Obituaries

Josephine M. DiPietro

Josephine M. DiPietro, 78, of 22 Marcella Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 17, 1928, daughter of Joseph and Mary Puia Parisi,...

Helen R. Fox Tomasini

Helen R. Fox Tomasini, 57, of 10220 Molino Road, Santee, Calif., died Friday at home of leiomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer. Born in Cincinnati on Aug. 1, 1949, daughter of Edward and Olivette...

Gertrude Russel Doughty Swartz

Gertrude Russel Doughty Swartz, 92, of 220 South St., formerly of Gladwyne, Pa., died Sunday at home. Born in Detroit, Mich., on Dec. 13, 1914, daughter of E. Crosby Doughty and Gertrude Rutgers...

Gordon B. Ruesch

Gordon B. Ruesch, 86, of West Springfield and Austerlitz, died Sunday at Bay State Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 21, 1920, son of Alfred and Electa Bailey Ruesch, he attended schools...

Ada M. Puntin

Ada M. Puntin, 90, of 55 Pembroke Ave., died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 9, 1916, daughter of Angelo and Rosa Tezza Menin, she graduated from Pittsfield High...

Frederick J. Hoffman II

Frederick J. Hoffman II, 84, formerly of 38 Prospect St., died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Chatham, N.Y., on Dec. 4, 1922, son of Frederick J. Hoffman Sr. and Julia Blackwell Hoffman,...

John Edward Gallagher

John Edward Gallagher, 78, of 43 Sherwood Drive, and of 24824 South Golfview Drive, Sun Lakes, Chandler, Ariz., died Sunday at Chandler Regional Hospital in Arizona. Born April 1, 1928, son of...

George E. Bradley

George E. Bradley, 46, of 750 Oak St., Peshtigo, Wis., a native of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home unexpectedly. Born on Oct. 30, 1960, he was the son of George J. and Marion Scully...

Helen Stadulksi Auger

Helen Stadulksi Auger, 73, of 64 High St., died Monday at Bay Front Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Fla., while wintering in Florida with her husband. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1933,...

Carol LaBrake

Carol LaBrake, 61, of 10 Cloverdale St. died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for a year and a half. Born in Saranac Lake, N.Y., on May 30, 1945, daughter of Barbara Bryant...

Norman Glazer

Norman Glazer, 81, died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since September. He was a former resident of Sugar Hill in Dalton and of Reno, Nev., and Los Angeles. Born in...

Beverly J. O'Connor

Beverly J. O'Connor, 84, of 1160 Main St., Leominster, formerly of 30 Arnold Court, died Tuesday at Highlands Long Term Care Center in Fitchburg. Born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., on April 7, 1922,...

Jane A. Broyles

Jane A. Broyles, 88, a native of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Good Shepherd Home in Jaffrey, N.H., after a long illness. Born on Sept. 23, 1918, daughter of Clement and Evelyn Robillard Menard,...

John Wallace Robinson

John Wallace Robinson, 73, of 1501 Hancock Road died Saturday at home. Born in Burlington, Vt., on Nov. 6, 1933, son of George W. and Margaret Tudhope Robinson, he attended schools in South Hero,...

Nancy L. Osowski

Nancy L. Osowski, 79, of 2 Cypress Lane died Saturday at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided for two months. Born in Pittsfield on June 21, 1927, daughter of Stanley and Helen Dydowicz...

Maureen Quigley

Maureen Quigley, 54, of Wahconah Street, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been a resident of Fairview Commons for two months before her transfer to the hospital. Born in...

Russell E. Demers Jr.

ADAMS, Mass. — Russell E. Demers Jr., 67, of 4 Columbia St., died Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Aug. 26, 1939, son of Elizabeth Birch Grande...

Robert R. Carey

Robert R. Carey, 81, of 84 Lillian St., died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Brooklyn, Pa., on Nov. 18, 1925, son of Russell E. and Agnes Birney Carey, he was educated in Pennsylvania...

Alexander D. Bonak

Alexander D. Bonak, 85, of Clayton Road in the village of Ashley Falls, died Monday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Stockbridge on March 27, 1921, son of Stephen and Anna Olinda Banach, he attended...

Ruth A. Zustra, 79

POWNAL, Vt. — Ruth A. Zustra, 79, of 82 Lincoln St., died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in Freeport, N.Y., on July 5, 1927, daughter of...

Charles Raymond Weldon Sr.

Charles Raymond Weldon Sr., 76, of 45 Spring St., died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 2, 1930, son of Charles J. and Mildred English Weldon, he attended...

Shirley Grace Sabin

Shirley Grace Sabin, 71, of 11 Holmes Road, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Danbury, Conn., on Sept. 29, 1935, daughter of William and Grace Lee Andrews, she was a high school...

Marjorie Ann Neyland

Marjorie Ann Neyland, 82, of College Street, South Hadley, a native of Williamstown, died Jan. 19 at home. Born on Dec. 12, 1924, daughter of John B. and Catherine Maher Neyland, she graduated in...

Freddie A. Strout Jr.

Freddie A. Strout Jr., 85, retired Pittsfield police officer and current resident of Bristol, Conn., died Sunday at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn. Born March 20, 1921, in Freeport, Maine,...

Marie Anne Pouliot

Marie Anne Pouliot, 88, of 51 Gale Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in St. Gervais Province of Quebec, Canada, on July 26, 1918, daughter of Joseph and Marie Coté Nadeau,...