Obituaries

Dr. Lincoln Eramo

Dr. Lincoln Eramo, M.D., 88, of 16 Williams St., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided in Craneville Place since July 2001. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 12, 1918, son of...

Foster D. Boice

Foster D. Boice, 78, of Lenox Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 25, 1927, son of Howard W. and Avis Drake Boice, he attended Carson Long Military Academy...

Dominic Francis Sangiovanni

Dominic Francis Sangiovanni, 87, of Medway died Monday at his home. Born in Pittsfield on May 25, 1918, son of Guiseppe and Rosina Coiro Sangiovanni, he graduated from St. Joseph's High School...

Lois Eloise Ferris

Lois Eloise Ferris, 92, formerly of 6 Main St., the Curtis, died Monday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided for the past three years. Born in North Scriba, N.Y.,...

Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton, 80, a star of the Broadway stage, movies and television, died Monday morning at home. Born in Troy, N.Y., on June 21, 1925, daughter of John and Irene Walsh Stapleton, she as a...

Christine A. Stafford-Shaw

Christine A. Stafford-Shaw, 69, formerly of Pittsfield, a resident of 787 S.W. 33rd Street, Palm City, Fla. for the past 20 years, died Monday at her home. Born in Pittsfield, Dec. 24, 1936,...

Phillip V. "Tootie" Nicola Jr.

Phillip V. "Tootie" Nicola Jr., 52, of 1270 North St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 7, 1953, son of Phillip V. Nicola Sr. and Teresa Hugabone Nicola, he was...

Beatrice I. Todd

Beatrice I. Todd, 91, of 176 Columbus Ave., died at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility on Thursday. She had resided there for three months. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 14, 1914, daughter of...

James C. Messana Sr.

James C. Messana Sr., 79, of 47 Rhode Island Ave., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 12, 1927, son of Ignazio and Altonza Vaccaro Messana, he graduated from...

Eleanor M. "Corky" Corrigan Hanlon

Eleanor M. "Corky" Corrigan Hanlon, 91, formerly of 120 Pollock Ave., died Saturday at Timberlyn Heights in Great Barrington, where she had resided for the past year. Born in Adams on Dec. 18,...

Estelle F. Konecko Kennedy

Estelle F. Konecko Kennedy, 83, formerly of Sunset Avenue, died Friday evening at Harbor Lights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Boston, where she had resided for the past two years. Born in...

Ruth F. Pyburne

Ruth F. Pyburne, 69, of 35 Kellog St. died Tuesday at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Jersey City, N.J., on Dec. 8, 1936, daughter of Frank and Ruth Grady, she attended...

Michelle Lynne Padgett

Michelle Lynne Padgett, 27, of 30 Dartmouth St. was found dead Monday. Born in Pittsfield, Sept. 29, 1978, daughter of Jerry and Donna A. Wilkins Padgett Rinaldi, she attended grade school in...

Harry MacWhinnie

Harry MacWhinnie, 95, of Devonshire Estates, died Thursday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where he had resided since March 1. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 19, 1910, son of the late...

George David Knight

George David Knight, 88, formerly of Hazelwood Terrace, died Thursday morning at Sugar Hill Senior Living Community in Dalton. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 6, 1917, son of Clark and Estella...

Robin G. Holloway

Robin G. Holloway, 72, of Doylestown, Pa., died Wednesday at Doylestown Hospital from complications resulting from the treatment of lymphoma. He served on the board of the Berkshire Opera Company for...

Blanche "Dolly" Mary Roukas

Blanche "Dolly" Mary Roukas, 74, of 150 Lenox Ave. died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center following a short and sudden illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 23, 1931, daughter of William...

Edna M. Trzcinka

Edna M. Trzcinka, 72, of 126 Elizabeth St., died on Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Albany, N.Y., on April 25, 1933, daughter of Joseph and Pauline Zalrzewski Zuraski, she attended...

Edward A. "Ted" Hubbard

Edward A. "Ted" Hubbard, 70, of 15 Kensington Ave. died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 26, 1935, son of Edward R. and Gladys Brown Hubbard, he was...

Edward J. Tobin

Edward J. Tobin, 57, of Memorial Drive, Chicopee, formerly of Lenox, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28, 1948, son of Edward P. and Margaret Bond Tobin, he attended Lenox...

James E. Bruce

Dr. James E. Bruce, 82, of 84 Brighton Ave. died Friday at home after a short illness. Born in Philadelphia on Nov. 28, 1923, son of William and Mary Brennan Bruce, he was educated in schools...

F. Baxter Lane

Retired Air Force Col. F. Baxter Lane, 58, of 111 Merino Drive, Canonsburg, Pa., died yesterday at home of natural causes. Born in Pittsfield on July 18, 1947, son of the late Lawrence and...

Sara Elizabeth Silver

Sara Elizabeth Silver, 93, formerly of Pleasant View Drive in Claverack, N.Y., died Friday at Chestnut Hill Nursing Home. She was the mother of Dr. Steven Silver, a former area resident who worked at...

Helene A. "Pokey" Stannard

Helene A. "Pokey" Stannard, 62, of 7 Dogwood Lane died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1943, daughter of Gifford Potter Sr. and Mabel...

Lena "Eleanor" Adriance

Lena "Eleanor" Adriance, 80, of 20 Crystal St. died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 7, 1925, daughter of Dominick and Francesca Pintalla Pizzuto, she was a graduate of Pittsfield...