Obituaries

Selma Gertrude Tanguay

Selma Gertrude Tanguay, 83, of 35 Enterprise St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Olbersdorf, Germany, on March 4, 1921, daughter of Hermann and...

Leland Samuel Lowry

Leland Samuel Lowry, 79, of 6 Hastings St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted on Friday, April 30, following a brief illness. He was the former animal...

Theresa Doris Little Zimny

Theresa Doris Little Zimny, 77, of 17 Pleasant Street died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Patricia A. Studley, 490 Savoy Road, Cheshire, following a long illness. Born in Adams on Dec. 2,...

John W. Tinker Sr

John W. Tinker Sr., 86, of Squire Lane died yesterday afternoon at Fairview Commons, where he had resided for a few days. Born April 2, 1918 in Torrington, Conn., son of George W. and Helen...

Donna Ruth Spitzer

Donna Ruth Spitzer, 53, of 103 Lincoln St. died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 25, 1951, daughter of Mary Monroe Rider Brasie of Pittsfield and the late...

James Calvin Derryberry Sr

James Calvin Derryberry Sr., 85, of Monterey Road died Wednesday morning at Northampton Veterans Medical Center. He had moved to Otis in 1997. Born in Altus, Okla., on May 31, 1918, son of...

Irene A. Chittenden

Irene A. Chittenden, 82, of 7 Marshall Ave. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Adams on Jan. 31, 1922, daughter of Frank and Annie Sudacki Sudacki, she...

David I. Sookey, 93

ADAMS, Mass. — David I. Sookey, 93, of 75 East Road, a longtime Berkshire County businessman and civic leader, died Monday evening, May 3, 2004, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield....

Dennis Allen Mange

Dennis Allen Mange, 60, of Route 10, Cleveland, Texas, formerly of Beartown Mountain, South Lee, died April 18 at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 26, 1943, son of Alfred E. Mange Jr. and...

Cynthia R. Hart

Cynthia R. Hart, 55, of Sarasota, Fla., died suddenly on Tuesday, April 27, at her home. She was the mother of Gabrielle Senza of Great Barrington. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on Sept. 29, 1948,...

Rose Mary Tristany Condron

Rose Mary Tristany Condron, 94, of 169 Valentine Road died Monday evening at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pennsylvania on April 28, 1910, daughter of Dominic and Katherine Melfi Gigliotti, she came...

Marjorie V. Coakley

Marjorie V. Coakley, 98, of 24 Irwin St. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. She moved to Lanesboro 35 years ago after residing in Pittsfield for many years. Born in Pittsfield...

Monica Anne Charron

Monica Anne Charron, 18, of 6987 Main St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass., where she was admitted Friday after a brief illness. Born in Brattleboro on Sept. 8,...

Jeanette G. Tallman

Jeanette G. Tallman, 86, of 101 Orlando Ave. died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 2, 1918, daughter of Philip and Natalie Rimbold Gelinas, she was a 1936 graduate of the former...

Edwina McNeil Scribner

Edwina McNeil Scribner, 74, of 40 Edward Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Feb. 23, 1930, daughter of Edward A. Dush Sr. and Gladys Controy Dush, she...

Stephen P. Mozden Sr

Stephen P. Mozden Sr., 88, of 23 Baldwin Ave. died yesterday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. He had spent summers at the Shorelands in Becket since 1955. Born in Woronoco on May 8, 1915, son...

Mary E. Thompson

Mary E. Thompson, 76, of 577 Elm St. died early yesterday morning at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Newton on Feb. 25, 1928, daughter of Henry and Mary Melanson Herlihy, she was a...

Kathrine M. O'Brien

Kathrine M. O'Brien, 89, of 379 East St. died Friday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 18, 1914, daughter of Patrick and Alice Kelly Londergan, she was a 1932 graduate of...

Thomas E. Moran

Thomas E. Moran, 51, of 198 Orchard St. died Friday afternoon at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after a short illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 11, 1952, son of Thomas E. Moran of...

Ernest John "Chuck" Cardillo Sr

Ernest John "Chuck" Cardillo Sr., 76, of East Street died yesterday morning at home. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 2, 1927, son of Dominick and Laura DeRienzo Cardillo, he attended the former...

Sophie A. Norman

Sophie A. Norman, 88, of 3 Myrtle St. died Saturday afternoon at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Sept. 26, 1915, daughter of Henry P. and Tekla Jaworska Skowronski, she...

Caroline E. Morse

Caroline E. Morse, 84, of Springfield died yesterday at Riverdale Gardens Nursing Home in West Springfield. She was the mother of Charles Morse of Richmond. Born in Holyoke on April 21, 1920,...

William E. "Jerry" Mills

William E. "Jerry" Mills, 73, of 116 Autumn Drive died Saturday, at Williamstown Commons, where he was admitted March 30. Born in South Acton on March 8, 1931, son of Charles and Zeta Proctor...

Elizabeth A. Houghtling

Elizabeth A. Houghtling, 92, died Friday at Craneville Place. Born in New Lebanon, N.Y., on Aug. 25, 1911, daughter of Alexander H. and Gracia A. Hassan Williams, she was educated there. She...

Henry J. Gallant

Henry J. Gallant, 87, a former Lanesboro selectman, died Saturday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where he had resided for many years. Born in Waterbury, Conn., on Jan. 24, 1917, son of John...