Obituaries

Edward D. Sottile Sr.

Edward D. Sottile Sr., 93, of 140 Melbourne Road, died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 7, 1914, son of Nicola and Rosina Alberti Sottile, he attended Pittsfield...

Daniel Victor "Gordy" Romero

Daniel Victor "Gordy" Romero, of Sanford, N.C., 16, died Saturday at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford in an automobile accident. Born in Pittsfield on April 15, 1991, son of Gail Eliza...

Peter Maruk

Peter Maruk, 84, of Sugar Hill died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 30, 1923, son of Michael and Dorothy Nycorchuk Maruk, he was a longtime resident of Pittsfield, and had resided...

Mildred Charron

Mildred Charron, 94, of 6 Main St., a former longtime resident of Walker Street, died yesterday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, where she had been a patient since...

Jeremiah J. O'Connell

Jeremiah J. O'Connell, 86, of 49 Unkamet Drive died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. He spent winters in Dunnellon, Fla. Born in Manchester, Conn., on April 14, 1921, son of Joseph and...

Edmond J. Tiska

Edmond J. Tiska, 82, of 60 Draper Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 17, 1924, son of Joseph T. Tiska and Stella Serovic Tiska Wojick, he was a 1940...

Sandra Lee Lynch

Sandra Lee Lynch, 70, of 273 Old Stockbridge Road, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in White Plains, N.Y., on Feb. 17, 1937, daughter of Herbert M. and Claire Oathout Spade, she...

Anna L. Statkun Lawson, 95

RICHMOND, Mass. â€' Anna L. Statkun Lawson, 95, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, at Mount St. Vincent Nursing Home in Holyoke. She was the mother of Cynthia L. Morrison of Richmond. Born in...

James F. "Tex" Goddeau

James F. "Tex" Goddeau, 87, of BerkshireTown Apartments, 176 Columbus Ave., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield, July 22, 1920, son of Henry O. and Leone A....

Ramona Garshelis

Ramona Garshelis, 80, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died on Friday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., Nov. 13, 1926, daughter of Samuel and Barbara Brommer Garshelis, she...

Francis J. Higgins

Francis J. Higgins, 84, of 955 Barker Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 18, 1922, son of William F. and May McCormick Higgins, he was a 1940 graduate of St....

Martha D. Harris

Martha D. Harris, 92, of 17 Colt Road died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1914, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Teti Ruscio, she graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1934...

William A. Gross Jr.

William A. Gross Jr., 46, of 132 Longview Terrace died Sunday at UMass Medical Center in Worcester after a yearlong illness. Born in Manhattan, N.Y., on March 5, 1961, son of Charlotte Gross and...

Eugene R. Curletti

Eugene R. Curletti, 88, of 94 Kittredge Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Feb. 26, 1919, son of Lorenzo and Carolina Bertolino Curletti, he moved to...

Peter Anthony Shelsey

Peter Anthony Shelsey, 85, of 10124 Suzanne Drive, River Ridge, La., died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 8, 1922, son of Damiano and Theresa Peri Scelsi, he graduated from Pittsfield...

Edward Holmes Mitchell Jr.

Edward Holmes Mitchell Jr., 70, of Lynchburg, Va., died Saturday at Lynchburg General Hospital. Born in Teaneck, N.J., on Feb. 15, 1937, son of Edward H. Mitchell Sr. and Charlotte Idella...

Edward J. Kousch

Edward J. Kousch, 92, of Hampden Village, Westfield, died Sunday at home. He was the father of Deborah K. "Sita" Howard of Pittsfield. Born in Westfield on June 10, 1915, son of John and Anna...

Valerie A. Hoster

Valerie A. Hoster, 64, of 110 Central Ave., Dalton, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. She lived in Delaware until five years ago when she returned to Dalton. Born...

Lena Victoria Angelini

Lena Victoria Angelini, 102, formerly of 27 Pembroke Ave., in the Lakewood section, died yesterday at Berkshire Place where she had resided since August 2003. Born in San Gimignano, province of...

Alma A. Cleaver

Alma A. Cleaver, 87, of Sunset Avenue died Friday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Binghamton, N.Y., on Sept. 15, 1919, daughter of Carl and Herimina Heinz Pepernik, she was educated...

John F. Lenihan

John F. Lenihan, 63, of 1053 Weslin Creek Drive, Myrtle Beach, S.C., died Monday at his home. He was a former longtime Pittsfield resident and lived in Myrtle Beach for the past year and a...

Geraldine Katherine Glover

Geraldine Katherine Glover, 75, formerly of Pomeroy Avenue and Sugar Hill, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield, Oct. 16, 1931, daughter of Edward F. and Mary Higgins...

Mary R. Pinney

Mary R. Pinney, 88, of 392 Summit Road, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Trenholm, Ore., on July 6, 1919, daughter of Evan and Viola Tatro Treharne, she was...

Dionisia A. "Daisy" Casey

Dionisia A. "Daisy" Casey, 85, of 280 Maple St., died Monday at the summer home of her daughter, Kathleen Casey, of South Street in East Otis. Born in Adams on July 13, 1922, daughter of John and...

Dorothy C. Bartley

Dorothy C. Bartley, 93, of Sugar Hill, 45 Main St., a former longtime resident of Pleasant Street, died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 1, 1913, daughter of Michael J. and Catherine...