Obituaries

Janet H. Nesbit

Janet H. Nesbit, 92, of Berkshire Place died there yesterday. She was a former longtime resident of 79 Lenox Ave. Born in Pittsfield on June 4, 1914, daughter of Clifford E. and Julia Surette...

Joseph Andrew Nigrelli

Joseph Andrew Nigrelli, 87, of 760 Dalton Division Road, a former 50-year resident of 14 Marcella Ave., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 3, 1919, son of...

Andrew "Gumpy" Fosty Jr.

Andrew "Gumpy" Fosty Jr., 57, of 65 Columbus Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 30, 1949, son of the late Andrew Fosty Sr. and Nancy Spence Fosty, he was a...

Alice Ann Bourdeau

Alice Ann Bourdeau, 69, of Frederick, Md., formerly of Pittsfield and Germantown, Md., died Friday at Northampton Manor Health Care Center in Frederick. Born in Pittsfield on July 19, 1937,...

Catherine C. Taylor

Catherine C. Taylor, 64, of 253 High St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hartford, Conn., on April 14, 1942, daughter of Thomas H. and Catherine Gaul Taylor, she was a graduate...

Joseph Harry Lester

Joseph Harry Lester, 88, of 1000 North St., Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on March 16, 1918, son of Harry A. and...

Thomas J. Brown

Thomas J. Brown, 81, of Westfield, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Governors Center, a nursing facility in Westfield. Born in Elizabeth, N.J., on April 12, 1925, son of Emile and Marion...

Margaret Rathbone

Margaret Rathbone, 97, of 235 Walker St. died Wednesday morning at Kimball Farms in Lenox. Born in Cheshire, England, on Oct. 1, 1909, the daughter of Thomas Percy and Ada Burrows Rathbone, she...

Jamie L. Kruger

Jamie L. Kruger, 25, of 110 Roselyn Dr. died yesterday morning at her sister's home on Merriam Street. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 17, 1981, the daughter of Michael and Jeanne McNeil Kruger, she...

Patricia E. Suriner

Patricia E. Suriner, 78, formerly of Colonial Gardens, died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Pittsfield on July 20, 1928, daughter of Michael R. Haley Sr. and Elizabeth Butler...

Donald MacWhinnie

Donald MacWhinnie, 69, of 476 Fenn St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 23, 1937, son of the late Harry and Evelyn Proctor MacWhinnie, he was a graduate of...

Helen Lucille Ferris

Helen Lucille Ferris, 84, of Rose Manor, formerly of Town Hill Road, Middlefield, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since May 2. She had lived at Rose Manor for three...

Francis W. Connolly

Francis W. Connolly, 89, of 16005 Indus Drive, Woodbridge, Va., a native of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Burke (Va.) Healthcare Center. Born on July 9, 1917, son of John J. and Mary Feeney...

Dolores F. Senk

Dolores F. Senk, 79, of Sanibel Island, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at home. Born in Waterford, N.Y., on Aug. 20, 1927, daughter of John and Martha Nicholson Liberty, she attended...

Cora F. Crosby

Cora F. Crosby, 92, of 242 Main St., Salem, N.H., formerly of 31 Springside Ave., died Saturday at Elliot Hospital in Manchester, N.H. She moved to Salem a year ago. Born in Pittsfield on...

Mildred Halpin Thompson

Mildred Halpin Thompson, 91, of 154 Plunkett St. died Thursday at home. Born in Waterbury, Conn., on June 29, 1915, daughter of George and Ruby Trask Barden, she lived in Lee before moving at an...

Guenter Franz Lehmann

Guenter Franz Lehmann, 78, of 157 Cheshire Road died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, on June 19, 1928, son of Erik and Katharina Schieferstein Lehmann, he...

Greta Mary Ford

Greta Mary Ford, 81, of 320 Pittsfield Road died Sunday at Providence Care Center. Born in Bennington, Vt., on May 27, 1925, daughter of Ambrose and Isabel Buckley Baker, she attended schools in...

Albert Rowe

Albert Rowe, 87, of 143 Wendell Ave. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York on July 14, 1919, son of Louis and Ruth Seidberg Ratner, he graduated from Townsend Harris High...

Shirley I. Scace

Shirley I. Scace, 89, formerly of 96 Central Berkshire Blvd., died Friday at Springside Nursing Home, where she had resided for five years. Born in Dalton on March 5, 1917, daughter of Roswell and...

Robert J. Hamling

Robert J. Hamling, 83, of 67 Old Dalton Road died Friday at home after a three-month illness. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 25, 1923, son of William and Florence Ames Hamling, he was a graduate of...

William R. Marco Sr.

William R. Marco Sr., 66, of River Run Apartments, formerly of Maple Street, died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Nov. 10, 1939, son of Raymond W. and Lillian Koch Marco, he attended schools...

Luella Ann Crowell

Luella Ann Crowell, 76, of 51 Fairfield St. died Monday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since August. Born in Albany, N.Y., on April 20, 1930, daughter of H. Edmund and Helen Gilbert...

Fate Wright

Fate Wright, 83, formerly of 90 Robbins Ave., died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since October 2005. Born in Junction City, Ark., on April 9, 1923, son of Fate and Gertrude...

Robert M. Littlejohn

Robert M. Littlejohn, 79, of Morgan Manor died Saturday at home after a short illness. Born in Oakland, Calif., on June 8, 1927, son of Hugh and Dorothy Williams Littlejohn, he was a 1945 graduate...