Obituaries
Celebrating Lives & Legacies
Mardelle Elaine Tatro
Mardelle Elaine Tatro, 89, of 200 Hollow Tree Lane, Houston, a native and former resident of Pittsfield, died Thursday, Feb. 12, at Mariner Health Center in Houston. Born in Pittsfield on Sept....Milton I. Shaw
Milton I. Shaw, 78, of 41 Pleasant St. died Feb. 11 at home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 28, 1925, son of Harry G. and Mildred Sweeney Shaw, he was a 1944 graduate of Pittsfield High School. A...Arthur H. Gregory
Arthur H. Gregory, 84, of Cameron House, Housatonic Street, died Feb. 11 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Maplewood, N.J., on May 21, 1919, son of Alfred and Helen Ingersoll Gregory, he...Doris F. Curtain
Doris F. Curtain, 86, of Leominster, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Keystone Nursing Home in Leominster. Born May 19, 1917, in Pittsfield, daughter of Charles and Mary Logan Young, she...Sherry Ann Bird
Sherry Ann Bird, 59, of 19 Edgemere Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Shamokin, Pa., on Sept. 16, 1944, daughter of Oscar and Grace Adams Wallick,...Joan C. Sockey
Joan C. Sockey, 79, of 30 Buel St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Newport, R.I., on May 25, 1924, daughter of Harry H. and Mary A. Fitzgerald Gear, she was a 1941 graduate of...Emil J. Rist
Emil J. Rist, 78, of 237 Wahconah St. died Thursday at home following a long illness. Born in Guilford, Vt., on Dec. 23, 1925, son of Harry and Cassie Williams Rist, he attended schools there and...Donald R. Dubree
Donald R. Dubree, 70, of 60 Eleanor Road died Friday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston after a long illness. Born in Overton, Texas, on March 2, 1933, son of Louis C. and Minnie M....Ronald Joseph Collins
Ronald Joseph Collins, 50, of Flatland Trail, Converse, Texas, a native of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at home after a long illness. Born Feb. 7, 1954, son of Deolinda Alice Ferreira Collins of...Peter P. Pulasky
Peter P. Pulasky, 63, of 341 West St. died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1940, son of Elizabeth Collins Pulasky Niarchos of Pittsfield and the late Peter G....Sister Mary L. Carr
Sister Mary L. Carr, also known as Sister Elizabeth Therese, 81, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Mont Marie Health Care Center in Holyoke, where she had resided for a short time. She...James Norris Ward
James Norris Ward, 64, of 6 Claremont Road died yesterday morning at his home from leukemia. Born Dec. 15, 1939, in Altoona, Pa., son of James Albert and Mary Edna Norris Ward, he was a 1957...Charles T. Gibson
Charles T. Gibson, 68, of Milton, N.C., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Feb. 3 in a work-related accident in Danville, Va. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on Aug. 30, 1935, son of Robert and...Laverne L. Marier DeFazio
Laverne L. Marier DeFazio, 92, formerly of 65 Cherry St., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Hillcrest Commons since May 2002 and before that resided at the former Center...Henry Walter Marcisz
Henry Walter Marcisz, 54, of 19 Grant St., Easthampton, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton after an eight-month battle with cancer. Born in...Herbert John Lewis Jr.
Herbert John Lewis Jr., 76, of 55 High St. died Monday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after suffering an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on July 2, 1927, son of...Constance Winifred Voltoline
Constance Winifred Voltoline, 91, formerly of 39 Day St., died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided since July 25, 1999. Born in Adams on June 11, 1912, daughter of Richard and...Joan J. Hansen
Joan J. Hansen, 73, of 12 Concord Parkway died Sunday at home. Born in Chicago on May 10, 1930, daughter of Lottie Swider Janasky of Chicago and the late Walter Janasky, she attended schools...Edward Wilson Cowan
Edward Wilson Cowan, 77, formerly of Francis Avenue, died Friday morning at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Jackson, Miss., on Dec. 26, 1926, son of Dallas H. and Gladys Wilson Cowan, he...Raymond L. Bigler
Raymond L. Bigler, 54, of 152 Gray Station Road, Gray, Tenn., died Thursday at home. He lived in Pittsfield from 2002 until early January 2004. Born in Dunkirk, N.Y., on Jan. 25, 1950, son of...Adelina "Fern" Peixeiro
Adelina "Fern" Peixeiro, 72, of 90 Harvard St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Adams on Jan. 3, 1932, daughter of Henry and Rose Vogel Dansereau, she...Sharon L. Herlihy
Sharon L. Herlihy, 36, of Hampstead, N.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at her parents' home in Fair Haven, N.Y., after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 3, 1967, daughter of...Thomas David "Chick" Chiaretto
Thomas David "Chick" Chiaretto, 89, of 7 Delaware Ave. and 820 Barnes Blvd., Rockledge, Fla., died Friday morning at Sunnyside Assisted Living Facility in Rockledge. Born in Pittsfield on Feb....Marilyn Farnsworth
Marilyn Farnsworth, 84, of 8615 Bayshore Road, Palmetto, Fla., a native of Pittsfield, died Friday at Blake Medical Center in Bradenton, Fla. She and her husband, the late Theodore Farnsworth,...Michael Dennis Donovan
Michael Dennis Donovan, 22, of 67 Baldwin Ave., a junior at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, died at his apartment in Brighton Friday evening after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield...iBerkshires.com Text Ads
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