Obituaries

Mary Fritz, 98

GREAT BARRINGTON - Mary "Mae" Fritz, 98, of 6 Linda Lane, Housatonic, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, at home. Born in Liverpool, England, on May 12, 1909, daughter of James J. and Florence Preston...

Thomas P. Drury, 71

PITTSFIELD - Thomas P. Drury, 71, of 5063 W. 149th and 8th St., Brook Park, Ohio, a native of Pittsfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, at home. Born on May 6, 1936, son of James and Anna Mullen...

Ivenette M. Dewey, 81

PITTSFIELD - Ivenette Mae Dewey, 81, of 240 Francis Ave., died Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, at Hillcrest Commons, where she had been a patient for three days. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 5, 1926,...

Arnold Adams Blackmur

Great Barrington - Arnold Adams Blackmur, 79, of Santa Rosa, Calif., formerly of Great Barrington, died Jan. 12 at Sutter Hospital in Santa Rosa. Born in Boston on Jan. 31, 1928, son of Maurice A....

John R. Bachand, 73

DALTON - John R. Bachand, 73, of South Shore Court, Polk City, Fla., formerly of Dalton, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008, at home of cancer. Born in Holyoke on Jan. 26, 1934, son of Patrick and...

Jane Kessler, 84

MONTEREY - Jane Kessler, 84, a resident of Odd Fellows Home in Auburn, Maine, and formerly of Monterey, died Jan. 15, 2008, at Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice after a brief...

Kathryn V. Buckley

Pittsfield - Kathryn V. Buckley, 89, of 379 East St., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Schenectady, N.Y. on April 28, 1918, daughter of Loren Hebler Sr. and Flossie Mae Beekman...

John F. Whalen Sr., 80

Great Barrington - John F. "Hink" Whalen Sr., 80, of Egremont Road died Jan. 8 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hartford, Conn., on June 9, 1927, son of Joseph P. and Louise Merwin Whalen, he...

John M. Warner, 64

CHESHIRE - John Michael Warner, 64, of 117 Meadowbrook Lane, a longtime resident of Cheshire, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 9, 1943, son of Arthur and Charlotte...

Elizabeth Jean Putnam

Pittsfield - Elizabeth Jean Putnam, 80, of 173 Burbank St. died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since Dec. 24. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 4, 1927, daughter of William and...

A. Frederick Peck, 85

PITTSFIELD - A. Frederick Peck, 85, of June Street, Worcester, formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008, at Rose Monahan Hospice Residence in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 9,...

The Rev. Daniel John O'Hear Jr.

LANESBOROUGH - The Rev. Daniel John O'Hear Jr., 71, of 17 Juleann Drive, North American Martyrs' rectory, died Friday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. He was the former longtime pastor...

Michael J. LaVersa Sr.

North Adams - Michael J. LaVersa Sr., 86, of 85 Eagle St. died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Geneva, N.Y., on Jan. 1, 1922, son of Francesco and Rachaele Iaccopino...

Ann B. Durrell, 80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Ann Brown Durrell, 80, of Fox Crossing Road, Bridgton, Maine, mother of Constance Sheehy of Williamstown, died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, at home. Born in Ossining, N.Y., on...

Robert M. Degere, 83

ADAMS - Robert M. Degere, 83, of 28 Grove St. died Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in Adams on March 4, 1924, son of Fred and Yvonne Johnson Degere, he...

Raymond Milton Cooper

Pittsfield - Raymond Milton Cooper, 85, of 255 Lebanon Ave. died Saturday at Springside Long Term Care Facility of Pittsfield after a 50-year battle with multiple sclerosis. Born in Stockbridge on...

John F. Whalen Sr., 80

GREAT BARRINGTON - John F. "Hink" Whalen Sr., 80, of Egremont Road died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Hartford, Conn., on June 9, 1927, the son of...

Elinor Mary Reardon

North Adams - Elinor Mary Reardon, 79, of 183 Phelps Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on March 11, 1928, daughter of Lloyd F. and Isabel Huguenard Keating, she was a graduate of...

Alfred Herman Kleiner

Adams - Alfred Herman Kleiner, 92, of 105 Friend St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Dec. 1, 1915, son of Henry and Henrietta Wolfrum Kleiner, he attended local schools. An Army...

Stefanie Ann Levesque

Cheshire - Stefanie Ann Levesque, 40, of 85 Fisher Hill Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in LaCrosse, Wis., on April 28, 1967, daughter of LaVern and Janet...

Donald MacDonald III

Pittsfield - Donald MacDonald III, 75, of 25 Taylor St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was a former Pittsfield deputy fire chief. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 13, 1932, son of...

Mary B. Grillone, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Mary B. Grillone, 84, of 48 Apache Drive died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, at home. Born in North Adams on Oct. 26, 1923, daughter of Anthony and Lena Scavo Lopreta, she attended...

Francis Michael Cahill Sr.

Pittsfield - Francis Michael Cahill Sr., 91, of 3 Hopewell Drive died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 14, 1916, son of Michael H. and Catherine Casey Cahill, he was...

Elizabeth D. Robinton, 97

LENOX - Elizabeth Dorothy Robinton, 97, professor emeritus of microbiology at Smith College and one of the first residents of Kimball Farms retirement community, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008, at its...

Ella F. Nary

North Adams - Ella F. Nary, 94, of 125 Phelps Ave., died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Nov. 20, 1913, daughter of Joseph and Exilia Bergeron St....