Obituaries

Jane Agnes Goold

Jane Agnes Goold, 88, of Springfield, formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on April 8, 1918, daughter of John L. and Mary E. Burke...

Richard L. Welch

Richard L. Welch, 80, of 53 Donna Ave. died at his home on Monday. Born Feb. 26, 1926, in Beaver Falls, Pa., son of Roy and Edith Householder Welch, he moved to Pittsfield as child and was a 1944...

Minard E. Fowler

Minard E. Fowler, 89, formerly of 379 East St. died Saturday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided for the past two months. Born in Canaan, N.Y., on July 27, 1916, son of...

Shelby M. Decker

Shelby M. Decker, 72, of 64 Glenn Dr., died Monday night at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in East Orange, N.J. on Dec. 7, 1933, daughter of Louis C. and Janet LaRue Wilson Denis Jr., she was...

Rose Bruzzi

Rose Bruzzi, 90, formerly of 120 Onota St., died Tuesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 5, 1915, daughter of James and Mary Carbone Bruzzi, she attended...

Mitchell Boraski

Mitchell Boraski, 90, of Windermere, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died May 5 at Health Central Park Nursing Home. Born Vladimir Borishuk in Evervale, Pa., on Oct. 30, 1915, he was the son of...

Terrence A. Tart

Terrence A. Tart, 54, of 395 Cloverdale St. died suddenly on Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 27, 1951, son of Raymond and Shirley Harrington Tart, he was a 1972...

Walter B. Knights Sr.

Walter B. Knights Sr., 59, of 1716 West Housatonic St., died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 4, 1946, son of Lawrence L. and Mary Fletcher Knights, he was a 1965 graduate of Pittsfield...

Nellie Victoria Daunis

Nellie Victoria Daunis, 83, of 16 King St. died Sunday morning at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 13, 1922, daughter of Frank and Mary Warnale Samalionis, she was a graduate of...

Elaine Carver

Elaine Carver, 57, of 795 Main St. died Saturday evening at her home, where she had resided since 1975. Born in Boston on Sept. 17, 1948, daughter of Mary Civello Serelis and the late Angelo...

Suanne M. Condron

Suanne M. Condron, 69, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she resided for a short time. Born in Southampton, N.Y., on March 5, 1937, daughter...

Elizabeth Minneci

Elizabeth Minneci, 77, of 31 Newell St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 22, 1928, daughter of Salvatore and Mary Lucretia Minneci, she was a 1946 graduate of...

Kenneth Peter Masoero

Kenneth Peter Masoero, 47, of 6 Lillybrook Road, died Tuesday at home after a six-year battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 3, 1958, son of Emilio H. Masoero and Elaine M. Archambault...

Richard D. Slonski

Richard D. Slonski, 48, of 46 Berkley St. died Sunday at Albany (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack while on a fishing trip on the Hudson River. Born in Pittsfield...

Elinor Katherine Sears

Elinor Katherine Sears, 92, of 1646 West Housatonic St. died Saturday evening at her home. Born in Portland, Maine, on April 30, 1913, daughter of Francis G. and Katherine Pelton Boody, she was...

Lillian Elizabeth Donald

Lillian Elizabeth Donald, 2, of 600 Dublin Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center where she was brought after falling into the family pond. Born in Kirkland, Wash., on June 19, 2003, she...

Edna E. Tench

Edna E. Tench, 90, of 585 Robinson Road died Sunday at home. Born in South Nyack, N.Y., on Nov. 2, 1915, daughter of Sidney W. and Emma Crouter Snedeker, she graduated from Nyack High School and...

Francelia Beverly Shanahan

Francelia Beverly Shanahan, 90, of 26 Saratoga Drive died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for three years. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Jan. 15, 1916,...

Laura Hoffman

Laura Hoffman, 81, of 750 South Pennington Drive, Chandler, Ariz., formerly of 62 Putnam Ave., died Thursday at home. Born in North Adams on July 6, 1924, daughter of William and Laura Lefave...

William Robert Petell

William Robert Petell, 87, of Melbourne Place, formerly of 39 South John St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had resided at Melbourne Place for four years. Born in Pittsfield...

Barbara Fickling

Barbara Fickling, 80, of 31 Kenilworth St. died of cancer Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Newton on April 12, 1926, daughter of Walter and Martha Powers Young, she moved to...

Peter M. Mela

Peter M. Mela, 64, of McNally Road, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 30, 1941, son of Harold G. and Jane Hall Mela, he was...

Hazel M. Dellea

Hazel M. Dellea, 83, of Cole Avenue died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Egremont on Jan. 6, 1923, she was the daughter of John and Mary Morandi Dellea. From first grade...

John W. Daly

John W. Daly, 78, of 193 Elberon Ave., Rose Manor, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 11, 1927, son of William J. and Agnes E. Wise Daly, he attended local...

David McDonald Crosby

David McDonald Crosby, 68, of Cheshire Road died at home on Tuesday following a brief illness. Born in Hudson, N.Y., on July 7, 1937, son of Theodore and Buelah Kern Crosby, he attended local...