Obituaries

Celia Fishman

Celia Fishman, 81, of 12 Andover St., died Tuesday at home of pancreatic cancer. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 25, 1926, daughter of Joel and Mary Wisotsky Mintz, she graduated from Thomas...

Carolyn DeSantis

Carolyn DeSantis, 64, of 320 Pittsfield Road, Providence Care, died on Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. She previously resided at Providence Court. Born in...

Frances J. Stevenson

Frances J. Stevenson, 88, of 63 Third St. died Friday at home. Born in Garnet, S.C., on Oct. 23, 1918, daughter of Joseph and Menetha Washington Jenkins, she was educated in South Carolina schools...

John D. Kickery

John D. Kickery, 55, of 5 Daniels Ave. Extension died of natural causes Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 5, 1952, son of Catherine Shaw Kickery and the late Murdick...

Mary Elizabeth Betit

Mary Elizabeth Betit, 84, of 492 Crane Ave. and 549 Essex Road, Daytona Beach, Fla., died Sunday at her home in Florida. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 22, 1922, daughter of James F. and Anna...

Eleanor G. Lewis

Eleanor G. Lewis, 88, of 217 Harryel St. died Sunday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided since January 2003. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 24, 1918, daughter of Clark M. and...

Mary Evelyn Forbes

Mary Evelyn Forbes, 80, of Berkshire Place, 89 South St., died there Friday. Born in Dorchester on Oct. 3, 1926, daughter of C. Leighton and Vera Vickers Forbes, she was a 1943 graduate of Milton...

Helen M. Zaveruka

Helen M. Zaveruka, 86, a former longtime resident of 7 Dexter St., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Craneville Place in Dalton since May 2004. Born in Montague...

Bruce Earle Clark

Bruce Earle Clark, 58, of 51 Watson St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 3, 1948, son of Helen Meskevich Clark and the late Earl R. Clark, he was a 1966...

John A. Prendergast

John A. Prendergast, 85, formerly of 116 Pine Grove Drive, died Tuesday at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 28, 1921, son of John A. and Margaret Dougherty Prendergast, he...

Jean Magner

Jean Magner, 80, of 235 Walker St. and 2400 South Ocean Drive, Fort Pierce, Fla., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 27, 1927, daughter of Walter and Alice...

Rita M. Forni

Rita M. Forni, 93, of Middletown, Conn., died Sunday at Wadsworth Glen in Middletown. Born in Pittsfield on July 2, 1914, daughter of John and Mary Tassinari Forni, she was a 1933 graduate of...

Beverly Fares

Beverly Fares, 67, of 101 Mountain Drive died yesterday at home after a brief illness. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, on June 26, 1940, daughter of John and Anne Javorsky, she graduated from schools...

Margaretta C. duPont

Margaretta C. duPont, 55, of Delafield Drive died Tuesday at the home of her sister, Mary C. Melanson of Park Drive in Lanesborough, after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on May 5,...

Scott Michael Danford

Scott Michael Danford, 38, of 178 1/2 Second St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center of natural causes. Born in Pittsfield on July 11, 1969, son of Gary W. Danford and Donna LeVardi Danford...

Dale "Tom" Roberts

Dale "Tom" Roberts, 61, of 131 Stoddard Ave. died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had spent the past two days. Born in Pittsfield on March 30, 1946, son of Charles and Lillian Arthur...

Peter T. Brett

Peter T. Brett, 70, of 146 Bartlett Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 19, 1937, son of George and Evelyn Kelly Brett, he was a 1955 graduate of St. Joseph's High School. Mr....

Albert Kenneth Haswell

Albert Kenneth Haswell, 84, of 3321 Chatford Drive, Holiday, Fla., a former longtime resident of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Community Hospital in New Port Richey, Fla., after a brief...

Roger Garcia Jr.

Roger Garcia Jr., 77, of 50 Shetland Drive died Saturday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility after a long battle with cancer. Born in Jersey City, N.J., on Jan. 11, 1930, son of Roger and...

Irene M. Kane

Irene M. Kane, 93, a former longtime resident of Melbourne Road, died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for five years. Born in Tonypandy Rhondda, South Wales, United...

Henry E. Fresia

Henry E. Fresia, 86, of 64 Kittredge Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 22, 1921, son of Frank and Irma Quarrello Fresia, he was a 1940 graduate of...

Susan C. Rovins

Susan C. Rovins, 56, of 295 Pomeroy Ave. died Wednesday at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in Philadelphia on Jan. 14, 1951, daughter of Reuben and Henrietta Cohen Rovins, she graduated...

Orlina M. Demary

Orlina M. Demary, 81, of 6 Main St. died Wednesday at Fairview Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Great Barrington after a long battle with breast and ovarian cancer. Born in Pittsfield...

Mary Ann Brett

Mary Ann Brett, 93, of 68 South St. and Wellfleet died Wednesday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided the past month. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 29, 1914, daughter of Carmelo...

Gerald George "Jed" Smith

Gerald George "Jed" Smith, 75, of 118 Broadview Terrace died Monday at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in Kingsbury, London, on May 22, 1932, son of George F. and Nellie Hubbard Smith,...