Obituaries

Walter Charles Wojtusiak

Walter Charles Wojtusiak, 86, of 6 Sparrow St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on April 23, 1921, son of Matthew and Veronica Strzepek Wojtusiak, he...

John A. Prendergast

John A. Prendergast, 85, formerly of 116 Pine Grove Drive, died Tuesday at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 28, 1921, son of John A. and Margaret Dougherty Prendergast, he...

Charles W. O'Brien

Charles W. O'Brien, 66, of Marble Street died Thursday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 6, 1940, son of John J. and Elizabeth Keegan...

Jean Magner

Jean Magner, 80, of 235 Walker St. and 2400 South Ocean Drive, Fort Pierce, Fla., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 27, 1927, daughter of Walter and Alice...

Lawrence Edward Lemanski

Lawrence Edward Lemanski, 82, of 13 Bieniek Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on June 2, 1925, son of Walter and Alice Zaik Lemanski, he was a graduate of the former...

Eleanor L. Turner

Eleanor L. Turner, 93, of 27 Summer St. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 27, 1913, daughter of Thayer and Lucy Pratt Farnam, she was a member of the first graduating class of...

Rita M. Forni

Rita M. Forni, 93, of Middletown, Conn., died Sunday at Wadsworth Glen in Middletown. Born in Pittsfield on July 2, 1914, daughter of John and Mary Tassinari Forni, she was a 1933 graduate of...

Virginia Adams Fishell

Virginia Adams Fishell, 84, of 156 King Arthur Drive Sherwood Forest, formerly of Darien, Conn., died Tuesday at home. Born in Darien on May 12, 1923, daughter of Frederick and Marjorie Cornish...

James C. Faulkner

James C. Faulkner, 88, of 1611 Cold Spring Road, Sweetwood Continuing Care Community, died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Lola, Ky., on Aug. 6, 1919, son of Carl F. and Yvonne Barth...

Beverly Fares

Beverly Fares, 67, of 101 Mountain Drive died yesterday at home after a brief illness. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, on June 26, 1940, daughter of John and Anne Javorsky, she graduated from schools...

Margaretta C. duPont

Margaretta C. duPont, 55, of Delafield Drive died Tuesday at the home of her sister, Mary C. Melanson of Park Drive in Lanesborough, after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on May 5,...

Scott Michael Danford

Scott Michael Danford, 38, of 178 1/2 Second St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center of natural causes. Born in Pittsfield on July 11, 1969, son of Gary W. Danford and Donna LeVardi Danford...

Elizabeth Ann Chapman

Elizabeth Ann Chapman, 78, of 35 Adams Road died yesterday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center. Born in Williamstown on June 27, 1929, daughter of Charles E. and Minnie Hunter Garrison, she was a...

Dale "Tom" Roberts

Dale "Tom" Roberts, 61, of 131 Stoddard Ave. died Sunday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had spent the past two days. Born in Pittsfield on March 30, 1946, son of Charles and Lillian Arthur...

Alice R. Lesnick, 77

ADAMS, Mass. — Alice Roberta Lesnick, 77, of 114 Upper E. Hoosac St. died Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, at home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 10, 1930, daughter of Eugene and Alice Benoit Bellows,...

Peter T. Brett

Peter T. Brett, 70, of 146 Bartlett Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 19, 1937, son of George and Evelyn Kelly Brett, he was a 1955 graduate of St. Joseph's High School. Mr....

Jody Ann Bauer

Jody Ann Bauer, 45, of 20 Cobb Road died Thursday at home of cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 30, 1961, daughter of the late Ralph C. and Rita Book Bauer, she attended local schools and was a...

Albert Kenneth Haswell

Albert Kenneth Haswell, 84, of 3321 Chatford Drive, Holiday, Fla., a former longtime resident of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Community Hospital in New Port Richey, Fla., after a brief...

Roger Garcia Jr.

Roger Garcia Jr., 77, of 50 Shetland Drive died Saturday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility after a long battle with cancer. Born in Jersey City, N.J., on Jan. 11, 1930, son of Roger and...

Priscilla L. O'Neil, 56

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Priscilla Louise O'Neil, 56, of 312 Walnut St. died Saturday morning, Sept. 22, 2007, at home of natural causes. Born in North Adams on March 12, 1951, daughter of...

Jeffrey A. Newman

Jeffrey A. Newman, 61, of 261 Green River Road and 1609 East 55th St., Brooklyn, N.Y., died of a massive heart attack Friday at Beth Israel Hospital on Kings Highway in Brooklyn, N.Y. Born in...

Irene M. Kane

Irene M. Kane, 93, a former longtime resident of Melbourne Road, died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for five years. Born in Tonypandy Rhondda, South Wales, United...

Henry E. Fresia

Henry E. Fresia, 86, of 64 Kittredge Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 22, 1921, son of Frank and Irma Quarrello Fresia, he was a 1940 graduate of...

Susan C. Rovins

Susan C. Rovins, 56, of 295 Pomeroy Ave. died Wednesday at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in Philadelphia on Jan. 14, 1951, daughter of Reuben and Henrietta Cohen Rovins, she graduated...

Orlina M. Demary

Orlina M. Demary, 81, of 6 Main St. died Wednesday at Fairview Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Great Barrington after a long battle with breast and ovarian cancer. Born in Pittsfield...