Obituaries

Anne W. Dawson

Anne W. Dawson, 84, of 195 Elberon Ave. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 19, 1916, daughter of Peter and Mary Woloshyn Yarmey, she attended local schools and...

Joseph F. Chucka

Joseph F. Chucka, 66, of Cochran Street, West Warwick, R.I., died Monday at Kent Hospital in Warwick. He was the father of Joyce A. Amuso of Pittsfield. Born in Old Town, Maine, son of Joseph A....

Harold Korn

Harold Korn, 71, of 20 Nielsen Lane and 160 E. 65th St., New York City, died Tuesday at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York City. He was born on June 25, 1929, son of Jack and Nettie Korn....

Alvia F. Diamond

Alvia F. Diamond, 79, of Madden Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton, Mass., on Jan. 18, 1922, son of Martin E. and Madeline M. Hart Diamond, he resided in the...

Sally W. Walker

Sally W. Walker, 89, of Canaan, N.Y., died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. Born in Albany on Dec. 25, 1911, daughter of Howard G. and Mary Louise Davis Wild, she attended...

Robert T. Howard

Robert T. Howard, 73, of Murrells Inlet, S.C., formerly of Pittsfield and a former president of NBC Television, died March 11 in New York City. Born in Red Bank, N.J., on June 18, 1927, he...

Paul A. Meyers

Paul A. Meyers, 81, of 71 Maple St., a retired GE engineer and former town selectman, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Beaver Brook, N.Y., on July 26, 1919, son of Ernest and...

Constance McGregor

Constance McGregor, 74, died Monday at the home of her daughter, Elena C.M. Tucker. She had extensive careers in both politics and nursing. Born in Hartford, Conn., on May 31, 1926, daughter of...

Ann L. Lifvergren

Ann L. Lifvergren, 87, of Bay State Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 4, 1913, daughter of Emil H. and Anna Martenson Lifvergren, she was a 1931 graduate...

Thelma L. Wilker

Thelma L. Wilker, 80, formerly of Rose Manor, died yesterday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where she had been a resident for six years. Born in the town of Washington on Feb. 6, 1921, daughter of...

Ruth N. Lizotte

Ruth N. Lizotte, 92, of Portland, Ore., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 11 at Crestview nursing home in Portland. Born in Waterville, Maine, on July 7, 1908, daughter of John D. and Theodora...

Lydia E. Russo

Lydia E. Russo, 82, of 250 Dalton Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center's Skilled Nursing Facility. Born in Biviara, province of Calabria, Italy, on Sept. 17, 1918, daughter of Pasquale and...

Isabel Egan

Isabel Egan, 91, formerly of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since Oct. 2, 1998. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on...

George S. Demos

George S. Demos, 82, of 211 Northside Drive, Torrington, Conn., a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Wolcott Hall Nursing Facility after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Born in...

Esther T. Keegan

Esther Teresa Keegan, 98, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments in Pittsfield, died Sunday at Curtis Manor Rest Home, where she had resided for eight years. Born in Leigh, England, on Aug. 24, 1902,...

Lois S. Exford

Lois S. Exford, 91, of 120 New Lenox Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cummington on May 7, 1909, daughter of Robert and Anna Sears Streeter, she graduated from the former...

Velma G. Sage

Velma G. Sage, 85, of 152 South Mountain Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in East Haven, Conn., on Nov. 15, 1915, daughter of Anton and Daisy Knaub Schile, she graduated from...

Charles Strong

Charles Minot Strong, 81, formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday in San Rafael, Calif. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 19, 1919, son of Henry Taft Strong and Isabella Liecty Strong, he attended local...

Hermine Bloniarz

Hermine Carolyn Bloniarz, 89, of 46 Deborah Ave. died Tuesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had been a resident since April 1998. Born in Adams on July 20, 1911, daughter of...

Beatrice E. Monte

Beatrice E. Monte, 93, of 18 Lebanon Ave. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Aug. 29, 1907, daughter of James and Carrie Hanks Moloney, she moved to Pittsfield at the...

Herbert P. North

Herbert P. North, 80, of 145 New Lenox Road died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on April 26, 1920, son of Herbert P. and Mary Babcock North, he was a 1937 graduate of Lenox...

Alfred Gluckin

Alfred Gluckin, 96, of Five Strawberry Landing, Mill Valley, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died Feb. 17 at home. Born in Leipzig, Germany, on Oct. 5, 1904, son of Abraham and Mania Gluckin, he...

John Church

Former General Electric engineer and hobbyist John Church, 77, of Lee Road died March 11 at home. Throughout his career at GE, Church was known to examine the clash between the electric power...

Mabel L. Bennett

Mabel L. Bennett, 96, formerly of Cove Meadow Road, Northampton, died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had been a patient since September 1996. Born in Peru on Aug. 25, 1904, daughter of...

Doris A. Porter

Doris A. Porter, 92, formerly of 55 West Union St., died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had been a patient for three years. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 5, 1909, daughter of Egbert V....