Obituaries

Edward F. Sagendorph

Edward F. Sagendorph, 92, of 42 Newell St. died Saturday morning at home. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 1913, son of Herbert and Julia Cripps Sagendorph, he attended schools in...

Phyllis Velte Hamilton

Phyllis Velte Hamilton, 87, of 140 Melbourne Place died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Broken Bow, Neb., on Oct. 22, 1918, daughter of Charles H. and Eglantine Skillman Velte, she...

Josephine M. Duane

Josephine M. Duane, of 8 Laflin Terrace died Friday at home. Born in Willards, Md., on Sept. 2, 1925, daughter of Rufus and Esther Triut Cordrey, she attended Pittsville (Md.) High School and was...

Richard Smith

Richard Smith, 57, of 19 Madison Ave. died Thursday at UMass Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 28, 1949, son of the late Floyd and Lois Converse Smith, he was a 1968 graduate...

Rabbi Howard R. Greenstein

Rabbi Howard R. Greenstein, 71, of 4-10 Rolling Hills and 8570 Pepper Tree Way, Naples, Fla., died yesterday at his Lenox home of lymphoma. Born in Providence, R.I., son of Charles and Olga...

Robert Livingston Winsor Jr.

Robert Livingston Winsor Jr., 67, of Bentrup Court died Tuesday morning at his home. Born on Staten Island, N.Y., on Sept. 30, 1939, son of Robert L. Winsor Sr. and Inglis MacLennon Winsor, he...

Vincent L. Venturini

Vincent L. Venturini, 85, formerly of 33 State St., died Wednesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided for the past 11 months. Born in Lee on Aug. 18, 1921, son of...

Frances A. Serven

Frances A. Serven, 88, of 169 Valentine Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 6, 1918, daughter of Hugh and Anna Hoctor Serven, she graduated from schools in...

Frances M. Hoag

Frances M. Hoag, 75, of 193 Elberon Ave. died Wednesday at home. Born in North Adams on May 30, 1931, daughter of Armand C. and Evelyn Fountain Beliveau, she was a 1949 graduate of Drury High...

Evelyn L. Coates

Evelyn L. Coates, 83, of 83 Michael Drive, formerly of Ridgefield, Conn., died Tuesday at her home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 17, 1923, daughter of George L. and Mary Maestri Castignoli,...

Albert Miller Van Blarcom

Albert Miller Van Blarcom, 83, died Monday at the Wilmington Health Care Center in Wilmington. He and his late wife, Anne, were longtime residents of both Pittsfield and Sarasota, Fla. Born in...

Walter J. Robbie

Walter J. Robbie, 86, of Merrimac died at the Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport on Sunday. Born in Quincy on Nov. 20, 1919, son of James and Florence Blackwood Robbie, he attended Quincy public...

Paul C. Williams

Paul C. Williams, 81, of Hanover, Pa., died peacefully Sunday at his home following a lengthy illness. His son, Theodore "Ted" Williams, lives in Pittsfield. Born on Sept. 3, 1925, in Codorus...

George R. Sawyer

George R. Sawyer, 58, of 23 Cecelia Terrace, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 26, 1948, son of the late Donald and Myrtle Benson Sawyer, he was a 1965 graduate...

Marjorie L. Bruno

Marjorie L. Bruno, 63, of 39 Eric Drive died Sunday morning at her home, where she had resided for the past 33 years. Born in Dalton on Aug. 27, 1943, daughter of Edward and Ethel Beals Flynn,...

Etta M. Burghardt

Etta M. Burghardt, 101, formerly of Pittsfield, died Oct. 5 at Greensboro Nursing Home. Born in Stamford, Vt., on Jan. 19, 1905, daughter of James and Cora Bratton Andrew, she moved to Pittsfield...

Doris G. Prentiss

Doris G. Prentiss, 88, of 50 Hungerford St. died Tuesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for three months. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 6, 1918, daughter of Louis...

Helen King Perron

Helen King Perron, 89, of Berkshiretown Apartments, 176 Columbus Ave., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Berlin, N.Y., on April 19, 1917, daughter of Charles E. and Mabel...

Frank Mantella

Frank Mantella, 73, of 664 Elm St. died Tuesday at the Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 13, 1933, son of George and Velia Pazzelli Mantella, he graduated from Pittsfield High...

Veronica Clair White

Veronica Clair White, 68, of 81 Hawthorne St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Somerset on Nov. 11, 1937, daughter of Manuel and Lena Costa Ferreira, she attended Somerset High...

Timothy Jack Baron

Timothy Jack Baron, 55, of 25 West St. died Saturday at home. He was born in Pittsfield on July 12, 1951, son of the late Thaddeus and Thelma Hosmer Baron, and at age 21 entered into the BCARC...

William H. Reddy Sr.

William H. Reddy Sr., 85, retired deputy fire chief of Pittsfield, of 19 Walden Lane, former longtime resident of 309 Wahconah St., died on early Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born...

Frank Mantella

Frank Mantella, 73, of 664 Elm St. died Tuesday at the Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 13, 1933, son of George and Velia Pazzelli Mantella, he graduated from Pittsfield High...

James Francis Leonard

James Francis Leonard, 65, of 132 Velma Ave. died Sunday morning at his home. Born in Whitinsville on Aug. 22, 1941, son of Ernest J. and Margaret Cahill Leonard, he was a 1959 graduate of...

Elizabeth Theresa Gilmartin-Persson

Elizabeth Theresa Gilmartin-Persson, 87, formerly of Emerson Avenue died Saturday, Oct. 6, at Briarwood Nursing Home in Atlanta, where she had resided for the past six years. Born in Somerville...