Obituaries

Eugene K. Steele

Eugene K. Steele, 81, of 231 Park Ave., co-founder of Berkshire Custom Coating Inc., died Friday at home. Born in Harvard, Ill., on May 31, 1924, son of Blair M. Steele Sr. and Anne O'Mara Steele,...

Maryann D. Vallieres Robert

Maryann D. Vallieres Robert, 67, of 35 Angeli St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 16, 1938, daughter of Harold Palmer and Mary Ann Benoit...

Dolores A. Parker

Dolores A. Parker, 72, of Walnut Drive, Spring Lake Heights, N.Y., died Saturday at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, New York City. Her daughter, Kimberlee Conrad, was formerly of...

John N. Panasevich

John N. Panasevich, 52, of Maplewood Avenue, Marlboro, died Saturday at home, following a long illness. His parents own homes in Stockbridge. Born in Boston on May 20, 1953, son of Leo...

John B. Moro Sr.

John B. Moro Sr., 88, of 148 Maple Ave., died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. He was formerly of Hart Street, Housatonic. Born in Great Barrington on Dec. 23, 1916, son of Andrew and Martha Bona...

Rosemary Gannon

Rosemary Gannon, 95, of Lyman Street, Westborough died Saturday at the Beaumont Nursing Center after a long illness. Born in Worcester on Sept. 14, 1910, daughter of Dr. John F. and Mary O'Connell...

Laura B. Whittemore

Laura B. Whittemore, 88, of Devonshire Estates, 329 Pittsfield Road, died Monday at Providence Care Center of Lenox. She lived at Devonshire Estates the past five years. Born in New Chelsea,...

Richard Harold Tovani

Richard Harold Tovani, 62, of 9 Palmer Drive died Monday at his home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 29, 1942, son of Walter A. and Loretta Dupre Tovani, he attended local schools. He was an Army...

Helen L. Byrdy

Helen L. Byrdy, 102, of 155 King St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Rogi, Poland, on June 23, 1903, daughter of August and Sophia Muron Miszczak, her family moved, in 1911, to...

Edward H. Pennell, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Edward Hart Pennell, 83, of Sweetwood Retirement Community died early Monday morning, Nov. 21, 2005, at home. Born in New York City on Aug. 22, 1922, son of Henry B....

Albert Alfred Laurin

Albert Alfred Laurin, 86, of 95 East Park Terrace died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 8, 1919, son of Alphonse A. and Aldora Hebert Laurin, he was a 1938...

William Joseph Gosselin II

William Joseph Gosselin II, 57, of George Schnops Road died Friday at West Roxbury Veterans Hospital in West Roxbury after a brief illness. Born in Haleyville, Ala., on Oct. 5, 1948, he was the...

George H. Busiere

George H. Busiere, 77, of , North Port, Fla., died Wednesday, Nov. 16, at his home. He was a resident of Westfield and East Otis, and has lived in North Port since 1990. Born in Hartford,...

Nicolette M. Zorzin

Nicolette M. Zorzin, 90, of 295 Prospect St. died Thursday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care in Lenox, where she had been a patient for five days. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1915, daughter of...

William Patrick Moran Jr.

William Patrick Moran Jr., 63, of Lake Avenue died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. He was formerly of Egremont Plain Road, Egremont. Born in Jamaica, N.Y., on June 21, 1942, son of Hannah Moran...

Yvonne R. McCarthy

Yvonne R. McCarthy, 82, of 5 Hayer St. died Thursday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. She was a former resident of 202 Water St., Williamstown. Born in Winooski, Vt., on Nov. 9,...

William G. McCarthy Sr.

William G. McCarthy Sr., 73, of 41 Woodbine Ave. died Thursday of an apparent heart attack while driving on North Main Street in Lanesboro. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 2, 1931, son of Thomas and...

Francis D. Dickinson, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Francis Donald Dickinson, 78, of 767 Reservoir Road died Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Dec. 10, 1926, son of Alfred and...

Ralph Philip Macy

Ralph Philip Macy, 80, of Bow Wow Road died yesterday at his home. Born in Sheffield on June 3, 1925, son of Ralph D. and Margaret L. DeVoe Macy, he was a graduate of the former Sheffield Center...

Charles W. Lavelle Sr.

Charles W. Lavelle Sr., 89, of 365 Peck's Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 23, 1916, son of Joseph and Laura Boyer Lavelle, he attended local...

Elizabeth J. Joubert

Elizabeth J. Joubert, 62, of 8 Pleasant View Park, Rockland, a native of Pittsfield, died yesterday at home after a long battle with cancer. Born on Aug. 21, 1943, daughter of William A. and...

David Andrew Butler

David Andrew Butler, 83, of 22 Porter Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 26, 1923, the son of Patrick and Mary Magority Butler, he attended schools in...

John L. Santos

John L. Santos, 85, of Stockbridge Road died Wednesday, Nov. 16, at Fairview Hospital. Born in New London, Conn., on June 7, 1920, son of Leo and Leah Santos, he was educated in New London...

Frank R. Marby

Frank R. Marby, 86, of 20 Albany Road died Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 16, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on July 20, 1919, son of Frank and Anna Castellano Mirabile, he graduated in 1938 from...

John P. Magner

John P. Magner, 68, of 5 Maple St. died Wednesday, Nov. 16, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 28, 1937, son of Charles and Helen Ring Magner, he was a 1955 graduate of the...