Obituaries

Florence P. Meyer, 94

LENOX, Mass. — Florence P. Meyer, 94, of Kimball Farms died Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Jeffersonville, N.Y., on April 25, 1917, to Samuel and Sadie...

Bertha E. Hasty, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bertha Elvira Hasty, 95, of 379 East St. died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Unity, Wisc., on March 2, 1916, daughter of Viktor and Anna...

Carl E. Callahan, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carl Edward Callahan, 78, of 39 Joan Drive died in his sleep Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at home. Born in Adams on Sept. 13, 1933, son of Louis E. and Esther Hunter Dick...

Gerald K. Engwer, 89

DALTON, Mass. — Gerald K. "Jerry" Engwer, 89, of East Deming Street died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. Born in Becket on Dec. 11, 1921, he was the...

Vera Gangel, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Vera Gangel, 84, of 1436 Belmont Ave., Schenectady, N.Y., died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, at Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach, Fla., after a courageous and arduous...

James H. Thayer, 88

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. - James H. Thayer, 88, of North Main Street died peacefully Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, at his home. Born in North Adams on June 17, 1923, the son of Clifford Ray Thayer Sr. and...

James P. Rowley, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — James Patrick Rowley, 85, of 40 Paula Ave. died Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, at his home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 8, 1926, son of James L. and Mary McDonnell Rowley, he was...

Amelia Cetti, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Amelia "Mae" Cetti, 86, of 193 Elberon Ave., died Friday, July 29, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in the presence of her loving family. Born in Chicago on Jan. 5,...

Robert Tunnicliffe, 83

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Robert Tunnicliffe, 83, of 9 South Main St. died peacefully on Saturday, July 16, 2011, at home. Born in Coatbridge, Scotland, on June 17, 1928, to John and Maggie...

Donald E. Wroldson, 79

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Donald Eugene Wroldson, 79, of 46 Hull Ave., died Monday, April 11, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Pittsfield on Dec. 24, 1931, son of Alfred and Mary K....

Ruth V. Harris, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ruth Virginia Harris, 92, of 65 Dalton Ave. died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on July 18, 1918, daughter of Henry...

William B. Wilhelm, 81

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - William Banks Wilhelm Sr., 81, of 33 Leroi Drive, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Beaumont, Texas, in 1929, a son of Paul L. Wilhelm Sr. and...

Gladys E. Marsh, 97

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Gladys Elizabeth Marsh, 97, died peacefully on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, at Laurel Lake Nursing Home where she had resided since January 2004. Born on June 6, 1913, she used the...

Barbara Schwartz, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara Schwartz, 85, of 5 Alcot Lane died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in North Adams on March 6, 1925, daughter of Charles...

Mary E. Cantoni, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mary Elizabeth Cantoni, 78, of 87 Valentine Road, formerly of Williamstown, died Monday, July 12, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Searsburg, Vt., on Sept. 27,...

Ariana D. Magnifico, 57

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ariana D. "Ann" Magnifico, 57, of Bay State Road died Friday, April 9, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a yearlong battle with cancer. Born in North...

Lynda G. Hall, 65

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lynda G. Hall, 65, of Williamsburg, formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton after a long struggle with ovarian...

James T. Carpenter, 59

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' James T. Carpenter, 59, of 310 Cloverdale St. died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 29, 1950,...

Arnold S. Caplin, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Arnold S. Caplin, 80, died Friday, Dec. 25, 2009, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center after a long illness. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 8, 1929, he was the son of...

Kimberly E. Deming, 23

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Kimberly Eloise Deming, 23, of Pittsfield died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at Berkshire Medical Center as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Tuesday in...

Lucille B. Tanguay, 83

LENOX, Mass. â€' Lucille Barbara Tanguay, 83, of Cameron House died peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Portland, Maine, on Nov. 20, 1926,...

Jane M. Fones, 48

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jane M. Fones, 48, of Orchard Street died Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1961, daughter of Robert and Marion Moseley...

Nancy A. Brown, 66

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Nancy Anne Brown, 66, of 77 Onota St. died Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, at her home. Born in North Adams on March 7, 1943, daughter of Richard and Cora Sifton Bullett, she...

Holice F. Belding, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Holice Franklin Belding, 80, of Brooklyn St. died Thursday morning, Aug. 27, 2009, at North Adams Commons. He was a longtime volunteer and grand marshal of the Fall Foliage...

Cesare A. Balardini, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Cesare A. Balardini, 89, of 10 Crosier Ave. died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, at home. Born in Italy on Nov. 27, 1919, a son of Lorenzo and Elizabetta Bianchi Balardini, he...