Obituaries

Richard Brites, 64

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Richard J. Brites, 64, of 23 New Hampshire Ave, Pittsfield, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield, the eldest son...

Edward Munsinger, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Edward Munsinger, 70, of Pittsfield, died Tuesday, Sept. 8 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on July 26, 1950, in Pittsfield to the late Charles and Helen Derby...

Carol Smerling, 77

LENOX, Mass. —  Carol Forsley Smerling, 77, of Millbrook, N.Y. and formerly of Lenox, died Wednesday, Aug. 19 at Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie. Smerling was born Jan 31,...

Marie Dimise, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Marie Cecile Dimise, passed away peacefully on Sept. 6, 2020. She was born in Keegan, Maine to Joseph and Annie Cyr Doucette. She was one of seven children. She...

Rosemary Daly, 77

LENOX, Mass. —  Rosemary Daly, 77, of East Street, Lenox, passed away Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 13, 1943, the...

Robert Brassard, 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Robert E. "Bob" Brassard, 72, a longtime Pittsfield resident and most recently of Ellenton, Fla. died on Friday evening, Sept. 4, after a courageous battle with...

Keith Heard, 57

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Keith Dwayne Heard, 57, of Pittsfield, passed away Sept. 2, 2020, at his home. Born in Dallas, Texas on June 9, 1963, he was the son of Irwin and Mary Ruth Hayes...

F. Isabelle Whalen, 101

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —   F. Isabelle Whalen, 101, of Pittsfield, died Wednesday evening, September 2, 2020, at Side by Side Assisted Living Facility in Pittsfield, where she had been a...

Remo Del Gallo, 94

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Former Mayor of Pittsfield, Mr. Remo Del Gallo passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at the age of 94. Born in Pittsfield on October 20, 1925, Remo was the son...

Carol Tristany, 76

DALTON, Mass. — Carol Palmer Tristany, 76, of Dalton, passed away Sept. 1, 2020, at her home. She was born in Pittsfield on Dec 9, 1943, to Lester and Gladys Palmer. Carol attended...

Jerlean Purry, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jerlean Virginia Purry, 88, of Pittsfield, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. She was born in Dixons Mills, Ala. on Dec. 8, 1931,...

Walter Manning, 73

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Walter Lee Manning, 73, of Pittsfield passed away Aug. 29, 2020 at his home. Born in Canton, Miss.on Jan. 28, 1947, he was the son of James and Bioleen Manning. Mr....

James Murphy, 96

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — James C. Murphy, 96, passed away peacefully surrounded by his friends on Aug 29, 2020.  Born on June 3, 1924, in Pittsfield he was the son of Cecelia and James...

Corinne Callahan, 95

DALTON, Mass. — Corinne Mary Callahan, 95, of Dalton, passed away Aug. 28, 2020. She was born in Staten Island, N.Y. on September 29, 1924, to Frank and Edna Cliff Phillips and...

Madeleine LeBlanc, 81

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Madeleine Gertrude LeBlanc, 81, of Velma Avenue, Pittsfield, died Friday, August 28, 2020, at Lee Healthcare. Born in Nashua, N.H., on February 3, 1939, the daughter of...

Robert Flood, 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Robert E. Flood, 72, of Pittsfield, MA, passed away Aug. 27, 2020. He was born in Pittsfield on July 19, 1948, to Marie Beckman Boyer. Bob attended Pittsfield High...

Alicia Scales, 44

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alicia M. Scales, 44, of Pittsfield, passed away August 26, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Pittsfield on May 10, 1976, to Robert K. Scales Sr., and...

Rt. Rev. John T. Tarrant, 68

DALTON, Mass. — The Rt. Rev. John Thomas Tarrant, retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota, passed away suddenly and peacefully on August, 23, 2020 at his home in Dalton,...

James R. Hanna Jr., 69

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — James R. Hanna Jr., 69, of Pittsfield passed peacefully away at home on August 19, 2020.  He was born in Pittsfield on November 17, 1950, to the late James R....

Carolyn A. Kirby, 83

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carolyn Ann Kirby, 83, of Pondview Drive, Pittsfield, died Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Greenfield on October 12, 1936, the...

Gordon W. Schwaner, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gordon W. Schwaner, 88, of Pittsfield passed away August 13, 2020 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Baltimore, Md., on May 1, 1932, to the late Nelson and...

Malcolm M. Baker, 94

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Malcolm M. Baker, lifelong Lanesborough resident and local business owner, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Born October 31, 1925, Malcom,...

Gerald S. Doyle Jr., 62

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Former Mayor Gerald S. Doyle Jr., 62, passed away at home on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 14, 1957, the son of...

Shirley B. Cotter, 92

DALTON, Mass. — Shirley B. Cotter, 92, formerly of North Street, Dalton, Mass., passed away August 11, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Westfield, Mass., on July 5, 1928, she...

Elizabeth M. Kirk, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Elizabeth Mary Kirk, 82, passed away on August 10, 2020. She was born on August 13, 1937, to Walter C. and Catherine Crowley Elwood. Lee attended the Dalton school...