Obituaries

Lillian M. Elworthy

Lillian M. Elworthy, 84, of 50 Valentine Road, died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Pittsfield on July 26, 1922, daughter of Frank J. and Lillian Murphy Hall, she was a 1940...

Leopoldo Cintron Jr.

Leopoldo Cintron Jr., 56, of 17 Pleasant St., the Barrett House, died Tuesday at home following a long illness. Born in Puerto Rico on Nov. 15, 1950, son of Dolores Diaz Cintron Ferrer and the...

Yvonne M. Benoit, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Yvonne M. Benoit, 85, of 54 Kemp Ave., died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 3, 1921, daughter of Jean and Edmire...

William S. Allessio

William S. Allessio, 95, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 26, 1911, son of Michael and Delfina...

Kim Evan Lavigne

Kim Evan Lavigne, 51, of 333 Onota St., died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 9, 1955, son of the late Gertrude Stickles Lavigne, he was raised by...

Eleanor R. Favreau, 80

ADAMS, Mass. â€' Eleanor Rose "Helen" Favreau, 80, of 17 Pleasant St., died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on May 14, 1926, daughter of...

Josephine Mary Drobiak

Josephine Mary Drobiak, 76, of 11 Lakewood Circle, died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 23, 1930, daughter of Marino and Mary Cimini Cimini, she...

Cecile Yarter, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Cecile "Ceil" Yarter, 92, of 142 Liberty St., died Monday afternoon, Feb. 26, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 28, 1914, daughter of...

Lorraine Theresa Momaney Sartori

Lorraine Theresa Momaney Sartori, 79, of 369 Fred Mason Road, died early yesterday at the home of her niece, Carol Clerc, at 45 Notch Road, Adams. Born in Brattleboro, Vt., on Feb. 15, 1928, she...

Katherine E. Pirzl

Katherine E. Pirzl, 82, of Victoria Court, Lenoir, N.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at Gateway Nursing Center in Lenoir. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 6, 1924, she was the daughter of James...

Dora E. Gruberg

Dora E. Gruberg, 95, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshire Town, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 11, 1912, she was the daughter of Joseph Gruberg and Sara...

Maureen L. Doolan

Maureen L. Doolan, 60, of 4 Sampson Parkway, died yesterday at Providence Health Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided since December 2006. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 2, 1946, daughter of...

Madaliene M. Shields, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Madaliene Mary Shields, 84, of 339 Franklin St., died Friday, Feb. 23, 2007, at home of cancer. Born in North Adams on Aug. 24, 1922, daughter of Frank and Elena Pozzi...

Dayton F. Tynan

Dayton F. Tynan, 74, of 200 Melbourne Road, died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Caldwell, N.J., on May 30, 1932, son of Dayton and Amy Decker Tynan, he was a 1950 graduate of...

Dolores C. Renaud

Dolores C. Renaud, 80, of 2 Cicero Drive, Lakeville, formerly of Clairmont Road in Dalton, died Thursday at Morton Hospital in Taunton. She moved to Lakeville two years ago. Born in...

Sarah J. Portieri

Sarah J. Portieri, 68, of East Street, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 4, 1939, daughter of William J. and Marion Broderick Newton, she was a 1957 graduate of...

Harry M. Green

Harry M. Green, 82, of 1627 Clayton Mill River Road, Southfield, died yesterday at home. He was a New Marlborough cemetery commissioner from 1985 to 2005. Born in Winchester, Conn., on July 6,...

Ruth C. Agar

Ruth C. Agar, 81, a longtime resident of East Stahl Road, Ashley Falls, died Thursday at Fairview Commons, where she had resided for a month. Born in Lansing, Mich., on Dec. 31, 1925, daughter of...

Elizabeth F. Pulasky Niarchos

Elizabeth F. Pulasky Niarchos, 86, of 35 Oak Hill Road, died Thursday at Albany Medical Center. Born in Greenfield on Feb. 24, 1920, daughter of James and Matilda Dame Collins, she moved to...

Patricia Anne Madzy

Patricia Anne Madzy, 60, of 120 Richard Drive, died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hartsville, N.Y., on March 14, 1946, daughter of Edith Marshall Theall and the late Haviland Theall,...

Evelyn May Lyons

Evelyn May Lyons, 93, of 473 West Main St., died Saturday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on June 27, 1913, daughter of Walter and Bessie Randall Blanchard, she attended local schools...

Mildred T. Cook

Mildred T. Cook, 101, formerly of County Road, died Friday at Fairview Commons, where she had resided since 1996. Born in Pittsfield on May 23, 1905, daughter of Eugene and Ida Medlyn Tabor, she...

William Nicholas Boos

William Nicholas Boos, 69, of 27 Truran Lane, Whitewood,died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 27, 1938, son of William R. and Grace Ames Boos, he...

Anna Fortin

Anna Fortin, 95, of 2 Apache Drive, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on June 3, 1911, daughter of John and Mary Swakoj Paluch, she attended schools there. Mrs....

George G. Doucette Jr.

George G. Doucette Jr., 82, of Rockland Drive, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Brighton on Jan. 18, 1925, son of George and Florence Martin Doucette, he was a 1943 graduate of...