Obituaries

Mary Ann Brett

Mary Ann Brett, 93, of 68 South St. and Wellfleet died Wednesday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided the past month. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 29, 1914, daughter of Carmelo...

Joyce Whalen

Joyce Whalen, 75, of Egrement Road died Sunday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on July 16, 1932, daughter of James and Gertrude Tower Wylie, she attended the former Bryant School...

Gerald George "Jed" Smith

Gerald George "Jed" Smith, 75, of 118 Broadview Terrace died Monday at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in Kingsbury, London, on May 22, 1932, son of George F. and Nellie Hubbard Smith,...

Jean M. Mayhew

Jean M. Mayhew, 80, formerly of 109 Housatonic St., Lenox, died Monday at Hillcrest Commons after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 3, 1927, daughter of Walter E. and Cora Perry Beebe,...

Janice Shotwell

Janice Shotwell, 58, of 772 North Hoosac Road, died at Sweet Brook Continuing Care Center on Monday following a long battle with cancer. She moved to Williamstown in 1994 after living in...

Robert Raymond Secord

Robert Raymond Secord, 81, of 155 First St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Stoneham on March 3, 1926, son of Medrick and Leda Pratte Secord, he was a 1946 graduate of...

Kathleen Mangold

Kathleen Mangold, 90, of Fiske Hill Road, Sturbridge, died Monday at Harrington Memorial Hospitalin Sturbridge She lived in Pittsfield from 1954 to 1960. Born in Sturbridge on Jan. 15, 1917,...

Samuel Vincent

Samuel Vincent, 92, of Boca Raton, Fla., died there Sunday at Hospice by the Sea Care Center. Mr. Vincent operated Sammy Vincent's music store in Pittsfield for many years until relocating to Boca...

Carmela M. McLean

Carmela M. McLean, 86, of Firetown Road, Simsbury, Conn., died Sunday at McLean Nursing Home in Simsbury, Conn. She was the mother of John L. McLean of Pittsfield. Born in Springfield on April...

Sarah V. Kacensky

Sarah V. Kacensky, 89, of 5 Taconic Island Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 12, 1918, one of 14 children of William E. and Sarah Savage Winters, she...

Lorraine M. Glass

Lorraine M. Glass, 52, of 30A Country Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center of respiratory failure after a long illness. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Sept. 20, 1954, daughter of Walter Glass...

Leona Deuring

Leona Deuring, 90, formerly of Berkshire Place, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Somerset, Ohio, on May 10, 1917, daughter of Edward E. and Edna Weaver...

Paul J. Shea

Paul J. Shea, 80, of Centerville, a native of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Essex Pavilion Nursing Home in Hyannis after a period of declining health. Born on Feb. 3, 1927, son of James and...

John E. Mallory Sr.

John E. Mallory Sr., 84, of 15 Commonwealth Ave. died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 18, 1923, son of George E. and Margaret Fitzgerald Mallory, he was a 1940...

Ignatius Joseph "Ike" Wojtaszek Jr.

Ignatius Joseph "Ike" Wojtaszek Jr., 69, of 357 Lanseborough Road died Thursday at home after a long illness. He was Cheshire town treasurer for 36 years, retiring May 7. Born in Adams on May...

Milton J. Gordon

Milton J. Gordon, 87, of 85 Richmond Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on April 17, 1920, son of Julius and Bertha Komer Gordon, he grew up in Wood Haven, N.Y.,...

Joseph J. Condron

Joseph J. Condron, 83, formerly of 147 Pomeroy Ave., died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 5, 1924, son of Michael H. and Mary Cullen Condron, he was a graduate of...

George R. Olds

George R. Olds, 81, of 70 Champagne Ave. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was the Middlefield fire chief from 1972 to 1987. Born in Westfield on July 23, 1926, son of George...

David A. Provost

David A. Provost, 42, of Bernard Gibbons Drive, died Tuesday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Pittsfield, on May 27, 1965, son of James M. Provost and the late Madeline L. Dean Provost, he grew up in...

Philip Littell

Philip Littell, 70, of 29 Chestnut St., Carriage House, The Elms, Westerly, R.I., died at home Tuesday after a long illness. Born in New York City on Nov. 30, 1936, son of Robert and Anita...

Clayton S. Cutting, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Clayton Sumner Cutting, 68, of 120 Brooklyn St., died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Wilmington, Vt., on May 27, 1939, son...

Santina "Sandy" Carpino

Santina "Sandy" Carpino, 80, of 20 Baldwin St., Watertown, Conn., died Monday at her home. Born in Pittsfield, on Nov. 1, 1926, daughter of Joseph and Theresa Vallone Zofrea, she graduated from...

Mary Nellie Battory

Mary Nellie Battory, 91, of 53 North Summer St., died on Tuesday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on March 7, 1916, daughter of John and Aniela Ptak Zepka, she attended schools in...

George L. Allaire

George L. Allaire, 80, of 43 Sawmill Park in Southwick, died yesterday at the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke. Born in Holyoke on Feb. 8, 1927, son of Edward and Theresa Dupont Allaire, he was a...

Brandon E. Powers

Brandon E. Powers, 20, of 214 Allengate Ave., died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 25, 1986, son of Edward and Carol Lausier Powers, he was a senior in the special education program at...