Obituaries

Donna M. Ruhl

Donna M. Ruhl, 71, of 1913 Sylvan Park Drive, Burlington, N.J., died yesterday at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Hospital in Worcester. She was the mother of Jean E. Thompson of...

C. Bruce Lepisto

C. Bruce Lepisto, 57, of 1008 Jennifer Lane, Falls Church, Va., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at home of an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 28, 1944, son of Karl O....

Francis C. Tetlow

Francis C. Tetlow, 64, of 175 Elm St. died Monday afternoon at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since 1999. Born in Pittsfield on April 11, 1938, son of George and Margaret Shea...

Bruce E. Coe

Bruce E. Coe, 52, of Lutz, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died April 24 at home. Born May 6, 1949, in Pittsfield, son of Vera C. Bemis Coe of Pitts-field and the late George E. Coe, he graduated...

Virginia Fielding

Virginia B. Fielding, 98, formerly of Morgan Manor, died Sunday morning at Laurel Lake Center in Lee, where she had resided since 1998. Born in Stockbridge on Feb. 4, 1904, daughter of Harry and...

Rose M. Ross

Rose M. Ross, 94, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court Apartments, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since June 14, 1990. Born in Pittsfield on...

Ronald Greenleaf

Ronald L. Greenleaf Sr., 68, of 360 Onota St. died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 29, 1933, son of Louis A. and Cora Blake Greenleaf, he attended local...

Robert A. Yerkes

Robert A. Yerkes, 54, of 272 View Drive died Saturday at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. An active member of the community, he was a former president of the Richmond Civic Association...

Lois E. Gian

Lois E. Gian, 70, of 11 South Carolina Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 14, 1931, daughter of Leon and Mildred Crocker Pike, she was a 1949 graduate of...

June E. Henault

June E. Henault, 84, formerly of 69 Perrine Ave., died Sunday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since January. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1917, daughter of John and Madeline...

Janet L. Beaman, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Janet Lamont Beaman, 86, of 11 Michael Drive died Monday, April 29, 2002, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 9, 1916, daughter of Alfred V. and Annie...

Francis M. Legge

Francis Michael "Bud" Legge, 74, of 1331 Southpalm Way, Lake Worth, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. He had resided in Lake Worth for many years. He moved to Florida in the late...

Zigmond Murawski

Zigmond M. Murawski, 89, of 5 Pacific St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had been a resident of Hillcrest Commons for two years. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 11, 1913, son of Michael...

Edward Szakal

Edward Szakal, 80, of 111 Pleasant St. died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Akron, Ohio, on May 18, 1921, son of Paul and Helen Farkas Szakal, he attended...

Ruth E. Popovich

Ruth Emerson Popovich, 80, of 25615 Troon Ave., Mount Plymouth, Fla., formerly of Dalton, died April 5. Born in Dalton on Jan. 2, 1922, daughter of Philip H. and Alberta Price Emerson, she...

James Litourneau

James H. Litourneau Jr., 31, of 313 Tyler St. died Wednesday in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 4, 1970, son of Elaine Kickery Litourneau Bigelow and the late James H. Litourneau Sr., he...

Alice A. Liccardi

Alice Ann Liccardi, 65, of 60 Dutchess Ave. died Wednesday in Stamford, Vt., at the home of her brother, Frank Alfonso. Born in Pittsfield on April 10, 1937, daughter of Frank and Domenica Lapi...

Thomas A. Simon

Thomas A. Simon, 82, of 65 Columbus Ave., formerly of 42 Doreen St., died Tuesday evening at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Fall River on June 7, 1919, son of Ferris and Jamily Coury Simon, he...

Patricia McHugh

Patricia C. McHugh, 67, of 100 Inverness Place, Syracuse, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died Monday at James Square Nursing Home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 14, 1934, daughter of Cora Harder...

F. Richard Drennan

F. Richard Drennan, 80, of 59 Holmes Road died Monday evening in Hartford, Conn., following an auto accident. Born in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 16, 1922, son of Richard Patrick and Margaret G....

Cecelia D. Dondi

Cecelia D. Dondi, 102, of Buena Park, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died April 14 at home. Born June 1, 1899, in Curigula, Italy, daughter of Constantine and Rosa Rossi Dellea, she attended...

Carolyn 'Carrie' Bak

Carolyn "Carrie" Bak, 90, formerly of 287 Dewey Ave., died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Ludlow on Feb. 24, 1912, daughter of Louis and Aniela Obozut Neils, she attended Immaculate...

Wilfred Lee West

Wilfred Lee "Jed" West, 58, of Summerville, S.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 31 at Medical University of South Carolina after a long illness. Born in Summerville on Sept. 6, 1943, son of...

Mary Ann Bulsa

Mary Ann Bulsa, 70, of 3 Cutler Road, Hudson, N.H., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 19, 1931, daughter of...

Kathleen Graffagnino-Sawyer

Kathleen A. Graffagnino-Sawyer, 43, of Buena Vista St., Unionville, Conn., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, Conn., after losing a two-year battle with...