Obituaries

Thomas Aquinas Kane

Thomas Aquinas Kane, 90, of 235 Walker St., died Wednesday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care center, where he had been a patient for the past fifteen months. Born in Lenox on March 7, 1916,...

Viola S. Pepperman

Viola S. Pepperman, 80, of 44 Dexter St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on April 29, 1925, daughter of Anthony and Mary Orchel Stankiewicz, she moved to Pittsfield at the...

James F. "Harvey" Keenan

James F. "Harvey" Keenan, 59, died yesterday morning at his home on Lasher Lane in Lenox Dale. Born in Pittsfield on March 28, 1947, son of Mary Sorrentino and the late Joseph Keenan, he was...

Anna May Chapman

Anna May Chapman, 69, formerly of 65 Columbus Ave., Columbia Arms Apartments, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since November 2005. Born in Pittsfield on April 10, 1937,...

Lillian M. Shufelt

Lillian M. Shufelt, 94, of 174 Fort Hill Ave. died Sunday at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since October. Born in Leominster on March 15, 1912, daughter of William and Mary Bugus...

Francis Joseph LeBlanc

Francis Joseph LeBlanc, 75, of 203 Connecticut Ave. died Sunday at home after a 14-year battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. Born in Somerville on June 2, 1931, son of Alfred and Stephania Szymanski...

Pearl Edna Devins

Pearl Edna Devins, 81, of 10 Union Court died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had been a patient since Friday. Born in Pittsfield on April 11, 1924, daughter of...

Theresa G. "Mim" Robert

Theresa G. "Mim" Robert, 69, of 154 White Birch Lane, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 22, 1936, daughter of the late Napoleon and Albertine Janson Fontaine, she...

James P. "Jay" Norton

James P. "Jay" Norton, 36, of 92 Dalton Ave. died of natural causes Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 28, 1969, son of James K. and Barbara Dean Norton, he was a 1988...

Rita E. Stanley

Rita E. Stanley, 89, of 45 Main St., Sugar Hill Assisted Living Facility, died there Saturday. Born in Pittsfield on May 30, 1916, daughter of Albert B. Jones Sr. and Katherine Harrington Jones,...

Kathleen "Cookie" Smith

Kathleen "Cookie" Smith, 78, of 37 Anita Drive died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1927, daughter of Alexander and Albina...

Maryjane Sarah Sherman

Maryjane Sarah Sherman, 85, of 54 Belair Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Berwick, Maine, on Aug. 19, 1920, daughter of Adelarde and Delphine Potvin Tremblay, she attended...

Charles W. Rutkowski

Charles W. Rutkowski, 88, of Granby, Conn., died Friday at St. Francis' Hospital in Hartford, Conn. His daughter, the late Christine Tierney, was a resident of Pittsfield. Born in Northampton...

Anna E. Berte

Anna E. Berte, 89, of 74 Perrine Ave. died Saturday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cheshire on Sept. 17, 1916, daughter of John E. and Mary Ann Buckley Berte, she was a 1933...

Edker Austin

Edker Austin, 83, of 30 Prospect St. died Sunday evening at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had been a patient for the past two months. Mr. Austin moved to Pittsfield from Chapel Hill, N.C., in...

Edward A. Shook

Edward A. Shook, 75, of Martinsburg, Blair Co., Pa., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday morning, at the Village at Morrisons Cove, Martinsburg after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Oct....

James M. Cheney Sr.

James M. Cheney Sr., 47, of High Street, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness. Born in Springfield on April 19, 1958, son of James E. Cheney and Barbara...

Shirley M. Hamilton

Shirley M. Hamilton, 78, of Hillcrest Commons, formerly of 107 Robbins Ave., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New Haven, Conn., on March 28, 1928, daughter of Claudius and Edith...

Richard David Powers

Richard David Powers, 66, of 81 Maple St. died at home Monday night. Born in Pittsfield on March 25, 1940, son of Joseph R. and Dolores H. LaMudge Powers, he was a 1957 graduate of St. Joseph...

Brett Christopher Jackson

Brett Christopher Jackson, 43, of 3706 Farr Ave., Fairfax, Va., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fall Church, Va. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 22, 1962, son of Horace...

Ellen Erwin

Ellen Erwin, 89, of Summit Avenue, Albany, N.Y, died Wednesday at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. Born in Pittsfield on June 11, 1916, daughter of John and Frieda Mauersberger Gardner, she was a...

Milton A. Culver

Milton A. Culver, 86, formerly of 71 Highview Drive and Devonshire Estates, died Tuesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had been a resident since December 2005. Born in...

Bernice D. Pearce

Bernice D. Pearce, 91, formerly of Stearns Avenue, died Tuesday at Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born on Jan. 8, 1915, in Bennington, Vt., daughter of Raymond F. and Emma Roberts Russell, she...

Mary Jane Daly

Mary Jane Daly, 77, of 36 High St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 15, 1928, daughter of Archie and Jane Moran Herrick, she was a...

Richard Colburn Lantz

Richard Colburn Lantz, 84, of 25 Unkamet Drive died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Springfield on July 27, 1921, son of Arthur H. and Hazel Colburn Lantz, he graduated from...