Obituaries

Albena Shirley Messer

Albena Shirley Messer, 71, of 50 Dalton Ave. died Tuesday afternoon at her home. Born in Pittsfield, Feb. 21, 1934, daughter of Walter V. and Albena M. Mariam Messer, she was educated in...

Mary Joan Matuszak Czubryt

Mary Joan Matuszak Czubryt, 70, formerly of Adams, died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on May 25, 1935, daughter of the late Andrzej and Ursula Koscielniak Matuszak,...

Arthur L. Buda

Arthur L. Buda, 47, of 49 Spring Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Adams on Jan 31, 1958, son of the late Albert Budda, Jr. and Jeannette E. LeMire Buda, he graduated from the former...

Mildred Amelia Bernardo

Mildred Amelia Bernardo, 90, formerly of 176 Columbus Ave., died yesterday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since Nov. 1998. Born in Chicopee, Mass. Aug. 31, 1915,...

Sheilah S. Campbell Sweet

Sheilah S. Campbell Sweet, 77, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community, 235 Walker St., died Wednesday at home. She had resided there since 2002. Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, on March 30, 1928,...

Walter A. Sumner Sr.

Walter A. Sumner Sr., 65, of 1095 Mohawk Trail died yesterday at home of natural causes. Born in Clarksburg on April 4, 1940, son of Gertrude Witto Sumner and the late Stuart H. Sumner Sr., he...

Florence M. Netherwood, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Florence Mary Netherwood, 94, of Sweetwood Retirement Community, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005, at home. Born in North Adams on March 14, 1911, daughter of Louis P. and...

Lynn Marie Mills

Lynn Marie Mills, 56, of Pearl Street, Auburn, a native of North Adams, died Tuesday at home of cancer. Born on March 26, 1949, daughter of George H. and Mildred Tourjee Forgea, she graduated from...

Carole E. Jones

Carole E. Jones, 60, of Pine Crest Hill died Wednesday at home after a long illness. Born in Danville, Va., on Nov. 1, 1945, daughter of Dean and Anne Shelton Frantz, she graduated from Reading...

Raymond P. Dotchin

Raymond P. Dotchin, 62, of Sherwood Drive, co-owner and president of Colt Insurance Co. in Pittsfield, died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Hartford, Conn., on Sept. 6,...

John Dagruel

John Dagruel, 80, of 2 Bernard Gibbons Drive, Housatonic, died Monday at his home. Born in Housatonic on Jan. 27, 1925, son of August and Mary Murphy Dagruel, he attended local schools. A U.S....

Lawrence Bradford "Butch" Brent

Lawrence Bradford "Butch" Brent, 58, of 190 First St. died Wednesday, Dec. 21, at Berkshire Medical Center after being stricken with heart failure. Born in Holyoke on June 27, 1947, son of Irwin...

Robert C. Bogle

Robert C. Bogle, 88, of Shaw Road, Little Compton, R.I., died Friday at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. He lived in Pittsfield from 1956 to 1979. Born in Peabody, son of Irving W. and Minnie...

Ruth Miriam Marsh

Ruth Miriam Marsh, 81, of 75 Emerald Lane died Thursday at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided for two weeks. Born in Mechanicville, N.Y., on April 20, 1924, daughter of Ralph P. and Mabel...

The Rev. Charles V. Hayes

The Rev. Charles V. Hayes, 88, of Holy Name Friary nursing home in Ringwood, N.J., a member of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, died there Thursday. He lived on Charles Street before...

David Hubert Dalton

David Hubert Dalton, 69, of 720 Pitcher's Way, Hyannis, a native of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at home after a long battle with cancer. Born on June 23, 1936, son of Herbert and Helen Crowley...

Eleanor M. Stack

Eleanor M. Stack, 81, of 832 W. 36th St., Yuma, Ariz., died Tuesday at her home. She was formerly a resident of 10 Marshall St. She moved to Yuma five years ago. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on Aug....

Alojzy F. "Al" Rysz

Alojzy F. "Al" Rysz, 66, of Waterville, Maine, died Wednesday at Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia. He was formerly of Adams. Born in Adams on Oct. 22, 1939, son of Alojzy S. and...

Adella Gamache

Adella Gamache, 79, of 28 Valley St., died Friday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Adams on Nov. 9, 1926, daughter of Andrew and Katarzyna Bryda Rogowski, she attended local...

Retired Army Major H. Lee Waldron

Retired Army Major H. Lee Waldron, 63, of Quail Way, East Nassau, N.Y., died Thursday at home after a long illness. He was employed by Paul Rich & Sons furniture company in Pittsfield. Born in...

Michael J. Latura

Michael J. Latura, 71, of 160 Newell St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 18, 1934, son of John and Angelina Castronova Latura, he attended...

John J. Astore

John J. Astore, 96, of 273 Great Barrington Road died Friday at Fairview Commons, where he had resided briefly. A former town assessor, he served for 40 years. Born in the province of Salerno,...

Joan A. Arndt

Joan A. Arndt, 70, of 151 New Windsor Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center, where she had been a patient for two weeks. Born in Pittsfield on March 2, 1935, daughter of Edmund E. and Edna...

Natalie Stacia Maznicki Wronski

Natalie Stacia Maznicki Wronski, 79, of 44 Fisk Road, died Sunday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Adams on Jan. 15, 1926, daughter of the late Andrew and Anna Frodyma Maznicki,...

Beatrice Melissa Walde Schmidt

Beatrice Melissa Walde Schmidt, 79, of Apt #105, Ashland Park Apartments, 150 Ashland Street, died Christmas Day at Williamstown Commons following a short illness. Born in Bennington, Vt., on...