Obituaries

Hubert W. Close Jr

Hubert W. Close Jr., 92, of 21 Nancy Ave. died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for three months. Born in Hartford, Conn., on July 19, 1911, son of Hubert Close Sr., and Marie...

Henry G. Sokop

Henry G. Sokop, 90, of 68 Oak Hill Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on July 23, 1913, the son of George and Anna Yakymow Sokop, he graduated from Patchogue...

George W. Smith Sr

George W. Smith Sr., 84, of 257 Onota St. died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on April 19, 1919, son of George I. and Minnie Vogel Smith, he graduated in 1937 from Pittsfield...

Robert J. “Sleepy” McDonough

Robert J. “Sleepy” McDonough, 70, of Cedar Street died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 24, 1932, son of Donald J. McDonough and Doris Granger McDonough...

Ruth E. Donovan

Ruth E. Donovan, 90, of 19 Westover St. died yesterday at home. She had wintered in Boynton Beach, Fla., since 1980. Born in Rochester, N.Y., on Sept. 11, 1912, daughter of Frank and Mary...

Anita M. Quirico

Anita M. Quirico, 69, of 123 Lucia Drive died Thursday at Berkshire Place, where she was admitted March 6. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 19, 1933, daughter of James J. and Florina Alberti Quirico,...

Vesta R. Melle

Vesta R. Melle, 82, of 977 Holmes Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 28, 1921, daughter of Harold J. and Ruth Perry Martin, she was a 1939 graduate of...

Joseph Thomas Liverseidge Jr

Joseph Thomas Liverseidge Jr., 85, of 176 Columbus Ave. died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 24, 1917, son of Joseph T. Liverseidge Sr. and Johanna Kiley...

Shirley A. Frenkel

Shirley A. Frenkel, 79, of 122 Ann Drive died yesterday morning at home, following a long illness. Born in Northampton on Feb. 11, 1924, daughter of Adolph and Dora Silverman Raymond, she was a...

Lorene Baccaro

Lorene Baccaro, 48, of 89 Raymond Drive died Tuesday afternoon at home. Born in Carona, Calif., on Aug. 21, 1954, daughter of Gerald P. and Elizabeth A. Bell Erb of Dalton, she moved to Dalton in...

Peter Zack

Peter Zack, 91, of 12 Ridgeway Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1912, son of Peter and Elena Zack, he attended local schools. A Army veteran of...

Timothy M. Sheldon

Timothy M. Sheldon, 65, of 46 Bartlett Ave. and Tophill Farm, Devon Road, Lee, died Sunday while undergoing surgery at Berkshire Medical Center. He had been selected as Pittsfield’s poet...

Grace G. Jakacky

Grace G. Jakacky, 78, of 35 Wagner Drive, Orono, Maine, formerly of North Street, died Monday morning at Ross Manor in Bangor, Maine. Born in Kingman, Maine, on Oct. 2, 1924, daughter of Joseph...

Mabel E. Gilardi

Mabel E. Gilardi, 89, died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for two years. Born in Pittsfield on March 25, 1914, daughter of Anton B. and Martha M. Olsen Olsen, she...

Stephen Peter Naprava

Stephen Peter Naprava, 90, of 310 Lenox Ave. died Friday evening at Craneville Place of Dalton, where he had resided since October 1999. Born in Adams on May 17, 1913, son of Stanislaw and...

Edna A. Mills

Edna A. Mills, 86, died Saturday evening at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where she had resided since April 2002. Born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., on June 4, 1917, daughter of...

Lori Jean Killmaier

Lori Jean Killmaier, 45, of Altamonte Springs, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday after being stricken at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 6, 1957, the daughter of Jeanne Vincent...

Concetta Mary Kellar, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Concetta Mary "Connie" Kellar, 87, of 52 Burke Ave. died June 23, 2003, at Berkshire Place on South Street, where she had resided since January 2002. Born in Pittsfield...

Paul Joseph Capitanio Jr

Paul Joseph Capitanio Jr., 21, of 106 Parkside Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 23, 1982, son of Paul J. Capitanio Sr. and Beth E. Taylor Capitanio, he was a 2000 graduate of...

Anne D. Roche

Anne D. Roche, 85, of Housatonic Street died yesterday afternoon at Providence Care Center, where she had resided since January. Born in Nashua, N.H., on Oct. 5, 1917, daughter of Bartholomew and...

Olive Marion Clark

Olive Marion Clark, 80, of Westminster Road died Saturday afternoon at home. Born in New York City on April 25, 1923, daughter of Earle B. and Mildred Ziegler Roberts, she was a 1939 graduate of...

Margaret H. “Peggy” Stracuzzi

Margaret H. “Peggy” Stracuzzi, 67, of 15 Zoar St. died Friday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 14, 1935, daughter of John Frederick Lummus Sr. and...

Lonnie Wayne King

Lonnie Wayne King, 52, of 240 Francis Ave. died Thursday morning at home after a long illness. Born in Lexington, Va., on Nov. 10, 1950, son of Myrtle M. Bannister King and the late Lloyd L. King...

William D. Frommer

William D. Frommer, 49, of 185 Blue Heron Drive, Portsmouth, N.H., died Thursday, June 19, at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, as the result of an accident on a construction project....

Lena Agnes Testa

Lena Agnes Testa, 86, of 58 Salisbury Court, died Wednesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since August 2000. Born in Pittsfield on March 23, 1917, daughter of...