Obituaries

Robert Irving Johnson

Robert Irving Johnson, 70, of 279 North St., died Sunday at his home after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1937, son of Robert and Clara Therriault Johnson, he attended schools in...

Sara M. Geist-Sirk, 36

ADAMS, Mass. — Sara Marie Geist-Sirk, 36, of 508 Commons Drive, Evans, Ga., formerly of Adams, died Saturday, Aug. 8, 2007, at University Hospital in Augusta, Ga. Born in North Adams on Nov....

Marion L. Dalton

Marion L. Dalton, 100, of Framingham, formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Faulker Hospital in Jamaica Plain. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1907, daughter of John B. and Mary Fogarty Coughter,...

James F. Dawson Sr.

James F. Dawson Sr., 57, of 174 East Main St., Ashley Falls, died yesterday at home after a seven-year battle with cancer. Born in Island Pond, Vt., on Nov. 29, 1949, son of Roland W. and Dorothy...

Josephine E. Carnevale

Josephine E. Carnevale, 93, a longtime resident of Brown Street, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 18, 1914, daughter of Raphael and Alessandrina Caparelli...

Rosemary Blackburn

Rosemary Blackburn, 84, of 6 Railroad St. died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 16, 1923, daughter of William M. and Anna Marshall Egan, she attended schools in Burlington, Vt., and in...

Helen Bejgrowicz

Helen Bejgrowicz, 88, formerly of 19 Victory St., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Jan. 24, 1919, daughter of John and Sophie Bernat Jasinski, she attended St. Stanislaus'...

Elinor A. Becker

Elinor A. Becker, 82, of Pittsfield died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Gail I. Becker of Edward Avenue. Born on Aug. 31, 1924, daughter of Franklin and Irene Abbott Capen, she attended the...

Richard Austin Anderson

Richard Austin Anderson, 65, of Muskellunge Bay Lane, Sackets Harbor, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died of cancer Saturday at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y. Born on May 27, 1942,...

Shirley Mildred Choquette

Shirley Mildred Choquette, 82, of 9 Pinnacle Point died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 5, 1925, daughter of Bert and Mildred Hurst Hardy, she...

Rolland George Berthiaume

Rolland George Berthiaume, 85, formerly of 28 Britton St., died Saturday at North Adams Commons, where he had resided since April. Born in Turners Falls on Jan. 20, 1922, son of Armand and Eva...

Raymond R. Regnaiere Jr.

Raymond R. Regnaiere Jr., 51, of 215 East Main St. died yesterday at home. Born in Warwick, R.I., on April 10, 1956, son of Raymond Regnaiere and Evelyn Hudson Regnaiere DiGiammarco, he attended...

Paul A. Martel Sr.

Paul A. Martel Sr., 61, of 3 Myrtle St. died Wednesday at Craneville Center in Dalton, where he had recently been transferred after a six-week stay at the Albany VA Medical Center. Born in...

Leo Lepotakis

Leo Lepotakis, 79, of 72 Norwich Drive died yesterday morning at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 31, 1927, son of Emmanuel and Kaliope Tavladorakis Lepotakis, he attended schools there until...

Mary Kickery

Mary Kickery, 87, of Laurel Street died Tuesday at Fairview Hospital. Born at her family home in the village of Interlaken in Stockbridge on Dec. 5, 1919, daughter of Frank and Bessie Hewitt...

Louise Kelly

Louise Kelly, 79, of Nashua, N.H., a native of Housatonic, died Aug. 3 at Community Hospice House in Merrimack, N.H. Born on May 7, 1928, daughter of Tofield and Mary Zadroga Olszewski, she was a...

James E. Williams

James E. Williams, 84, of 29 Crystal St. died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Troy, N.Y., on April 29, 1923, son of Samuel and Minnie Bubb Williams, he attended Pittsfield...

Lillian May Wiles

Lillian May Wiles, 89, of 61 Foucher Ave. died Tuesday at Sweetbrook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in the Blackinton section on Dec. 15, 1917, daughter of Albert and Eudocha Holland Rondeau,...

Cecile L. Lindsay

Cecile L. Lindsay, 86, of Canterbury Arms Apartments in the Chicopee Falls section of Chicopee, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. She was the mother of Janvier W. Lindsay III of...

Rosemary Cronin Dellea

Rosemary Cronin Dellea, 80, of 48 Commonwealth Ave., died on Tuesday night at home after a brief bout with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on June 11, 1927, daughter of William F. and Mary Carey...

Lois D. Conley

Lois D. Conley, 75, of 3670 Cottons Road, Canastota, N.Y., died Tuesday at home. She was the mother of H. Erin Nelson of Lenox. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on June 9, 1932, daughter of the Rev....

Charles R. "Chuck" Burgess

Charles R. "Chuck" Burgess, 50, of 11 Richmond Ave., died Saturday at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northampton after suffering an apparent heart attack while playing the drums in his band "Hot Totti"...

Edward D. Sottile Sr.

Edward D. Sottile Sr., 93, of 140 Melbourne Road, died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 7, 1914, son of Nicola and Rosina Alberti Sottile, he attended Pittsfield...

Daniel Victor "Gordy" Romero

Daniel Victor "Gordy" Romero, of Sanford, N.C., 16, died Saturday at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford in an automobile accident. Born in Pittsfield on April 15, 1991, son of Gail Eliza...

Barbara Lynette Munro

Barbara Lynette Munro, 74, of Luce Road, formerly of Buffalo, N.Y., died Sunday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on June 13, 1933, daughter of John and Evelyn Gaston Meidenbauer,...