Obituaries

Marion G. Roberts

Marion G. Roberts, 93, formerly of 379 East St., died Monday at West Florida Hospital in Pensacola, Fla. She had lived in Pensacola with her son, Stephen W. Roberts Sr., since March 2004. Born...

Clifford F. Hunt

Clifford F. Hunt, 79, of 10 Danforth Ave. died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 24, 1925, son of William and Florence Colburn Hunt, he was a 1943 graduate...

Robbie J. Harford

Robbie J. Harford, 33, of 18 Cliff St. died at Berkshire Medical Center on Wednesday following a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 24, 1971, son of Diane Caparrelli Harford Bateman and...

Marilyn A. Johnson

Marilyn A. Johnson, 75, of 45 Patricia Ave. died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 26, 1929, daughter of William D. and Rachel A. Sidway McMahon, she was a 1946 graduate of Pittsfield...

Paul R. Johann

Paul R. Johann, 76, of East Shore Drive, Niverville, N.Y., formerly of Sherwood Drive, died yesterday at his home. He was the first principal of Taconic High School, from 1969 until 1973. The...

William Edmund Stafford Sr.

William Edmund Stafford Sr., 81, of 7 Broadview Terrace died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 1, 1923, son of Robert and Mary Molly Moynihan Stafford, he was a 1941 graduate of the...

Ruth Duell

Ruth Duell, 92, of Pine Hill at Kimball Farms died Sunday at home. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on Oct. 13, 1912, daughter of Roderick and Eleanor Hotchkiss Potter, she graduated from Ethel Walker...

Franklin J. Putnam

Franklin J. Putnam, 83, of 126 Sadler Ave. died Sunday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 28, 1921, son of William A. and Phalice Porter Putnam, he was a graduate of...

James R. Biagini

James R. Biagini, 83, of 17 Howe Road died Sunday at home. Born in Cheshire on Sept. 16, 1921, son of Raffe and Adele Graziani Biagini, he was a 1941 graduate of the former Adams High School....

Antoinette J. Voci

Antoinette J. Voci, 86, of Center Street, Ludlow, died Wednesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Rome, N.Y., on Dec. 26, 1918, she was the daughter of Ralph and Catherine...

Ruth M. Sleeper

Ruth M. Sleeper, 93, formerly of Berkshire Town Apartments, died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since May 2001. Born in Pittsfield on April 28, 1911, daughter of Andrew J....

Jeanette Scherben

Jeanette Scherben, 85, of Buffington Street, Taunton, died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 28, 1919, daughter of Frank and Cornelia Gilbert Forkey, she was...

Elvira R. Maselli

Elvira R. Maselli, 93, formerly of 1229 Tyler St., died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for three years. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 22, 1911, daughter of...

Christine Y. Marhenke

Christine Y. Marhenke, 79, of 34 Country Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 14, 1925, daughter of George W. and Birdella Warden Young, she was a 1943...

Christopher J. Latham

Christopher J. Latham, 18, of 1228 North St., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center following a traffic accident. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on Oct. 13, 1986, son of Diana Carlucci, he had...

Donald A. Leonard Sr.

Donald A. Leonard Sr., 83, of 98 Whittier Ave., died Thursday night at home. Mr. Leonard was a former president and co-owner of Wellington Funeral Home. Born in Springfield on Jan. 25, 1921,...

Margaret J. Sweeney

Margaret J. Sweeney, 89, of 40 Old Stockbridge Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. She was a former member of the Great Barrington Finance Committee and the only woman to serve as its...

Anthony Lawrence

Anthony Lawrence, 82, formerly of 289 Connecticut Ave., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Craneville Place of Dalton since March 12, 2004, and, prior to that, at the...

Roman Huda

Roman Huda, 58, of Pittsfield died Wednesday at home after a short illness. Born in Wintermore, Germany, on April 30, 1946, son of Stefania Hawrylowycz Huda and the late Stefan Huda, he camed to...

Chester Louis Gabriel

Chester Louis Gabriel, 65, of 52 Brunswick St. died Wednesday at home. Born in New York City on Nov. 10, 1939, son of James and Virginia Lapinskas Gabriel, he attended schools in Pittsfield and...

Bertha M. Valinski

Bertha M. Valinski, 96, formerly of 76 Hollister St. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for a year. Born in Hudson, N.H., on June 13, 1908, daughter of Alexander...

Lillian "Eileen" Kennedy

Lillian "Eileen" Kennedy, 86, formerly of 1026 State Road died Monday morning at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for a year. Born in Pittsfield on July 2, 1918, daughter of...

James S. Bownes

James S. Bownes, 97, of 106 Third St. died Sunday at home. Born in Camden, S.C., on Oct. 29, 1907, son of Sam and Mary Carlina Bowens, he graduated from high school there. He came to...

Margaret Ann Mole

Margaret Ann Mole, 89, formerly of 38 Dartmouth St., died Sunday at Sugar Hill in Dalton, where she had resided since October 2002. Born in Pittsfield on May 5, 1915, daughter of Giovanni and...

Raymond Hermanski

Raymond Hermanski, 86, of 24 East Cleveland St., Greenfield, died Thursday at the Calvin Coolidge Nursing Home in Northampton. Born in Pittsfield on July 10, 1918, son of Charles and Stella...