Obituaries

Marie R. Veselik

Marie R. Veselik, 98, of 320 Pittsfield Road died Saturday at Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on March 28, 1903, daughter of Vaclav and Zofie Choc, she attended...

Marguerite Jacoby

Marguerite Odette Jacoby, 94, of Providence Care Center, 320 Pittsfield Road, died Monday at Providence Care Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 11, 1907, daughter of Joseph J. and Celena Goodrich...

Lois E. Chadwell

Lois E. Chadwell, 67, of 226 Bradford St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 2, 1934, daughter of Harry and Anna Gardner Robinson, she graduated from Pittsfield...

Jane L. Kibby

Jane L. Kibby, 78, of Media, Pa., formerly of West Housatonic Street, died Sunday at home. Born in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 1923, daughter of Ralph E. and Ruth Davis Lawrence, she attended...

Patricia A. Fields

Patricia A. Fields, 61, of 31 Bossidy Drive died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1940, daughter of Frank Carnute Sr. and Mary Calabrese Carnute, she...

Nicholas J. Putzu

Nicholas John Putzu, 76, of 1611 Waterstone Lane, Charleston, S.C., formerly of Richmond, died Friday at Trident Regional Hospital in North Charleston, S.C. A longtime resident of 526 State Road, he...

Kevin J. Hirt

Kevin J. Hirt, 10, of 33 Brookside Drive died Saturday morning at home after a long battle with neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer he was diagnosed with in 1995. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 24,...

Alphonse Marchand

Alphonse Joseph Marchand, 93, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community, died Friday evening at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. He had resided at Kimball Farms for four years. He was a former member...

Raymond Dulye Jr.

Raymond J. Dulye Jr., 52, of Rocklin, Calif., son of Ann Vuolo Dulye of Richmond, died Thursday at home after a long illness. Born in Middletown, N.Y., on Aug. 5, 1949, he was also the son the...

Nicola DiNicola

Nicola DiNicola, 98, of 74 Dickinson Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in San Buceto, province of Chieti, Italy, on June 5, 1903, son of Antonio and Maria DiPalma DiNicola, he...

Marie C. LeBlanc

Marie Catherine "Bella" LeBlanc, 97, of 95 Lakeway Drive and Cap Pele, New Brunswick, died Friday at her home in Pittsfield. Born in New Brunswick on Aug. 6, 1904, daughter of Jeffrey and...

Helen Y. Long

Helen Y. Long, 89, of 235 Walker St., Kimball Farms Retirement Community, died Tuesday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. She moved to Kimball Farms in 1989. Born in Pittsburgh on Feb. 8, 1912,...

Francis E. Palmer

Francis E. Palmer, 78, of North Port, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Nov. 22 at Pinebrook Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Venice, Fla. Born in Lee on June 28, 1923, son of Oren and Minnie...

Emily M. Kulis

Emily M. Kulis, 82, of 119 Memorial Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 19, 1919, daughter of Joseph and Concetta Talarico Canino, she attended local...

Barbara R. Jones

Barbara R. Jones, 66, of 53 Third St. died yesterday at home. Born in Great Barrington on July 17, 1935, daughter of Alton F. and Georgia Stevens Bennett, she attended Averill Park (N.Y.) High...

Winifred Green

Winifred "Winnie" Green, 89, of St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of Ashuelot Street in Dalton, died Friday in New York City after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 31, 1912, daughter of...

Margaret Spence

Margaret M. Spence, 83, of 247 Springside Ave. died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 30, 1918, daughter of John and Sarah Murphy Flynn, she attended local schools and was a 1936 graduate...

Ida R. Bedell

Ida R. Bedell, 89, of 89 South St., Berkshire Place, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 20, 1912, daughter of Raymond and Florence Rico Suarez, she...

Harold C. Bornak

Harold C. Bornak, 80, of 99 Second St. died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had been a resident since March. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 24, 1920, son of Gustav and Natalie Reiner Bornak, he...

Elizabeth A. Beals

Elizabeth Alexander Beals, 66, of 96 Fourth St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 14, 1935, daughter of Leon and Elizabeth...

Dr. Frank Archibald

Dr. Frank W. Archibald, 84, of 108 New Lenox Road, a longtime Pittsfield dentist, died Monday at the Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born in Cheshire, son of Dr. Harry N. Archibald and Julia...

Robert L. Maynard Sr.

Robert Leon Maynard Sr., 77, of 245 Cheshire Road died Sunday afternoon at home. Born in Lanesboro on May 15, 1924, son of Wyatt L. and Helena Mickle Maynard, he attended schools in Lanesboro and...

Robert B. Rivel

Robert Bradin Rivel, 80, formerly of 2 Juliana Drive, died Friday at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, where he had resided since December 1994. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 13, 1921,...

Henry D. Farias

Henry D. "Rick" Farias, 77, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Prince George Healthcare in Georgetown, S.C. Born March 17, 1924 in East Falmouth, he was the son of Manuel D. and Adelaide...

Frances H. Bruno

Frances Helen Bruno, 64, of 315 Hungerford St. died yesterday morning shortly after being admitted to Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Jan. 29, 1937, daughter of Febronia Koza Andrus and...