Obituaries

Alfio Vincent Girgenti

Alfio Vincent Girgenti, 54, of 6 Donald Ave., a longtime local contractor and businessman, died early Sunday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Saturday. Born in...

Thomas H. Pickard

Thomas H. Pickard, 40, of 97 Connecticut Ave. died Tuesday at home following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1964, son of Eleanor N. Stanton Pickard of Pittsfield and the late...

James M. Culverwell

James M. Culverwell, 46, of 336 Bridge St., Appletree Farm, Hamilton, died Thursday at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington after prolonged complications from heart surgery due to diabetes. He had...

Rose M. Brelsford

Rose M. Brelsford, 96, of Mineral Spring Avenue, Pawtucket, R.I., died Wednesday at Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I. She was the mother of Joan Andrews of Pittsfield. Born in Pawtucket,...

Shirley Ann Shea

Shirley Ann Shea, 74, formerly of 93 Cleveland Ave., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided for three years. Born in North Adams on June 21, 1930, daughter of Howard E. and...

Olive G. Poucher

Olive G. Poucher, 87, formerly of South Main Street died Tuesday evening at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitationin Lee, where she had resided since January. Born in Rhinebeck, N.Y.,...

Leslie A. Kent

Leslie A. Kent, 94, of 37 Lois St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was the grandfather of former acting Gov. Jane M. Swift. Born in Lee on Feb. 20, 1911, son of...

Lorianne L. Grant

Lorianne L. Grant, 43, of 370 Cloverdale St. died Tuesday evening at home of natural causes. Born in Pittsfield on March 12, 1962, daughter of Frederick and Jan Hinckley Perkett, she was a 1980...

June V. DosReis

June V. DosReis, 81, of 60 King St. died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 11, 1923, daughter of Amancio and Bessie Scott DosReis, she was a 1941 graduate of...

Raymond J. Calvi, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Raymond J. Calvi, 89, of 103 East Ave. died Tuesday, May 3, 2005, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown after a short illness. Born in Boston on Oct. 27, 1915, son...

Amy B. Brooking

Amy B. Brooking, 34, of 210 Wahconah St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 20, 1970, daughter of Michael Brooking of Middlefield and...

William M. Wesley

William M. Wesley, 61, of East Hollow Road, Petersburgh, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died Sunday at home. Born on Jan. 28, 1944, son of Harold and Madeline A. Powell Wesley, he was a 1961...

Charles F. Smith

Charles F. Smith, 57, of 19 Acorn St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 9, 1948, son of William C. and Mary Wallace Smith, he attended the former Coolidge School...

Barbara Ann Shampang

Barbara Ann Shampang, 72, of Kingwood, Texas, a native of Pittsfield, died April 29 at home. Born on Aug. 18, 1932, daughter of Raymond and Elizabeth Wilcox Flanders, she was a Pittsfield High...

Rocco J. Russo, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Rocco J. "Rocky" Russo, 89, of 250 Dalton Ave. died Sunday, May 1, 2005, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton on Jan. 30, 1916, son of Antonio and Mary...

Gertrude C. Paquette

Gertrude C. Paquette, 82, of 3 Walters Lane, Winchester, N.H., formerly of Greenfield, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons. She was the mother of Patricia A. Michalak of Lanesboro. Born in...

Alice R. Geary

Alice R. Geary, 94, of 18 Valentine Road died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 8, 1911, daughter of Armand L. and Roseanna Faucher Pagerey, she graduated...

Diane E. Freadman

Diane E. Freadman, 84, formerly of 35 Williams St., died Sunday at Life Care Center of Inverary in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after a long illness. She had resided there for a very short time....

Richard F. White

Richard F. White, 57, of 95 Tamarack Ave. died Wednesday, at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 13, 1947, son of Charles and Evelyn Roberts White, he was a 1965 graduate of...

Michael Andrew VanBramer

Michael Andrew VanBramer, 39, of 6 Cherry St. died in his sleep of natural causes Thursday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 19, 1966, son of Barbara Chitarra VanBramer Londergan and...

Pearl Cecelia Lefkowitz

Pearl Cecelia Lefkowitz, 79, of 111 Allengate Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 21, 1925, daughter of Jared W. and Rose B. Dion Finch, she was a 1943 graduate of...

Abraham N. Hoffman

Abraham N. Hoffman, 85, of Great Barrington Road and of Cranberry Lane in Easthampton died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Springfield on Aug. 26, 1919, son of Benjamin and Jennie...

Leo P. Godbout, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Leo Paul Godbout, 91, of 157 North St. died Friday, April 29, 2005, at the home of his daughter, Anne Marie Williams of 51 Murray Ave. Born in North Adams on Jan. 25,...

Pauline A. Furciniti

Pauline A. Furciniti, 74, of 245 Cheshire Road died Thursday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Aug. 14, 1930, daughter of Floyd Shaw Sr. and Nina Demarais Shaw, she attended...

Robert G. Carnevale Sr.

Robert G. Carnevale Sr., 66, of Providence Court Apartments, 379 East St., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 21, 1939, son of Dominick and Irene Dailey...