Obituaries

Andress B. Hoag Sr.

Andress B. Hoag Sr., 84, of 535 North St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on April 3, 1921, son of William and Helen Harrington Hoag, he was a...

Alfred Arthur Pierce

Alfred Arthur Pierce, 69, of 41 Main Road died Tuesday morning at home. Born in Savoy on Sept. 21, 1935, son of Marion L. Gardner Pierce of Adams and the late Oliver W. Pierce, he was raised in...

David Edward "Sonny" Lescarbeau

David Edward "Sonny" Lescarbeau, 75, of 15 Hudson St. died Monday evening at his home following a long battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Dec. 4, 1929, son of Edward J. and Emaline Delia...

Matilda "Tillie" Farris

Matilda "Tillie" Farris, 94, of 176 Columbus Ave. died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 5, 1911, daughter of Attalla and Mary Joseph Farris, she attended...

Jeannot Louisa Heyman

Jeannot Louisa Heyman, 72, of 101 Egremont Plain Road died Monday at the home of her daughter, Martha Heyman of Cochranville, Pa. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 11, 1932, daughter of George and...

Dana Bourgoin

Dana Bourgoin, 26, of 322 Union St. was pronounced dead Sunday in White Creek, N.Y., after drowning in the Hoosic River. He had been missing since Nov. 2, 2004. Born in Newburgh, N.Y., on June...

William Boraski

Attorney William Boraski, 75, of 105 Partridge Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 12, 1929, son of Charles and Sadie Wowk Boraski, he...

Capt. Gino M. Balardini, 83

ADAMS, Mass. — Retired Adams Police Capt. Gino M. Balardini, 83, formerly of 19 Apremont St., died April 19, 2005, of a heart attack at Sugar Hill assisted living facility in Dalton, where he...

Wayne Richard Mullaney

Wayne Richard Mullaney, 44, of 288 Peck's Road died Saturday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 14, 1960, son of Janice M. Reid Mullaney and the late John F....

Thomas Edward Mullaney Jr.

Thomas Edward Mullaney Jr., 38, of Adamstown, Md., formerly of Cheshire, died Saturday at home, after a two-year battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Born in Oakland, Calif., on Feb. 4, 1967, son of...

Ralph D. Macarelli Sr.

Ralph D. Macarelli Sr., 85, formerly of Imperial Avenue, died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons after a brief illness. He had resided at Providence Care Center in Lenox until his recent admission to...

Julia R. Truskowski

Julia R. Truskowski, 79, of 6 Meadow Lane, died Thursday morning at her home. Born in Adams on April 30, 1925, daughter of John and Mary Kotry Czubryt, she attended schools there. Mrs....

Margaret M. Smith

Margaret M. Smith, 89, former longtime resident of Pittsfield, died yesterday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Center in Lenox, where she lived for the past three years. Born in Belleville, N.J.,...

Francis L. Shaw

Francis L. Shaw, 79, of 77 Jones Ave., died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield where he had resided for the past 10 months. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 25, 1926, son of...

Lucille M. Ginthwain, 56

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lucille M. Ginthwain, 56, of 40 Linden St., where she had resided since October, formerly of Chickering Street, died Wednesday afternoon, April 13, 2005, at Berkshire...

Katherine Isabel Bliss

Katherine Isabel Bliss, 95, of 150 Ashland St., died Thursday afternoon at Williamstown Commons. Born in Stamford, Vt., on Nov. 21, 1909, daughter of Leon and Bessie Lesure Bliss, she attended...

Walter Chester Gawron

Walter Chester Gawron, 84, a resident of 3 Montgomery Ave. since 1977, died Thursday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield, July 20, 1920, son of Stanley and Mary Mazul Gawron,...

Dr. Robert H. Cowing

Dr. Robert H. Cowing, 83, a longtime resident of Williamstown, died Tuesday from complications with pneumonia at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where he had resided for three years. He was former chief...

Helen Anna Turoczy

Helen Anna Turoczy, 93, of 36 Burt St. died Saturday afternoon at home after a long illness. Born in Adams on Sept. 15, 1911, daughter of August and Martha Wittig Oue, she attended the former...

Frances P. O'Brien, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Frances P. O'Brien, 77, formerly of 39 Walchenbach Circle, Salisbury Estates, died Sunday, April 17, 2005, at Berkshire Place, 89 South St., where she had resided since January...

Janice "Sis" Curtin

Janice "Sis" Curtin, 52, of 155 Main Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was a former town secretary and clerk. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 1, 1952, daughter of...

Blanche S. McQueen

Blanche S. McQueen, 91, of 235 Walker St., Lenox, died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She was a former longtime resident of 106 Sampson Parkway. Born in Worcester on Feb. 6,...

Clotilde "Tillie" Esteves

Clotilde "Tillie" Esteves, 83, a resident of Hillcrest Commons, died there Tuesday. She had lived in the Berkshire area since 2003. Born in New Bedford on Sept. 6, 1921, daughter of Antonio...

John Charles Tarjick Jr.

John Charles Tarjick Jr., 58, of 7 Second St., Livingston Apartments, died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on July 1, 1946, son of John C. Tarjick Sr. and Bernadette T....

Theodore Earl Peer

Theodore Earl Peer, 76, of Montgomery, formerly of Washington, died Tuesday at home. Born in Washington on Oct. 20, 1928, son of Carl H. and Evelyn Shantz Peer, he attended schools there. He...