Pensioners Questionnaires Overdue in Pittsfield
More than 400 Pittsfield veterans face possible pension loss for not returning annual income questionnaires. Veteran Service Director Handerek said the deadline for mailing is Thursday and his office has helped about 600 veterans complete the forms. those needing assistance should contact City Hall office 119.
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Pittsfield
Theodore Handerek
Handerek
Veterans Administration Office
City Hall
Police Briefs Highlight Local Road Incidents and Thefts
Police logs note a hit and run near 193 South St damaging a small truck. Wrecked cars were freed from snow drifts on Lakeway Drive. A Swamp Road Richmond driver reports being forced off the road on South Mountain Road injuring a ’69 Opel. A 63 Falcon is stolen from 18% King St and later found by an officer. A boy on North Street near the Sugar Bowl suffers minor injuries after a collision. the driver Gino Furlano of 71 Third St claims the crash was unavoidable. Debo rah Callahan and Angelina Buckley collide at Venn and Second Streets. Buckley injured slightly. West Houston Street sees a truck and car collision. Dolores Gennari, a passenger, sustains a minor injury.
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Post
King Street
Efice
South St
James Sullivan
Hall Place
North Street
Sugar Bowl
Pittsfield General Unit
BMC
Gino Furlano
Third St
Venn and
Second Streets
Deborah Callahan
Second St
Angelina Buckley
Daniels Ave
William Marausaski
Clarendon St
Anthony Renzi
West Housatonia Street
Dolores Gennari
Grant St
Renzi
Notable Names Listed in Local Social Items
The passage lists multiple individuals including Mrs. Irma Beeler Anmecharico, Leon C Bilotta, Salvatore Duke, Mrs. Stella Geer, Mrs. Marie Grieve, Mrs. Olga M Morris, Mrs. Elizabeth Paskins, Frank P Plageman, Mrs. Lee Pritchard, Mrs. David Shannon, Edward P Smart, Samuel White, Mrs. Mary G Ziemha, and Rev. Edward J. This appears as a roster or social note within a local newspaper page.
Becket Friary Father Ziemba dies after 17 years of service
The Rev. Edward John Ziemba 66 of the Friars Minor Conventual died Saturday in Holyoke Hospital after 17 years at St. Lawrence Franciscan Friary Becket. Funeral at Mater Dolorosa Church Holyoke tomorrow at 10 led by Bishop Weldon with concelebration by Fr. Szynkiewicz. Born Holyoke 1903 he studied in Assisi and Krakow and served in Holyoke Bridgeport Detroit Athol Springs St Francis High School and other posts before retirement at Becket. His body lies in state at Mater Dolorosa Church until the funeral.
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Becket
Edward John Ziemba
St. Lawrence Franciscan Friary
Holyoke
Mater Do‘rosa
Hey
Chistopher J. Weldon
Springfield
Edmund Szynkiewicz
Father Ziemba
Floyds Knobs
Ind
Assisi
Italy
Kracow
Poland
Wawel
Stephen Cardinal Sapiehan
Bridgeport
Obituary of Leon C. Beeler 75 retired Pittsfield bureau chief
Leon C. Beeler 75 former Pittsfield Union bureau chief died last night at Hillcrest Hospital. He lived at 172 Ocean St. Lanesboro and served over 56 years in newspapers. Beeler worked from Adams to North Adams Transcript to New York American, served in World War I, and led Berkshire Civil Defense during WWII before joining the Springfield Union in 1948 and retiring in 1968. He belonged to seven American Legion posts including Pittsfield Post 68.
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Leon C. Beeler
Pittsfield
Springfield Union
Hillcrest Hospital
Ocean St
Lanesboro
Beeler
North Adams Transcript
Adams
Frederick and
Ann Beeler
Massachusetts State College
New York American
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Massachusetts
Berkshire County
Village Press
Dalton
Berkshire County Civil Defense Organization
Albert W. Barris
Union Bureau Post
Carey S. Hayward
American Legion
the Legion
Memorial notices and obituaries from Berkshire area locals
Edward P. Shannon 78 WWI veteran of Northampton died at Berkshire Nursing Home after a long illness. Foreman at A. H. Rice Co. for 23 years retiring in 1956. Survived by wife Rose Bombard a daughter three sisters and a brother. Funeral arrangements at Dery Funeral Home with services at St Marys Church. Burial in St Josephs Cemetery. Frank Potter Paskins 72 brother of Mrs James Mattoon of Pittsfield died in Santana Florida. Survives include his wife Lena Kyle Paskins two step children and many grandchildren. Burial in Palm Beach Memorial Park. Numerous local obituaries follow for Carmelina Rancatti Pritchard Elizabeth Morris Olga Meyer Grieve Rev Daniel F Ryan S.J. Stella Duke Carolina Curletti John Keller Mary Ann Plageman Salvatore Bilotta Marie Geer Marie Swenson Geer Irma Annecharico and other area residents with services held in Lenox Adams and Sandisfield.
