Obituaries

Robert F. Gerhardt

Robert F. Gerhardt, 93, of 38 East Demming St., formerly of Lanesborough, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Aug. 22, 1912, son of Louis and Minni...

Dorothy Moon Miner, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Mae Moon Miner, 90, of Village East, 546 Mohawk Trail, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, at home. Born in Stephentown, N.Y., on April 27, 1915, daughter of John H....

Lawrence R. Keefe

Lawrence R. Keefe, 89, formerly of 50 1/2 Melrose St., died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Nov. 11, 1915, son of Patrick and Virginia M. Wing Keefe, he was a...

Francis A. Colli

Francis A. Colli, 89, of 821 Pattison Road died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. He had moved to North Adams in 2004. Born in Agawam on Nov. 29, 1915, son of Frank and Susie Cebrelli...

Mabel Walton

Mabel Walton, 86, of 917 North Main St. died Saturday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where she had resided for 11 years. Born in Williamstown on Sept. 30, 1918, daughter of William and Della...

Sophie Lutynski

Sophie Lutynski, 83, of Silver Brook Road died Saturday evening at home. Born in New Britain, Conn., on Feb. 2, 1922, daughter of John and Alexandra Witanowska Silkowski, she graduated from high...

Gerald E. St. Jean

Gerald E. St. Jean, 64, of 46 Mallard Cove died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He had resided in Cheshire for 5 1/2 years. Before that, he lived in Savoy, Adams and the town of...

Anthony Rufo

Anthony Rufo, 84, of 160 East Slope Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 7, 1921, son of Antonio and Mary DeSenna Rufo, he was educated in...

Eugene J. Loveday Sr.

Eugene J. Loveday Sr., 75, of 291 Onota St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pontiac, Ill., on April 19, 1930, son of Henry and Clara Marker Loveday, he was educated there and...

Hilda Mae Farnum

Hilda Mae Farnum, 80, of 55 Sheffield Road died yesterday at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Great Barrington on May 1, 1925, daughter of Arthur and Hazel Connors Duryea, she was a...

Americo "Merc" G. Contenta

Americo "Merc" G. Contenta, 76, of 58 Valentine Road died Sunday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee. Born in Sonnino, province of Latina, Italy, on Oct. 26, 1928, son of Augusto and Esther DiMicco...

Marilyn Shirley Gorman Alderman

Marilyn Shirley Gorman Alderman, 78, of 615 North Eagle St., formerly of 9 Meadow St., North Adams, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield of arteriosclerosis and kidney failure. Born...

Dominic Joseph Mangano

Dominic Joseph Mangano, 92, of 129 Plunkett St. died Wednesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Palermo, Sicily, on March 12, 1913, son of Michael and Rosalia Ferrante Mangano, he...

John Michael Kelly

John Michael Kelly, 75, of 65 Columbus Ave. died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons Nursing Home after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 15, 1929, son of John R. and Mary Irene...

Leona Lillian Ethier

Leona Lillian Ethier, 90, of 4 Columbia St. died early yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on July 8, 1915, daughter of Zotique and Angelina Gauthier...

Harold E. "Red" Affhauser

Harold E. "Red" Affhauser, 81, of 552 Reservoir Road died Wednesday evening at the Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where he had resided since 1993. Born in North Adams on June...

Carolyn H. Houghtaling

Carolyn H. Houghtaling, 89, died yesterday morning at her home at 45 Birch St. Born in PIttsfield on Aug. 9, 1916, she was the daughter of Allen and Verda Burdick Wood. She attended local...

Gerald Lee Gross

Gerald Lee Gross, 71, of 32 Churchill Crest, a resident of Hillcrest Commons for four years, died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cambridge on Sept. 3, 1933, son of William...

Donald M. Webber

Donald M. Webber, 88, formerly of 301 East Road, died yesterday at Riverdale Gardens Nursing Home in West Springfield. He had resided in West Springfield at 81 Harwich Road since April 1998....

Judith Ann Perry

Judith Ann Perry, 63, of 454 South Undermountain Road died Tuesday at Fairview Hospital of cancer. Born in Lansing, Mich., on Feb. 17, 1942, daughter of Charles Trescott Roys and June Farlin...

Rudolph D. "Rudy" Kaatz

Rudolph D. "Rudy" Kaatz, 96, formerly of East Windsor Road, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Oct. 23, 1908, son of Rudolf D.H. and Louisa Kohn Kaatz, he was...

Sadie M. "Sandy" Wowk

Sadie M. "Sandy" Wowk, 85, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., died Sunday at Eden Park in Poughkeepsie after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 5, 1920, daughter of Jacob and Mary Wowk, she was a...

Maryanne E. Tyer

Maryanne E. Tyer, 63, of Henry Avenue died Friday at home after a brief illness. Born in New Haven, Conn., on Sept. 24, 1941, daughter of the late Peter and Elda Mottarella Cornaggia, she was...

Richard Joseph Endres

Richard Joseph Endres, 71, of 212 Bridges Road died yesterday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Jan. 31, 1934, son of William and Dorothy Morstatt...

Allen Lester Cooper

Allen Lester Cooper, 83, of 2434 East Main St., Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Lanesborough and Dalton, died yesterday at home. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Aug. 2, 1922, son of Francis J.A....