenter Jr., 66, formerly of 425 Park St., Housatonic, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Arlington, MA on September 8, 1934, was a Korean War Veteran with...

William Rosenthal

William Rosenthal, 86, of Mystic Isle Way and Pompano Beach, Fla., died Friday in Natick at the home of his son, Steven Rosenthal. He was assistant director of health and physical education for the...