Obituaries

Margaret E. Braman

Margaret E. Braman, 87, of Framingham, formerly of Dalton, died Feb. 14 at St. Patrick's Manor in Framingham. She moved to Framingham five years ago. Born in New York City on April 10, 1919,...

Helen G. Zieba

Helen G. Zieba, 97, of 18 Summer St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Feb. 24, 1909, daughter of Krysten and Agata Wojtowicz Zajac, she attended St....

Mary Simpson

Mary Simpson, 89, a former longtime resident of South Main Street, died Tuesday at Fairview Commons, where she had resided for several years. Born in Great Barrington on Dec. 26, 1917, daughter of...

Grace Louise Pautot

Grace Louise Pautot, 94, of Orlando, Fla., formerly of Park Street, Housatonic, died Feb. 17 at Pavilion at Crossing Point in Orlando. She was born in Londonderry, N.H., on Nov. 4, 1912, daughter...

Robert Victor Hamilton

Robert Victor Hamilton, 86, a former longtime resident of Adams, died Tuesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Ponca City, Okla., on Nov. 1, 1920, son of Lawrence J. and Mabel...

William J. Fennell

William J. Fennell, 76, of 1581 Hartsville-New Marlboro Road, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Boston on March 23, 1930, son of Patrick J. and Margaret Sheehan Fennell, he...

Samuel Lawrence Caesar

Samuel Lawrence Caesar, 78, of 3 Robbins Ave., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton on Feb. 11, 1929, son of John and Elizabeth Evans Caesar, he was educated in local...

Pearl Irene St. Peter

Pearl Irene St. Peter, 99, formerly of Dalton Avenue, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Rutland, Vt., on Sept. 16, 1907, daughter of Frank Goodrich and Exina Manney...

Billy M. Schilling Jr.

Billy M. Schilling Jr., 40, of 107 Brown St., died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 18, 1966, son of Billy M. Schilling Sr. and Alma Rennie Schilling, he was a 1984 graduate of Lee High...

Josephine F. Melikan

Josephine F. Melikan, 93, of Chatham, formerly of Pittsfield, died at Liberty Commons Nursing Home in Chatham on Saturday. Born in Manchester on March 29, 1913, daughter of Joseph Eulian and Susan...

Palm Rose Maruco, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Palm Rose Maruco, 89, of 225 East 95th St., New York, died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had been living for the past...

Judith A. Loeb

Judith A. Loeb, 57, of 2305 Jacob's Ladder Road, died Monday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Great Barrington on April 23, 1949, daughter of Leo A. Loeb and the late Marion...

Ruth M. Ostrander Healy

Ruth M. Ostrander Healy, 71, of Berkshire Village, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Lenox on Oct. 21, 1935, daughter of Elmer G. Ostrander and Kathleen Hosker...

Spencer J. Akers, 18

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Spencer James Akers, 18, of 170 Christian Hill Road, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007, in the alpine village of Leysin, Switzerland. Born in New York on Aug. 24, 1989,...

Gary A. Smith, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gary Alvin Smith, 50, of 150 Ashland St. died Friday, Feb. 16, 2007, at home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 11, 1956, son of Alvin C. Smith and Mary Rahilly Smith Miller,...

Richard M. Potter

Richard M. Potter, 61, of 57 Churchill Crest, died Saturday at home. Born on Jan. 7, 1946, in Pittsfield, son of the late Harry J. and Yolanda Procopio Potter, he was a lifelong resident of...

Gary Mekdeci

Gary Mekdeci, 52, of 27 Temple St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on March 12, 1954, son of Mary Crockwell Mekdeci and the late Samuel J. Mekdeci, he...

Cecelia Lucy Krzanik

Cecelia Lucy Krzanik, 90, formerly of 5 Marshall Ave., died Tuesday at River Garden Hebrew Home in Jacksonville, Fla., where she had resided for the past four years. Born in North Adams on Dec....

James K. Chapman Sr.

James K. Chapman Sr., 89, of 149 Osceola Road, died Friday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox following a long illness. Born in Newberry, S.C., on July 22, 1917, son of Francis W. and...

Wildred Irene Briggs

Wildred Irene Briggs, 94, of 722 West Shaft Road, died Thursday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Aug. 21, 1912, daughter of Arthur and Mary Jane Daniels Hosley, she attended local...

Sophie A. Perron

Sophie A. Perron, 89, of 730 Main St., died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided since December. Born in Dalton on Feb. 20, 1917, daughter of Rudolf and Agatha...

Carol M. O'Keefe-Stachura

Carol M. O'Keefe-Stachura, 66, of 14 Aztec Drive, died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., while on vacation. Born in Philadelphia, on Dec. 15, 1940, daughter of the late Charles A. and Margaret...

Paul W. Miner

Paul W. Miner, D.V.M., 84, of 17 Cherry St., died Saturday at home. Born in Chicago on Jan. 17, 1923, son of Frederick T. and Marion Potts Miner, he was a 1942 graduate of the Pennington (N.J.)...

Floyd W. Curtiss Jr.

Floyd W. Curtiss Jr., 49, of State Road, died Saturday after being struck by a tractor-trailer in Lenox. Born in Great Barrington on April 24, 1957, son of Eleanor Koncelik Curtiss and the late...

Joan F. Buckley

Joan F. Buckley, 76, of Northampton Street, Holyoke, died Friday at home. Born Nov. 10, 1930, daughter of John and Irene Lawrence Buckley, she graduated from Henry W. Bishop III Memorial School of...