Obituaries

Pauline Ghitalla

Pauline Ghitalla, 66, of Interlaken Cross Road died Saturday at home. Born in Plymouth, England, on Jan. 18, 1941, daughter of Eric and Nora Hill Grundy, she graduated from high school in England....

Ruth M. Tooley

Ruth M. Tooley, 91, formerly of 279 East New Lenox Road, died Thursday at Rosewood Homestyle Assisted living, where she had resided for four years. Born in Plano, Ill., on Sept. 9, 1915, daughter...

Judge James J. Scullary, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Retired Judge James J. Scullary, 88, of 36 Morewood Drive died Friday, Aug. 24, 2007, at home, with family and dedicated hospice nurses. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 9,...

Arthur J. LaRouche Jr.

Arthur J. LaRouche Jr., 61, of 19 Pond St. died Friay at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 8, 1946, son of Shirley Barney LaRouche and the late Arthur J. LaRouche Sr., he...

Robert Mitchell Harris Jr.

Robert Mitchell Harris Jr., 72, of 3056 Quayside Court, Apartment 102, Melbourne, Fla., a native of North Adams, died Friday at home. Born on Nov. 9, 1934, son of Robert Mitchell Harris Sr. and...

Rosalie B. Stevens

Rosalie B. Stevens, 92, of Curtis Manor, formerly of 443 Old Windsor Road, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Curtis Manor for four years. Born in Dalton on March 1,...

Edward John Starsiak

Edward John Starsiak, 86, of 17 Pleasant St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on July 11, 1921, son of John and Katherine Midura Starsiak, he attended schools there. A...

James Lewis Martin

James Lewis Martin, 67, of 60 N. Hoosac Road, died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Nov. 9, 1939, son of the late Wesley J. and June Lewis Martin, he attended Drury High...

Alcide E. Goyette

Alcide E. Goyette, 85, of 25 Elaine Drive died Saturday at home. Born in Frelighsburg, Quebec, Canada, on Feb. 22, 1922, son of Lionel and Alma Laroux Goyette, he moved to Pittsfield at a young...

William T. Schnurr Sr.

William T. Schnurr Sr., 70, of 35 Peasant Lane died yesterday at home after a four-year struggle with esophageal cancer. Born in Hempstead, N.Y., on Jan. 29, 1937, son of William and Isabelle...

Ruth Ledlie, 91

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Ruth Ledlie, 91, of Main Street died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2007, at home. Born in Rockville Centre, N.Y., on July 29, 1916, daughter of George and Florence Wichern Combes,...

Corinne R. Larkin

Corinne R. Larkin, 93, of 600 Laurel St., formerly of Morgan Manor, Lenox, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cheshire on Jan. 1, 1914, daughter of Azzo and Corina Montani...

Helen R. Donaldson

Helen R. Donaldson, 79, of 56 Oswald Ave. died Wednesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for the past week. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 27, 1927, daughter of Peter and Mary...

Donald Arthur Chaffee Sr.

Donald Arthur Chaffee Sr., 74, of Hollywood Boulevard, East Otis, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in East Otis on Oct. 4, 1932, son of Herbert L. and Viola Humason Chaffee, he...

Mary R. Laycock

Mary R. Laycock, 89, of Rose Manor Apartments, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 30, 1918, daughter of Walter B. and Mary J. Richmond, she was a 1935 graduate of...

Edward Henry Landry Sr.

Edward Henry Landry Sr., 89, of 376 Eagle St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 25, 1917, son of Wilfred and Exilia Desjarlais Landry, he attended local...

Robert J. Fryc

Robert J. Fryc, 68, of 49 Summer St. died Tuesday at home of natural causes. Born in Adams on Oct. 8, 1938, son of the late Bernard and Clara Pytko Fryc, he was a 1956 graduate of the former Adams...

Catherine B. Ackley

Catherine B. Ackley, 90, of 35 Adams Road, Meadowvale Apartments, died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 11, 1917, daughter of William J. and Sophie Biesiegel Beals,...

Mary S. Tonoli

Mary S. Tonoli, 94, of BerkshireTown Apartments, died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Sondrino, Italy, on Aug. 30, 1912, daughter of Columbo and Marie Alberado Sondrini,...

Thomas A. Richardson

Thomas A. Richardson, 69, of 94 Commercial St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on July 30, 1938, son of Robert L. and Mary Walach Richardson, he attended local...

Elizabeth Rose Plant

Elizabeth Rose Plant, 87, of Melbourne Place died Sunday at home. Born in Elmira, N.Y., on Feb. 20, 1920, daughter of Stephen and Harriet Bishop Rose, she attended Elmira schools and Northfield...

Louis P. Naventi

Louis P. Naventi, 78, of 325 Marble St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee on Sept. 7, 1928, son of John and Teresa Trovatelli Naventi, he graduated in 1946 from Lee High School,...

Rose Anne Munson

Rose Anne Munson, 86, of Berkshire Place, formerly of 70 Pleasant St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She had resided at Berkshire Place for a year. Born in Plymouth on...

Robert Arthur Montgomery

Robert Arthur Montgomery, 66, of 80 Railroad St., Canann, Conn., a former longtime resident of Housatonic, died Saturday at home. Born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, on June 1, 1941, son...

Jean D. Melville

Jean D. Melville, 74, of 61 Summer St. died Thursday at home. Born in Boston on July 29, 1933, daughter of Robert and Agnes Murphy Dinsmore, she was educated there, graduating from the Girls'...