Obituaries

Maurice E. Rice Sr.

Maurice E. Rice Sr., 70, of Benton Hill Road, died Tuesday at home. He was a former volunteer Becket firefighter. Born in Becket on July 13, 1936, son of Arthur E. and Ethel Ransom Rice, he...

Helen Raczynski

Helen Raczynski, 91, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since July 2006. Born in Centralia, Pa., on April 4,...

Elizabeth Dennis

Elizabeth Dennis, 90, of Chapel Street, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Ms. Dennis served as head librarian of Lee Library from 1942 to 1987. In 1978, the Betty Dennis...

Beverly A. Darrow

Beverly A. Darrow, 69, of 113 Pine St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 6, 1937, daughter of Leonard A. and Irene Murphy Teal, she was...

Gwen Berla

Gwen Berla, 85, of 21 Crossway Village, died Friday at the home of her daughter, Lin Schreiber of 48 Pomeroy Ave. in Pittsfield. Born in Munger, Mo., on Sept. 30, 1921, daughter of George W. and...

Dorothy Garity Wilson

Dorothy Garity Wilson, 86, of 5 Cornell Lane, died Friday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided since September 2006. Born in Westfield on May 3, 1921, daughter of Harold and...

Eleanor Myers

Eleanor Myers, 88, of 118 Church St., died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on June 30, 1918, daughter of Carleton B. and Ruby Field Hall, she graduated from the former...

Gerald A. Guild

Gerald A. Guild, 77, of 163 Clevland Road, died Saturday at Beth Israel Hospital in Boson. Born in Wrentham on Nov. 30, 1929, son of William and Myrtle MacInnes Guild, he graduated from Oliver...

James F. Primm II

James F. Primm II, 56, of 6650 West 83rd St., Overland Park, Kan., died Monday at Hillcrest Commons Health Care Facility, where he had resided for two months. Born in New York City on April 13,...

Anna Marie Wrenn

Anna Marie Wrenn, 89, of East Road, died at home on Tuesday. Born on Nov. 26, 1917, in Waterbury, Conn., daughter of George and Mary Hyland O'Neill, she was educated in schools there. After...

Irene Eleanor Twing

Irene Eleanor Twing, 45, of 97 Francis Ave., died Monday morning as a result of injuries sustained after being hit by a train. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 29, 1961, daughter of Walter E. and Mabel...

Charles Leslie Seddon

Charles Leslie Seddon, 59, of 27 Dewey Ave., died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 6, 1947, son of Laurence R. and Lois Fraser Seddon, he attended local schools and earned his General...

June Lamb

June Lamb, 76, of 21 Fourth Ave., died Tuesday at home. Born in Adams on June 29, 1930, a daughter of Robert and Mabel Alderman Horn, she was a 1949 graduate of the former Adams High...

Kaare Nils Francis

Kaare Nils Francis, 51, of Estero, Fla., died Tuesday at Southwest Regional Medical Center in Fort Myers, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 18, 1955, son of the late Burton Francis Jr. and Violet...

Norma Smith Twiss Paget

Norma Smith Twiss Paget, 86, of East Road, died Monday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Great Barrington on Jan. 11, 1921, daughter of Ernest and Bertha Blood Smith, she was...

Elizabeth A. Holcomb

Elizabeth A. Holcomb, 59, of Christian Hill Road, died Sunday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Burlington, Vt., on May 5, 1947, daughter of Clarence L. and Elsie G. Hill Fleming, the family moved to...

Paul Roger Burdick Sr.

Paul Roger Burdick Sr., 72, of 11 Haggerty St., died Monday at his home. Born in North Adams on May 23, 1934, son of Lawrence and Helen Reynolds Burdick, he attended North Adams schools. From...

Gerald "Jerry" Bassett

Gerald "Jerry" Bassett, 64, of 174 N. Summer St., died Sunday, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28, 1942, son of Earl and Norma Lewis Bassett, he was educated in Pittsfield...

Elizabeth C. Ryan

Elizabeth C. Ryan, 88, of 420 Greylock St. died Sunday at home. Born in Airde, Scotland, on Dec. 2, 1918, daughter of Daniel and Susan McMahon Christie, she moved to New York as a child and...

Doris Ruth Russell

Doris Ruth Russell, 92, formerly of Rose Manor, died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Springside of Pittsfield for five months. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 24, 1914,...

Walter P. Fertek

Walter P. Fertek, 85, of 52 Vivian Ave., died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 26, 1922, son of Stanislaw and Mary Glazeski Fertek, he was a 1940 graduate of Pittsfield High...

Bruce Morgan Crosier

Bruce Morgan Crosier, 80, of 436 East St., died yesterday at home after a brief illness. Born in Dalton on March 19, 1927, son of Earl B. Crosier Sr. and Maude Mather Crosier, he attended local...

Grace P. Houle

Grace P. Houle, 84, of 7 Velma Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 31, 1922, daughter of Archibald and Catherine Nethery Houston, she was a 1940 graduate...

Mary Tinker

Mary Tinker, 88, of Squire Lane, died Thursday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington after a brief illness. She had been a resident of Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center for...

Albert Joseph Stavaski

Albert Joseph Stavaski, 69, of 2 Fryc Lane, died Thursday at the home of his daughter, Kathleen M. Stavaski of 577 Canaan St., Canaan, N.H., after a long illness. He was a former member and...