Obituaries

John Rocca

John Rocca, 66, of 31 Pacific St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 8, 1936, son of Michael and Angelina Galiano Rocca, he was a 1955 graduate of Pittsfield...

Anne B. Rawlings, 81

EGREMONT, Mass. â€' Anne B. Rawlings, 81, of Rowe Road, North Egremont, died late Saturday evening, Nov. 15, 2003, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Fort Dix, N.J., on July...

Louise T. Lester

Louise T. Lester, 87, formerly of Rose Manor, died Wednesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided for the past five years. Born in Pittsfield on April 20, 1916, daughter of Stephan...

Belle Gaffney

Belle Gaffney, 93, of Chatham, N.Y., died Monday morning at the Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where she had lived for the past two years. Born in Wilkes Barre, Pa., on March...

Philip Brighenti

Philip Brighenti, 88, of 652 East St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pawling, N.Y., on Aug. 9, 1915, son of Henry and Josaphine Vidavelli Brighenti, he moved to...

Virginia Ann "Gini" Sturtevant

Virginia Ann "Gini" Sturtevant, 61, of 139 Bridges Road died Tuesday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. A longtime educator, she had been active with and employed by several local groups for the...

Jennie Spingarn

Jennie Spingarn, 92, of Melbourne Place in Pittsfield, formerly of Lee, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She had resided at Melbourne since February. Born in Newark,...

Augusta A. Jensen

Augusta A. Jensen, 80, of 15 Judith Drive died Sunday at home. Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on May 7, 1923, daughter of Ernest and Marie Hoyer Zeiller, she graduated from high school in New York...

William Paul Comeau

William Paul Comeau, 48, of 166 Union St. died Tuesday morning at home. Born in Cherry Point, N.C., on Nov. 16, 1955, son of Paul H. and Joan A. Dodge Comeau, he moved to Adams as a child with...

Margaret "Mickie" Catherine Scott

Margaret "Mickie" Catherine Scott, 71, of 6B Pomeroy Manor died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 22, 1932, daughter of Lewis J. and Mary Hart Burke, she was a graduate of the former...

Elaine Mary Rodgers

Elaine Mary Rodgers, 64, of 134 East Park Terrace died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 12, 1938, daughter of Leo and Susan Spiewak Rodgers, she was a...

C. Bruce Nettleton

C. Bruce Nettleton, 59, of 5 Comstock Lane, Housatonic, died Monday at home after a battle with cancer. Born in New Haven, Conn., on Feb. 20, 1944, son of Reginald M. Nettleton of South Britain,...

Heather Leigh Mead

Heather Leigh Mead, 29, of 4 Chestnut Ridge, Housatonic, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after being stricken several days earlier. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 3,...

Cynthia E. "Cy" Mattoon

Cynthia E. "Cy" Mattoon, 87, of 62 Burbank St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1916, daughter of Harold and Edith Woodward...

Stephania "Sally" Vander Bogart

Stephania "Sally" Vander Bogart, 88, of 31 Valley St. died Monday afternoon at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since Oct. 17. Born in Adams on April 18, 1915, daughter of Peter and...

Robert A. Rupprecht

Robert A. Rupprecht, 70, of Main Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was a selectman in the late 1970s. Born in Adams on Oct. 25, 1933, son of Arthur and Mary Falco Rupprecht, he...

Kathryn F. Olsted

Kathryn F. Olsted, 55, of 32 Flansburg Ave. died Saturday at home of cancer. She was a member of the town's Waste Management and Steering committees, and the Dalton Business Association, where...

Edna Mary Cote

Edna Mary Cote, 94, formerly of 85 Eagle St., died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since Dec. 18, 2000. Born in North Adams on Dec. 10, 1908, daughter...

Nomina B. "Mina" Wills

Nomina B. "Mina" Wills, 73, of 31 Bradford St. died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 28, 1930, daughter of Leslie P. and Ethel R. Cook Chadwell, she was a graduate of Pittsfield High...

Kerby Simonds

Kerby Simonds, 81, of Stratton Road died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Minneapolis on Aug. 29, 1922, daughter of Frederick K. and Mary Winning Comer, she attended schools in...

David E. Oslund

David E. Oslund, 55, of 21 Revilla Terrace died Friday evening at home after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 22, 1947, son of Madeline Yon Oslund and the late Edward "Ted" Oslund, he...

Francesca "Nina" Asci

Francesca "Nina" Asci, 84, formerly of 48 Edison Ave., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Melbourne Place for three years. Born in Filadelphia, province of Catanzaro,...

Ida May DeGrenier, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ida May DeGrenier, 71, of 160 Phelps Ave. died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., on June 11, 1932, a daughter of...

Elizabeth M. "Betty" Schilling

Elizabeth M. "Betty" Schilling, 57, of 12 Bushey Road died yesterday at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 23, 1946, daughter of Francis and Doris Sharron Robare,...

Joseph P. Siok

Joseph P. Siok, 86, of Newtown, Conn., formerly of Housatonic, died Wednesday at Harborside Glen Hill in Danbury, Conn. Born in Great Barrington on April 30, 1917, son of Marcel and Mary Zdun...