Obituaries

Joseph A. Finn

Joseph A. Finn, 81, of 94 Depot St., Westford, formerly of Sheffield, died Thursday at Emerson Hospital in Concord. Born in Great Barrington on June 24, 1925, he was the son of James P. and Esther...

Lester E. Martin

Lester E. Martin, 92, of 21 Warwick St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Woronoco on June 4, 1914, son of George and Eugenia Pisette Martin, he moved to Hartford, Conn., as a...

Marguerite Isabelle "Peggy" Keefner

Marguerite Isabelle "Peggy" Keefner, 83, a resident of Rose Manor since 1987, died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for two weeks. Born in Pittsfield on May...

Dorothy Alice Janes

Dorothy Alice Janes, 87, of 140 Melbourne Road, Melbourne Place, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 11, 1919, daughter of Henry O. and Leone Potter Goddeau, she...

Leonard Joseph Fields III

Infant Leonard Joseph Fields III was stillborn March 4 at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was the son of Leonard J. Fields Jr. and Robin Warner Dewey, who died Saturday from complications...

Robin Marie Dewey

Robin Marie Dewey, 25, of 1 Noble Place, died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital from complications related to pregnancy. On March 4, she delivered a stillborn son, Leonard Joseph Fields...

Eleanor Koncelik Curtiss

Eleanor Koncelik Curtiss, 82, formerly of State Road, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Helen Moening, of Ridgeway Avenue in Pittsfield, where she had resided for the past year. Born in...

Bernard Herbert Starr

Bernard Herbert Starr, 90, of 51 Sampson Parkway, died Wednesday at North Broward Medical Center in Pompano Beach, Fla. Born in Chelsea on March 13, 1917, son of Samuel and Bessie Ginsberg Starr,...

James Babcock Fales

James Babcock Fales, 90, of Southbury, Conn., formerly of Otis and Venice, Fla., died Tuesday at Danbury (Conn.) Hospital after suffering a stroke. Born in West Medway on Oct. 28, 1916, son of...

Victor John Bednarz

Victor John Bednarz, 73, of 16 Smith St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Aug. 16, 1933, son of Victor S. Bednarz and Julia Hoczela Bednarz Ciuk, he graduated from the former Adams High...

John Henry Wehry

John Henry Wehry, 78, of Berkshire Town Apartments, died Tuesday at Curtis Manor Retirement Home, where he had resided since March 2006. Born in Pittsfield on June 14, 1928, son of Joseph J. Wehry...

Anne Marie Markarian, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Anne Marie Markarian, 91, of 1080 Simonds Road, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at her home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 18, 1915, daughter of Patrick J. and Mary...

Anita V. Kuczynski, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Anita Villa Kuczynski, 76, of 8 Spring St., died Sunday, March, 18, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 31, 1930, daughter of Lyman A. and...

Shirley Kaplan

Shirley Kaplan, 82, of Rolling Hills Condominiums in Lenox and 95 West 95th St., New York City died Friday at her home in Manhattan, where she was receiving Hospice care. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y.,...

Lucie Josephine Jones

Lucie Josephine Jones, 74, of 514 Main St., died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 27, 1932, daughter of Edwin and Stella Buianowicz Brower, she attended Pittsfield schools and was a...

Dorothy Sherman

Dorothy Sherman, 81, formerly of John Street in Dalton, died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had been a resident since July 2001. Born in Pittsfield on July 22, 1925, daughter of Paul R....

Charlotte J. Shepardson

Charlotte J. Shepardson, 90, of 45 Main St., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center following a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 1, 1916, daughter of Frederick C. and Lottie S. Brock...

Mary E. Shalley

Mary E. Shalley, 74, of 149 Monument Valley Road, died Tuesday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on May 6, 1932, daughter of William and Ruth Snow Rowley, she attended schools in...

Helen J. Ragan

Helen J. Ragan, 75, of 107 Somerset Ave., died at home on Monday. Born in Adams on August 16, 1931, daughter of Joseph and Julia Struzik Morawiec, both of Poland, she was educated in Adams...

Lois Jean Porter

Lois Jean Porter, 74, formerly of Berkshire Town Apartments, died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since 2005. Born in Stephentown, N.Y., on Oct. 30, 1932, daughter of Charles...

Leslie Smith Conant

Leslie Smith Conant, 49, of Dallas, sister of Alexandra Huber of Lenox, died Sunday at Plaza Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Born in Hartford, Conn., on Oct. 31, 1957, daughter of William...

William B. Whitney, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - William Bryant Whitney, 84, of 360 Reservoir Road, died Sunday, March 18, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Mr. Whitney was a partner at the former Whitney's Drug Store...

Sandra-Lee Sumliner

Sandra-Lee Sumliner, 73, formerly of Kingston, N.Y., died Wednesday at Craneville Place., where she had resided for two years. Born in West Hartford, Conn., on March 15, 1933, daughter of Aaron G....

Irene K. Palmer

Irene K. Palmer, 81, of 17 Browns Road, Stephentown, N.Y., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee on Feb. 22, 1926, daughter of John W. and Lena Lasher Wheeler, she attended Lee High...

The Rev. Joseph P. Massaro CSS

The Rev. Joseph P. Massaro CSS, 84, a member of the Stigmatine Fathers and Brothers, died Sunday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage. He is the...