Obituaries

Joan Lillian Crofts Chenail

Joan Lillian Crofts Chenail, 75, of 1378 Massachusetts Ave. died Saturday morning at her home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 2, 1930, daughter of Thomas Hicks and Lillian Gregory Crofts, she...

Ruth F. Pyburne

Ruth F. Pyburne, 69, of 35 Kellog St. died Tuesday at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Jersey City, N.J., on Dec. 8, 1936, daughter of Frank and Ruth Grady, she attended...

Michelle Lynne Padgett

Michelle Lynne Padgett, 27, of 30 Dartmouth St. was found dead Monday. Born in Pittsfield, Sept. 29, 1978, daughter of Jerry and Donna A. Wilkins Padgett Rinaldi, she attended grade school in...

Harry MacWhinnie

Harry MacWhinnie, 95, of Devonshire Estates, died Thursday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where he had resided since March 1. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 19, 1910, son of the late...

Gertrude LeGeyt

Gertrude LeGeyt, 94, of LeGeyt Road died at home on Thursday. Born in Sheffield on Feb. 23, 1912, daughter of John and Anna Clark Huggins, she attended the former Brush Schoolhouse and graduated...

George David Knight

George David Knight, 88, formerly of Hazelwood Terrace, died Thursday morning at Sugar Hill Senior Living Community in Dalton. Born in Great Barrington on Nov. 6, 1917, son of Clark and Estella...

Robin G. Holloway

Robin G. Holloway, 72, of Doylestown, Pa., died Wednesday at Doylestown Hospital from complications resulting from the treatment of lymphoma. He served on the board of the Berkshire Opera Company for...

Rose M. Crittendon

Rose M. Crittendon, 70, of North Main St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Bon in Lee on Sept. 2, 1935, daughter of George and Agnes Aldrich Crane, she was educated in the Lee schools....

Anna May Miner Sweet

Anna May Miner Sweet, 89, formerly of 150 Ashland St., died Wednesday evening at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she had been a resident for several years. Born on Jan. 11, 1917, in Pittsfield,...

Blanche "Dolly" Mary Roukas

Blanche "Dolly" Mary Roukas, 74, of 150 Lenox Ave. died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center following a short and sudden illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 23, 1931, daughter of William...

Bertha F. Moro

Bertha F. Moro, 81, of 142 Christian Hill Road died Thursday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in West Stockbridge on Feb. 4, 1925, daughter of Nora Blake Winters, she attended...

Irene W. Lihou

Irene W. Lihou, 87, formerly a resident of New Marlborough, died Monday at the Cape Regency A. Radius Healthcare Facility in Hyannis. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., on Dec. 3, 1918, the daughter of Henry...

Lucy Rita Kenney

Lucy Rita Kenney, 91, of 46 Quincy St. died Wednesday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on Tuesday March 7th. Born in North Adams on June 13, 1914, daughter of the...

Alice Hempel

Alice Hempel, 78, of Englewood, Fla., formerly of Dalton, died Feb. 25 at Venice Regional Medical Center in Venice, Fla., after a 20-year battle with breast cancer. Born in Passaic, N.J., on Dec....

Anthony A. Wojcik, 53

ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony A. Wojcik, 53, of 7 North Summer St. died Wednesday morning, March 8, 2006, at his home following a long battle with cancer. Born on July 2, 1952, son of the late...

Edna M. Trzcinka

Edna M. Trzcinka, 72, of 126 Elizabeth St., died on Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Albany, N.Y., on April 25, 1933, daughter of Joseph and Pauline Zalrzewski Zuraski, she attended...

Robert Allen Pedercini Sr.

Robert Allen Pedercini Sr., 70, of 150 Ashland St. died Wednesday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 28, 1936, son of Owen Pedercini and Elizabeth Rarick...

Donald Arthur Mahoney

Donald Arthur Mahoney, 77, of 73 Bracewell Ave. died Tuesday morning at his home. Born in North Adams on July 24, 1928, son of the late Arthur and Naomi Dufrain Mahoney, he attended local...

Donald Lee Kurley

Donald Lee Kurley, 62, of 96 Main Road died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Feb. 24, 1944, son of the late Stanley and Olive Bush Kurley, he attended Adams schools....

Barbara J. Dowsey

Barbara J. Dowsey, 63, of Westfield, formerly of North Adams and Pittsfield, died Monday at Noble Hospital in Westfield. Born in Chester on Jan. 16, 1943, daughter of Gilbert and Elsie Chaffee...

Kelly Anne Crosier, 43

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kelly Anne Crosier, 43, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Wednesday morning, March 8, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on...

Rose D. Zieminski Stefanik

Rose D. Zieminski Stefanik, 88, of Clinton Crest and Dundee, N.Y., formerly of Adams, died Tuesday at the Homestead Nursing Home in Penn Yan, N.Y. Born in Adams on April 22, 1917, daughter of...

Alice A. Rowley, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alice Ann Rowley, 71, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Tuesday, March 7, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 27, 1934,...

Frank M. Maroni, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frank M. Maroni, 84, of 26 Greene Ave. died Monday, March 6, 2006, at home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 4, 1922, son of Joseph and Gertrude Vicari Maroni, he attended...

Edward A. "Ted" Hubbard

Edward A. "Ted" Hubbard, 70, of 15 Kensington Ave. died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 26, 1935, son of Edward R. and Gladys Brown Hubbard, he was...