Obituaries

Paul George Paquin

Paul George Paquin, 73, of 91 Emerald Lane, a former 45-year resident of 28 Blackstone Road in the town of Florida, died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Worcester on Oct. 24, 1933, son...

George E. Horner

George E. Horner, 92, of Providence Court died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 11, 1915, son of George F. and Katherine Keresey Horner, he attended local schools...

Jacqueline Harrison

Jacqueline Harrison, 87, of 143 Grange Hall Road, died Sunday at home. Born in West Haven, Conn., on March 30, 1920, daughter of James and Clara Harris Malcolm, she was educated in schools there...

Aline D. Deshaies

Aline D. Deshaies, 83, of 89 Asci Drive died Friday at Berkshire Place, where she had resided since January. Born in Leominster on Sept. 23, 1923, daughter of Joseph and Eva Bussiere Tourigny, she...

Henry Blanchet

Henry Blanchet, 91, of 28 Prospect St., died Thursday at home. Born in Youngsville, La., on July 15, 1915, son of Kossuth and Rose LaBlanc Blanchet, he was a 1933 graduate of Lafayette (La.) High...

Dorothy H. Majewski

Dorothy H. Majewski, 94, of 620 Laurel St. in Lee, died Wednesday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee. Born in Housatonic on May 5, 1913, daughter of Josef and Rosalie Murah...

Robert A. Crewdson

Robert A. Crewdson, 70, of 176 Columbus Ave., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in New Brunswick, Canada, on Aug. 24, 1936, son of John E. and Bessie Calhoun...

Lucia Grace Roberts

Lucia Grace Roberts, 82, of Kimball Farms, died May 7 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in San Diego on March 21, 1925, daughter of Clinton and Dorothy Clarke Abbott, she attended the Francis...

Josephine J. Bober

Josephine J. Bober, 90, of 4 Columbia St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Oswego, N.Y., on May 21, 1916, daughter of Paul and Antonia Kobas Banas, she...

Christopher James Scalise

Christopher James Scalise, 2, of 7 West Walnut St., died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Boca Raton, Fla., on July 26, 2004, he was the adopted son of Wesley and Tammy...

Viola M. Blake

Viola M. Blake, 79, of 16 Pioneer St., died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Nancy Giardina of 213 Burke Ave. in Pittsfield, after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 30, 1928,...

Yetta "Betty" Banach

Yetta "Betty" Banach, 89, of 278 Great Barrington Road died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Philadelphia on July 11, 1917, daughter of Nathan and Rachael Singer Green, she attended schools...

Ernest G. Rondeau, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ernest George Rondeau, 85, of 85 Eagle St., died Wednesday, May 9, 2007, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Nov. 17, 1921, son of Oliver F. and Leonie...

Lana M. Recchia

Lana M. Recchia, 66, of 265 Second St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 19, 1940, daughter of Joseph J. and Rose Canterella Rosso, she attended local...

Nils Guttormsen

Nils Guttormsen, 88, of 53 Pinehurst Ave., died Monday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where he had lived for a short time. Born in Pittsfield on May 30, 1918, son of Nils and Martha Faeste...

James T. Powers

James T. Powers, 63, of 131 Elizabeth St., died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 14, 1943, son of Francis J. and Nora Mazzer Powers, he attended local schools and was a 1962 graduate of...

Robert Mittenbuhler

Robert Mittenbuhler, 81, of 30 Keep Hill Road, died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital of cancer. Born in Chicago on Oct. 12, 1925, son of Robert L. and Susan Logan Mitenbuler, he graduated...

Arthur J. Ivey, 60

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Arthur J. Ivey, 60, of 80 Taconic Ave., died Monday, May 7, 2007, at home after a long battle with lung cancer. Born in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18, 1946, son of...

Frances H. Giracca Gennari

Frances H. Giracca Gennari, 94, of 7 Wyantenuck St., died Monday in North Fulton Hospital, Roswell, Ga. Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., on Feb. 4, 1913, daughter of John and Gretchen Stemmer Harvey,...

Anna Kornas

Anna Kornas, 74, of 115 Summer St., died Sunday at home. Born in Wronki, Poland, on July 4, 1932, daughter of Wojciech and Anna Chojan Kaczmarek, she graduated from high school there in...

Sylvia Mary Kaufmann

Sylvia Mary Kaufmann, 88, of 15 Weston St., died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided for a short time. Born in Bromley, England, on Aug. 29, 1918, daughter of...

Sandra Irene Hamilton

Sandra Irene Hamilton, 64, of 21 Crossway St., Apt. 205, formerly of McNerney Road, Becket, died Saturday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after a long illness. She moved to Lee a year...

Peter D. Fraser Jr.

Peter D. Fraser Jr., 47, of Devon Road died Friday evening when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving struck a tree on the Hollywood Club property in Colton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Born in...

William H. Fairfield

William H. Fairfield, 69, of Jacob's Ladder Road, died Saturday at the home of his sister Dorothy "Betty" Bangs of 829 Ashley Falls Road, Ashley Falls. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 20, 1938, son of...

Elaine Frances Bigelow

Elaine Frances Bigelow, 76, of 911 Tyler St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 11, 1930, daughter of Roy W. and Dorothy Thomas Kickery, she attended local...