Obituaries

George W. Taylor

George W. Taylor, 80, of 16 Howe Road died Sunday at home after a battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 31, 1923, son of Charles S. and Ethel Tower Taylor, he was a 1943 graduate of...

Doris Irene Blais

Doris Irene Blais, 85, formerly of 27 Paisley Terrace died Saturday at Berkshire Place, where she had resided since April 1998. Born in Hay Springs, Neb., on April 4, 1918, daughter of Roma and...

Constance D. Schoonmaker

Constance D. Schoonmaker, 88, formerly of 31 Bradford St., died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for several years. Born in North Adams on Jan. 31, 1915, daughter of Frank R....

Daniel William "Big Bill" Fallon Sr

Daniel William "Big Bill" Fallon Sr., 68, of 32 Old Stockbridge Road died Thursday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where he had been a patient for two weeks. Born in Pittsfield on July 9,...

Ralph Lee "Bud" Rood

Ralph Lee "Bud" Rood, 70, of 123 Pine St. died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Dalton on Sept. 13, 1933, son of Anna Connelly Rood of Dalton and the late Ralph...

Bernard Francis Caffrey

Bernard Francis Caffrey, 70, of 70 Oak St. Extension died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on June 24, 1933, son of Walter J. Caffrey Sr. and Florence E. Kelly Caffrey, he was a 1951 graduate...

Michael John Angelo

Michael John Angelo, 46, of 107 Union St. died Tuesday at home after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 17, 1957, son of Barbara Keehnle Angelo Keyes of Pittsfield and the late John...

Richard J. "Jim" Malumphy

Richard J. "Jim" Malumphy, 73, of 51 Church Lane died Friday evening at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Farmington, Conn., on July 12, 1930, son of Richard J. and Katherine Dorsey Malumphy, he...

Philomena J. "Fay" Placido

Philomena J. "Fay" Placido, 80, formerly of 27 Montgomery Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been a resident of Springside of Pittsfield since November 2000. Born in...

Christine E. Harrison

Christine E. Harrison, 44, of 38 Cleveland St. died Wednesday evening at the home of her sister, Katherine Cowan of Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 29, 1959, daughter of Robert E. Harrison Sr....

George C. Besaw

George C. Besaw, 85, of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Lenox, died Tuesday in the Sarasota Hospice House in Sarasota. Born in Huntington on Oct. 16, 1918, son of George W. and Hazel Jones Besaw, he...

Michael Casmir "Mickey" Pasterczyk

Michael Casmir "Mickey" Pasterczyk, 79, of 15 Pond St. died Tuesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Newark, N.J., on Nov. 25, 1924, son of John and Katherine...

Paul P. Nykorchuk

Paul P. Nykorchuk, 70, of 31 Springside Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 26, 1933, son of Anthony and Anastasia Kowchuk Nykorchuk, he was a 1953...

Anna E. Howe

Anna E. Howe, 97, of 58 Flansburg Ave. died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 2, 1906, daughter of Robert and Margaret Ball Howe, she moved to...

Eileen V. Berry

Eileen V. Berry, 80, of 600 Main St. died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on June 25, 1923, daughter of James and Julia Dineen Berry, she was a graduate of...

Phyllis Dorothy Hamilton

Phyllis Dorothy Hamilton, 73, formerly of Rose Manor Apartments, Elberon Avenue, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for the past two years. Born on March 29, 1930, in...

Margaret Carroll Ford

Margaret Carroll Ford, 81, of 89 South St., Berkshire Place, died there on Monday. Born in Providence, R.I., on July 28, 1922, daughter of George N. and Hannah Roberts Ford, she came to...

William A. Fahey Jr.

William A. Fahey Jr., 88, of Wood Avenue died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 15, 1915, son of William A. and Mary V. Cooke Fahey, he was a lifelong resident of...

Charles R. "Randy" Blanchard Jr.

Charles R. "Randy" Blanchard Jr., 90, formerly of 529 Kirchner Road, died at Craneville Place on Thursday. He had resided there since July 2003. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 17, 1913, son of...

Patricia A. DeAlmeida VanZandt

Patricia A. DeAlmeida VanZandt, 62, of 20603 Candlewood Hollow, Estero, Fla., formerly of Lenox, died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 19, 1941, daughter of Nelson and Cecelia Szetela...

Edmund James Mastrovito

Edmund James Mastrovito, 94, formerly of 11 Delaware Ave. died Friday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since Feb. 12, 2001. Born in Newport, R.I., on Sept. 6, 1909, son of Michele and...

Robert Thomas "Red" Langsdale

Robert Thomas "Red" Langsdale, 73, of 56 Partridge Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsburgh on April 2, 1930, son of Thomas Langsdale and John and Grace Stansbury...

James Henry Ryan

James Henry Ryan, 88, of 63 Anita Drive died Saturday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation in Lee, where he had been a patient for a week. Born in Willimantic, Conn., on Oct. 12,...

John J. Klink Sr.

John J. Klink Sr., 76, of 229 Robbins Ave. died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had been a patient for a few days. Born in Pittsfield on July 15, 1927, son of Zacharias and Ellen Donovan...

Harold D. "Skip" Hathaway Jr.

Harold D. "Skip" Hathaway Jr., 68, of Russell Road, Westfield, a native of Dalton, died yesterday at home. Born on May 25, 1935, son of the late Harold D. Hathaway Sr. and Catherine Bauman...