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Williamstown
Samuel Shipman Smart
Park St
J. Shipman Smart
South Congregational Church
Pittsfield
Bertha Clapp Smart
Smart
Winnetka
Amherst College
California
Hawaii
West
Chicago
House & Garden
Sally Balkema
University of Illinois
France
Hiram Bingham
U.S
Connecticut
Nieuport
Asre
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Street & Smith Publications
Williams College
Shipman
Vermont
Samuel Smart Jr
John S. Smart
George Barrows
Huntington Center
Edgerton Pattison
Maples, Fla
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Douglas Burgoyne
West Lawn Cemetery
Williamstown Boys’ Club
Mr. Smart
Hopkins Funeral Home
Mary G. White
Catherine Ave
Alexandria Bar
E. J. Noble Foundation
John White
Benjamin and
Harriette Olivier Grey
Adams Supermarket
West Street
White
Alexandria Bay
Edward P. Shannon
Grove
Berkshire
Northampton
Mr. Shannon
A. H. Rice Co
Belding Corticelli Co
Putnam, Conn
St. Mary’s Church
Holy Name Society
Post
American Legion
Rose Bombard
Hed
J. Paul Filiatrault
Daniel Ryan
Elmer Kelly
Florence
Marie Shannon
Putnam
Henry
Springfield
Dery
St. Mary's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Frank Potter Paskins
James H. Mattoon
Day St
Santana
Fla
Lena Kyle ‘Paskins
National Chapel
Hipoluxo Boad
Boynton Beach
Palm Beach Memorial Park
Boston Herald
Daily News of
Athol
Joeat
WERK
Trinity Methodist Church
Valley Press Club
Grace J. Hubbel
Leon C. Jr
Hamburg
N.Y
Carl H
Willingboro
N.J
Edgar H
Ronald Ashton
Feeding Hills
Orlando Freso
Lanesboro
Arthur Burnell
Frank Brown
Adams
Nelson
Pottsdam
George
Hartford
Carmelina Tascani Raneatti Pritchard
70Th St
Brooklyn
North Adams
David Pritchard
Pavia
Italy
Emilio Rancatti
St. Luke’s Hospital
Pritchard
St. Anthony’s Church
North Adams Lodge
Sons of
Adelina Azzolina
Paul Schieroni
Ray
Flynn& Cagnolia-Montagna
Daniel F. Ryan
S.J
Shadowbrook
Lenox
Thomas Lannon
John Keegan
Francis J. May S.J
Cranwell School
Raymond Bertrand
Patrick Sullivan
Thomas J. C. Kelly
Edmund Power
George Mahan
Fairfield University
Francis Deevy
S.C
Fairfield Preparatory School
Eugene Hartington
Holy Cross College
Thomas S. Hanrahan
St. Ann’s Church
Joseph IF. Gagan
Lee
Robert Arnone
Richard Tandoli
John Fitzgerald
John Sachs
Robert Weber
Wayne Creelman
Marietta
Ohio
Mary Ann Plageman
Lee ‘W. Plageman
Memorial
Fitchville
Chillicothe
Plageman
John
Ida Schmidt Bentz
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Catholic Women's Club
Robert
John R. Heaterley
Stow
Agatha Mulhollan
South Euclidand
Irene Bentz
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Margaret's Cemetery
Cawley Funeral Home
Salvatore
Sanv
Bilotta
Onota St
Valley View
Haly
Berkshire Gas Co
Mount Carmel
Stam Lodge
Mary Agnes DiPaola
Joseph S. Bilotta
James E. Blache
Louis E. Bigelow
Joseph J. Grimaldi
Theresa DiBiasi
Long Island
Bendvenga-Cagnoli
Mount Carmel Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Marie Swenson Geer
Franklin Street
Valley View Nursing Home
New Brunswick
Robert G. Geer
Housatonic
Wallace Tanner
John Swenson
Helen Elkey
Margaret Nelson
Heath
Kelly Funeral Home
Donald F. Burr
St. Helena’s Chapel
Robert Shepardson
Thomas Swenson Jr
Gerald Hurley
Carroll Stowk
Mountainview Cemetery
Sandisfield
Irma Annecharico
Berkshire Hills
Monterey
Birches
Great Barrington
Howard Campbell
New Boston
Rudolph
Charles
Converse Pease
Wayne Smith
Colebrook
Conn
Sandisfield Center Cemetery
In Memoriam and Thanks for Josep Wayne Moore
Card notices honor Josep Wayne Moore one year after his passing on January 12 1969. Parents and siblings express sorrow and longing with a brief poetic remembrance noting the family’s enduring grief and love.
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Josep Wayne Moore
Patley
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Thurs
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Lesan Hindel
North St. Pittsfield
England Bros
Breck Beautiful
Mayfair Beauty Salon
Rothbard
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Lakeway Drive
Ramsey
Lawrence Gordon
Swamp Road
Richmond
South Mountain Road
Ethelyn Caesar
King St
Bruce Mendel
Bradford Street
David A, Dery J
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National
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Berkshire Museum
Clark Art Institute
Williams College ‘Museum
Becket Friary
Samuel
Frank P. Paskins
Olga Grieve
Mrs
Elizabeth Morris
Granville
William J. Morris
Hazel Shepard
Olga Meyer Grieve
Robert Meyer
Luce Road
Perth Amboy
New Jersey
Emil
Josephine Schmidt Meyer
Mrs. Stella Duke
Stella Duke
Forest Hills
Lij
George Duke
Samcert Turchyn
Theodore Markevich
Theodore Hillebrand
Woodhaven Blvd
Rego Park
Maple Grove
Carolina Curletti
Mount Carmel “Church
Joseph H. Fellin
Richard Ahern
Stephen DallaVia
Louis J. Zuliani
Father Fellin
Charles ¥. Conferno
Virginio A
Raymond S. Bertolino
Lawrence B. Marchisio
Eugene L. Curletti
Richard DiBiasi
John Keller
Thomas
Hanrahan
St. Ann’s Cemetery
Father Hanrahan
Charles R. Alberti
Wiliam, Krisenski
William T. Lavart Jr
Norman Mercier
Joseph N. Walsh
Lee Plageman
Lenox Man
Salvatore Bilotta
Marie Geer
Mrs. I. Annecharico
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