Obituaries

Helen F. Agar, 92

LENOX, Mass. — Helen F. Agar, 92, of Lenox died Wednesday, December 26, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Great Barrington, Mass., on August 30, 1926, to...

Charles Wilson Jr., 74

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Charles R. Wilson Jr., 74, of Pittsfield, Mass., died December 23, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on August 19, 1944, he was the son of Charles R. Wilson...

Ellen J. Soldato, 65

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ellen J. Soldato, 65, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away December 22, 2018.  She leaves behind her two daughters, Dona Lee Marino and Jodi Lynn Soldato, both of...

Carl E. Peaslee, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carl Eugene Peaslee of Pittsfield died Friday, December 21, 2018, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on July 23, 1933 to the late...

William M. Huska, 88

DALTON, Mass. — William M. Huska, 88, of Dalton, Mass., passed away peacefully December 19, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born in Pittsfield on April 17, 1930, the son...

Randy Moon, 50

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Randy Moon, 50, died unexpectedly Monday, December 17, 2018, in Liverpool, N.Y.  He was born August 22, 1968, in Pittsfield, son of Roderick E. Moon Sr. and the...

George L. Darey, 90

LENOX, Mass. — George L. Darey, 90, passed away peacefully from congestive heart failure at home in his native Lenox on Friday afternoon, December 21, 2018. Born to the late John Darey...

Alan Lash, 54

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alan Lash, 54, of Pittsfield died Friday, December 21, 2018, at Hillcrest Commons after a brief illness. Born in Alexandria, Louisiana, on August 25, 1964, to the...

Arthur E. LaFountain, 49

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Arthur Edward LaFountain, 49, of Pittsfield, Mass., died Monday, December 17, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born in North Adams, Mass., on February...

Thomas M. Gizzi, 66

LENOX, Mass. — Thomas M. Gizzi, 66, of Lenox died December 20, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on May 15, 1952, to the late Anthony J. and Carolyn B....

J. Brian Dillon, 84

LENOX, Mass. — J. Brian Dillon died on December 17, 2018, in Lenox, Massachusetts, peacefully, with his family by his side.  Brian was born in New York on July 19, 1934. He...

Robert J. Taylor Jr., 67

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Robert J. Taylor Jr., 67, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away December 15, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Pittsfield on...

Lynn C. Maloney, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lynn Carol Maloney, 71, of Pittsfield died Friday, December 14, 2018, at her home.  Born in Pittsfield on November 3, 1947, the daughter of William E. and Fern...

Gerald M. Dubois, 91

RICHMOND, Mass. — Gerald Melvin Dubois, 91, of Richmond, Mass., and formerly of Williamstown, Mass., died Monday, December 17, 2018, at the Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born in...

Barbara A. Brophy, 76

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara Ann Hespelein Brophy, 76, formerly of Pittsfield, passed away December 7, 2018, at Mount Carmel Care in Lenox. She was born in Pittsfield on June 13, 1942,...

Daniel J. Donnelly, 58

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Daniel J. Donnelly, 58, of Pittsfield died Monday, December 10, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Daniel was born June 22, 1960, to the late Robert Donnelly and...

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...