Obituaries

Christine Marie Lorenz

Christine Marie Lorenz, 53, of 65 Dalton Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 29, 1950, daughter of Robert W. Finnegan Sr. and Mary E. Weldon Finnegan, she was...

Emily M. Larkin

Emily M. Larkin, 98, of Melbourne Place assisted-living facility died yesterday morning at home. Born in Lee on Jan. 12, 1906, daughter of Patrick J. and Mary Costello Larkin, she was a 1923...

Eldon Lionel LaDouceur Sr

Eldon Lionel LaDouceur Sr., 70, of 13109 North 24th Ave., Phoenix, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 12, 1934, son of Joseph LaDouceur II and Hazel Amlaw...

Harriet E. Sabin

Harriet E. Sabin, 77, of 39 John St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Watertown on July 16, 1927, daughter of Harry and Helen Jameson Pollard, she was a 1945...

Theodore J. Mezejewski Sr

Theodore J. Mezejewski Sr., 80, of 2706 5th Court, Palm Harbor, Fla., died Thursday at Helen Ellis Hospital in Tarpon Springs, Fla. He was the football, basketball and baseball coach at St....

Frank A. "Red" Russo

Frank A. "Red" Russo, 79, of 321 Wahconah St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 29, 1924, son of Antonio and Elizabeth Stillitano Russo, he was a 1943...

Diane L. Martin

Diane L. Martin, 65, of Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, formerly of 93 Cummings Ave., died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. She was the former co-owner of the former Heritage...

Madelyn T. Harte

Madelyn T. Harte, 73, of 108 Somerset Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 5, 1930, daughter of William J. and Elizabeth H. Curtain Harte, she was a...

Thomas E. Brooksbank

Thomas E. Brooksbank, 84, of Theroux Drive, Chicopee, died Wednesday at his home. He was the brother of Benjamin Brooksbank of Dalton. Born in Holyoke on May 15, 1920, son of Benjamin and Mary...

Sinaldo C. Christopher

Sinaldo C. Christopher, 89, died Tuesday evening at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided for 2 1/2 years. Born in Lenox on Sept. 16, 1914, son of Biagio and Enrica Dicicio Christopher,...

John "Jack" McKenna

John "Jack" McKenna, 70, of 15 Elm St. died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Williamstown on Feb. 26, 1934, son of John J. and Laura Rondeau McKenna, he had suffered from...

Mary A. McDermott

Mary A. McDermott, 89, of 15 Marcella Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lenox on Aug. 8, 1915, daughter of Anthony and Josephine Zbnowski Smith, she attended...

Joseph Paul Borletto

Joseph Paul Borletto, 79, of 381 Dalton Ave., who founded and managed the Tyler Aces AA baseball team, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 21, 1924,...

Casimer M. Kupiec

Casimer M. Kupiec, 82, of 35 Pontoosuc Ave. died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for a short time. Born in Adams on March 4, 1922, the son of Walter and Sophie Novak...

Richard P. Schmidt

Richard P. Schmidt, 73, of 18 Broadway died Saturday afternoon at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Sept. 7, 1930, son of Lloyd and Hilda Brown Schmidt, he was a graduate of Erasmus Hall High...

Francis W. Delphia

Francis W. Delphia, 79, of 4 Mervyn St. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 27, 1925, son of Moses and Bernice Delphia, he was educated in Pittsfield schools. He was a Navy...

Dorothy E. Shandrowski

Dorothy E. Shandrowski, 82, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for some time. Born in Winsted, Conn., on July 15, 1922, daughter of Julius and Rosa Randall Rosier, she...

Timothy J. Kelley

Timothy J. Kelley, 42, of 430 Columbia Drive, Tampa, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died suddenly Saturday at home. Born in Milwaukee on Oct. 3, 1961, son of Helen Broderick Kelley of Tampa and...

John Chandler Bulger

John Chandler Bulger, 87, of Rosebank Drive died Tuesday at home. Born in Chicago on April 9, 1917, son of James W. and Marie Chandler Bulger, he was a 1936 graduate of Mount Carmel High School...

Sophie S. Zawistowski

Sophie S. Zawistowski, 90, of 41D Highview Drive died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She was an original owner of the Richmond Bakery. Born in Fall River on March 14, 1914,...

Cecile F. Valenti

Cecile F. Valenti, 69, of 46 Cecelia Terrace died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1934, daughter of Ernest and Louise Cyr Sirois, she was...

Mary T. "Dolly" Torra

Mary T. "Dolly" Torra, 71, of 50A Hillcrest Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 4, 1932, daughter of Salvatore and Rose...

Robert W. Sykes

Robert W. Sykes, 83, of 43 Taylor St. died yesterday morning at home following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 13, 1920, son of Hubert C. and Alice S. Harlow Sykes, he was a 1938...

Betty Ives

Betty Ives, 59, of Robert Street died Monday at home after fighting Alzheimer's disease for several years. Born in Canaan, Conn., on Aug. 21, 1944, she was the daughter of Sniffin and Florence...

Sister Eleanor Haskell

Sister Eleanor Haskell of the Sisters of Providence, also known as Sister Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, 74, formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at the Sisters of Providence Infirmary in Holyoke....