Obituaries

Elizabeth Mary Yates

Elizabeth Mary Yates, 79, of 188 Main St., Ashfield, formerly of Adams, died early yesterday morning at home. Born in Cheshire on July 18, 1925, daughter of Albert and Minnie Curtis Magnant, she...

John A. Scire

John A. Scire, 84, of Fairview Terrace and North Bellmore, N.Y., died yesterday at Soyosett Hospital on Long Island, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 17, 1921, son of Giacomo and Josephine...

Henrietta Mary Ranti

Henrietta Mary Ranti, 94, of 331 Peru Road, died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 8, 1911, daughter of James and Santina Chido Talarice, she...

Alice R. Eichstedt

Alice R. Eichstedt, 94, formerly of Housatonic, died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for more than five years. Born in Housatonic on May 13, 1911, daughter of William and Clara...

Ruth M. Chandler

Ruth M. Chandler, 77, of 921 East St. died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 25, 1927, daughter of Harold and Miriam Bucke Conklin, she attended schools there. A homemaker, Mrs....

Jerry Edward Sondrini

Jerry Edward Sondrini, 48, of 2680 Richard Road, Lake Park, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home. He moved to Florida in 2004. Born on Jan. 4, 1957, son of John Sondrini and...

Robert Heflich Levy

Robert Heflich Levy, 86, of 150 Ashland St. died Sunday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted earlier in the day. Born in Manhattan, N.Y., on Sept. 6, 1918, son...

Michael Wolodymyr Janowycz

Michael Wolodymyr Janowycz, 83, of 1482 Wells Road died Sunday morning at home. Born in Ukraine on April 23, 1922, son of Leo and Maria Zurakowsky Janowycz, he attended schools there and...

Theodore Miller Douglas

Theodore Miller Douglas , 82, of 35 Adams Road died Saturday at home. Born in East Orange, N.J., on Nov. 3, 1922, son of Theodore M. and Katherine Dunlap Douglas, he attended schools there,...

Joseph J. Aberdale

Joseph J. Aberdale, 96, of Springfield died there yesterday at Baystate Medical Center. He was the father of Joseph W. Aberdale of Housatonic. Born in West Springfield on March 6, 1909, son...

Lena Nicola

Lena Nicola, 91, formerly of 600 Main St., Dalton, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since March 2004. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1913, daughter of Ralph and Anna...

Elizabeth Mary Mason

Elizabeth Mary Mason, 90, a resident of 110 Grange Hall Road since 1942, died Thursday afternoon at home. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 18, 1915, daughter of John S. and Mary Flynn Shortell, she was...

Marie Irene King

Marie Irene King, 67, of 88 Bachand Ave., a former longtime resident of 59 Hall St., died yesterday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Sandwich East, Ontario, Canada, on June 8,...

Mary G. Trzcinski

Mary G. Trzcinski, 91, of 1 Berkshire Square died early yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Dec. 10, 1913, daughter of Stanislaw and Apolonia Zabik Romaniak, she was a...

Muriel Drew Forgey

Muriel Drew Forgey, 70, of 75 Beverly St. died Friday at home after a long battle with leukemia. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 12, 1934, daughter of Harry B. and Mildred Drew Thompson Estes, she...

Helen Ruth Shulman

Helen Ruth Shulman, 84, of Menorah Manor in St. Petersburg, Fla., died there Friday. She was co-founder of the former Jim's Department Store and former co-owner of Jim's House of Shoes. Born...

Josephine Marie Shaw

Josephine Marie Shaw, 81, of 547 South St. died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Troy Grove, Ill., on Dec. 11, 1923, daughter of Harry L. and Edna Nelson Foster, she was a graduate...

Hector Molleur

Hector Molleur, 96, formerly of 224 New Lenox Road, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided several months. Born in Adams on Nov. 25, 1908, son of Mose and Eucharist "Carrie"...

Lenore Catherine Richardson

Lenore Catherine Richardson, 85, of Epworth Arms, 350 West St., formerly of Lantana, Fla., died Monday morning at Providence Care Center of Lenox after a short illness. Born in Littleton on May...

Janet Marie Patrie

Janet Marie Patrie, 68, of 78 College Ave., died Sunday evening at the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation in Bennington, Vt. Born in North Adams on Feb. 11, 1937, daughter of Alphonse Leo and...

Edward Stephen Olszowy

Edward Stephen Olszowy, 78, of 4 Richmond St., a longtime Adams Police officer, died early Wednesday morning at home. Born in Adams on April 6, 1927, son of John and Catherine Salamon Olszowy, he...

Mavis June Munger

Mavis June Munger, 72, of Berkshiretown Apartments, 176 Columbus Ave., died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 25, 1932, daughter of Richard C. and Ida Jansen...

Marian Dzbenski

Marian Dzbenski, 74, of 17 Wall St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Siemien, Poland, on Oct. 28, 1930, son of John and Mariana Dzbenski, he attended schools in Poland....

Rudolph W. Potak

Rudolph W. Potak, 84, of 78 Harryel St., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Amsterdam, N.Y., on March 23, 1921, son of John and Elizabeth Hajney Potak, he attended schools there...

Eva Marie Bush

Eva Marie Bush, 92, of 150 Ashland St. died yesterday afternoon at Williamstown Commons. Born in Ford City, Ontario, on March 4, 1913, daughter of Narcisse and Sylvia Dupras Tessier, she attended...