Obituaries

George Irving Jenks

George Irving Jenks, 79, of 163 Cheshire Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lenox on Oct. 6, 1923, son of George W. and Rachell Allen Jenks, he was a 1941 graduate...

William C. Moffatt

William C. Moffatt, 44, of Agawam, a native of Pittsfield, died in Agawam on Thursday. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 26, 1958, son of Carl R. and Lois M. Eastman Moffatt, he was a 1976 graduate of...

Jane E. Chapman

Jane E. Chapman, 56, of 16 Lathers Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 9, 1946, daughter of the late Harry S. Chapman...

Maria C. "Mary" Aiello

Maria C. "Mary" Aiello, 95, of 153 Newell St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Amato, province of Catanzaro, Italy, on Nov. 17, 1907, daughter of Giuseppe and Angela Cantafio...

Dominick J. Strizzi, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Dominick J. Strizzi, 85, of 60 Donna Ave. died Thursday, Sept. 25, 2003, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 31, 1918, son of Dominick Strizzi and...

Patricia Jean Ryan

Patricia Jean Ryan, 75, of Morgan Manor died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. She was a longtime teacher at Wahconah Regional High School in Dalton, retiring in the 1980s. Ms. Ryan was a...

Mary O. Francesconi

Mary O. Francesconi, 55, of 60 Toronita Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 12, 1948, daughter of Joseph J. and Pearl O. Francoeur Davis, she was a graduate...

Robert O. "Red" Carmon

Robert O. "Red" Carmon, 79, of 63 Cloverdale St. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since August. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28, 1923, son of Amos and Nellie Neilson...

Mercedes Nash

Mercedes Nash, 80, of 203 Melbourne Road died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 14, 1922, daughter of William Bullett Sr. and Anna LaBeau Bullett, she attended local...

Helen Dorothy Murphy

Helen Dorothy Murphy, 90, of East Housatonic St. died Wednesday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided the past month. Born in Pittsfield on July 5, 1913, daughter...

Francis Bernard Schnopp

Francis Bernard Schnopp, 86, of 29 Ensign St. died Monday afternoon at home. He was a longtime local businessman. Born in Hinsdale on Aug. 23, 1917, son of Frank C. and Johanna Butler...

Josef Palliardi

Josef Palliardi, 59, of Sterling Manor, Burnside Avenue, Manchester, Conn., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Sterling Manor of complications of diabetes. He had resided there for several...

Lucy C. Mazzeo

Lucy C. Mazzeo, 88, of 291 Linden St. died Monday at home. Born in Monteforte Cilento, province of Salerno, Italy, on June 19, 1915, daughter of Giuseppe and Carmella Mondeli Maffuccio, she came...

Victoria Ann Bell

Victoria Ann Bell, 42, of 417 North St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center after suffering a stroke. Born in Salisbury, N.C., on Oct. 15, 1960, daughter of the late Charles J. and Lena Mae...

Stella Rose Sadlowski

Stella Rose Sadlowski, 91, of 65 Columbus Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 31, 1912, daughter of Stanislaw and Katarzyna Todzia Pisiewski, she attended...

Irene Teresa Roche

Irene Teresa Roche, 82, of Devonshire Estates, 329 Pittsfield Road, formerly of 11 Taconic Ave., died Sunday evening at home. Born inAlberta, Canada, on June 29, 1921, daughter of Ernest and Eva...

Richard Sheldon Hanna

Richard Sheldon Hanna, 60, of 395 Fenn St. died Thursday as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in North Adams that same night. Born in Pittsfield on April 27, 1943, son of...

Yolanda Dusio

Yolanda Dusio, 101, of Maple Road, Quaker Hill, Waterford, Conn., died Sunday at home. She was a former resident of Pittsfield. Born in Isola d'Asti, Italy, on Aug. 12, 1902, daughter of...

Antoinette M. Scaduto

Antoinette M. Scaduto, 76, of 1385 State Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She and her husband, Frank Scaduto, owned and operated the historic Kenmore Guest House in...

Rhetta E. Spaniol Houghtaling

Rhetta E. Spaniol Houghtaling, 73, of 68 Perrine Ave. died Friday at home. Born in Wilmington, Del., on Aug. 12, 1930, daughter of Cliffton and Hazel Dean Pleasanton, she moved to Pittsfield in...

Kathleen Mary Amos

Kathleen Mary Amos, 56, of Anderson Road, Newport, N.H., died of cancer Friday at home surrounded by her family. She was a native of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on April 4, 1947, daughter...

Thomas J. Schnopp

Thomas J. Schnopp, 58, of 487 Guinea Road, Charlotte, Vt., formerly of Hinsdale, died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 1, 1944, son of the late Harry and Evelyn Dupont Schnopp, he was...

Margaret A. "Peggy" Galliher

Margaret A. "Peggy" Galliher, 86, of 98 Curtis Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton on Sept. 2, 1917, daughter of Bart J. Poopor Sr. and Anna W. Dowling Poopor, she was...

Arthur Orville Blessing Jr

Arthur Orville Blessing Jr., 59, of 292 Connecticut Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center of cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 26, 1943, son of Arthur O. Blessing Sr. and Theodora...

Jean Shirley Wheeler

Jean Shirley Wheeler, 76, of 915 East St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Springfield on Sept. 8, 1927, daughter of Laura Patric Sicotte, she attended schools in Springfield, Newark,...