Obituaries

Stanley M. Shapiro

Stanley M. Shapiro, 88, of 81 Appleton Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Nov. 5, 1914, son of Samuel and Annie Kronick Shapiro, he was educated in North...

James C. Speller

James C. Speller, 68, of 11 Cherry St. died Monday morning at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Windsor, N.C., on Oct. 10, 1934, son of Bradshaw and Ophelia Holley Speller, he attended schools in...

Jane Sokop

Jane Sokop, 88, of Oak Hill Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Aug. 28, 1914, daughter of John and Margaret Gilligan Maloney, she was a graduate Catholic Central High...

Ruth R. Malins

Ruth R. Malins, 88, of 52 Spadina Parkway died Tuesday afternoon at home. Born in Norwalk, Conn., on Jan. 27, 1915, daughter of Charles and Clara Johnson Reddy, she was a graduate of schools...

Seigelinde Ingrid Leach

Seigelinde Ingrid Leach, 61, formerly of 44 Yorkshire Ave., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been a resident of Hillcrest Commons for 2 1/2 years. Born in Aussig, Germany, on...

George J. Quadrozzi

George J. Quadrozzi, 85, of 50 Highview Drive died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1918, son of Joseph and Theresa R. Pullano Quadrozzi, he was a 1936 graduate of Pittsfield...

Thomas D. Wallace

Thomas D. Wallace, 73, of 81 Palomino Drive died Sunday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in North Bergen, N.J., on Sept. 29, 1929, son of Thomas D. and Mary...

Anthony Joseph Frada

Anthony Joseph Frada, 85, of 159 Union St. died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for a year. Born in Tripi, Sicily, Italy, on Aug. 25, 1917, son of Joseph and Anna Leto Frada,...

Christopher J. Bernard

Christopher J. Bernard, 42, of 105 Sherwood Drive died Saturday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Merrill Road in Pittsfield. Born in...

Alice Bates

Alice Bates, 86, of 45 Main St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Websterville, Vt., on Sept. 2, 1916, daughter of Jean Baptiste and Matilda Decoteau Beaulieu, she was educated...

Mary Morton Whitney

Mary Morton Whitney, 81, died Wednesday at Genesis Elder Care in Lebanon, N.H. She and her late husband, Clifford L. Whitney, lived in Dalton for many years. Born in Mechanic Falls, Maine, on...

Marion M. Schmidt, 93

LENOX, Mass. — Marion Minnie Schmidt, 93, of Parkway Pavilion, Enfield, Conn., formerly of Lenox, died Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in...

Anthony J. Gigliotti Sr

Anthony J. Gigliotti Sr., 81, of 103 Wealthy Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 27, 1921, son of Domenico and Caterina Melfi Gigliotti, he was a graduate...

Ruth Deborah Donelson

Ruth Deborah Donelson, 92, of Melbourne Place died Monday at home. Born in Malden on June 15, 1910, daughter of Robert S. and Winifred E. MacKay Lincoln, she was a 1928 graduate of Malden High...

Isabelle B. O'Brien

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Isabelle B. O'Brien, 81, of 32 Lakewood Drive died June 10, 2003, at Hillcrest Commons. Born in North Egremont on April 9, 1922, daughter of Henry E. and Hattie Murphy...

Geraldine M. MacKinnon

Geraldine M. MacKinnon, 69, of 94 Stanton Ave. died Sunday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 13, 1933, daughter of James and Grace Hammerton Layden, she was a 1951...

Edith M. Butler

Edith M. Butler, 87, formerly of Columbia Arms, died yesterday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since September. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1915,...

Homer H. Sherman

Homer H. Sherman, 88, of Country Roads Mobile Home Park died Sunday at Craneville Place of Dalton. Born in Savoy on May 26, 1914, son of Leslie H. and Eva Turner Sherman, he was a graduate of...

Elizabeth J. Fares

Elizabeth J. Fares, 89, of 101 Mountain Drive died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Greenfield on April 18, 1914, daughter of Angelo and Jennie Marfio Bruno, she was educated there and...

Carmelina M. Cirillo

Carmelina M. Cirillo, 75, of 176 Columbus Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Chester, Pa., on June 20, 1927, daughter of Joseph and Josephine Cardillo Catinella, she came to...

Marguerite J. Carosso

Marguerite J. Carosso, 93, of 1 Gaslight Drive, Yarmouthport, formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at home. Born in Hericourt, France, on June 23, 1909, daughter of Charles and Helen Aubert Gable,...

Leslie E. Perkins Jr., 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Leslie Edmond "Sonny" Perkins Jr., 63, of 493 Wahconah St. died Sunday evening, May 18, 2003, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 25, 1939, son of...

Roland Thomas Roy

Roland Thomas Roy, 70, of 57 Fabyan Point, Newington, N.H., died Friday at home. His sister, Lucille Horton, lives in Pittsfield. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Dec. 29, 1932, son of Alfred and...

Minnie M. James

Minnie M. James, 101, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for three years. She lived on Jaynes Street in Lenox for more than 64 years. Born in Ashley Falls on June 16,...

William F. Hanford

William F. Hanford, 91, formerly of 111 Brown St., died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided for two years. . Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1911, son of Thomas and Frances...