Obituaries

Gary Wade Shampang, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Gary Wade Shampang, 92 of Lenox enjoyed a full and happy life. He passed away May 5, 2025 at Kimball Farms Nursing Facility. Born in Pittsfield on February 9,1933,...

Peter Sandstrom, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Peter Gerhard Sandstrom, born November 8, 1938, in New York City, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2025 with his children by his side. He was the beloved son of...

Doris R. Haley, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Doris R. (Chenail) Haley, 82 of Pittsfield died on Sunday, March 23, 2025 at her home. She was born in North Adams, MA on July 18, 1942 a daughter of the late William...

Robert P. Pienkowski, 73

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Robert Paul Pienkowski, 73 of Pittsfield, MA died on Wednesday January 29, 2025 at Hillcrest Commons. He was born in Westfield, MA on October 29, 1951, a son of the...

Alan Roy Will, 74

Alan Roy Will of Pittsfield, MA passed away peacefully on February 1, 2025 at Berkshire Medical Center, surrounded by family and friends, after a long battle with respiratory illnesses. Alan was...

Janet Mazur Filpi, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Janet Mae (Liebenow) Mazur Filpi, 87 of The Villages, Florida passed into her true home with Jesus on Wednesday February 5, 2025 at Cornerstone Hospice in The...

Paul C. Tomasini, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Paul C. Tomasini, 76, passed away on Jan. 16, 2025, in Pacifica, Calif., after battling metastatic prostate cancer.  He was a longtime resident of Dalton and...

Bradley A. Baker, 91

LENOX, Mass. —   Mr. Bradley Alan Baker, 91, of Lenox, died on Sunday, December 15, 2024, in the presence of family, at his son’s home in Middlefield. He was born in Corry, PA...

Hollie J. Converse, 64

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. —   Mrs. Hollie J. (Guettler) Converse, 64, of Lanesborough, died on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a long...

Joelle C. Chapman, 79

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —   Joelle C. Chapman, 79, passed away on December 5, 2024 at Craneville Place in Dalton after a long battle with cancer. Born on March 5, 1945, she was the daughter...

Joseph A. DiMassimo, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joseph A. DiMassimo, a former construction company executive, property developer and longtime owner of Teo's Hot Dogs, one of Pittsfield's most popular restaurants,...

Peter Monroe Brower, 81

Peter Monroe Brower 81, of Dalton, Ma. died suddenly on Sunday November 17, 2024 at Baystate Medical Center. He was born in Oceanside New York on March 31, 1943 a son of the Walter Monroe Brower and...

Lawrence "Larry" Bayles, 55

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Mr. Lawrence “Larry” Bayles, 55, of Pittsfield, passed away on Friday, November 1, 2024 surrounded by lots of love and his family. Born in Rota, Spain,...

Bradley Alexander Briggs, Sr

HINSDALE, Mass. —  Bradley A. Briggs, Sr. (McGee), 90, of Hinsdale, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, November 1, 2024 at the home of his daughter. Born in Adams on December 01,...

Diana R. Morton, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —   Diana R. Morton, 80, of Pittsfield, MA, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at Springside Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center. Born in...

James A. Meaney, Sr., 81

  James A. Meaney, Sr., 81 of Lenox, passed away October 16, 2024 at home. Born in North Adams on August 11, 1943, he was the son of Paul and Ruth Quinn Meaney. He was educated in North...

Barbara A. Radice, 81

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Barbara A. Radice, age 81, passed away October 13, 2024 at Berkshire Medical Center of complications from Alzheimer’s Disease from which she suffered for over 12...

Charles G. Buda, 69

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Charles G. Buda, 69, of Pittsfield, passed away Aug. 7, 2024, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.  Born in North Adams on Nov. 13, 1954, son of the late...

Beth Kunzweiler, 76

Marian Elizabeth “Beth” (Spear) Kunzweiler, 76 of Pittsfield died on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at Berkshire Medical Center. Beth was born in Northampton, MA on April 25, 1948, a...

Mary H. Gaule, 99

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. —   Mrs. Mary H. (Brennan) Gaule, 99, of Lanesborough, formerly of Adams, died Sunday afternoon, September 8, 2024 at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. She was...

Bretta Karp, 60

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Bretta Marsie Schiff Karp, 60, of Shrewsbury Massachusetts passed away on September 2, 2024, surrounded by her loving family, following a courageous battle with...

George J, Winters, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — George J. Winters passed away peacefully on Aug. 24, 2024, at his home surrounded by loved ones. He was born in Pittsfield, on Sept. 15, 1946, to the late George A. and...

Doris T. Guillou, 97

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —   Mrs. Doris T. (Ramsdell) Guillou, 97, of Chesapeake, VA, formerly of Pittsfield and Adams, died on Saturday, August 24, 2024, at her home. She was born in Adams...

Alex Brett-Lucaroni

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —   It is with great sadness that the family of Alex "Al" M. Brett-Lucaroni announces his unexpected passing on March 19, 2024 at his Pittsfield...

Angela Brett-Lucaroni

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —   Angela Brett-Lucaroni, age 63, of Pittsfield passed away surrounded by her loving family on August 6, 2024 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on...