Obituaries

Mark A. Silvernail

Mark A. Silvernail, 45, of 158 East Main St., Ashley Falls, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Winsted, Conn., on Dec. 1, 1960, son of the late Clifford and Maxine...

Pauline T. Raser

Pauline T. Raser, 94, of 40 Sunset Ave. died Saturday, Jan. 14, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New Bedford on Feb. 9, 1911, daughter of Agnes Presnel, she was educated at Canton Hospital...

Robert M. "Dutch" DeWinkeleer Sr.

Robert M. "Dutch" DeWinkeleer Sr., 74, of 34 Paula Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in New Brunswick, N.J., on June 20, 1931, son of Alphonse and Frances Uhor...

Dorothy Myrtle Briggs

Dorothy Myrtle Briggs, 93, of 72B Monroe Road died yesterday afternoon at Williamstown Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 19, 1912, daughter of Edward H. and Catherine Meehan Knight, she attended...

Thelma H. Smith

Thelma H. Smith, 91, of 792 East St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 23, 1914, daughter of William R. and Augusta Adams Eldridge, she was educated in...

Dahlia M. "Dee" Conway

Dahlia M. "Dee" Conway, 99, of Sugar Hill, Main Street, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. A former resident of Pittsfield, she had resided at Sugar Hill for four years. Born in New...

Bertha Vaughan Burdick, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bertha Vaughan Burdick, 88, of 100 Cliff St. died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Oct. 11, 1917, daughter of...

Sarah C. Taylor

Sarah C. Taylor, 91, of Melbourne Place Assisted Living Community, 140 Melbourne Road, died at home yesterday morning. Born in Roxbury, MA on Jan. 28, 1914, daughter of Annie Cohen and Simon...

Ruth Elenor Elliott

Ruth Elenor Elliott, 88, formerly of Great Barrington, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She had been a resident of Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee...

Joseph E. "Ernie" Lanoue

Joseph E. "Ernie" Lanoue, 85, of 14 Joan Drive died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Aug. 8, 1920, son of William and Alvina Girard Lanoue, he attended schools...

William P. Murtagh

William P. Murtagh, 89, of 21 Highland Drive and a lifelong resident of Great Barrington, died yesterday at home. Born March 13, 1916, in Great Barrington, son of William and Margaret McDonough...

Dorothea B. Gary

Dorothea B. Gary, 69, a resident of Hillcrest Commons, died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 18, 1936, daughter of the late Ernest and Elizabeth Haumuller...

William George Shephard Sr.

William George Shephard Sr., 61, of 8 Glen St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born Nov. 10, 1944, in Adams, son of the late Emery and Phyllis Rougeau Shephard, he attended schools in...

Janet W. Johnson

Janet W. Johnson, 92, of Melbourne Place died Monday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided since November 2005. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1913, daughter of Edward...

Anthony Joseph Guerino

Anthony Joseph Guerino, 66, of 25 Maple St. died Tuesday afternoon at the North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 10, 1939, son of the late John P. Guerino and Philomena Pisano...

Helen J. Burke

Helen J. Burke, 92, formerly of Deming Street, died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on July 21, 1913, she was the daughter of the Charles and Eva Galok Gerwaski...

Wayne Edward Ballou

Wayne Edward Ballou, 60, of 156 Main Road, Monroe, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 18, 1945, son of the late Richard Ballou and Genevieve Marie Risch...

Rita M. Aragose, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rita Maria Aragose, 79, a longtime resident of North Adams, died Monday evening, Jan. 9, 2006, following a long illness. Born in the province of Caserta, Italy, on July...

R. Bruce Andrews

R. Bruce Andrews, 86, of 41 Church St. died Tuesday at his home. Born in Lee on Nov. 7, 1919, son of William F. and Elizabeth Cheney Andrews, he was educated in the Lee schools and was a 1937...

George L. Quinn Jr.

George L. Quinn Jr., 79, of Agawam, formerly of North Adams, died Monday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Jan. 11, 1926, son of George L. Quinn Sr. and Ethel...

Roy A. Mullett, 47

STAMFORD, Vt. — Roy A. Mullett, 47, of 276 Arcadia Drive died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006, at North Adams (Mass.) Regional Hospital, where he was taken after being stricken early in the morning at...

Claire Menkel

Claire Menkel, 87, of Rockridge Retirement Community in Northampton, formerly of Williamstown, died Sunday at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. Born in Ogdensburg, N.Y., on Oct. 20, 1918,...

Jean Mattimore

Jean Mattimore, 96, of 287 Mohawk Forest Boulevard, died Monday at North Adams Commons. She was a resident of Clarksburg for 75 years before moving to North Adams. Born in Tillicoultry,...

Irving M. Lazerus

Irving M. Lazerus, 88, formerly of Pittsfield and Boca Raton, Fla., died Sunday at Doctors Health Center in Dallas, where he had resided for 10 years. Born in Springfield on Aug. 2, 1917, son of...

Allan J. Hoskeer

Allan J. Hoskeer, 70, of 68 Burke Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 28, 1935, son of Irving and Viola Pelkey Hoskeer, he was a 1954...