Obituaries

Ruth Patricia Pattangall

Ruth Patricia Pattangall, 85, of Devonshire Estates, 329 Pittsfield Road, died Saturday of ovarian cancer at Providence Care Center. Born in Fall River on Jan. 22, 1921, daughter of James L. and...

Eleanor Morse

Eleanor Morse, 86, of Kimball Farms died Saturday at its nursing center. Born in Boston on Feb. 25, 1920, daughter of John Clark and Katherine Atkinson Rice, she was the last surviving relative of...

Robert G. Johnson

Robert G. Johnson, 68, of Tyler Street died Sunday at home. He was the owner of Johnson Sewing Machine Co. on Tyler Street. Born in Brandon, Vt., on Feb. 2, 1938, son of Elizabeth Johnson...

Howard A. Gadreault

Howard A. Gadreault, 91, formerly of Curtis Manor, died Friday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where he had resided since July 26. Born in Easthampton on Dec. 15, 1914, son of Edward and...

Fern Margaret Giroux Piske

Fern Margaret Giroux Piske, 97, of 1014 Lincoln St., Hollywood, Fla., died Tuesday at her home. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on March 10, 1909, the daughter of the late Frederick Giroux and...

Patricia Mae Noel

Patricia Mae Noel, 83, of 186 Giles Road, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Springfield on June 8, 1923, the daughter of Arba and Gladys Lucille Donaldson,...

Eugenia C. "Gina" DeAngelus

Eugenia C. "Gina" DeAngelus, 92, of 839 Main St., died Monday at Springside of Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 28, 1914, a daughter of John and Richetta Casella...

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...

Ruth Laidlaw

Ruth Laidlaw, 96, of Sweetwood, 1611 Cold Spring Road, died Friday at home. Born in Dedham, on Oct. 16, 1910, daughter of Francis W. and Ruth Hayes Welch, she attended schools in New York City and...

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...

Norris Anthony Phelps Sr.

Norris Anthony Phelps Sr., 86, of 207 Woodcock Road died yesterday at the home of his son, Peter David Phelps, of 580 Oblong Road. He served three terms on the Board of Selectmen and was its...

Eleanor G. Kay

Eleanor G. Kay, 89, of 17 High St., Housatonic, died Saturday at Fairview Commons nursing center. Born in Housatonic on June 21, 1917, daughter of Joseph and Mary Bubrzyski Gromelski, she attended...

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...

Helen I. "Nana" Naventi

Helen I. "Nana" Naventi, 93, of 55 Marble St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Becket on July 25, 1913, daughter of Edward and Etta Fuller Murray, she moved to...

Claude S. Marks

Claude S. Marks, 74, of North Street in Housatonic, died Monday morning at Fairview Hospital. Born in Sharon, Conn. on July 27, 1932, son of Claude S. Marks, Sr. and Grace Ball Marks, he attended...

Katherine A. Gennette

Katherine A. Gennette, 81, of 69 Old State Road died on Monday morning at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on April 29, 1925, daughter of Albert and Katherine Harrington Jones...