Obituaries

Leon L. Smith

Leon L. Smith, 89, of 50 Sleepy Hollow Road died Sunday at home. He was a former town cemetery superintendent and a founder of the Richmond Volunteer Fire Department. Born in Amherst on Dec....

Michael James Signor

Michael James Signor, 47, of 23 Hamlin St. died Saturday afternoon from injuries sustained after being struck by a motorcycle while crossing Pittsfield-Lenox Road in Lenox. Born in Plattsburgh,...

William "Bill" Anthony Mattia

William "Bill" Anthony Mattia, 78, of 29 Terrace Ave., died Friday, June 10, at Berkshire Medical Center after an apparent heart attack. Born, April 4, 1927, son of Albert W. and Grace Signor...

Glada B. Sutton

Glada B. Sutton, 85, of 92B Pomeroy Ave. died Saturday at home after a short illness. Born in West Virginia on April 18, 1920, daughter of Manderville Miller and Mary Toney Miller Lake, she...

Robert A. Snyder

Robert A. Snyder, 76, of 77 Gulf Road died Friday at home after a long illness. Born in Dalton on Nov. 12, 1928, son of James and Jesse Snyder, he was a 1946 graduate of the former Dalton High...

James Paul Eder

James Paul Eder, 48, of East Street died yesterday morning at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in St. Louis on Sept. 17, 1956, son of Patricia Routman Eder and the late Ray Eder, he...

Doris May Moon

Doris May Moon, 90, of 1520 West St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 3, 1914, daughter of Sherman and Estella Wheeler Drake, she was a...

John Charles Anderson Jr.

John Charles Anderson Jr., 86, of 90 Dorchester Ave. died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Dalton on Jan. 21, 1919, son of John C. Anderson Sr. and Martha Galusha Anderson, he was a...

Gerald W. Hebert

Gerald W. Hebert, 64, of 65 Columbus Ave. died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for six weeks. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 15, 1940, son of James H. and Bertha...

John Sannicks Smith

John Sannicks Smith, 79, of Rolling Hills died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a struggle with cancer. Born in Peterboro, N.Y., on March 8, 1926, son of Harold and Sadie...

Frances M. Herrick

Frances M. Herrick, 92, of Housatonic Street died yesterday morning at Laurel Lake Nursing Center in Lee. Born in West Lebanon, N.Y., on Oct. 5, 1912, daughter of Edgar C. and Emma Carpenter...

Michael J. Spasyk

Michael J. Spasyk, 63, of 79 Cummings Ave. died of cancer yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 12, 1942, son of Michael and Helen Ciosek Spasyk, he was a 1960...

Paul Silberman

Paul Silberman, 89, of 235 Walker St., Kimball Farms, died at home Sunday, June 5. Born in Baltimore on Aug. 25, 1915, son of Harry and Sadie Bernstein Silberman, he grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y.,...

Gloria M. Ryan

Gloria M. Ryan, 79, formerly of Velma Avenue, died Sunday, June 5, at Hillcrest Commons. Born in New York City on April 5, 1926, daughter of Louis J. Perachi Sr. and Dorris Otto Perachi, she grew...

William H. Ludwig

William H. Ludwig, 91, of 1 Post Road died Sunday, June 5, at home. Born in Lawrence on June 26, 1913, son of the city's first motorcycle policeman, William Ludwig, and his wife, Clara Haeber...

Thomas J. Hogan

Thomas J. Hogan, 78, of Kenlee Gardens in South Hadley died Thursday at Holyoke Medical Center. Born in Holyoke on May 11, 1927, son of Patrick and Mary Harrington Hogan of County Kerry, Ireland,...

Carolyn A. "Sue" Bresnahan

Carolyn A. "Sue" Bresnahan, 76, of 163 Imperial Ave. died Thursday afternoon at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 7, 1928, daughter of Dr. William P. Street and Mary Henchey...

James McGovern

James McGovern, 68, of 128 Onota St., died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 27, 1937, son of Terrance and Emma Sheldon McGovern, he attended local schools. He served in the Army...

Elizabeth "Betty" Ohl Beals

Elizabeth "Betty" Ohl Beals, 91, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community since 1989, formerly of Jerome Drive, Williamstown, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Meriden,...

Donald Embree Richardson

Donald Embree Richardson, 91, of Devonshire Estates, formerly of 99 Windsor Ave., Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Brooklyn N.Y., on April 19, 1914,...

Victoria A. Parmelee

Victoria A. Parmelee, 54, of 123 Onota St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 25, 1951, daughter of Raymond M. Tarjick Sr. and Joan Scanlon Tarjick, she...

Matilde Pabon

Matilde Pabon, 45, of 257 Francis Ave. died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, on March 16, 1960, daughter of Maria Pabon Rodriguez, she attended schools...

John Nye

John Nye, 88, formerly of Perrine Avenue, died Monday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since March 2004. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Dec. 4, 1916, son of Fred and Alice Nye, he was a...

Lawrence Paul King

Lawrence Paul King, 72, of 42 Churchill Crest and Naples, Fla., died Wednesday at home in Pittsfield. Born in Concord, N.H., on March 19, 1931, son of Edward J. and Kathleen Rushlow King, he was...

Thomas J. Harmon

Thomas J. Harmon, 76, of 135 Birch Grove Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 18, 1929, son of James A. and Elsa M. Slattery Harmon, he was a 1946 graduate...