Obituaries

Leo Bissaillon, 73

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mr. Leo P. “Chuck” Bissaillon, 73, of Adams, died on Sunday, March 11, 2018, at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on April 5, 1944, a...

Evelyn V. Olchowski, 100

LENOX, Mass. — Evelyn Virginia Olchowski, 100, died Friday, March 9, 2018, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center.  Evelyn was born on August 14, 1917, in Sandy Springs, South...

Virgilio J. Walto, 94

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Virgilio J. Walto, 94, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in the company of his family.  Born...

Basil 'Rick' Petricca, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Basil August Petricca, the former CEO of Petricca Industries and founder of Unistress, died on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at the age of 86 in Pittsfield, Mass. Basil...

Raymond Heath, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Raymond Edward Heath, 78, formerly of Lenox Avenue, Pittsfield, died March 5, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born October 12, 1939, to the late Ralph and Edith...

Gary Adams, 61

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Gary Bruce Adams, 61, of Lanesboro, Mass., passed away March 5, 2018, at home. He was born July 3, 1956, to June (Galeucia) Adams and the late John H. Adams of...

Linda M. Collins, 61

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Linda Marie Collins, 61, of Pittsfield, Mass., died at her home on Sunday, March 4, 2018, after a courageous battle with cancer. Linda was born on October 17, 1956,...

Richard Armstrong, 62

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard Bruce Armstrong, 62 of Pittsfield passed away March 2, 2018, at home. He was born January 14, 1956, to Dora Wheeler and Joseph R. Armstrong Sr. Richard...

Martin Frusciente, 70

PERU, Mass. — Martin Frusciente, 70, of 175 Middlefield Road, Peru, passed away March 2, 2018 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born October 8, 1947 to Alice Pilson Frusciente and the...

Irene LaFlash, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Irene E. LaFlash, of 90 Connecticut Avenue, died March 2, 2018. Born in Pittsfield on September 12, 1927, daughter of Harry and Lena Daniels Elfving. She attended...

Tawanna S. Robinson

DALTON, Mass. — Tawanna Shanell Robinson, 43, of Jarvis Ave, Holyoke, Mass., formerly of Dalton, Mass., passed away at Holyoke Hospital on March 2, 2018. Born in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., on...

Paul N. Rich, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Paul Rich, co-founder of Paul Rich and Sons Home Furnishings, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning March 6, 2018, with his family by his side. Born to Harry G....

Doris M. Henningsen, 87

LENOX, Mass. — Doris M. Henningsen, 87, of Lenox died Monday, March 5, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by her family. Doris was born on July 12, 1930, in Jersey City, New...

Helen Trasatti, 86

DALTON, Mass. — Helen Trasatti, 86, of South Street, Dalton, Mass., passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, March 1, 2018. She was born in Pittsfield...

Margaret A. Scott, 74

DALTON, Mass. — Margaret (Maggie) Ann Scott, 74, of 661 East Street in Dalton, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on March 1, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center, with her family by her...

Timothy Rattigan, 55

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Timothy Patrick Rattigan, 55, of Boylston Street, Pittsfield, Mass., passed away February 28, 2018. He was born December 27, 1962 to Edward J. Rattigan and the late...

Joan Tucker, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joan Quinn Tucker passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at her home at Linden Ponds in Hingham, Mass., surrounded by her loving family.  Born in North...

Helen Trasatti, 86

DALTON, Mass. — Helen Trasatti, 86, of South Street, Dalton, Mass., passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, March 1, 2018.  She was born in...

John F. MacLean, 99

LENOX, Mass. — John Finlay MacLean, 99, of Lenox died Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Mr. MacLean was born on September 13, 1918, in Lenox, Mass., to...

Leo Fitzpatrick, 31

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Leo John Francis Fitzpatrick, 31, of Pittsfield, passed away February 25, 2018. He was born December 14, 1986, to Kathleen Fremer Fitzpatrick and the late Leo F....

Mark J. Lahey, 61

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mark James Lahey, a retired plumbing and heating contractor of J.R. Lahey Jr. Mechanical Contractors Inc., passed away on February 22, 2018. He was 61 years old....

Dorthy Kurjan, 96

LENOX, Mass. — Dorthy Kurjan died peacefully with relatives by her side in Lenox, Mass., on February 22, 2018, shortly after her 96th birthday on Feb. 16. Born in 1922, Dorothy was the...

Sally Mason, 77

DALTON, Mass. — Sally Mason, 77, of Dalton, passed away February 21, 2018, at Springside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center surrounded by her family.  Born May 24, 1940, to the late...

Anthony ‘Tony’ Cancilla Jr., 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Anthony G. Cancilla Jr. of Pittsfield passed away on February 18, 2018, at the age of 82. A gentle soul, he will be missed by the friends he made during his final stay at...

Anne T. Malone, 89

LENOX, Mass. — Anne T. Malone, 89, died February 22, 2018.    Born January 24, 1929, and raised in New York, N,Y., Anne began her career as a couture dress buyer at Gimbels...