Obituaries

Elizabeth Loretta Mayne

Elizabeth Loretta Mayne, 81, of North Kingstown, R.I., formerly of Lime Kiln Road and Morgan Manor, died Tuesday at Scalabrini Villa Health Care Center in North Kingstown. Born in Hatfield on Nov....

Robert G. Beringer

Robert G. Beringer, 81, of 977 North St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in White Plains, N.Y., on May 6, 1924, son of Fred A. and Marguerite Romaine...

Russell T. Coons

Russell T. Coons, 81, of 54 Holmes Road, died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 14, 1924, son of Horace H. and Mildred Smith Coons, he attended Pittsfield...

Azalia Mary Hinkley

Azalia Mary Hinkley, 87, formerly of Sugar Hill, died yesterday morning at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she had resided since June 2004. She was a former resident of Brighton Avenue in...

Stanley Francis Krupski

Stanley Francis Krupski, 86, of 6 South Road died Tuesday afternoon at his summer home in Hartland, Maine. He was a former town wire inspector and served on the Building Committee. Born in...

John B. Cimini

John B. Cimini, 88, of 10 Lillybrook Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 24, 1917, son of Alberico and Angela Caropreso Cimini, he was a...

Ethel B. Hathaway

Ethel B. Hathaway, 86, of 293 High St., Pomeroy Manor Apartments, died Saturday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where she had resided since Oct. 18. Born in Peru on...

Emelie Porter

Emelie Porter, 98, formerly of Wahconah Heights, and a longtime resident of Cheshire, died Tuesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on Dec. 21, 1906, daughter of Henry...

Sheila A. Mack

Sheila A. Mack, 63, formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Ellis Hospital, Colonie, N.Y., surrounded by her loving family. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 21, 1941, she was the daughter of Margaret...

Stella Caroline Young

Stella Caroline Young, 82, of 25 Centennial Ave. died Monday afternoon at Craneville Place. Born in Hinsdale on Oct. 28, 1922, daughter of Joseph and Caroline Slowik Jakubiec, she was a graduate...

Velma Louise Shank

Velma Louise Shank, 77, of 115 Plunkett St. died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided in Williamstown for five years, Hancock for 15 years and Pittsfield for the past five...

Mary Elser Refeen

Mary Elser Refeen, 93, formerly of Old North Rd in Worthington died Monday at Curtis Manor in Dalton, where she had been a resident since July. Born in Mansfield on Aug. 16, 1912, daughter of...

Albert A. Papirio

Albert A. Papirio, 82, of 582 Cheshire Road died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided since March. Born in North Adams on Dec. 24, 1922, son of Nicholas and...

Frances "Betty" Walsh

Frances "Betty" Walsh, 84, formerly of 1641 North St., died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for the past year. Born in Milton on July 16, 1921, daughter of Joseph and Ada Bauer...

Mary Stapor

Mary Stapor, 87, formerly of Whitcomb Street, Webster, died Sunday at Webster Manor. She was the mother of Janice M. Doboszynski of Pittsfield. Born in Webster on Aug. 11, 1918, daughter of...

Anna T. St. James

Anna T. St. James, 94, formerly of Side by Side assisted-living facility, died yesterday morning at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for the past week. Born in Pittsfield on...

Edith G. Tinson

Edith G. Tinson, 89, a former resident of 620 Laurel St., died Thursday evening at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee, where she had lived since October 2003. Born in New...

Stanley W. Taikowski

Stanley W. Taikowski, 71, of 151 Wahconah St. died Thursday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 29, 1934, son of Joseph and Mary...

Bernard Paul Cimini

Bernard Paul Cimini, 75, of Wimbleton Drive, Longmeadow, a native of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born on Jan. 6, 1930, son of Samuel and Angelina Cimini Cimini, he was a 1947 graduate of...

Dana L. Bridges

Dana L. Bridges, 64, of 368 Williams St. and West Melbourne, Fla., died Friday at Boston Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 17, 1941, daughter of Russell E. and...

Priscilla Helen Kinney

Priscilla Helen Kinney, 84, of Tyron Estates, Columbus, N.C., formerly of Warwick Street, died Sunday at St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, N.C. She had resided in North Carolina since 1997. She...

Stella Bove

Stella Bove, 100, formerly of Berkshiretown Apartments and Epoch Assisted Living at Melbourne, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since January 2003. Born in Pittsfield on...

Russell Robert Johnson

Russell Robert Johnson, 59, of 258 Lenox Ave. died Sunday afternoon at home. Born in Cambridge on May 30, 1946, son of Charles and Bridget Buckley Johnson, he was educated there. From 2003 to...

James A. Winters

James A. Winters, 95, formerly of 170 Depot St. died Monday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since Sept. 16. Born in Lenox Dale on July 19, 1910, son of Joseph and Corine M....

Carmella Maria Oakes

Carmella Maria Oakes, 94, of 170 Middlefield Road died Sunday afternoon at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where she had resided since Oct. 2002. Born in Pittsfield on May 2,...