Obituaries

Francis Penna Sr.

Francis R. "Moose" Penna Sr., 74, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 21, 1928, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Sinopoli Penna, he was a graduate of Pittsfield High School. He was a...

Andrew Scherben

Andrew Scherben, 86, of Buffington Street, Taunton, formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday in Taunton. Born in Cornwall, Conn., son of John and Anastasia Sokoleska Scherben, he graduated from...

Richard Tierney

Richard D. Tierney, 65, of 26 Grace Terrace died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 24, 1937, son of Peter W. and Judith E. Drennan Tierney, he was a 1954 graduate of St. Joseph's High...

Eric J. Weeks

Eric Jon Weeks, 54, of 56 Foundry Village Road, Colrain, formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday morning at home after a short illness. He moved to Colrain in 1999. Born in Toledo, Ohio, on Oct. 7,...

A. Frederick Rohlfs Jr.

A. Frederick Rohlfs Jr., 64, of Monroe, N.J., formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. Born in Lancaster, Pa., on June 12, 1937, son...

Esther L. Wilson

Esther L. Wilson, 83, of 82 Fort Hill Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 5, 1919, daughter of Angelo and Elvira Lenzi Bondi, she was a graduate of Pittsfield...

William J. Foster

William J. Foster, 80, a resident of Pinehill at Kimball Farms, died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where he had resided for a short time. Born in Bridgeport,...

Walter Guiltinan

Walter "Bud" Guiltinan, 77, of Camarillo, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 16, 1924, son of Walter Leo Guiltinan Sr. and Alice Purnell Guiltinan, he...

Helen L. Bannick

Helen Louise Bannick, 86, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since 1996. Born in Brockton on Aug. 11, 1915, daughter of Joseph and Amelia...

David A. Connelly

David A. Connelly, 75, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach. Born in Cambridge on June 28, 1926, son of Edwin A. and...

Frederick Butler

Frederick D. Butler, 71, formerly of Francis Plaza, died Wednesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had lived for the past year. Born in Pittsfield on May 27, 1930, son of Laura Ethier Butler...

Sarah Rocca

Sarah Rocca, 78, of 72 Washington Mountain Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1923, daughter of John and Rose Valverde Martino, she attended local...

Nathan Suckman

Nathan L. Suckman, 71, of Majesty Circle, Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Delray Hospital in Delray Beach, Fla. Born in Glens Falls, N.Y., on Oct. 14, 1930, son of...

Arlene J. Norton

Arlene J. Norton, 69, of 2 Post Road died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter in Stockbridge. Born in Jersey City, N.J., on June 30, 1932, daughter of Alfred K. and Jessie M. Kalbfleisch...

Joaquin A. Boino

Joaquin Augusto "Jack" Boino, 71, of 55 Eleanor Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 2, 1930, son of Thomas A. and Emilia do Ceu Gomes Cabral Boino, he was a...

Eleanor Charland

Eleanor Elaine Charland, 87, of 24 Dartmouth St. died Monday at the Center for Optimum Care, where she had resided since April 7. Born in Bingham, Maine, on May 31, 1914, daughter of Adelard and...

Laura M. Schilling

Laura May Schilling, 81, formerly of 12 Bushey Road, died Friday at Linda Manor Nursing Home in Leeds, where she had resided since last October. Born in Pittsfield on July 11, 1920, daughter of...

Julia A. Casella

Julia A. Casella, 88, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments, died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for seven years. Born in Huntington on June 25, 1913, daughter of Joseph and Mary...

Delia Hatch

Delia Hatch, 88, of 31 Bradford St. died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for one day. Born in Claremont, N.H., on May 26, 1913, daughter of Joseph and...

William A. Lindsay

William A. Lindsay, 77, of 11 Wahconah Heights died Thursday at the Center for Optimum Care, where he had resided since June 2000. Born in Detroit on Oct. 31, 1924, son of William and Vera Allen...

Thomas Goyette

Thomas M. Goyette, 50, of Panama, Okla., a native of Pittsfield, died Monday at home of heart failure. Born Sept. 3, 1951, son of Gaston R. and Helen Benson Goyette, he attended Notre Dame...

Pierena Gardino

Pierena "Rena" Gardino, 93, formerly of The Curtis, 6 Main St., died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since May 1998. Born in Nizza, Province of Monferato, Italy, on Jan. 7,...

Phyllis Nadelmann

Phyllis Nadelmann, 91, of 88 Notch Hill Road, North Branford, Conn., died Sunday. She was the mother of Stephanie Beling of Richmond. Born Sept. 14, 1910, in Brooklyn, N.Y., daughter of Morris...

Mary Rixse

Mary Rixse, 86, of 75 Bellmore Drive died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1916, daughter of John and Justine Iwanyczak Olekson, she attended Pittsfield High...

Mary L. Roberts

Mary L. Roberts, 97, formerly of 226 Lenox Ave., died Monday at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she resided for four years. Born in Pittsfield on May 16, 1904, daughter of Leon and Emilie...