Obituaries

Martha B. Germain, 78

LENOX, Mass. — Martha B. Germain, 78, of Lenox died Monday, December 10, 2018, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born on July 18, 1940, in Randolph, Vt., to the late Wilfred...

Mark Gardner, 57

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mark Denelli Gardner, 57, of Pittsfield passed away early Friday morning, December 7, 2018, at his home under the care of Hospice of Western Mass., following an...

David A Cooke, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — David A Cooke, 78, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away December 3, 2018, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He...

Carmelo A. Maffuccio, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carmelo Anthony Maffuccio, 87, of 35 South Carolina Avenue, Pittsfield, died Sunday, December 2, 2018, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care, where he had been a patient the past...

Rev. Thomas B. Begley, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Rev. Thomas Brendan Begley, 84, died Sunday, December 2, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born at home on Leonard Street in Springfield on April 25, 1934,...

Steven M. Phelps, 59

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Steven Michael Phelps, 59, of Pittsfield, Mass., died on Saturday, December 1, 2018. Steve was born in Pittsfield on August 2, 1959, to parents Leon L. Phelps and...

Maria DiNicola, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Maria (Rachiele) DiNicola, 85, of 55 Glenn Drive and formerly of 19 Manchester Ave., Pittsfield, passed away Monday, December 3, 2018, at Berkshire Medical...

Loretta Skoletsky, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Loretta Skoletsky (nee Sumberg), 88, died on Monday, December 3, 2018, at Hughes Health and Rehabilitation in West Hartford, Conn., where she has resided for the past...

Kenneth O. Diorio, 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Kenneth Orlando Diorio, 63, of Pittsfield died Wednesday, November 28, 2018, at his home. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on February 10, 1955, to the late Orlando and...

Kenneth R. Heath Jr., 56

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Kenneth Robert Heath Jr., 56, of Pittsfield died Saturday, December 1, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.  Kenneth was born in Pittsfield on August...

Teresa M. Came, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Teresa Mary Came, 88, formerly of Brown Street in Pittsfield, Mass., passed away November 28, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on March 24, 1930, the daughter...

Lauri E Klefos, 62

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lauri E. Ostrander Klefos, 62, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away November 28, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Aberdeen, Md., on February 26, 1956, she was...

Paul 'Gramps' Pettibone, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Paul Freeman “Gramps” Pettibone Sr., 90, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away November 27, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lenox on April 7, 1928,...

Michelle L. Lee, 75

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Michelle Louise Lee, 75, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away November 26, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on November 27, 1942, she was the...

Richard E. Roraback, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard (Rocky) E. Roraback, 71, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away suddenly Saturday, November 24, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born in Pittsfield...

Barbara J. Dellea, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara Jean Dellea, 87, of Elberson Avenue in Pittsfield, passed away peacefully early Monday morning, November 26, 2018, at Mount Greylock Extended Care...

Valerie M. Evans, 86

LENOX, Mass. — Valerie Methven Evans, 86, of Lenox died Wednesday morning, November 21, 2018, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in London in 1932, Val grew up during the war...

Patricia Ann Daly, 67

DALTON, Mass. — Patricia Ann Daly, 67, of 59 Anthony Road, Dalton, Mass., passed away November 17, 2018, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Born on February 21, 1951, she was the...

George G. Francis, 76

LENOX, Mass. — George G. Francis, 76, of Lenox, Mass., passed away November 13, 2018, after a lengthy struggle with dementia. Gerry was born in New York City on November 11, 1942, the...

Barbara Cocito

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara Cocito passed away November 10, 2018. Barbara was a loving, supportive and witty woman who devoted her life to her family. Married for over 50 years to Gene...

Richard T. Fischer, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard Thomas “Fish” Fischer, 77, of Pecks Road, Pittsfield, died Thursday, November 8, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by his family. Born...

Carmella C. Scelsi, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carmella Cecilia Polcaro Scelsi, fondly known as Gigi to many, passed away on November 7, 2018, at the Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst. She was 91. Born in...

John F. Orsi, 73

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John Francis Orsi, 73, of Longview Terrace, Pittsfield, died Tuesday, November 6, 2018, at Hillcrest Commons after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease...

Rita M. Rochelo, 76

LENOX, Mass. — Rita M. Rochelo, 76, died Tuesday, November 6, 2018, at the home of her daughter, where she has been residing.  Born in Wayland, N.Y., on May 19, 1942 to the late...

Helen T. Maniatis, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Helen Theodora Maniatis, 91, passed away October 30, 2018, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born on July 6, 1927 in the Bronx, New York, she was the...