Obituaries

Bernice A. Squires

Bernice A. Squires, 67, of Abbott Street died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 13, 1938, daughter of Anna Fitch Croughwell and the late Arthur Croughwell, she...

Amelia Walsh Paris

Amelia Walsh Paris, 91, of 87 Highland Ave. died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons Health Care Facility, where she had resided for nine months. Born in Lee on June 23, 1914, daughter of Amedeo and...

Allan E. Kelly

Allan E. Kelly, 75, of 32 Broadway St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 22, 1930, son of George T. Kelly Sr. and Daisy Wixon Kelly, he was a 1948 graduate of...

John Asklipious

John Asklipious, 71, of Buel Street died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Flushing, N.Y., on July 25, 1934, son of Alice Fassios Asklipious and the late Otto Asklipious, he moved to...

Mary Emelia Whitman

Mary Emelia Whitman, 86, formerly of 57 Cromwell Ave. died Wednesday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since October 2005. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 16, 1919, daughter of...

Eldora Jean Ramsay

Eldora Jean Ramsay, 76, formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Northampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where she had been a resident for 50 years. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 16, 1930,...

Cynthia J. Gauthier

Cynthia J. Gauthier, 69, of 72 Kearney Ave., died Tuesday at her daughter's home at 276 Mountain Drive. Born in Hanover, N.H., on March 22, 1936, daughter of Lucien and Medora Duplessis Couture,...

Louise Frances Farrugo

Louise Frances Farrugo, 69, a resident of Hillcrest Commons for the past 18 months and a former resident of Central Annex, 99 Second St., died Monday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in...

Nancy P. Froio

Nancy P. Froio, 94, of Sugar Hill Senior Living Community in Dalton died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. She was formerly of 806 Williams St., and had resided at Sugar Hill since October...

John D. Coletsos

John D. Coletsos, 73, of 222 Dawes Ave. died Monday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 22, 1932, a son of Demetrios and Irini Vitalioti...

Joseph Charles Taylor

Joseph Charles Taylor, 43, of 69 Fort Hill Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after being diagnosed with cancer a month ago. Born in Pittsfield on April 10, 1962, son of Charles F....

William H. Marley

William H. Marley, 66, of 84 Leona Drive and 283 East Main St., Norton, died Sunday at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro. Born in North Adams on July 9, 1939, son of Clayton H. and Eliza...

Amelia A. "Amy" Christopher

Amelia A. "Amy" Christopher, 88, of Berkshire Place died there Saturday. She was a former longtime resident of Springfield. Born in Forino, province of Avellino, Italy, on May 15, 1917,...

Lansdale Boardman

Lansdale Boardman, 87, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community, 235 Walker St., died Sunday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Lloyd Harbor, N.Y., on Sept. 6, 1918, son of Bradford and...

Richard Ernest Koch Jr.

Richard Ernest Koch Jr., 93, of 22 Jayne Ave. died Friday at home. Born in Adams on July 12, 1912, son of Richard E. Koch Sr. and Annie Karnitchka Koch, he attended schools there. He was an...

Pearl Andrews

Pearl Andrews, 101, of 89 South St., a former longtime resident of 87 Calumet St., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Glenville, Conn., on Oct. 28, 1904, daughter of Giuseppe and...

Ernestine "Nina" Allessio

Ernestine "Nina" Allessio, 87, of 676 Dalton Division Road died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for 3 1/2 years. Born in Pittsfield on July 14, 1918, daughter of Peter and...

Susan M. Melle

Susan M. Melle, 88, of 123 Everett Road, Barre, a former Pittsfield resident, died Wednesday at the Christopher House in Worcester, where she had resided since Dec. 2005. Born in Pittsfield on...

Helen C. Mela McConnell

Helen C. Mela McConnell, 88, of Clearwater, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Harbour Wood Nursing Center in Clearwater. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on March 11, 1917, daughter of Sidney...

Ann Terese Kirchner

Ann Terese Kirchner, 63, of 529 Kirchner Road, a long-time resident of Dalton, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 21, 1943, daughter of Norman J. and Grace...

Corinne L. Shapiro

Corinne L. Shapiro, 79, of 43 Bishop Parkway died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on June 20, 1926, the daughter of Arthur and Sally Lubin, she attended...

Charles Michael Pallos

Charles Michael Pallos, 74, of 34 Howe Road died yesterday morning at UMass Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Monroe, Mich., Feb. 11, 1931, a son of Michael C. and Mary J. Sever Pallos, he was...

Patricia Kibby

Patricia Kibby, 73, of 1645 West Housatonic St. died at her home Sunday morning. Born Sept. 22, 1932, in North Adams, daughter of Leo C. and Julia A. Reardon Gagnon, she graduated from St....

Nathan Edward Kulis

Nathan Edward Kulis, 86, formerly of Columbia Arms Apartments, 65 Columbus Ave., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since December 2004. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27,...

Frances D. Callahan

Frances D. Callahan, 91, of 74 Beverly St. died Thursday at home. Born in Dalton on Feb. 4, 1914, she attended schools there and graduated in 1936 from Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree...