Obituaries

Peter Maruk

Peter Maruk, 84, of Sugar Hill died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 30, 1923, son of Michael and Dorothy Nycorchuk Maruk, he was a longtime resident of Pittsfield, and had resided...

Mildred Charron

Mildred Charron, 94, of 6 Main St., a former longtime resident of Walker Street, died yesterday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, where she had been a patient since...

Jeremiah J. O'Connell

Jeremiah J. O'Connell, 86, of 49 Unkamet Drive died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. He spent winters in Dunnellon, Fla. Born in Manchester, Conn., on April 14, 1921, son of Joseph and...

Mildred E. Moreau, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mildred Evelyn Moreau, 87, of 91 Bachand Ave. died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in North Adams on Jan. 28, 1920, daughter of Gaylord and...

Edmond J. Tiska

Edmond J. Tiska, 82, of 60 Draper Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 17, 1924, son of Joseph T. Tiska and Stella Serovic Tiska Wojick, he was a 1940...

Steven L. Sartori

Steven L. Sartori, 41, of Cone Hill Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 10, 1965, son of Louis and Ellen Robertson Sartori, he attended Monument...

Leonard H. Hamling Sr.

Leonard H. Hamling Sr., 89, of 8 Shamrock St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Red Rock, N.Y., on March 9, 1918, son of Albert and Anna Nordonan Hamling, he moved to Great...

Thomas Francis Dunn

Thomas Francis Dunn, 63, of 150 Ashland St. died Thursday at home. Born in North Adams on March 6, 1944, son of Germaine Dallaire Dunn and the late Joseph W. Dunn, he attended schools in...

Freda Clermont

Freda Clermont, 85, of Proprietor's Field, 118 Church St., died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in Maldon, England, on Sept. 20, 1921, daughter of Albert and...

Leonard Steve Stephenson

Leonard Steve Stephenson, 63, of 755 Maple St., an actor and producer who brought drama by building awareness and understanding of race relations to theatrical stages across the country, died...

Sandra Lee Lynch

Sandra Lee Lynch, 70, of 273 Old Stockbridge Road, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in White Plains, N.Y., on Feb. 17, 1937, daughter of Herbert M. and Claire Oathout Spade, she...

Vincent H. Sweeney, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Vincent Hilary Sweeney, 85, of 180 Pleasant St., died Tuesday,July 31, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Brockton on Oct. 21, 1921, son of...

Anna L. Statkun Lawson, 95

RICHMOND, Mass. â€' Anna L. Statkun Lawson, 95, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, at Mount St. Vincent Nursing Home in Holyoke. She was the mother of Cynthia L. Morrison of Richmond. Born in...

James F. "Tex" Goddeau

James F. "Tex" Goddeau, 87, of BerkshireTown Apartments, 176 Columbus Ave., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield, July 22, 1920, son of Henry O. and Leone A....

Ramona Garshelis

Ramona Garshelis, 80, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, died on Friday at Hillcrest Commons. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., Nov. 13, 1926, daughter of Samuel and Barbara Brommer Garshelis, she...

Ronald E. Gaiton

Ronald E. Gaiton, 77, of Otis, died Tuesday at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Staten Island, N.Y. July 29, 1930, son of Joseph and Helen Schaefer Gaiton, he was a 1948...

Armand A. Rivard Jr., 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Armand A. Rivard Jr., 61, of 77 Holbrook St. died Monday, July 30, 2007, at home after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Feb. 15, 1946, son of Armand A. Rivard Sr....

Carol Ann LeClaire

Carol Ann LeClaire, 72, of Wells Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Cheshire on Jan. 10, 1935, daughter of Oliver and Ethel Amadon Chaput, she attended...

John Clyde LaRoche

John Clyde LaRoche, 87, of 67 Dean St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Aug. 27, 1919, son of Dolphis and Anna Gamache LaRoche, he attended schools there. An Army...

Francis J. Higgins

Francis J. Higgins, 84, of 955 Barker Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 18, 1922, son of William F. and May McCormick Higgins, he was a 1940 graduate of St....

Martha D. Harris

Martha D. Harris, 92, of 17 Colt Road died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1914, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Teti Ruscio, she graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1934...

William A. Gross Jr.

William A. Gross Jr., 46, of 132 Longview Terrace died Sunday at UMass Medical Center in Worcester after a yearlong illness. Born in Manhattan, N.Y., on March 5, 1961, son of Charlotte Gross and...

Eugene R. Curletti

Eugene R. Curletti, 88, of 94 Kittredge Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Feb. 26, 1919, son of Lorenzo and Carolina Bertolino Curletti, he moved to...

William R. Voorhees

William R. Voorhees, 76, of 37 Kalliste Hill Road died Sunday at his home. Born in Roselle, N.J., on Jan. 14, 1931, son of William R. and Martha Macecsko Voorhees, he was a 1949 graduate of...

Peter Anthony Shelsey

Peter Anthony Shelsey, 85, of 10124 Suzanne Drive, River Ridge, La., died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 8, 1922, son of Damiano and Theresa Peri Scelsi, he graduated from Pittsfield...