Obituaries

Cheryl Sawyer, 69

DALTON, Mass. — Cheryl Diane Sawyer, 69, of Dalton, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct.14, 1950, the daughter of Warren A. and Stella...

Thomas Cadorette, 75

LENOX, Mass. — Thomas James Cadorette, 75, of Lenox died Wednesday, Oct. 7 at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Tom was born in Pittsfield on Feb.  26, 1945, to the...

Claire Munger, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Claire E. Munger, 95, of Pittsfield died Wednesday, Oct. 7 at her home in Pittsfield surrounded by her loving friends. Born on May 7, 1925, in Pittsfield, to the late...

Katherine Garcia, 80

DALTON, Mass. —  Katherine W. Garcia, 80, formerly of Dalton, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., the daughter of Joseph C. and Katherine...

Mark Dillard, 35

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Mark Dillard, Jr., passed away unexpectedly Monday, Oct. 5, at SVMC surrounded by loved ones. He was born on Aug. 12, 1985, in Pittsfield to Sherri Daniels and Mark...

Jeffrey Harford, 46

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jeffrey P. Harford passed peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 27, surrounded by his loving family after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Pittsfield on...

Gary VanBramer, 73

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gary Paul VanBramer, 73, of Capitol Square, Pittsfield, died Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at his home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 22, 1947, the son of...

Sylvia Winters, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sylvia M. Winters, 78 of Pittsfield passed away Oct. 1, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Sheffield on Dec. 12, 1941, to the late William and Mary Soules...

Alexander Colvin, 26

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alexander Matthew Colvin, born in Pittsfield May 3, 1994, passed away surrounded by family Wednesday, Sept. 30 at home following a seizure.  He was a lifelong...

Alson Reynolds, 69

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alson S. Reynolds, Sr., aka Chuck, 69, of Pittsfield passed away peacefully Sept. 24, 2020. He was born in Mill River on Aug. 29, 1951, to Daisy Clark Reynolds and...

Sylvia Winters, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sylvia M. Winters, 78 of Pittsfield passed away Oct. 1, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Sheffield on Dec. 12, 1941, to the late William and Mary Soules...

Fabian Hernandez, 37

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Fabian Thomas Hernandez, 37, of Pittsfield passed away unexpectedly on Sept. 26, 2020. He was born in Bronx, N.Y. on Feb. 13, 1983, to Thomas P. Hernandez and Betty...

George Dickhout, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — George William Dickhout, Jr., 85, of Pittsfield died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, from chronic heart disease. Born in Albany, N.Y. on...

John Donahue,69

John James “Jack” Donahue, 69, of Pittsfield died peacefully on Monday, September 21, 2020 at his home. He was born in Queens, New York on February 6, 1951 a son of the late John Joseph...

Shirley DeSantis, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  It is with heavy hearts that the family of Shirley DeSantis announces her passing on Sept.  21, 2020. A lifelong resident of Pittsfield Massachusetts,...

Samuel Brown, 66

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, Samuel James Brown, III, loving husband, father of two and proud grandfather of four, passed away at home at the age of 66.  Sam was born...

Peter J. Main, 67

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —   Mr. Peter John Main, 67, of Pittsfield, formerly of Adams, died peacefully surrounded by family and friends on Friday, September 25, 2020 at Berkshire Medical...

Marilyn Spooner, 96

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Marilyn Johan (Meyer) Spooner, 96, a longtime resident of Orange, most recently of Pittsfield, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at Berkshire Place after a short...

Gary Melton, 68

LENOX, Mass. — Gary B. Melton, 68, of Lenox and Crozet, Va., died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Salisbury, N.C., on June 4, 1952, the son of Harold...

James Richmany, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — James Michael Richmany, 86, of Pittsfield, passed away Sept. 20, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Pittsfield on October 9, 1933, to the late Salim and...

Richard Herforth, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Richard L. Herforth, 85, of 23 Summit Ave, Pittsfield, passed away at his home on Sept. 19, 2020. Born in Pittsfield on February 17, 1935, he was a son of the late...

Robert Bergendahl, 76

LENOX, Mass. — During the beautiful afternoon of Sept. 15, with his wife beside him, Robert Bergendahl peacefully left Lenox to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who faithfully...

Sean Raftery, 62

LENOX, Mass. —  Sean K. Raftery, 62, of Lenox, died Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Berkshire Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 16, 1957, to the late...

Phillip Abraham, 78

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. —  It saddens me terribly to say that my husband and best friend, Phillip Abraham passed away at Berkshire Medical Center on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020.  He was 78....

Betty Loehr, 96

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Betty Lou Loehr, 96, formerly of Edward Avenue, Pittsfield, passed away Sept. 12, 2020, at Mount Carmel Care Center in Lenox. She was born in Pittsfield on...