Obituaries

Charis D. Rose

Charis D. Rose, 39, of 61 Daniels Ave. died yesterday at home following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 6, 1963, daughter of G. Rozena Mitchell Rose and the late Charles Rose, she...

Stephen S. Tetlow

Stephen S. Tetlow, 46, of 451 Crane Ave. died Thursday afternoon at Fairview Care Center in Turners Falls. Born in Pittsfield on May 12, 1956, son of Carolyn D. Tetlow Rousseau and the late George...

Kristin Foster Currier

Kristin Foster Currier, 34, of 184 H. Murray Hill Road, Southern Pines, N.C., formerly of Lenox, died yesterday at home. Born in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Feb. 19, 1969, she was the daughter of Randy...

Lillian E. Cohen

Lillian E. Cohen, 74, of 262 Appleton Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Place. Born in Brookline on Dec. 22, 1928, daughter of Julius and Freida Brooks Talmanson, she graduated from...

Alice Z. Avedian

Alice Z. Avedian, 93, of Cameron House, died Tuesday morning at home. Born in Jamaica Plain on Dec. 27, 1909, daughter of Hagop and Anna Nalbanjian Mansourian, she was raised in Haverhill and...

Fred Ira Baker Jr

Fred Ira Baker Jr., 80, of 59 East Housatonic St. died yesterday morning at his home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 24, 1922, son of Fred I. Baker Sr. and Mildred I. Rawling Baker, he attended local...

Thelma Margaret "Dolly" Mineau

Thelma Margaret "Dolly" Mineau, 57, of 134 Park Ave., died Friday evening at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, following a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield Oct. 21, 1945, daughter of...

Joseph E. Anischik

Joseph E. Anischik, 72, of Chicopee, died Friday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. He was the father of Debra A. Anischik of Pittsfield. Born in Chicopee on April 13, 1930, son of Michael...

Joan A. Smith

Joan A. Smith, 69, of 14 Curtin Ave., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 12, 1933, daughter of Eva Wilber Hood of Pittsfield and the late John W. Hood, she...

Ethel C. "Bing" Murphy

Ethel C. "Bing" Murphy, 81, of 44 Anita Drive, died yesterday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 22, 1922, daughter of John and...

Dorothy H. Velika

Dorothy H. Velika, 81, formerly of 16 1/2 Donovan St., died Thursday evening at Springside of Pittsfield Health Care Facility, where she had resided for one week. Born in Newton on May 18, 1921,...

Alice H. VanDeusen

Alice H. VanDeusen, 79, formerly of Pomeroy Manor, died at Berkshire Medical Center on Thursday. Born in North Adams on Sept. 14, 1923, daughter of Floyd L. and Elizabeth H. McAdoo Stiles, she...

Peter P. Ricchi

Peter P. Ricchi, 93, of 1408 Lakewood Drive, McKinney, Texas, died Thursday at Homestead of McKinney assisted living center, where he had resided since October 2002. He was a former resident of...

Rita Harvey

Rita Harvey, 72, of 14 Wellington Ave., died at Berkshire Medical Center yesterday. Born in Pittsfield March 3, 1930, daughter of Edward and Alice Ryder Smith, she attended Pittsfield...

Marion E. Cooney

Marion E. Cooney, 82, formerly of 515 Tyler St. died Thursday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 1, 1921, daughter of Edward A. and Mary M. Reynolds Meehan, she attended...

Edwin R. Grady Jr

Edwin R. Grady Jr., an educator and administrator whose career with Pittsfield schools spanned more than three decades, died Tuesday morning in Quebec, Canada. He was 85. Mr. Grady, who lived at...

Kenneth Walter Bernier

Kenneth Walter Bernier, 72, of 15 Country Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 10, 1930, son of Andrew and Pearl Wescott Bernier, he...

Florence M. Lemanski

Florence M. Lemanski, 82, of 19 Foote Ave. died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center, where she had been admitted Jan. 23. Born in Pittsfield on May 7, 1920, daughter of William L. and...

Edna L. Denison

Edna L. Denison, 81, formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Governors Center nursing home in Westfield. Born in Dalton on July 18, 1921, daughter of John H. and Caroline Halliday Loomis, she...

Edmund J. Hospod

Edmund J. Hospod, 77, of 114 Harryel St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Sept. 1, 1925, son of Antoni and Magalena Guzdek Hospod, he was a 1943 graduate of Pittsfield...

Anna Bazzano

Anna Bazzano, 94, of 27 Harding St. died Tuesday afternoon at home. Born in Sortino, Sicily, Italy, on June 6, 1908, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Petruzelo, she attended schools in Sicily. She...

Gertrude Budnick

Gertrude Budnick, 86, of the Bronx, N.Y., died yesterday afternoon at home. She was the mother of Susan Zuckerman of Pittsfield. Born in Hudson, N.Y., on May 28, 1916, daughter of Max and Anna...

Esther S. Markowitz

Esther S. Markowitz, 78, of 90 Dodge Ave. died Monday evening at home following a long illness. Born in Bangor, Maine, on Nov. 4, 1924, daughter of Nathan and Fannie Kamner Smith, she was a 1942...

Gerson George Gordon

Gerson George Gordon, 84, of Muirfield Drive died Sunday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Wurtenberg, Germany, on March 23, 1918, son of Sydney and RoseGordon, he came to...

Emil J. "Supy" Supranowicz

Emil J. "Supy" Supranowicz, 78, of 55 Allengate Ave. died Sunday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for three days. Born in Pittsfield on May 13, 1924, son of Paul A. and Jadwiga...