Obituaries

Virginia M. Maynard

Virginia M. Maynard, 72, of 335 Wahconah Heights, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Uxbridge on Jan. 10, 1935, daughter of James and Edith Litano VanValkenburg, she attended the...

Raymond F. Kirby

Raymond F. Kirby, 89, of Walker Street, died Tuesday afternoon at Providence Care Center of Lenox. A native of Lenox, he was born Nov. 5, 1917, the son of Robert and Mary Gorman Kirby. He attended...

Corinne G. Burtt

Corinne G. Burtt, 66, of 115 Egremont Ave., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 26, 1940, daughter of the late Ralph and Marion Lynch Bousquet, she attended local...

Irene Hopkins Buck

Irene Hopkins Buck, 94, formerly of Centennial Avenue, died Sunday at Renaissance Manor in Westfield, where she had resided since August 2004. Born in Dalton on June 1, 1912, daughter of Arthur...

Gary M. Reid

Gary M. Reid, 72, of 245 Cheshire Road, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 5, 1934, son of Francis and Olive Trembley Reid, he was educated in local schools. A Marine Corps...

Viola Lillian "Peggy" O'Brien

Viola Lillian "Peggy" O'Brien, 86, of Providence Care Center in Lenox, formerly of 99 Second St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. She also previously resided at Devonshire Estates in...

Robert J. Kelly

Robert J. Kelly, 81, of 6 Main St., The Curtis, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 9, 1925, son of John and Mary Burke Kelly, he graduated from Pittsfield High...

Matthew Frank Mastalerz

Matthew Frank Mastalerz, 84, of 115 Ridgeway Ave., died Saturday at home. He was born in Pittsfield on Jan. 28, 1923, son of John and Agatha Szlosek Mastalerz, and graduated from Pittsfield High...

Mary Therese Driscoll

Mary Therese Driscoll, 91, formerly of 2 Calumet St., died Tuesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since Feb. 17. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 14, 1915, daughter of Christopher T....

Francesca D'Acquisto Dill

Francesca D'Acquisto Dill, 83, of 96 Anthony Road, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Naples, Italy, on Sept. 20, 1923, daughter of Salvatore and Ines D'Acquisto, she attended...

Francelia Dean "Frankie" Corbett

Francelia Dean "Frankie" Corbett, 95, of 235 Walker St., died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Winslow, Maine, on Dec. 16, 1911, daughter of James L. and Leana Pearl Reynold...

Jack L. Bennett

Jack L. Bennett, 92, formerly of Tor Court, died on Friday at Merrimack Valley Hospital following a brief illness. He had been living in West Newbury for the past three years. Born in...

Marjorie J. Lavalley

Marjorie J. Lavalley, 76, formerly of Second Street, died Tuesday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for three years. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 18, 1930, daughter of John...

Barbara Spurr Bulkeley

Barbara Spurr Bulkeley, 88, of Holmes Road, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 24, 1918, daughter of Earle C. and Marjorie Spurr Van Deusen, she grew up in...

Roland Gerard Pelletier

Roland Gerard Pelletier, 54, of 162 Woodlawn Ave., formerly of Springfield and Daytona Beach, Fla., died Friday at his home after a long illness. He resided in Pittsfield for the past three...

John E. Hall

John E. Hall, 81, of 30 Warwick St., and 1324 Perico Point Circle, Bradenton, Fla., died Friday at Blake Hospital in Bradenton following a short illness. He had spent winters in Florida for the...

Lester E. Martin

Lester E. Martin, 92, of 21 Warwick St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Woronoco on June 4, 1914, son of George and Eugenia Pisette Martin, he moved to Hartford, Conn., as a...

Marguerite Isabelle "Peggy" Keefner

Marguerite Isabelle "Peggy" Keefner, 83, a resident of Rose Manor since 1987, died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for two weeks. Born in Pittsfield on May...

Dorothy Alice Janes

Dorothy Alice Janes, 87, of 140 Melbourne Road, Melbourne Place, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 11, 1919, daughter of Henry O. and Leone Potter Goddeau, she...

Bernard Herbert Starr

Bernard Herbert Starr, 90, of 51 Sampson Parkway, died Wednesday at North Broward Medical Center in Pompano Beach, Fla. Born in Chelsea on March 13, 1917, son of Samuel and Bessie Ginsberg Starr,...

John Henry Wehry

John Henry Wehry, 78, of Berkshire Town Apartments, died Tuesday at Curtis Manor Retirement Home, where he had resided since March 2006. Born in Pittsfield on June 14, 1928, son of Joseph J. Wehry...

Shirley Kaplan

Shirley Kaplan, 82, of Rolling Hills Condominiums in Lenox and 95 West 95th St., New York City died Friday at her home in Manhattan, where she was receiving Hospice care. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y.,...

Dorothy Sherman

Dorothy Sherman, 81, formerly of John Street in Dalton, died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had been a resident since July 2001. Born in Pittsfield on July 22, 1925, daughter of Paul R....

Charlotte J. Shepardson

Charlotte J. Shepardson, 90, of 45 Main St., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center following a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 1, 1916, daughter of Frederick C. and Lottie S. Brock...

Helen J. Ragan

Helen J. Ragan, 75, of 107 Somerset Ave., died at home on Monday. Born in Adams on August 16, 1931, daughter of Joseph and Julia Struzik Morawiec, both of Poland, she was educated in Adams...