Obituaries

John H. Dempsey

John H. Dempsey, 94, of Fairview Terrace, died Monday at Fairview Hospital. Born in North Canaan, Conn., on Nov. 25, 1913, son of Freeman and Annie Wanger Dempsey, he attended Gilbert Academy in...

Cecile Juliett Cutting

Cecile Juliett Cutting, 86, of Penacook, N.H., mother of Eva Jane "Zoe Jilleen" Cutting of Pittsfield, died Nov. 25 at Concord (N.H.) Regional VNA Hospice House. Born in Franklin, N.H., on Feb....

Shirley Ann Rocca

Shirley Ann Rocca, 70, of Kimball Farms, a former resident of 31 Pacific St., Pittsfield, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Scranton, Pa., on June 24, 1937, daughter of Sarah Roach...

Veronica Murphy

Veronica Murphy, 79, of 36 Cobbleview Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on Feb. 27, 1928, daughter of Richard and Veronica Simmons Hickey, she attended schools...

Dexter P. "Dick" Miller

Dexter P. "Dick" Miller, 70, of 3 Alice Drive died Sunday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 2, 1937, son of Wesley and Barbara Connell Miller, he was raised in Lenox and...

Elva H. Lloyd

Elva H. Lloyd, 87, formerly of 386 Elm St., died Monday at Beaumont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Northbridge after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Nov. 14, 1920, daughter of Arthur...

Ann M. Gull

Ann M. Gull, 89, of 48 Pine St. died Nov. 23 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Housatonic on May 17, 1918, daughter of Massimo and Mary Zariani Ricchi, she attended schools there. Mrs. Gull...

Peter Thomas Niarchos

Peter Thomas Niarchos, 87, of 28 Melecca Ave. died Sunday at Williamstown Commons, where he had resided for three months. Born in Chicopee Falls on Sept. 16, 1920, son of Thomas and Helen Petras...

Peter Henry Martin Sr.

Peter Henry Martin Sr., 89, of North Andover died there Saturday at Prescott House. He was the father of Peter H. Martin Jr. of Pittsfield. Born in North Andover on April 19, 1918, son of...

Walter Francis Kuczynski

Walter Francis Kuczynski, 86, of San Francisco, a former resident of Adams, died Saturday at Lawton Health Care Center in San Francisco. Born in Fall River on Sept. 18, 1921, son of Boleslaus C....

Walter Ernest Jones Jr.

Walter Ernest Jones Jr., 83, of 24 Rose Terrace, formerly of 1087 North St., died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 27, 1924, son of Walter E. Jones Sr....

William H. Johnson

William H. Johnson, 73, of 190 Farnum Road, Lakeville, Conn., died Saturday at Sharon (Conn.) Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 16, 1934, son of Harold and Evelyn Vickers Johnson, he...

Eleanor N. Faber, 92

STOCKBRIDGE - Eleanor N. Faber, 92, formerly of Heaton Court, died on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. She had been a resident of Great Barrington Rehabilitation and...

Rosemary Herlihy, 77

SHEFFIELD - Rosemary Kirchner Herlihy, 77, of Park Lane died Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, at Newport (R.I.) Hospital after a long illness. She had been vacationing in Newport. Born on Nov. 15, 1930,...

Janice Schneider, 66

GREAT BARRINGTON - Janice Schneider, 66, of Bernard Gibbons Drive died suddenly Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 9, 1941, the daughter of John and Mildred Esie Pepino...

Yvonne Kickery Haywood, 105

STOCKBRIDGE - Yvonne G. Kickery Haywood, 105, of Willard Hill Road, Interlaken, died Monday morning, Nov. 12, 2007 at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Hericourt, France,...

Edward L. Guidi, 67

GREAT BARRINGTON - Edward L. Guidi, 67, of 140 East St., died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2007, in South Egremont. Born in Great Barrington on July 3, 1940, son of Harold and Marion Curtiss Guidi, he...

E. Harper Holbrook, 89

GREAT BARRINGTON - E. Harper Holbrook, 89, a native of Great Barrington, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2007, at York (Maine) Hospital. Born June 5, 1918, son of Edwin and Mildred Holbrook, he was raised by...

Ronald C. Deffer, 71

GREAT BARRINGTON - Ronald Chester Deffer, 71, of Fairview Terrace died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, at Fairview Commons. Born in Jamaica, N.Y., on Jan. 2, 1936, son of Chester R. and Lillian Heimer...

J. Mason Whalen Jr., 46

GREAT BARRINGTON - J. Mason Whalen Jr., 46, of Silver Street, died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, at home following a brief illness. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 11, 1961, son of Hannah Wyman Agar and...

Mary Rose Bethard Ryan

Mary Rose Bethard Ryan, 94, of 51 Mount Williams Drive, died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 16, 1913, daughter of Daniel and Rose Goodman Twomey, she graduated...

Anthony J. Magnano

Anthony J. Magnano, 87, of Laurel Lake Assisted Living Center, formerly of 49 Longfellow Ave., Pittsfield, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was a lifelong resident of Pittsfield...

Congetta M. Kirchner

Congetta M. Kirchner, 79, of 57 John St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee on Nov. 10, 1927, daughter of Peter and Congetta Borsellino Colombari, she was a 1946 graduate of...

Dr. Jay Harris Katz

Dr. Jay Harris Katz, 79, of 59 Lake Buel Road died Monday at home of prostate cancer. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Sept. 11, 1928, son of Herman and Ida Farber Katz, he graduated from Bronx High School...