Obituaries

Marie Lola Florentine

Marie Lola Florentine, 75, formerly of 49 Yorkshire Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on Staten Island, N.Y., on March 9, 1927, daughter of George and Mae Shannon Powell, she...

Louis A. Bolduc

Louis A. Bolduc, died yesterday morning at his home at 46 Alfred Drive following a long illness. He was 71. A former longtime city health commissioner Bolduc joined the Pittsfield Department of...

Marie Rose Beaulieu

Marie Rose Beaulieu, 82, formerly of High Street, died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she had resided since May 2001. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Aug. 13, 1920, daughter of John...

Charles M. "Rusty" Kennedy

Charles M. "Rusty" Kennedy, 53, of 51 Sadler Ave. died Saturday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1949, son of Charles E. and Agnes L. Hanrath Kennedy, he graduated in 1967 from...

Mark B. Reder

Mark B. Reder, 45, of Chatham, N.J., formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield, son of Marjorie Rothkopf Reder and the late Edwin E. Reder, he was a 1975 graduate of...

Catherine S. "Kay" Hoffman

Catherine S. "Kay" Hoffman, 85, of 176 Windsor Ave. died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Death followed a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 17, 1917, daughter of Louis F. and...

Kathleen E. Mattia

Kathleen E. Mattia, 73, of 65 Columbus Ave. died Tuesday morning at home after a brief illness. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on April 12, 1929, daughter of Merrill R. and Marian Geerholt Burns, she...

George Harvey Culverwell

George Harvey Culverwell, 90, formerly of 43 Crane Ave. died Monday afternoon at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since 1999. Born in Port Jervis, N.Y., on Sept. 15, 1912, son of...

Anthony G. Russo

Anthony G. Russo, 77, of 49 Peck's Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 7, 1926, son of Frank and Caroline Lucci Russo, he was a...

Bernard O. Plouffe

Bernard O. Plouffe, 86, of 90 McIntosh Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 30, 1916, son of Frank and Emma Langer Plouffe, he was a 1936 graduate of...

Ronald F. "Skip" Hammond Jr.

Ronald F. "Skip" Hammond Jr., 44, of 30 Beacon St., died suddenly Friday morning at home. Born on July 2, 1958, in Pittsfield, the son of Ronald F. and Marlene W. Ketcham Hammond Sr., he was...

Ralph Lawrence Walsh

Ralph Lawrence Walsh, 91, of 182 Maple Grove Drive, died Friday morning at Hillcrest Commons. Born in New York City on April 5, 1911, he attended Pittsfield public schools. He moved to Pittsfield...

Frances R. Louison, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Frances Rita Louison, 87, formerly of 200 Cheshire Road, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2003 at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on June 22, 1915, daughter...

Catherine Connolly

Catherine Connolly, 83, of 36 Edward Ave. died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since January 2000. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1919, daughter of C. Arthur...

Dorothy Alice Gary

Dorothy Alice Gary, 69, of 63 Bossidy Drive died early Saturday morning at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1933, daughter of William and Anna Lee LeBarnes, she attended...

Helen R. Nieratka

Helen R. Nieratka, 86, of 1035 North St. died Wednesday morning at home. She had been a resident of Pittsfield for seven years. Born in Detroit on April 27, 1916, daughter of Walter and Rose...

George W. Adams Jr.

George W. Adams Jr., 74, of 6 Adelaide Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1928, son of George W. and Ethel Hathaway Adams, he was a 1946 graduate of...

Dorothy Mae Calderella

Dorothy Mae Calderella, 84, of 16 Walnut St. died yesterday at Side By Side, where she had resided since February 2001. Born in Hartford, Conn., May 17, 1918, daughter of Arthur J. and Effie Mae...

Constance Genevieve Decelles

Constance Genevieve Decelles, 96, of 11 Francis Plaza died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 16, 1906, daughter of Joseph and Amanda Champagne Decelles, she...

James J. Maniatis

James J. Maniatis, 52, of 70 Donna Ave. died yesterday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Center in Lenox after a long illness. He owned and operated the former Johnny's Restaurant on Cheshire Road...

Theresa A. Lynch

Theresa A. Lynch, 89, of 140 Melbourne Place died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 19, 1913, daughter of Donato and Rosena Slodyski Durante, she moved to Lee at the age of 2 and was...

Virginia F. Dow

Virginia F. Dow, 87, of 269 Cloverdale St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Springside of Pittsfield for more than two years. Born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1915,...

Rena Rohrkemper

Rena Rohrkemper, 84, of Saginaw, Mich., formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Saginaw. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 7, 1918, daughter of Didimo and...

Harold Victor "Otis" Woodill

Harold Victor "Otis" Woodill, 87, formerly of Bradford Arms, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for the past 10 months. Born in Webster on Aug. 19, 1915, son of Raymond H....

Patrick Joseph "Rick" McCaherty

Patrick Joseph "Rick" McCaherty, 52, of 29 Cleveland St. died Sunday at home after suffering an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1950, son of Patrick A. and Louise R. Fournier...