Obituaries

Stanley J. "Stash" Sumy

Stanley J. "Stash" Sumy, 77, of 92 Howland Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on June 10, 1928, son of Anthony and Josephine Juras Sumy, he was a 1946...

Madeline A. Boyer, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Madeline Aleta Boyer, 86, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2006, at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where she had resided for three years. Born in Williamstown on Dec. 3, 1919,...

The Rev. Stephen Ward Turrell

The Rev. Stephen Ward Turrell, 87, of Duxbury, formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at the Radius Health Care Center in Plymouth after a long illness. Born in Hempstead, N.Y., on Aug. 15, 1918,...

Eloise Maloney

Eloise Maloney, 94, of Lenox, formerly of Charlestown, Scituate and Cohasset, died Monday at the Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born Dec. 10, 1911, in Charlestown, daughter of James Peter and...

Frank W. Bushika, 74

STAMFORD, Vt. - Frank William Bushika, 74, of 85 Bushika Road died Wednesday morning, Jan. 4, 2006, at North Adams (Mass.) Regional Hospital, where he was taken after being stricken earlier in the...

Margaret Elizabeth Marshall

Margaret Elizabeth Marshall, 79, of 49 Putnam Ave. and a longtime summer resident of Pontoosuc Lake, died Sunday evening at her home. Born in Pittsfield, Dec. 11, 1926, daughter of Thomas J. and...

Dr. Richard J. Lynch

Dr. Richard J. Lynch, 71, died on Sunday at Brigham and Woman's Hospital in Boston, following a brief illness. Born in Rome, N.Y., on June 29, 1934, son of William and Anna Lynch, he graduated...

Michael J. Kustra

Michael J. Kustra, 58, formerly of Anthony Street, Adams, and a resident of The Commons of North Adams on Franklin Street died Monday morning in The Commons after a lengthy illness. Born March 21,...

Stephen E. Grande Jr.

Stephen E. Grande Jr., 80, of Sudbury, father of Lorna M. Grande of Stockbridge, died Sunday, Jan. 1, at home. Born in Boston on June 25, 1925, son of Stephen E. and Conchetta Mucci Grande, he was...

Kathleen R. Dudziak

Kathleen R. Dudziak, 55, of 592 Peru Road died at her home on Monday. Born in Manchester, N.H., on Nov. 1, 1950, daughter of the former Shirley MacPherson Huot of Dalton and the late Joseph Huot,...

Kenneth H. Tuttle

Kenneth H. Tuttle, 79, of 892 Southbridge Road, Warren, died Thursday at Harrington Memorial Hospital. His daughter, Kathleen Cota, lives in Pittsfield. Born 1926 in Warren, son of Kenneth W....

Harold Joseph Sweeney

Harold Joseph Sweeney, 82, of 105 Lenox Ave., and longtime former resident of Tucker St. in Lenox, died Friday at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided since March, 2005. Born on Feb. 2,...

Marjorie Boucher Wheeler, 77

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Marjorie Rita Boucher Wheeler, 77, of 112 Riverside Drive died Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was taken after being stricken at...

Anthony F. Scarpitto, 64

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony Francis Scarpitto, 64, of 10 Rand St. died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, at the home of his former wife, Elizabeth Sinclair, of 75 Commercial St., Adams, after a long...

Franklin Wilson Ragsdale Jr.

Franklin Wilson Ragsdale Jr., 72, of 261 Dewey Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hudson, N.Y., on March 17, 1933, son of Franklin W. Ragsdale Sr. and Sarah Porter Ragsdale,...

Lynn Elizabeth Morris

Lynn Elizabeth Morris, 74, of 70 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Friday. She was co-owner of the Golden Eagle Gift Shop and Restaurant on...

Claire Woods

Claire Woods, 85, of 40 Sunset Ave. died Monday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in New York City on Aug. 29, 1920, daughter of Edward and Charlotte Warren Streeter, she...

Eleanor A. Taylor

Eleanor A. Taylor, 87, of 10 Opeechee St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton on Feb. 21, 1918, daughter of Charles and Abigail Fox Watkins, she graduated from the former...

Robert Louis Hunt

Robert Louis Hunt, 58, of 45 Plunkett Reservoir Road died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 8, 1947, son of Gladys Smith Hunt Lennon and the late Robert E. Hunt, he was educated in...

Margaret Gertrude Hinckley

Margaret Gertrude Hinckley, 86, of 61 Wahconah Heights died Friday at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 16, 1919, daughter of Thomas F. and Rhoda Beckwith...

Bessie Garivaltis

Bessie Garivaltis, 94, of 39 Livingston Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Nestany, Greece, on Nov. 14, 1911, daughter of James and Georgia Papadakis, she attended schools in...

Dolores L. Fowler

Dolores L. Fowler, 74, formerly of Colonial Gardens, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since Nov. 4. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 1, 1931, daughter of Kenneth J. and Mary...

Peter Joseph "PJ" DiNicola

Peter Joseph "PJ" DiNicola, 25, of 34 Weston Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 23, 1980, son of Peter J. and Karen Vittone DiNicola, he was a member of the Bureau for...

Elmer F. Blake

Elmer F. Blake, 82, of 151 Jason St. died Sunday after a two-month stay at Springside of Pittsfield nursing facility. Born in Pittsfield on June 30, 1923, son of Louis and Ella Barber Blake, he...

Carmalita Benson Scott

Carmalita Benson Scott, 76, of Main Street, a psychologist, teacher and actress, died Sunday at home. Born in Madison, Wis., on March 18, 1929, daughter of Robert and Mary Carmalita Lewis Benson,...