Obituaries

Irving Rosenbaum

Irving Rosenbaum, 85, of 147 Ann Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on Dec. 15, 1920, son of Nathan and Tillie Rosenhoch Rosenbaum, he graduated from James...

Rose M. Rocca

Rose M. Rocca, 92, of 101 Gamwell Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Mountain Mills, Vt., on Jan. 1, 1914, daughter of Bruno and Michalena Matta Pisani, she moved to Pittsfield...

Laurence E. Fairfield

Laurence E. Fairfield, 89, of Kimball Farms, Lenox, formerly of Lenox Road, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Mr. Fairfield served on the Richmond School Facilities...

Alma J. Doyle

Alma J. Doyle, 44, of 58 Ingalls Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Richmond, Va. on Feb. 27, 1962, daughter of the late Malcolm and Helen Crawford Campbell, she was a 1980...

Pompi G. "Mr. D." DiNicola

Pompi G. "Mr. D." DiNicola, 52, of 16 Fairway Ave. died of natural causes yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 15, 1953, son of Clara Spelorzi DiNiola and the late...

J. Robert Rankin Jr.

J. Robert Rankin Jr., 79, of Villa Crest Healthcare Center in Manchester, N.H., died there Friday after a 19-year battle with Parkinson's disease. He was a former resident of Pittsfield. Born in...

Orrin E. Hall

Orrin E. Hall, 69, of 56 Bachand Ave. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Oct. 23, 1936, son of the late Orrin F. and Marion Stratton Hall, he attended North...

Thomas F. "Murphy" Grace

Thomas F. "Murphy" Grace, 88, of 42 Fern St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 2, 1918, son of Richard H. and Eliza Jones Grace, he was a...

Mary A. Giarolo

Mary A. Giarolo, 100, of 20 Lois St. died Saturday at home. She was the holder of the Boston Post Cane, which was presented to her on Nov. 18, 2002. Born in Montebello, Italy, on Oct. 3, 1905,...

Philip J. Gardner Sr.

Philip J. Gardner Sr., 61, of 16 West Mountain Road died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Hynesburg, Vt., on Sept. 16, 1944, son of the...

Mary "Mary Chev" Chevalier

Mary "Mary Chev" Chevalier, 80, of 23A Highview Drive died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Walpole, N.H., on April 22, 1925, daughter of Waldo and Agnes Henry Sanborn, she...

Daniel Arthur Beaumier

Daniel Arthur Beaumier, 78, died Thursday at Craneville Place, where he had resided since 2001. He was a former resident of Springfield and Longmeadow. Born in Springfield on Jan. 3, 1928, son of...

Joseph E. Perkins

Joseph E. Perkins, 55, of 76 Daniel Shays Highway, Orange, a native of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at home of an apparent heart attack. Born on Sept. 11, 1950, son of the late Wilfred E. Perkins...

Gloria Jane Lipka Nye

Gloria Jane Lipka Nye, 72, of 3 Cherokee Drive died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Saugus on Oct. 23, 1933, daughter of Russell and Phyllis Griffin Collins, she attended...

Martin Paul Freitag

Martin Paul Freitag, 72, of 596 Wells Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield shortly after being admitted. Born in Adams on Feb. 5, 1934, son of Paul and Katherine Drescher...

Floyd W. Curtiss Sr.

Floyd W. Curtiss Sr., 85, of State Road died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Egremont on July 16, 1920, son of John and Lena Funk Curtiss, he attended the two-room...

David A. Peirce Sr.

David A. Peirce Sr., 74, of 96 Depot St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Worcester on Jan. 4, 1932, son of Roger and Eleanor Gerrior Peirce, he attended schools in Worcester...

Sonia Drawec

Sonia Drawec, 92, of 52 Columbia St. died early Wednesday morning at the Sweetbrook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Oed, Neb., on Sept. 22, 1913, daughter of the late Stanley and Sudwina...

Floyd W. Curtiss Sr.

Floyd W. Curtiss Sr., 85, of State Road died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Egremont on July 16, 1920, son of John and Lena Funk Curtiss, he attended the two-room...

Gerald P. Casey

Gerald P. Casey, 90, of 71 Oak St. Extension died Thursday morning at home. Born in Worcester on Oct. 20, 1915, son of the late John J. and Catherine Broderick Casey, he attended schools there and...

Martin Littman

Martin Littman, 84, of Needham, died March 16 at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Needham campus. He was the father of Ellen Whitmer of Pittsfield. Born in New York City on July 9, 1921, son of...

Grace P. Horth

Grace P. Horth, 79, of 1113 South St. died Tuesday evening at her home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 30, 1926, daughter of Frank M. and Mildred E. Newbery Potts, she was educated in Pittsfield...

Edward H. Gromatski

Edward H. Gromatski, 90, formerly of 34 Thomas Road, died Monday at LifePath-Hospice in Temple Terrace, Fla. Born in South Deerfield on April 11, 1915, son of Adam and Josephine Ciborowski...

Ruth O'Neil Cramer

Ruth O'Neil Cramer, 74, a resident of 255 High Street Hill, since 1997, died March 16 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pawcatuck, Conn., on July 18, 1931, daughter of Joseph J....

Agnes M. "Ginger" Spence

Agnes M. "Ginger" Spence, 63, of 19 Draper Ave. died Monday at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn. Born in Pittsfield, April 13, 1942, the daughter of Charles E. and Agnes Hanrath Kennedy, she...