Obituaries

Mary F. Ziarnik

Mary F. Ziarnik, 83, of 41 Friend St. died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on April 30, 1920, daughter of Stephen and Agnes Hawryta Finik, she attended the...

Mary J. Pratt

Mary J. Pratt, 83, of 130 Pine St. in South Lee, died Friday at the Laurel Lake Center. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Dec. 14, 1920, daughter of John and Dorothy Beckwith Gaylord, she was educated in...

Linda Gail O'Keefe

Linda Gail O'Keefe, 37, of Alum Hill Road died Friday in a motor vehicle accident in Canaan, Conn. Born in Granville, N.Y., on Oct. 10, 1966, daughter of William and Mary Auston Farnham, she was...

William F. "Perch" Kennedy

William F. "Perch" Kennedy, 73, of Cheshire Road died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1930, son of Robert and Katherine Maloney Kennedy, he was a 1948 graduate of St. Joseph's...

Norah A. Burke

Norah A. Burke, 99, formerly of Lenox, died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Steelton, Pa., on Sept. 6, 1904, daughter of Maurice and Catherine O'Connell...

David Shaun Sedgwick

David Shaun Sedgwick, 61, of 31 Salinger Court, Coto de Caza, Calif., formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at home after an extended illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 23, 1942, son of Volney...

James E. Kinner

James E. Kinner, 74, of 135 Rathbun Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Denver on Oct. 22, 1929, son of Lynn and Vera Williams Kinner, he was a 1949 graduate of...

Robert James DeMarsico

Robert James DeMarsico, 69, of 17 Tyler St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Sunday following a battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Oct. 28,...

Jeannette Rita Couture

Jeannette Rita Couture, 86, of 2 Forest Park Ave. died Tuesday evening at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Dec. 5, 1917, daughter of Eli and Sylvany Lavigne Fortier, she...

John L. Jennings

John L. Jennings, 76, of 11 East Walnut St. died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Jan. 20, 1928, son of John and Sylvia Jandran Jennings, he moved...

Susannah H. Dillman

Susannah H. Dillman, 57, of 2 Pothul Drive died yesterday at home. Born in Otis on Aug. 26, 1946, daughter of George and Caroline Hincks Dillman, she attended schools there and was a 1964...

William W. Baker, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William Wolcott Baker, 80, of 1388 Massachusetts Ave. died Monday afternoon, March 22, 2004, at home. Born in Adams on June 4, 1923, son of William A. and Evelyn...

Harold Edwin Powell

Harold Edwin Powell, 91, formerly of 109 Marion Ave., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons, where he had resided since 1998. Born in North Adams on Aug. 25, 1912, son of George and Elizabeth...

Evelyn M. Miner

Evelyn M. Miner, 85, of 14 Balance Rock Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 30, 1918, daughter of Waldo and Mae Welch Barnes, she was a 1936...

Veronica Kapp

Veronica Kapp, 101, 150 Ashland St., died yesterday morning at Sweetbrook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Gorice, Poland, on July 6, 1902, daughter of John and Antonina Kozow Szczerba, she...

Elizabeth Fredericka Henry

Elizabeth Fredericka Henry, 82, formerly of 38 Bernard St., Springfield, died Tuesday at Chapin Center in Springfield. She was the mother of Constance M. Flynn of Pittsfield. Born in...

William J. McMahon

William J. McMahon, 73, of 123 Ashuelot St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center, where he was admitted Jan. 18. Mr. McMahon signed with the Red Sox in 1949 and pitched well in the minors...

Lisolette W. Kowalski

Lisolette W. Kowalski, 76, of 45 Seymour St. died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since last October. Born in Germany on June 25, 1927, daughter of Hermann and Wilhelmina...

Robert B. Franklin

Robert B. Franklin, 90, of South Egremont and 430 East 56th St., New York City, died at home in New York on March 13. Born in Jamaica Plain on Feb. 14, 1914, son of George and Lucy Jenkins...

Vera V. Flood

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Vera V. Flood, 95, of 999 Massachusetts Ave., died Friday, March 19, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on March 14. Born in North Adams...

Raymond Joseph Pellerin

Raymond Joseph Pellerin, 83, of 190 Brown St. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Jan. 25, 1921, son of George and Grace Couture Pellerin, he was educated in...

N. Janet Olson, 78

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — N. Janet Olson, 78, of 96 Emerald Lane died Saturday, March 20, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Nov. 30, 1925,...

Ernest Roy "Bud" Nicklien Sr

Ernest Roy "Bud" Nicklien Sr., 74, of 342 Potter Road died yesterday at home. Born in Williamstown on April 4, 1929, son of Walter and Bernice Hewes Nicklien, he attended local schools, including...

Aaron Orlando King

Aaron Orlando King, 31, of 76 Bossidy Drive died Tuesday at the University of Massachusetts Health Alliance Hospital in Leominster after suffering an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on...

Doris Desroches

Doris Desroches, 82, of 16 Albert St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Adams on May 23, 1921, daughter of Eugene and Angelina Berube Poupart Serre,...