Obituaries

Dorothy Noble

Dorothy Robare Noble, 96, formerly of 175 Lakeway Drive, died Friday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Aug. 9, 1905, daughter of Albert F. and Margaret...

Barbara McCarthy

Barbara E. McCarthy, 76, of 8338 Windway Drive,San Antonio, formerly of Pittsfield, died Aug. 28 at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 10, 1925, daughter of George Van Loon Sr. and Blanche DeLong...

Lucille R. Pellows

Lucille R. Burke Pellows, 81, of 1101 West St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Limoges, Ontario, Canada, on July 26, 1920, daughter of Fred and Eva Lajeunesse Desabrais, she...

Lillian K. Healy

Lillian K. Healy, 94, formerly of Main Street, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Dalton on Jan. 3, 1907, daughter of Henry V. and Lucy Gorman Kirchner, she was a 1923...

Colleen Garrity-Prudente

Colleen Marie Garrity-Prudente, 44, of 1 Michael Road, Berkley, a native of Lenox, died Thursday as a result of injuries sustained that day in a motor vehicle accident in Norton. Born in...

Carol L. Wechter

Carol Lynn Wechter, 54, of 81 Caroline St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 22, 1947, daughter of Caroline Ryczek Hermanski of Pittsfield and the late Majek...

Doris Crown

Doris Crown, 86, of Elgin Drive, Winter Springs, Fla., a former resident of Pittsfield and Lanesboro, died yesterday at home from cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 9, 1914, daughter of Frank and...

John N. Callahan

John N. "Jack" Callahan, 67, of Stamford, Conn., a native of Dalton, died Tuesday at Courtland Gardens in Stamford. Born in Dalton on Aug. 26, 1934, he was the son of John J. Callahan and Mary...

John Beauchamp

John Richard Beauchamp, 34, of 91 Appleton Ave. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center after being stricken earlier that evening. Born in Pittsfield on May 28, 1967, son of Antoinette Andrews...

Hilda Haskins

Hilda Marie Allen Haskins, 95, of 308 Leyden Road, Greenfield, died Monday at Berkshire Place in Pittsfield, where she had resided since last November. She was the mother of Ruth Haskins Bass of...

Edith I. Stewart

Edith I. Stewart, 83, of 27 Partridge Road, formerly of Sutton, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Worcester on Sept. 26, 1917, daughter of Albert and Christina Bengston Hall, she...

Douglas J. Stone

Douglas J. Stone, 54, of Dover, N.H., died Sept. 11. He was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. Mr. Stone leaves several siblings in...

Thomas O'Malley

Thomas Everett O'Malley Jr., 57, of Coconut Creek, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 22,...

John Pierson

John H.G. Pierson, 95, of Kimball Farms died Saturday evening at home. Born in New York City on March 28, 1906, son of Charles Wheeler and Elizabeth Groesbeck Pierson, he was a 1927 graduate of...

John Ameresekere

John N. Ameresekere, 54, of 85 Linden St. died Sept. 1 at home. Born on Aug. 24, 1947, son of the late Flavia Ameresekere, he attended schools in Sri Lanka. He came to the United States in his...

Regina D'Amore

Regina D'Amore, 88, of 47 Pomeroy Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 17, 1913, daughter of Antonio and Concetta Federico Pascetta, she attended schools in Pittsfield until...

Mary Ellen Dunham

Mary Ellen "Bee" Dunham, 66, of 46 Cleveland Road died Friday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1935, daughter of F. Emmett and Helen...

Alfred Goodrich

Alfred L. Goodrich, 88, of 139 Newell St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 9, 1912, son of Levi J. and Pauline Hart Goodrich, he attended local schools. Mr....

Rev. Francis Grogan

The Rev. Francis E. Grogan, a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross for nearly 50 years, was killed Tuesday when the plane he was on, United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston to Los Angeles, crashed...

Raymond Gingras

Raymond Francis Gingras, 70, of 108 Blythewood Drive died Wednesday morning at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 30, 1930, son of Armand A....

Merle C. Craik

Merle Campbell Craik, 90, formerly of 147 Pomeroy Ave., died Aug. 5 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 14, 1911, daughter of William and Ettie Campbell Craik, she graduated...

James Masterone

James L. Masterone, 79, of Hunters Creek Drive, DeLand, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 16, 1922, son of Victor and Louise Ferreti Masterone, he...

Samuel Katz

Samuel Katz, 80, of 19 Darlene Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 9, 1921, son of Max and Esther Cutler Katz, he attended local schools and was a 1941...

John C. Luz Jr.

John C. Luz Jr., 81, of 74 Williamsburg Terrace died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Taunton on Feb. 11, 1920, son of John and Maria Concecao Rodriguez Luz Sr., he moved to Pittsfield...

Doris Fitzgerald

Doris M. Fitzgerald, 78, of 207 Francis Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 15, 1923, daughter of William V. and Mildred M. Garno Hook, she was a graduate of...