Obituaries

Alfred C. Griswold

Alfred C. Griswold, 84, of 47 Windsor Court, Keene, died Sunday morning at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene following a short illness. Born Sept. 13, 1922, in Cheshire, the son of Alfred W....

John Edward Farrell

John Edward Farrell, 75, of 556 Main St., died yesterday at his home. Born in Pittsfield, Sept. 23, 1931, son of Frederick J. and Marguerite Clark Farrell, he was a 1949 graduate of the former...

Doreen Dolores Cornellier

Doreen Dolores Cornellier, 59, of 125 Longview Ave., died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 20, 1947, the daughter of Rosemary Gordon Dill Cummings and the...

Zilpha "Sis" Thompson

Zilpha "Sis" Thompson, 91, formerly of 261 Narragansett Ave., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Sugar Hill in Dalton for the past three years. Born in Pittsfield on...

Evelyn Anette Morawski

Evelyn Anette Morawski, 88, formerly of 49 John St. and of Side by Side assisted-living facility, died Thursday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since April. Born in...

Ruth C. Dingham Longacre

Ruth C. Dingham Longacre, 83, of Woody Way, Tallahassee, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at home. Born in Manchester, Vt., on Nov. 23, 1923, daughter of Ralph and Hilda Kirton...

Jerod John Beckwith

Jerod John Beckwith, 26, of 28 Valley St. died Thursday following a motorcycle accident on East Road. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 20, 1980, son of John J. and Linda Corbiere Beckwith, he attended...

Elaine V. Scace

Elaine V. Scace, 81, of 86 Knox Road died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 24, 1926, daughter of Sherley and Nellie Schilling Vosburgh, she was educated in...

Marjorie Claire Robare

Marjorie Claire Robare, 79, of 45 Spring St. died Friday at North Adams Commons, where she was admitted June 1 after suffering a stroke. Born in North Adams on Oct. 5, 1927, daughter of Clarence...

Ernestina B. Grimaldi

Ernestina B. Grimaldi, 85, of 894 West Housatonic St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28, 1921, daughter of Samuel and Mary DiPaula Bilotta, she graduated...

Barbara L. Crespi

Barbara L. Crespi, 75, of 30 Pembroke Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Gilman, Vt., on Feb. 21, 1932, daughter of Alvah and Alice Proulx Dresser, she was a 1950 graduate of...

Katherine Rose Chagnon

Katherine Rose Chagnon, 25, of 42A North Sturbridge Road, Charlton, died Friday at Harrington Memorial Hospital in Southbridge of apparent heart failure. She was a former resident of...

Angelo J. Bettega

Angelo J. Bettega, 87, of 46 Railroad St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Gambellara, Italy, on Oct. 31, 1919, son of Tullio and Agnes Capitanio Bettega, he moved...

Cecelia Eileen Elizabeth Gaarn

Cecelia Eileen Elizabeth Gaarn, 47, of Heaton Court, 5 Pine St., died Tuesday at Fairview Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Great Barrington. Born in New York City on Sept. 15, 1959,...

Dorothy Ferguson

Dorothy Ferguson, 91, of Kingsway Arms Nursing Center in Schenectady, N.Y., a teacher at the former Highland Elementary School in Pittsfield for 28 years, died Wednesday at Ellis Hospital in...

Ann R. Smith

Ann R. Smith, 63, of Myrtle Street Apartments, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 23, 1944, daughter of Paul B. and Marion Pezinelli...

David R. Hill

David R. Hill, 79, of Lake Mansfield Road, died Monday at Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital. He spent summers as a child in Great Barrington and retired to the house built by his grandfather. Born...

Joseph G. Wirth

Joseph G. Wirth, 81, of West Street, died at home on Monday. Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Nov. 17, 1925, son of Joseph and Mathilde Obergrieser Wirth, he was raised and educated in Germany and...

Pearl A. Spigarolo

Pearl A. Spigarolo, 83, of 123 Lumbert Crossroad, Southfield, died yesterday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Aug. 3, 1923, daughter of Hampton and Bertha...

Beatrice M. Pierce, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beatrice M. Roy Pierce, 93, of 1100 Mohawk Trail, died Monday, June 4, 2007, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 15, 1913, daughter of Calix "Chick" and...

Donald Napoleon LaFleur

Donald Napoleon LaFleur, 80, of 45 Main St., died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Northampton on June 18, 1926, son of Dugald N. and Laura Vignault LaFleur, he attended local...

Jean Elizabeth Frieri

Jean Elizabeth Frieri, 85, of 169 Valentine Road, died Friday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where she had resided for the past five years. Born in South Lee on June 9, 1921, daughter of...

Geraldine E. Accetta, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Geraldine Evelyn Accetta, 72, of 5681 Isabelle Ave., Port Orange, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died Friday, June 1, 2007, at Halifax Medical Center in Port...

John R. "Chip" Taft Jr.

John R. "Chip" Taft Jr., 53, of 278 Houghton St., died Sunday at West Haven (Conn.) Veterans Hospital. He was the veterans' agent for the city of North Adams and a former president of the City...

Nancy Marie Pierce

Nancy Marie Pierce, 74, of 90 Veazie St., died Sunday at home of cancer. Born in Adams on June 30, 1932, daughter of Alice Alarie Davis Sweeney, she was a 1950 graduate of the former Adams High...