Obituaries

Charles S. Houghtling, 66

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Charles Sherman Houghtling, 66, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away suddenly after an apparent heart attack on May 7, 2020. Born in Dalton, Mass., on April 27, 1954,...

Paul D. Kwasniowski, 64

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Paul Donald Kwasniowski, 64, of Leeds, formerly of Williamsburg Terrace in Pittsfield, passed away May 7, 2020, at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. Born in...

James M. Magner, 86

RICHMOND, Mass. — James (Jim) M. Magner, 86, of Richmond, Mass., died on Friday, May 9, 2020. Born February 16, 1934, in Pittsfield, Mass., he was the son of the late Charles M. and...

Sandra Jordan, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sandra (Sandy) Jordan, wife of loving husband David Jordan, passed away with family at her side on Friday, May 8, 2020.  Sandra was born September 20, 1937, in...

Aldo R. Bruseghini, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Aldo Renzo Bruseghini, 93, of Pittsfield, Mass., did Monday, May 4, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on October 16, 1926, a son...

Daniel Leighton Baker, 74

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Daniel Leighton Baker, 74, of Pittsfield died April 29, 2020, after a heroic battle with cancer. He passed peacefully at home, surrounded by the love and care of his...

Gwendolyn A. Wilde, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gwendolyn Ann Wilde, 92, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away May 2, 2020, at her home.  Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on April 3, 1928, she was the daughter of the...

Angela L. Shetron, 37

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Angela L. Shetron passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2020, after a long battle with addiction. She was born in Pittsfield on June 6, 1982. She attended Mount Greylock...

April N. Castonguay, 48

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — April Nicole Castonguay, 48, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away April 30, 2020, at her home.  Born in Pittsfield on October 9, 1971, she was the daughter of Paul...

John O. Forward Jr. 

DALTON, Mass. —  John O. Forward Jr. passed away on May 2, 2020, at Craneville Place in Dalton, due to a long battle with cancer, diabetes, Parkinson's and recently with...

RosaLea Chapman, 76

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — RosaLea Chapman, 76, formerly of Root Place in Pittsfield, passed away at Springside Nursing Home on April 26, 2020. Born in Tacoma, Washington, on October 8, 1943,...

Claire I. Burbank, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Claire I. Burbank, 87, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away April 25, 2020, at Craneville Place in Dalton with her loving husband at her side. Born in North Adams,...

Marcel G. Breault Sr., 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Marcel George Breault Sr., 86, of Pittsfield passed away April 24, 2020, at Springside Nursing Home. He was born in Lyndonville, Vt., on April 25, 1933, to the late...

Austin R. Shaw, 25

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Austin Reed Shaw, 25, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away April 18, 2020, due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Austin was predeceased by his mother,...

Joyce E. Harwood, 94

DALTON, Mass. — Joyce Elisabeth (Ledger) Harwood, 94, formerly of Wilbraham, Mass., died peacefully on April 20, 2020, at Sugar Hill Assisted Living in Dalton, Mass. She was born in...

A. Bruce Wroldson, 84

DALTON, Mass. — Mr. A. Bruce Wroldson, 84, of Dalton passed away peacefully April 21, 2020, at home.  Born in Adams on October 24, 1935, Bruce was the son of Mary Katherine Hosier...

Ruth A. Lewis, 86

DALTON, Mass. — Ruth A. Lewis, 86, lifelong resident of Dalton, Mass., passed away April 23, 2020, at the home of her daughter Kathleen. She was born in Pittsfield on April 14, 1934, to...

Ruthann E. Mason, 75

DALTON, Mass. — Ruthann E. (Croughwell) Mason, 75, of Dalton passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2020, with her favorite daughter, Melissa, by her side. Born on November 12, 1944, in...

John A. Stengle, 73

RICHMOND, Mass. — John A. Stengle, 73, of Richmond passed away peacefully on April 18, 2020. John was born in Cambridge, Mass., to the late Charles A. and Dorothy Scheid Stengle. He...

Gladys E. Shepard, 94

RICHMOND, Mass. — Gladys E. (Betty) Litchfield Shepard, 94, of Pilgrim Street, Richmond, Mass., died Monday, April 6, 2002, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. Born in...

Daniel L. Blakeney, 81

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Daniel Leroy Blakeney, 81, passed away on April 11, 2020. Born on August 1, 1938, in Great Barrington, Mass., he was the son of Sterling Freeland Blakeney and...

Andrew L. Coletsos, 52

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Andrew Lonie Coletsos, 52, former construction worker and landscaper turned social services worker — and always available adviser to all — died April 4,...

Raymond W. Milukas Sr., 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Raymond W. Milukas Sr., 93, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away April 5, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on September 30, 1926, he was the son of...

James C. Cannon, 73

LENOX, Mass. — James Charles Cannon of Lenox, Mass., passed away April 7, 2020, on his 73rd birthday, at Kimball Farms Nursing Facility. Born on April 7, 1947, he was the son of Howard...

Richard Salvadore, 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard Salvadore, 72, of 36 South Onota St., Pittsfield, died Saturday, April 11, 2020, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on June 2, 1947, the son of Angelo D. and...