Obituaries

Edward Holmes Mitchell Jr.

Edward Holmes Mitchell Jr., 70, of Lynchburg, Va., died Saturday at Lynchburg General Hospital. Born in Teaneck, N.J., on Feb. 15, 1937, son of Edward H. Mitchell Sr. and Charlotte Idella...

Edward J. Kousch

Edward J. Kousch, 92, of Hampden Village, Westfield, died Sunday at home. He was the father of Deborah K. "Sita" Howard of Pittsfield. Born in Westfield on June 10, 1915, son of John and Anna...

Valerie A. Hoster

Valerie A. Hoster, 64, of 110 Central Ave., Dalton, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. She lived in Delaware until five years ago when she returned to Dalton. Born...

Lena Victoria Angelini

Lena Victoria Angelini, 102, formerly of 27 Pembroke Ave., in the Lakewood section, died yesterday at Berkshire Place where she had resided since August 2003. Born in San Gimignano, province of...

Florence Janet Coussoule

Florence Janet Coussoule, 93, of 36 Richmond St. died Thursday at home. Born in Housatonic on Oct. 1, 1913, daughter of L. Frank and Harriet Wolcott Vincent, she moved to Pittsfield as a child and...

Alice Margaret "Peggy" Mazinski

Alice Margaret "Peggy" Mazinski, 94, of Samuel F. Vilas Home, Plattsburgh, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died Saturday at Champlain Valley Physician's Hospital Medical Center in Plattsburgh. Born...

Alma A. Cleaver

Alma A. Cleaver, 87, of Sunset Avenue died Friday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Binghamton, N.Y., on Sept. 15, 1919, daughter of Carl and Herimina Heinz Pepernik, she was educated...

Anthony Raymond Scieszka

Anthony Raymond Scieszka, 76, of 45 Burt St., died Tuesday at his home. Born in Adams on April 6, 1931, son of the late Felix and Aniela (Grzebien) Scieszka, he attended St. Stanislaus Elementary...

John F. Lenihan

John F. Lenihan, 63, of 1053 Weslin Creek Drive, Myrtle Beach, S.C., died Monday at his home. He was a former longtime Pittsfield resident and lived in Myrtle Beach for the past year and a...

Geraldine Katherine Glover

Geraldine Katherine Glover, 75, formerly of Pomeroy Avenue and Sugar Hill, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield, Oct. 16, 1931, daughter of Edward F. and Mary Higgins...

Carmen Marguerite Girard

Carmen Marguerite Girard, 88, of 30 Church St., died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 5, 1919, the...

Jean Ann Scarpitto Atwood

Jean Ann Scarpitto Atwood, 75, of 48 Pond Road, Rowe, died Tuesday at the Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams, on March 9, 1932, daughter of the late James Scarpitto and Wanda Sudacki...

Lillian Anita Steffens

Lillian Anita Steffens, 88, of San Diego, died Friday at Scripps Green Hospital. She was a former longtime resident of North Adams. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 17, 1918, daughter of Joseph...

Mary R. Pinney

Mary R. Pinney, 88, of 392 Summit Road, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Trenholm, Ore., on July 6, 1919, daughter of Evan and Viola Tatro Treharne, she was...

Robert John Morin

Robert John Morin, 74, of 92 Orchard St., died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Sept. 5, 1932, son of Romanus and Helen Albert Morin, he graduated from Drury High...

Deborah Rosemary Volin LaMore

Deborah Rosemary Volin LaMore, 53, of 67 Potter Mountain Road, died Monday after taking ill at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 26, 1953, daughter of Rocco J. Farina Jr. and Mary DeSantis Farina,...

Harold J. "Mike" Deneault

Harold J. "Mike" Deneault, 90, of 504 Summer St., died Monday at home. Born in Burlington, Vt., on Feb. 25, 1917, son of George and Lottie Poirier Deneault, he was a graduate of Burlington High...

Dionisia A. "Daisy" Casey

Dionisia A. "Daisy" Casey, 85, of 280 Maple St., died Monday at the summer home of her daughter, Kathleen Casey, of South Street in East Otis. Born in Adams on July 13, 1922, daughter of John and...

Dorothy C. Bartley

Dorothy C. Bartley, 93, of Sugar Hill, 45 Main St., a former longtime resident of Pleasant Street, died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 1, 1913, daughter of Michael J. and Catherine...

Jeannette E. Trudeau

Jeannette E. Trudeau, 82, of 30 Silver St., died yesterday at Fairview Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Clarksburg on June 25, 1925, daughter of Albert and Zenaide LaPlante...

Robert "Skip" Janes

Robert "Skip" Janes, 33, of 126 Union St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Sept. 18, 1973, son of Robert and the late Marlene Turner...

Robert S. Ellsworth

Robert S. Ellsworth, 82, of 1124 Bancroft Road, died yesterday at home. Born in Becket on May 15, 1925, son of Richard and Charlotte Frisbie Ellsworth, he was educated in local schools and was a...

Lucille L. Crawford, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Lucille Lena "Totsy" Crawford, 71, of 24 Watson St. died Sunday, July 22, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on July...

F. Anthony "Tony" Couture

F. Anthony "Tony" Couture, 57, of 35 Crandall St. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Aug. 14, 1949, son of the late Francis E. and Ann Chwalek Couture, he attended...

Ann M. Bailey

Ann M. Bailey, 74, of 1040 Fairview St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on March 8, 1933, daughter of Richard and Mae Decker Briggs, she was educated...