Obituaries

Doris Ruth Russell

Doris Ruth Russell, 92, formerly of Rose Manor, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Springside of Pittsfield for five months. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 24, 1914,...

Walter P. Fertek

Walter P. Fertek, 85, of 52 Vivian Ave., died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 26, 1922, son of Stanislaw and Mary Glazeski Fertek, he was a 1940 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Bruce Morgan Crosier

Bruce Morgan Crosier, 80, of 436 East St., died yesterday at home after a brief illness. Born in Dalton on March 19, 1927, son of Earl B. Crosier Sr. and Maude Mather Crosier, he attended local...

Grace P. Houle

Grace P. Houle, 84, of 7 Velma Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 31, 1922, daughter of Archibald and Catherine Nethery Houston, she was a 1940 graduate...

Edmund J. Prehoden Sr.

Edmund J. Prehoden Sr., 81, of 73 Tanner St., died of congestive heart failure Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mary E. Prehoden, 1553 Guy St., San Diego. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 30, 1925,...

John O. Tucker Sr.

John O. Tucker Sr., 87, formerly of 173 King St., died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield nursing facility. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1920, son of Charles J. and Isabel Hamilton Tucker, he...

Elaine Kaplan

Elaine Kaplan, 82, of 54 Zeff Drive, died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 4, 1924, daughter of Robert M. and Mary Aaronson Kriger, she graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1941 and...

Robert R. Tolvo

Robert R. Tolvo, 78, of 10241 Misty Meadow Road, Leesburg, Fla., formerly of Lenox and South Egremont, died Sunday at home. Born in Housatonic on June 7, 1928, son of Patrick and Helen Richards...

James Robert Hunt Sr.

James Robert Hunt Sr., 70, of 734 Dermody Road, Bennington, Vt., died Tuesday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 29, 1936, son of William F. and...

Warren Alger Drew

Warren Alger Drew, 88, of 934 Main St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center following a short illness. Born in Barnston in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada, on Oct. 11, 1918, son of...

Margaret R. Wood

Margaret R. Wood, 75, of 176 Columbus Ave., died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 19, 1932, daughter of Robert and Irene Walker Duggan, she was a 1949 graduate of Pittsfield High School....

Lynne R. Cutler

Lynne R. Cutler, 59, of 217 Bridge St., Stamford, Conn., a native of Pittsfield, died Monday at Stamford (Conn.) Hospital following a short illness. Born on March 14, 1948, daughter of Esther...

Dorothy G. Cardell

Dorothy G. Cardell, 89, of 1025 Williams St., died Monday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she resided since February. Born in North Adams on Nov. 9, 1917, daughter of Harold and...

Charles Henry Slater

Charles Henry Slater, 92, of 60 Herie Ave. died Sunday at Side by Side assisted-living facility on Onota Street, where he had resided since January. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 5, 1914, son of...

Edward Francis Killela Jr.

Edward Francis Killela Jr., 56, of 11 Turner Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 30, 1950, son of the late Edward F. Killela Sr. and Isabelle Daley Killela, he was a 1968 graduate...

Catherine M. Haddad-Beron

Catherine M. Haddad-Beron, 39, of 16 Oak Hill Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center as the result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident earlier in the day. Born in Arlington on...

James R. Danforth

James R. Danforth, 75, of 61 Central Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 20, 1932, son of Frederick C. and Frances McKenna Danforth, he graduated from the former Dalton High...

Clementine "Tina" Barscz

Clementine "Tina" Barscz, 91, formerly of 379 East St., died yesterday at Laurel Lake Health Care Facility in Lee. Born in Pittsfield on June 30, 1915, daughter of John and Francesca Fracchia...

Doris D. Bates

Doris D. Bates, 98, died April 18 at Fairview Nursing Home in Groton, Conn. She was a former longtime Pittsfield resident. Born in Chatham, N.Y., on Jan. 26, 1909, daughter of Charles M. and...

Christine Lea Clark

Christine Lea Clark, 49, of 153 Yvonne Drive, died Wednesday after a long battle with breast cancer. Born in Palo Alto, Calif., on April 25, 1957, daughter of Ilia G. "Leo" Poppoff and the late...

Hector L. Molina III

Hector L. Molina III, 31, of 26 Pleasant St., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on March 25, 1976, son of Helen Stack and the late Hector L. Molina, he moved to...

L. David Hashim

L. David Hashim, 41, of 141 Churchill St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a two-year battle with a brain tumor. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 21, 1966, son of June Shogry Hashim and...

Brenda Dorothea Blake

Brenda Dorothea Blake, 64, of 17 Kenwood St., died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 8, 1943, daughter of Joseph E. and Esther Donnelly Hoard, she was a 1960 graduate of St. Joseph...

Michael A. Conti Sr.

Michael A. Conti Sr., 84, of 176 Windsor Ave., died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 27, 1922, son of Guiseppe and Rose Levardi Conti, he was a lifelong resident of Pittsfield and a...

Anna Assunta Allessio Carnevale

Anna Assunta Allessio Carnevale, 91, of 26 Roosevelt Ave., South Hadley, formerly of the Lakewood section of Pittsfield, died Monday at Wingate of South Hadley, where she had resided since...