Obituaries

Gerardo C. Murano

Gerardo C. Murano, 95, of 580 East St. died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided for a short time. Born in Cairano, province of Avellino, Italy, on April 13, 1910,...

Gladys Campoli

Gladys Campoli, 82, formerly of 100 Commonwealth Ave., died Friday evening at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown, where she had resided since 2004. Born in North Adams on Dec. 7, 1923, daughter...

Cecelia Bertha Verchot

Cecelia Bertha Verchot, 63, of 123 Danforth Ave. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 8, 1943, daughter of the late Bertha Benson Shaw Ballato and the late Arthur Shaw, she...

Ruth L. Northrup

Ruth L. Northrup, 62, of 28 Hubbard Ave. died Wednesday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 13, 1943, daughter of William and Helen McGurk Stanger, she was a 1961 graduate of St. Joseph's...

Idele R. Huff

Idele R. Huff, 95, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died Wednesday at Providence Care Center after a long illness. Born in Araduck, Russia, on Oct. 5, 1910, daughter of Berel and Sora...

Sadie E. Woodard

Sadie E. Woodard, 92, of 187 E. Dugway Road died Tuesday night at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 18, 1913, daughter of Edward J. and Sara A. Ellery Munsinger, she attended...

Dorothy G. Connelly

Dorothy G. Connelly, 81, of 76 Fassell Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born Nov. 26, 1924, in Westfield, daughter of Harold L. and Violet Merritt Hunt, she...

Jane Chard England

Jane Chard England, 86, of 233 East New Lenox Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Aug. 10, 1919, daughter of Harold E. and Margaret Chard...

Irene Novak

Irene Novak, 69, formerly of 61 Dewey Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Sand, Hungary, on Aug. 20, 1936, daughter of the late Pal and Julia Szmodics...

Thomas Francis Burke

Thomas Francis Burke, 71, of 131 Hale St. Extension died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 7, 1934, son of Louis and Mary Hart Burke, he attended Dalton schools and...

Marian C. Brace

Marian C. Brace, 96, of 334 East St. died Saturday morning at home. Born in Stamford, N.Y., on June 6, 1909, daughter of Richard P. and Margaret Thiem Canfield, she was a 1928 graduate of Stamford...

Leonore Elizabeth McDermott

Leonore Elizabeth McDermott, 81, of Colonial Gardens, a former longtime resident of Broadway, died yesterday morning at her home. Born in Pittsfield, Aug. 28, 1924, a daughter of Arthur C. and...

Edna R. Grossenbacher

Edna R. Grossenbacher, 85, of 21 Marlboro Drive, died at her home on Monday. Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, April 2, 1920, she was the daughter of Carl and Ella Matz Cohrs. She was graduated...

Lucie W. Lyall

Lucie W. Lyall, 93, died Saturday at Kimball Farms, 235 Walker St., where she had resided since 1989. She was a former resident of 47 Beverly St. in Pittsfield. Born in Richfield, Utah, on...

Mary S. Smith

Mary S. Smith, 90, of 379 East St. died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons Health Care Facility where she resided for the past week. Born in Gilbertville on June 20, 1915, she was the daughter of...

Annie Cowley Phelan

Annie Cowley Phelan, 86, of 330 Paradise Road, Swampscott, died Friday at the Jewish Rehabilitation Center where she had resided since July 2004. Born Oct. 17, 1919, in Schenectady, N.Y., the...

Frederick A. McGinnis

Frederick A. McGinnis, 63, of Paradise Hill Road, Bellows Falls, Vt., a Pittsfield native, died Friday at his home from cancer. He was born in Pittsfield, March 31, 1942, son of the late Harry and...

Evelyn C. Burke

Evelyn C. Burke, 92, of 67 Gale Ave. died on Thursday at her home after a brief illness. Born in Springfield, July 19, 1913, the daughter of Mathias and Phoebe Brunette Dion, she attended the...

John E. Maniatis

John E. Maniatis, 90, of 70 Donna Ave., a longtime restaurant owner, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Langadia, Greece, on July 1, 1915, son of Efthemios...

Grace S. Gross

Grace S. Gross, 99, a longtime resident of Bennington, Vt., died Saturday at Crescent Manor Care Centers in Bennington. She was the mother of Geralyn Barschdorf of Pittsfield. Born in Rutland,...

Mary M. Coleman

Mary M. Coleman, 84, formerly of 21 Lakeview Drive, died Friday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where she had resided since 1999. Before that, she lived at Ashmere Manor in Hinsdale for three...

Martha Hill

Martha Hill, 101, of Newton, formerly of Lenox, died Tuesday morning at The Stone Institute in Newton. Born in Newton on Aug. 8, 1904, daughter of Albert and Elizabeth Cheney Carter, she was a...

John A. Garstang

John A. Garstang, 56, of 92 Baker St. died Wednesday at his home. Born in Pittsfield, son of John C. and Ruth K. McNamara Garstang, he attended Pittsfield schools, graduating from Pittsfield High...

Joyce S. Brezniak

Joyce S. Brezniak, 70, of Northborough, formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital in Westborough. Born in Webster on June 9, 1935, daughter of Leo and Helen...

Grace Willbrant

Grace Willbrant, 97, formerly of Melbourne Place and 23 Egremont Ave., died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for 12 days. Born in Preston, England, on April 20, 1908, daughter...