Obituaries

Brianna Constance DiCarlo

Brianna Constance DiCarlo, 5, of 19 Chestnut St., died Monday afternoon at home from a brain stem tumor. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 30, 1999, she was the daughter of Donald E. DiCarlo Jr. and...

Mary Frye Thompson

Mary Frye Thompson, 86, of 350 West St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 14, 1918, daughter of Walter and Flora Greenleaf Wilbur, she attended local schools....

Vivian G. Sanderson

Vivian G. Sanderson, 78, of 143 Maple St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Bennington, Vt., on May 15, 1926, daughter of Ralph and Abbie Irene Burgess Thurber, she...

Richard E. Wheeler

Richard E. Wheeler, 73, of Parkside Avenue died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 26, 1931, son of Russell G. and Madeline L. Farnum Wheeler, he attended...

Rita Mary Vella

Rita Mary Vella, 86, formerly of 283 Cheshire Road, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been a resident of Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility for three years. Born...

Francesca M. Trapani

Francesca M. Trapani, 101, formerly of 10 Union St., died Thursday at Providence Care Center of Lenox, where she had resided since July 2002. Born in Terranova, province of Reggio Calabria,...

Helen A. Galletly

Helen A. Galletly, 92, of 127 Ashuelot St., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Northampton on March 6, 1912, daughter of Roy A. and Edith Walker Wetherbee, she attended schools in...

Arthur R. "Smokey" Dietlin Jr.

Arthur R. "Smokey" Dietlin Jr., 48, of 218 Orchard Road died Thursday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1956, son of Caroline Martin Dietlin and the late Arthur...

Robert C. Reynolds Jr.

Robert C. Reynolds Jr., 77, of 32 Buck Road, Hanover, N.H., died Sunday at home. Professor emeritus in the Dartmouth College earth sciences department, he was the father of Fayette Reynolds of...

Marie E. Bradway

Marie E. Bradway, 84, of 9 Dodge Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 7, 1920, daughter of Eliajah and Emma Heuttner Bradway, she was a 1938 graduate of...

David C. Sullivan

David C. Sullivan, 22, of 105 Meadow St., Amherst, died Tuesday at home as a result of a gunshot wound. A senior at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, he had resided there for the past...

Christiana Luise Rennie

Christiana Luise Rennie, 67, of 39 Carson Ave. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Marienthal, Germany, on Sept. 5, 1937, daughter of Lothar and Christine Geir Schultz,...

Juanita E. Leslie

Juanita E. Leslie, 83, formerly of 19 Brown St., died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since February 2001. Born in Suffield, Conn., on July 30, 1921, daughter of Joseph...

Julia Louise Hamling

Julia Louise Hamling, 83, of 14 Cove St. died Sunday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 14, 1921, daughter of Augustus and Mabel Sawyer Marlowe, she was a 1939...

Robert F. Steele Sr

Robert F. Steele Sr., 64, of 45 Beverly St. died Saturday at home. Born in Hartford, Conn., on Nov. 6, 1940, son of Elliot B. and Evelyn Lihue Steele, he was educated in Manchester, Conn.,...

Mary Y. Crosier Gerry

Mary Y. Crosier Gerry, 75, of 1 Gillette Ave., Westfield, a former resident of Dalton, died Saturday at Noble Hospital in Northampton. Born in Bellows Falls, Vt., on June 25, 1929, daughter of...

John Joseph Donovan

John Joseph Donovan, 83, of 16 Noble Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 26, 1921, son of James E. and Winifred Leahy Donovan, he was a 1940 graduate of St. Joseph's High...

Joseph A. Cimini Sr

Joseph A. Cimini Sr., 80, of 106 Ventura Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 9, 1924, son of Marino and Mary E. Cimini, he was a 1942 graduate of Pittsfield High School....

Amelia C. Crowley

Amelia C. Crowley, 88, a former longtime resident of Brown Street, died Tuesday evening at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 7, 1916, daughter of Raphael and...

Bernice M. Carpenter

Bernice M. Carpenter, 81, formerly of 44 Michael Drive, died Tuesday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided since 2000. Born in North Adams on Jan. 17, 1923, daughter of...

Sylvia Bond

Sylvia Bond, 93, of Kimball Farms died Tuesday at its Nursing Care Center. Born in New York City on June 2, 1911, daughter of Samuel and Rose Bellows Bond, she graduated from Thomas Jefferson...

David Lindsey Rice

David Lindsey Rice, 40, of 606 Elm St., died Monday at home after being stricken there. Born in Pittsfield on June 1, 1964, son of Charles C. Rice Sr. and Lynda Lee Lindsey Rice, he attended...

Pamela Jean Drosehn

Pamela Jean Drosehn, 54, of 191 Middlefield Road died Monday at home of cancer. Born in North Adams on Aug. 11, 1950, daughter of Elizabeth A. Galeucia O'Dell of Zephyrhills, Fla., and the late...

Tessie M. Borsuk

Tessie M. Borsuk, 86, of Moseley, Va., a former resident of Pittsfield and Dalton, died Sunday at Our Lady of Hope Health Center in Moseley. Born in West Warren on June 10, 1918, daughter of...

Kaley Rose Mahoney Nicotra

Kaley Rose Mahoney Nicotra, 6, of Chestnut Lane died Saturday evening at home after a three-year battle with brain cancer. Born in Boston on Nov. 1, 1998, daughter of Nicholas and Kelly J....