Obituaries

William Leon Crooker

William Leon Crooker, 87, a resident of Devonshire Estates since 2001, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. He was a former longtime resident of Reading. Born in Brockton on April...

Marie E. Howard

Marie E. Howard, 90, of Craneville Place, a former longtime resident of Dalton Division Road in Pittsfield, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Craneville Place since 1997....

Robert A. Johnson

Robert A. Johnson, 80, of 20 Sawmill Park, Southwick, formerly of Burr Drive, died Thursday at Noble Hospital in Westfield. Born in Durham, N.H., on Nov. 17, 1925, son of Arthur and Alice Spinney...

Carlo S. Pelaccio

Carlo S. Pelaccio, 79, of 38 Dartmouth St. died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since January. Born in Pittsfield on June 1, 1926, son of Salvatore and Splendore Placido...

Judy Mae Keech

Judy Mae Keech, 62, formerly of Bradford Street, died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Keene, N.H., on Oct. 5, 1943, daughter of Randall and Pauline Porter Rogers, she...

Richard A. Cabral

Richard A. Cabral, 86, died Sunday morning at his home in the Curtis Apartments. Born on Sept. 5, 1919, in Provincetown, son of Antone and Margaret Tasha Cabral, he was educated in schools in...

Colleen M. Peterson Smead

Colleen M. Peterson Smead, 75, of 193 Elberon Ave., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since January 2006. Born in New York state on May 5, 1930, daughter of Claude and...

Paul C. Froio

Paul C. Froio, 91, of 93 Lucia Drive died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 21, 1915, son of Antonio and Rose Dastoli Froio, he attended local schools and graduated...

George R. Baumann

George R. Baumann, 83, of North Street died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 2, 1923, son of George M. and Louise Meyers Baumann, he attended school in...

Lola A. Gordon-Palma

Lola A. Gordon-Palma, 78, of 79 Doreen St., died Friday evening at home after a long illness. Born on Dec. 19, 1927, in Swifton, Ark., daughter of Rufus and Mary Hatfield Jones, she attended...

Jennie J. Gilardi

Jennie J. Gilardi, 86, formerly of 61 Elberon Ave. died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since January. Born in Hinsdale, Aug. 11, 1919, a daughter of Ignatius and Maria...

Frank Edward Deminoff

Frank Edward Deminoff, 83, of 41 James St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 30, 1922, son of the late Walter and Anna Kosowan Deminoff, he attended local schools...

Sally Joan Mayhew

Sally Joan Mayhew, 74, of State College, Pa., died Wednesday at the Mount Nittany Medical Center, in State College, Pa. Born in Pittsfield on April 26, 1931, to the late Wilford and Mary L. Ryder...

Mary C. Kearns

Mary C. Kearns, 81, a longtime resident of Sibley Street, died on Tuesday at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 22, 1924, daughter of Orestio and Isola Rocetai Ricciarini, she...

Herbert William Spence Jr.

Herbert William Spence Jr., 73, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on June 11, 1932, in Melrose, son of Herbert and Hazel Friburg Spence, he grew up in Saugus where he graduated from...

Joan Marie Kulesa Almori

Joan Marie Kulesa Almori, 66, of 1 Alcott Lane died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center from complications of recurrent breast cancer. Born in Pittsfield on March 21, 1939, daughter of Jennie...

Leverne John "Butch" Taylor

Leverne John "Butch" Taylor, 75, of 1300 East St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on July 3, 1930, he was the son of Leverne H. and Agnes Luczynski Taylor. When he was...

Bernice "Betty" Elizabeth Lawrence

Bernice "Betty" Elizabeth Lawrence, 86, formerly of 12 Pleasant St., died yesterday at Craneville Place, where she had been a resident since January. Born Feb. 15, 1920, in Pittsfield, the...

Michael C. Kuzara

Michael C. Kuzara, 92, formerly of 147 Dalton Ave., died Monday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. He resided at Kimball Farms, 235 Walker St., for the past two and a half...

Carl J. Fenner Jr.

Carl J. Fenner Jr., 91, of East Otis and, more recently, of Devonshire Estates died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Pittsfield on Nov. 12, 1914, son of Carl J. and Margaret...

Joan J. Boutin

Joan J. Boutin, 75, formerly of Melbourne Place, died Monday afternoon at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. She had been a patient there since December. For the past 10 years, she resided in...

Iris Bertha Bland

Iris Bertha Bland, infant daughter of Tasha A. Persip of 55 John St., died at birth on Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Besides her mother, she leaves her maternal grandparents, Earl...

Ruth M. Simon

Ruth M. Simon, 87, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died Saturday at home. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1918, daughter of Aaron and Dora Siegel Moskowitz, she graduated from Evander...

Genevieve "Jean" Koldys

Genevieve "Jean" Koldys, 87, of Pittsfield died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New Britain, Conn., on May 16, 1918, daughter of Alexander and Katherine Sondej Sierputowski, she...

Grace Maffuccio

Grace Maffuccio, 81, of 579 East St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 16, 1924, daughter of Philip and Luigia Litano Polidoro, she was a 1942 graduate of...