Obituaries

James A. Tobin

James A. Tobin, 95, of 270 Allengate Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 15, 1907, son of William H. and Eleanor Cahill Tobin, he was a 1926 graduate of St....

Isabelle H. Solak

Isabelle H. Solak, 89, of 31 New Hampshire Ave. died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 27, 1913, daughter of Joseph and Apolonia Zarzecki Solak, she attended local...

Agnes Barbara Kolbusz

Agnes Barbara Kolbusz, 89, of 46 Madison Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 29, 1913, daughter of Stanislaw and Stephanie Kuzia Kobus, she attended local schools. She...

Phillip Joseph LeClair Sr.

Phillip Joseph LeClair Sr., 67, formerly of 4 Park Terrace, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. He had been a patient at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington for eight months....

Robert A. Vincent

Robert A. Vincent, 60, formerly of Lake Onota Village on Valentine Road, died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on March 30, 1942, son of Walter W. and Elizabeth H. Kelly...

Albert N. "Bart" Pignatelli Sr.

Albert N. "Bart" Pignatelli Sr., 86, of Taconic Avenue died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lenox on Aug. 20, 1916, son of Giovanni and Nicolina Caggino Pignatelli, he was a 1935...

Lois R. Morrison

Lois R. Morrison, 69, of 12 Whitehead Place died Sunday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 3, 1933, daughter of Stanley J. and Jennie L. Hermanski Wilkes, she was a 1951 graduate of...

Wayne J. Giroux

Wayne J. Giroux, 53, of 219 Appleton Ave. died Tuesday evening at home of Lou Gehrig's disease. Born in North Adams on Jan. 9, 1949, son of Roland A. and Marion LeSage Giroux, he was a graduate...

Richard W. Langlois

Richard W. Langlois, 68, of 50 Highland Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 25, 1934, son of Wilfred E. and Mary Ryder Langlois, he attended local schools. He served in the...

Mary S. Maston

Mary S. Maston, 85, of 41 Branch St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 2, 1917, daughter of Emanuel A. and Mary Zahn Schiffman, she attended local schools and...

Rita R. Avery

Rita R. Avery, 84, of 109 Housatonic St. died Friday at Timberlyn Heights Nursing Home, where she had resided since July. Born in Pittsfield on June 23, 1918, daughter of Albert and Ruth Decelles...

Nellie J. "Jane" Vickery Hill

Nellie J. "Jane" Vickery Hill, 85, of 30 Lucille St. died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Nassau, N.Y., on July 25, 1917, daughter of Alfred and Nellie Thayer Houghtlin, she moved...

Charles V. Parise

Charles V. Parise, 76, of 20 Stearns Ave. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 9, 1925, son of Joseph and Maria Puyia Parise, he attended local schools. An Army...

Ronald L. Scace

Ronald L. Scace, 66, of 21 Perrine Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 7, 1936, son of Raymond L. and Gladys M. Musgrove Scace, he was a 1953 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Ralph R. Kirby

Ralph R. Kirby, 76, of 322 Carrington St., Henderson, Nev., formerly of 43 Richard Drive, Pittsfield, died Friday at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas of an apparent heart attack. Born...

Harold D. Douville

Harold D. Douville, 73, of 14 Stockbridge Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a former member of the Dalton Finance Committee and served as treasurer of the...

Harold D. Douville

Harold D. Douville, 73, of 14 Stockbridge Ave. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a former member of the Dalton Finance Committee and served as treasurer of the...

Carmen Marguerite Ochs

Carmen Marguerite Ochs, 77, of Rose Manor died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Turgeon, Quebec, Canada, on June 27, 1925, daughter of Almord and Rose Durand Tremblay, she was a 1943...

Betty Ann Dickson

Betty Ann Dickson, 43, of 218 Pine Glen Court, Englewood, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1958, daughter of Robert M. and E. Louise Mellon...

John Albert Heaton

John Albert Heaton, 81, of 29 Morewood Drive died yesterday morning at home. He was manager of the Pittsfield Municipal Airport for 40 years, retiring in 1985. Born in Eaton Rapids, Mich., on...

Mr.C.Henry Kruidenier

Mr.C.Henry Kruidenier, 93, died Thursday August 22, 2002 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA. following a brief illness. He had resided at Kimball Farms in Lenox since December 1989. The...

Margaret A. Unsworth

Margaret A. Unsworth, 79, of Poppy Hill Drive, Johnston, R.I., died Monday at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, North Providence. She was the mother of Thomas E. Unsworth of Dalton. Born in Providence,...

Joseph W. "Luther" Kubica

Joseph W. "Luther" Kubica, 50, of Voorheesville, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died Saturday at the Community Hospice Inn at St. Peter's in Albany. Born on Jan. 23, 1952, son of Harriett Kubica...

Ruth Marion Witherow

Ruth Marion Witherow, 87, of 151 Heights of Hill St., Whitinsville, formerly of Pittsfield and Worthington, died Monday at St. Camilla's Nursing Home in Whitinsville. Born in New Haven, Conn., on...

Charles Frederick Larkin

Mr. Charles Frederick Larkin, 40 of Main Street in Dalton died Thursday night August 15,2002 at his home in Dalton following a long illness. Born September 9, 1961 in Great Barrington he was the...