Obituaries

Antonio M. Corrente

Antonio M. Corrente, 83, of 1209 North Westcott Road, Rotterdam, N.Y., formerly of 104 Lebanon Ave., died Sunday evening at home. Born in Providence, R.I., on July 8, 1919, son of Carmine and...

Melvin Schwartz

Melvin Schwartz, 73, of 22 Marlboro Drive died yesterday morning at home. Born in New York City on Oct. 19, 1929, son of Leon and Hannah Nichthauser Schwartz, he was a 1946 graduate of the Bronx...

James P. Gasser

James P. Gasser, 96, of PineHill at Kimball Farms died yesterday at home. Born in New York City on May 6, 1906, son of Roy and Josephine Wise Gasser, he was a 1925 graduate of Exeter Preparatory...

Ralph W. Emerson

Ralph W. Emerson, 76, of 13 North Lincoln Ave., Lehigh Acres, Fla., and State Road in Richmond, died Wednesday at Hope Hospice in Fort Myers, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on March 28, 1926, son of...

Marie T. Staro

Marie T. Staro, 89, who formerly resided at 84 Tor Court, died Thursday at Craneville Place of Dalton, 265 Main St., where she had resided since Dec. 9, 1998. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on May 1,...

Vincent Eugene Blake

Vincent Eugene Blake, 88, formerly of Springside Avenue, died Monday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided for two years. Born in Lenox on July 9, 1914, son of George and...

Richard Edward Vittone

Richard Edward Vittone, 76, of 691 Crane Ave. died Sunday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after suffering a stroke. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 13, 1926, son of Anthony R. and Sarah E....

Joseph M. Schnopp

Joseph M. Schnopp, 83, of 629 Hancock Road died Saturday at home. Born in Hinsdale on April 29, 1919, son of Francis and Johanna Butler Schnopp, he attended schools there and in Dalton. He moved...

Alice Lena Russo

Alice Lena Russo, 90, of 159 Elizabeth St. died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for six years. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 29, 1912, daughter of Frank and Emily Detrich...

Lillian H. Kirchner

Lillian H. Kirchner, 98, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshire Town, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 11, 1904, daughter of Reinhold C. and Hedwig W. Boerner Welz, she...

James "Jay" Harrison

James "Jay" Harrison, 88, of 37 Westwood Road died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 16, 1914, son of William and Mary Ann Walsh Harrison, he was a 1932...

Nancy Higgins Flory

Nancy Higgins Flory, 63, of 23 Winter St., Fitchburg, died Thursday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 17, 1939,...

Henry R. Butler

Henry R. Butler, 91, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown, died at the Berkshire Medical Center yesterday shortly after being admitted. He was a resident of 914 E. New Lenox Road during summers and...

Leonard A. Bona

Leonard A. Bona, 66, of 75 Roaring Brook Road, died Thursday night at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 27, 1936, son of Leila Merletto Bona and the late Lawrence Bona, he was...

Gae E. Manning

Gae E. Manning, 55, of 175 Smith Road, died yesterday morning at her home after a three-year battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield Dec. 7, 1947, daughter of William D. Striebel Sr. of Dalton and...

Joseph Casmir Grucelski

Joseph Casmir Grucelski, 87, of 179 Highland Ave., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Goetzville, Mich., March 18, 1915, son of Alexander Grucelski and Helen Zich...

Tanya Williams

Tanya Williams, 28, of 20 Canal St. died Monday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester because of complications from childbirth. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 28, 1974,...

Hermann A. Clement

Hermann A. Clement, 94, formerly of 65 Columbus Ave., died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons. He was a longtime local businessman and dairy farmer. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on Jan. 12, 1909, son...

Francis J. "Mac" McCarthy

Francis J. "Mac" McCarthy, 83, of 1 Colt Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Holyoke on April 30, 1919, son of Roy and Rhea Beauchmien McCarthy, he attended Holy Rosary School...

Herberta Mae Litchfield

Herberta Mae Litchfield, 79, of 608 Hodge Road, Summerville, S.C., formerly of Hinsdale, died yesterday morning at Trident Regional Medical Center in North Charleston, S.C. Born in Chesterfield...

William E. "Punch" Demary Sr

William E. "Punch" Demary Sr., 82, of 56 Gilbert St. died Saturday at the home of his son, William E. Demary Jr. of 17 Richardson St. Born in Hinsdale on Sept. 9, 1920, son of Walter and Maude...

Alice M. Bailey

Alice M. Bailey, 97, formerly of 33 Maplewood Ave., died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where she had resided since Nov. 28, 1997. Born in Lenox on Dec. 1, 1905, daughter of Jules and Mary...

Oscar K. Kipp

Oscar K. Kipp, 79, of 121 Gamwell Ave., died Wednesday afternoon at Hillcrest Commons where he had been a patient since Jan. 16. Born in Brainard, N.Y., on Oct. 17, 1923, son of William and...

Herbert T. "Bus" Sagendorph

Herbert T. "Bus" Sagendorph, 82, formerly of Housatonic Street, died Wednesday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since 1999. Born in Lenox on Nov. 24, 1920, son of Herbert...

Mignonne T. Gawron

Mignonne T. Gawron, 79, of 3 Montgomery Ave. died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since October. Born in Canada on March 22, 1923, daughter of Almord J. and...