Obituaries

William Stanhope

William Sterling Stanhope, 55, of Topeka, Kan., a native of Pittsfield, died Tuesday in Topeka. Born in Pittsfield on May 7, 1947, son of Irene Auger Stanhope of Pittsfield and the late James...

Marion Freehoffer

Marion L. Freehoffer, 95, of Orlando, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Aug. 3 at Alterra Clairbridge, an assisted-living facility in Orlando. Born in Egremont on Jan. 18, 1907, daughter of...

Helen Mangiardi

Helen Marie Mangiardi, 78, of 29 Lakewood Drive died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center, where she had been admitted Aug. 2. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 4, 1923, daughter of Joseph and...

Frank M. Segala

Frank M. "Chet" Segala, 72, of 38 Hazelwood Terrace died Wednesday at home, following a brief illness. Born in Malcesine sul Garda, Province of Verona, Italy, on Feb. 11, 1930, son of Frank and...

Bertha Kreger

Bertha Kreger, 94, formerly of 214 Park Ave. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since January 1996. Born in Poland on Feb. 1, 1908, daughter of Harry and Yetta...

Norman Bellinger

Norman Ray Bellinger, 80, of Ballentine, S.C., a native of Pittsfield, died Tuesday. Born on Dec. 3, 1921, son of Rudson R. and Zilpha Barnes Bellinger, he graduated from the former Dalton High...

Charles Bradford

Charles Edward Bradford, 79, of Beverly, formerly of Pittsfield, died Aug. 6 at Ledgewood Rehabilitation in Beverly after a long bout with Alzheimer's disease. Born Oct. 20, 1922, in Tulsa,...

Sanford Hartman

Sanford H. Hartman, 94, of 235 Walker St., Kimball Farms Retirement Community, died Monday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Cleveland on May 23, 1908, son of Jacob and Malvina...

Rev. Ronald Lussier

The Rev. Ronald P. Lussier, 74, pastor of St. George Church in the Chicopee Falls section of Chicopee, died Monday. He was a former pastor of Holy Family Church in North Adams. Born in Chicopee on...

Paul Rapkowicz

Paul H. Rapkowicz, 75, of 125 Euclid Ave. died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1926, son of Harry and Rose Sidak Rapkowicz, he attended local schools...

Jean Rufo

Jean Rufo, 71, of Agawam, formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at home. Born Jan. 21, 1931, in Pittsfield, daughter of Leon and Anna Tarantino Dragone, she was a 1948 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Edward J. Bishop

Edward J. Bishop, 77, of Bourg, La., a native of Hinsdale, died July 31. Born on Feb. 13, 1925, son of Thomas and Clara Briggs Bishop, he attended local schools. An Army veteran of World War...

Rosa P. Maurer

Rosa P. Maurer, 84, of 59 Circular Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1918, daughter of Antonio and Virginia Curcio Parisi, she attended local...

James C. Allen

James C. Allen, 70, of 305 Fenn St. died Saturday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Aug. 29, 1931, son of Clifford E. and Mary Louise Lecuyer Allen, he attended local...

William Nacorchuk

William Nacorchuk, 83, of 68B Highview Drive died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 29, 1919, son of Anthony and Anastasia Kowchuk Nykorchuk, he was a 1938...

Jeannine A. Macchi, 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' Jeannine A. Macchi, 72, of 48 Adam St. died Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 7, 1929, daughter of Anthony and Roseanna...

Alwina Wood

Alwina Wood, 102, of Providence Care Center, formerly of Northfield and Shelburne Falls, died early Saturday morning at the nursing facility. She was the mother of Helen McCarthy of Lenox. Born in...

Nicholas Mounsey

Nicholas David Mounsey, 18, of Castle Rock, Colo., formerly of Hazelwood Terrace, Pittsfield, died July 27 in Englewood, Colo., in a rock-climbing accident. Born in North Charleston, S.C., on...

Mary I. Tobin

Mary I. Tobin, 87, of 209 Housatonic St., Lenox, a former resident of 92 Seymour St., died yesterday morning at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1914,...

Marie Lafayette

Marie "Marion" Lafayette, 84, of Burlington, Vt., died Saturday at the Starr Farm Nursing Care Center in Burlington. She had suffered a stroke in January 2001 from which she never fully recovered....

John C. Prenguber, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John C. Prenguber, 77, of 62 Sadler Ave. died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2002, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had been admitted July 25. Born in North Adams on...

Allison M. Kittler

Alison M. Kittler, 76, of 77 Partridge Road died Monday at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Deolali, India, on Jan. 12, 1926, daughter of Arthur and Alison McMorran Jones, she moved to Scotland...

Robert P. Fyler

Robert P. Fyler, 76, of Brea, Calif., a former Pittsfield resident, died July 12 at home of lung cancer. Born in New Haven, Conn., on July 21, 1925, son of Lane K. and Elsie Parmalee Fyler, he...

Ruth E. Salvini

Ruth E. Salvini, 95, formerly of School Street, Chester, died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Chester on June 10, 1907, daughter of Eugene J. and Edna Soule Besancon,...

Kevin J. Brennan

Kevin James Brennan, 53, of 192 Holmes Road died yesterday morning at home of cancer. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Nov. 28, 1948, son of James F. and Thelma Cunningham Brennan, he graduated from State...