Obituaries

Sheila A. Cannon

Sheila A. Cannon, 71, of 582 Pleasant St., Holyoke, a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday morning at Holyoke Hospital. Born Dec. 13, 1929, daughter of Melvin and Mary Wallace Fassell, she was a 1948...

Madeline C. Avery

Madeline C. Avery, 93, of 145 South Road died Sunday at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she had resided for three weeks. She was a former member of the Peru School and Building Committee and served...

Edward C. Perkett

Edward Charles Perkett, 61, of 833 Old Kings Road South in Jacksonville, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died May 7 of a heart attack in Jacksonville. Born April 8, 1940, son of Joseph F. and...

Joseph Shurkus Sr.

Joseph P. Shurkus Sr., 73, of 3 May St. died Saturday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Cambridge on April 29, 1928, son of Dominic and Domincella Winchus...

Alexander Carney

Alexander Gelan Carney, 8, of 519 Kirchner Road died Friday as a result of an all-terrain vehicle accident at his home. Born in Tver, Russia, on Sept. 13, 1992, son of Dennis H. and Alyce Kendrick...

Ralph Zimmerman

Ralph W. Zimmerman Sr., 85, of Yonkers, N.Y., died Wednesday in Yonkers. He was the father of Ronald G. Zimmerman of Richmond. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Aug. 23, 1915, he was the son of...

Donald S. Smith

Donald Spencer Smith, 74, of Barre, formerly of Pittsfield, died April 26 at Mary Lane Hospital in Ware. He was executive director of the Berkshire County Historical Society from 1967 to...

David A. Chapman

David A. Chapman, 62, of 161 Madison Ave. died Wednesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 27, 1939, son of Merritt E. and Margaret Winters Chapman, he attended local schools. He served in...

Ruth A. Denton

Ruth A. Denton, 82, of Rosewood Gardens, Troy, N.Y., formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Samaritan Hospital in Troy. Born in Pittsfield on March 12, 1919, daughter of Valentine and Emma Kaspar...

Robert J. Fitch

Robert J. Fitch, 67, of 490 West Housatonic St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 2, 1934, son of Major F. and Catherine M. Potash Fitch, he was a 1952 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Muriel L. Kushi

Muriel L. Kushi, 85, of 74 Maryland Ave. died Monday at home. Born in St. Francis, Ontario, Canada, on Dec. 22, 1915, daughter of James and Mary Terresen Donnell, she graduated from London...

Lawrence Fleming

Lawrence E. Fleming, 84, formerly of Connecticut Avenue, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Hillcrest Commons for six years. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 10, 1916, son of...

Josephine Talarico

Josephine Talarico, 94, a native of Pittsfield, died April 30 at the Santa Teresita Nursing Home in Duarte, Calif., where she had resided for 10 years. Born in Pittsfield on July 21, 1906,...

Francis X. O'Neil

Francis X. O'Neil, 77, of 61 1/2 Orchard St. died Monday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 2, 1923, son of Thomas F. and Jennie Burns O'Neil, he attended local schools, including St....

Walter J. Wick

Walter Joseph Wick, 83, of 363 Columbus Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 9, 1917, son of George and Alma Obert Wick, he attended local schools. Mr. Wick...

Kathryn Niarchos

Kathryn Sares Niarchos, 82, formerly of Brainard Road, Enfield, Conn., and Pittsfield, died Friday at Parkway Pavilion Healthcare Facility in Enfield. She and her husband, James A. "Steve" Niarchos,...

James M. Zorbo

James Michael Zorbo, 55, of Battle Creek, Mich., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 2, 1945, he was the son of Anthony and Eunice Scalzi Zorbo. He graduated...

Anna A. Donald

Anna A. Donald, 98, formerly of 15 Pomeroy Ave., died Saturday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for four years. Born in Newburgh, N.Y., on Dec. 8, 1902, daughter of...

Adele T. Weed

Adele T. Weed, 93, formerly of 46 Broadway, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Lenox on July 10, 1907, daughter of Eugene and Mary Monnot Tamagne, she was a 1925...

Cathy St. John Reid

Cathy I. St. John Reid, 50, formerly of 10 Union St., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for the past two years. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 28, 1950, daughter of the late...

Francis P. Reddington

Francis P. Reddington, 82, a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 23, 1918, son of Frank and Delia Mahoney Reddington, he...

Harold E. Pinney

Harold E. Pinney, 79, of 392 Summit Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bosworth, Mo., on Aug. 15, 1921, son of Horace and Iva Polson Pinney, he was a graduate of Bosworth High...

Joseph Fournier

Joseph Prosper Fournier, 89, of Providence Care Center died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born Sept. 6, 1911, in Lacolle, Quebec, son of Victor and Marie Anne Giroux...

Margaret M. Haley

Margaret M. "Marge" Haley, 78, of 182 Ashuelot St. died yesterday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Schuylerville, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 1922, daughter of William and Anna Cantwell Haley,...

Shameal M. Fulton

Shameal Marquis Fulton, 21, of 34 Hull Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Savannah, Ga., on Dec. 25, 1979, son of Daniel P. Greene and Jacqueline Y. Ross, he attended...