Obituaries

Donna Andrew

Donna Andrew, 63, of 12 Cedar St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Fulton, N.Y., on June 6, 1943, daughter of Paul A. and Margaret Johnson Hall, she moved to Pittsfield as a...

Judith Marie Putnam

Judith Marie Putnam, 62, of 33 Porter St. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Hudson, N.Y., on Jan. 25, 1944, daughter of the late Edmond and Minnie Phillips Berry, she was a...

Gene R. Peterson

Gene R. Peterson, 87, of Kimball Farms died Thursday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., on July 30, 1918, son of Glenn and Bertha Blinzinger Peterson, he was a...

Genevieve A. Nuvallie, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Genevieve Alice Nuvallie, 73, of 14 Marietta St. died Saturday, July 22, 2006, at home. Born in North Adams on April 26, 1933, daughter of Alice Grennon Pisano and the...

Janet K. Faubion

Janet K. Faubion, 85, of Haviland Drive, Glenville, N.Y., a former resident of Paisley Terrace in Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. Born in Springfield on April 2, 1921, daughter of William W....

Bernice Shook Czaja

Bernice Shook Czaja, 89, formerly of 234 Highland Ave., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since February 2000. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 4, 1916, daughter of Joseph and...

Marilyn A. Buckley

Marilyn A. Buckley, 73, of 399 High St. died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since June. Born in Boston on April 21, 1933, daughter of Joseph and Mary Rochelo Turner, she...

Claire M. Rooke

Claire M. Rooke, 81, of Rye, N.H., formerly of Lenox, died Tuesday at the Portsmouth (N.H.) Regional Hospital. Born in Lynn on Nov. 15, 1924, daughter of the late Philias and Irene Gosselin...

John C. "Jack" Reid

John C. "Jack" Reid, 64, of Vero Beach, Fla., formerly of Dalton, died Tuesday at Indian River Memorial Hospital in Vero Beach, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on April 5, 1942, son of the late Charles...

Lillian G. MacWhinnie

Lillian G. MacWhinnie, 96, former resident of Second Street, died Wednesday at the home of her son in Bentley Creek, Pa. Born in Springfield on May 7, 1910, daughter of Otto and Alexina Sawyer...

Elaine Fortier

Elaine Fortier, 71, of 891 North State Road died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Nov. 14, 1934, daughter of John N. and Stella Starsiak Decker, she moved to...

Martha B. Beall

Martha B. Beall, 84, of 140 Scott Hill Rd., formerly of Kenilworth and Evanston, Ill., died Tuesday at the Sweetbrook Health Care Centers in Williamstown. She was born in Rochester, N.Y., on Oct....

John Benjamin Howland Sr.

John Benjamin Howland Sr., 80, of 21 Pine Lodge Park died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital where he was admitted on Friday, June 30. Born in Brandon, Vt. on June 14, 1926, son of Wendell...

Ruby E. Bendross

Ruby E. Bendross, 75, of 393 Washington Mountain Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bainbridge, Ga. on May 3, 1931, daughter of the late Gordie Pugh Sr. and Virgilene Clayton...

Robert M. Southworth Jr.

Robert M. Southworth Jr., 29, of 24 Silver St. died Sunday after being hit by a train while traveling in Surf Beach, Lompuc, Calif. Born in Springfield on June 17, 1977, son of Barbara Ann Riel...

The Rev. John Olland Parker

The Rev. John Olland Parker, 70, of Amherst, former pastor of First United Methodist Church in Pittsfield, died Monday morning at Monte Vista farm, the family homestead in Vershire, Vt. Born in...

Joseph J. "Ooper" Miraglia

Joseph J. "Ooper" Miraglia, 74, of 66 Ontario St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 9, 1932, son of John and Grace McNamara Miraglia, he was a lifelong resident...

Maurice R. Bushee, 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass, — Maurice Raymond "Cricket" Bushee, 57, of 40 Chase Ave. died Tuesday evening, July 18, 20116, at the emergency room of North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was taken...

Lois Marie Schopp Emberlin Bradford

Lois Marie Schopp Emberlin Bradford, 80, of Main Street, a longtime Sheffield resident, died Sunday at her summer residence in Taconic, Conn. Born in Miami on July 4, 1926, daughter of Arthur and...

Lee Cawood Townsend Sr.

Lee Cawood Townsend Sr., 73, a retired print and television journalist who served 14 years as news editor of the CBS Evening News under Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather, died of liver disease at DeWitt...

Thelma Stark

Thelma Stark, 76, of Fox Farm Road, New Ipswich, NH., formerly of West Stockbridge, died Sunday at Harborside Pheasantwood in Peterborough, N.H., following a lengthy illness. Born Aug. 13, 1929,...

Joseph G. Larrivee

Joseph G. Larrivee, 81, of 8 Elm St. died Saturday at his home. Born in Housatonic on Oct. 30, 1924, son of the late Ulric Larrivee and Rosanna Mercier Larrivee, he was a 1942 graduate of Lee...

Philip Cook

Philip Cook, 95, formerly of Liberty, N.Y., died on Sunday at his home at Devonshire Estates. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on April 23, 1911, son of Lena and Isaac Cook, he attended local schools and...

James Joseph "Doc" Soluri

James Joseph "Doc" Soluri, 72, of Becket died Monday, July 10, at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in Niagara Falls, N.Y., on Aug. 10, 1933, son of Joseph and Margaret Morasco Soluri,...

Alice W. Bergan

Alice W. Bergan, 88, of 1395 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington, formerly of Lenox, died Monday in Arlington. Born in New York City on May 17, 1918, daughter of Frederick J. and Mabel Dickerson...