Obituaries

Vernon Dale O'Malley

Vernon Dale O'Malley, 94, of 24 Bower Drive, Myerstown, Pa., formerly of 590 River Road, died Saturday at the Golden Living Center in Reading, Pa. Born in Adams on March 16, 1913, daughter of...

Genevieve Murach, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Genevieve "Jennie" Murach, 92, of 22 Pearl St., died Monday, April 9, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown following a long illness. Born in North Adams on Aug....

Frances C. Guiltinan

Frances C. Guiltinan, 84, died Friday, March 30 at her home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 24, 1922, daughter of Dr. Francis J. and Elizabeth O'Leary Conlin, she was a 1940 graduate of Pittsfield...

Bertha E. Franklin

Bertha E. Franklin, 91, of 148 Maple St., formerly of Hewins Street in Ashley Falls, died yesterday -- her birthday -- at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where she had resided...

Alan C. Butler

Alan C. Butler, 61, of 27 Greenway St., died Friday at home. Born in Long Branch, N.J., on Feb. 6, 1946, son of Herbert Butler and the late Kathleen Sweeney Butler, he attended local schools until...

Thomas R. Tyler

Thomas R. Tyler, 76, of 23 Cliff Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 25, 1930, son of John R. and Louise Joyner Tyler, he...

Reginald Rowett Jr., 81

FLORIDA, Mass. — Reginald Rowett Jr., 81, of 229 Central Shaft Road died Friday, April 6, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was taken after being stricken earlier at home. He...

Kathleen A. Rawson

Kathleen A. Rawson, 45, of 18 George St., died Friday at home after a long illness. Born in Holyoke on Dec. 12, 1961, daughter of Jack and Josephine Costello Vincent, she attended Pittsfield...

Jocelyn Nichols

Jocelyn Nichols, 77, of Ramsdell Road, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on Dec. 1, 1929, daughter of George and Guiseppa Valvo Foster, she grew up in New York City...

Carol Ann Lewis

Carol Ann Lewis, 69, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 11, 1937, daughter of Edmund and Dorothy Durett Teot, she was a 1956 graduate...

Morton H. Kaplan

Morton H. Kaplan, 84, of 54 Zeff Drive died Thursday at home. Born in Providence, R.I., on April 12, 1922, son of Abraham and Tillie Siegel Kaplan, he was a 1939 graduate of Central High School...

Heide Jill Curtis

Heide Jill Curtis, 48, of Laurel Street, died Friday at home. Before moving to Lee in October 2005, she lived on Elm Street in Pittsfield for more than 20 years. Born in Sharon, Conn., on...

Marion G. Brady

Marion G. Brady, 91, of 3930 NE Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Friday at Marion House Health Care of Ocala. Born on June 14, 1915, daughter of Harry A. and Mary...

Stella Bernat

Stella Bernat, 88, formerly of 5 Edmund St., died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Oct. 9, 1918, daughter of Peter and Hanora Ostrobinski Zgrzebniak, she attended local schools....

Peter P. Nykorchuk

Peter P. Nykorchuk, 75, of 514 South Main St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 23, 1931, son of Anthony and Anastasia Kowchuk Nykorchuk, he was a 1950 graduate...

Edwin Luczynski

Edwin Luczynski, 80, of 37 Crandall St. and Fort Pierce, Fla., died Thursday at the Consulate Rehab Center in Vero Beach, Fla. Born in Clarksburg on Dec. 15, 1926, son of John and Leona Furtek...

Dorothea T. Kirchner

Dorothea T. Kirchner, 76, of 40 Old Stockbridge Road, died of cancer Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 23, 1930, daughter of James and Lillian Akroyd Thomson, she graduated from Lenox...

Marjorie Lillis Dus

Marjorie Lillis Dus, 86, of Lenox Road, died Saturday at Albany Medical Center after a short illness. Born in the Rockdale section of West Stockbridge on Dec. 28, 1920, daughter of Chester L. and...

Albert Edward Scherr III

Albert Edward Scherr III, 85, of 300 Petersburg Road died March 28 at home. He was a former chairman of the town Finance Committee Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on Nov. 26, 1921, son of Albert E....

Todd D. Oliveira

Todd D. Oliveira, 44, of 20 Wexford Court and Naples, Fla., died Tuesday in Dorchester. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 2, 1962, son of Ronald Oliveira and Diana "Toni" Fontana, he was a 1980 graduate...

Sybil Mary Griffin

Sybil Mary Griffin, 89, of 150 Pineview Road, Tequesta, Fla., a former longtime resident of Colonial Gardens, Pittsfield, died Saturday at Palm Beach Gardens in Palm Beach, Fla. She moved to...

James E. Stimpson

James E. Stimpson, 68, of Largo, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died March 26 at Largo (Fla.) Medical Center following a short illness. Born in Ticonderoga, N.Y., on Feb 7, 1939, son of Raymond and...

Laurette A. Luczynski

Laurette A. Luczynski, 67, of 585 Main Road, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Burlington, Vt., on Feb. 15, 1940, daughter of Emile and Yvonne Piche Boucher, she...

Priscilla Keresey

Priscilla Keresey, 84, of State Line Road, died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Astoria, Queens, N.Y., on Feb. 2, 1923, daughter of Eugene and Helen Casterline Shrigley, she attended...

Mary Faivre

Mary Faivre, 88, of North Plain Road, died yesterday at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where she had resided for the past several years. Born in Lee on Oct. 15, 1918, daughter...