Obituaries

Marilyn E. Pettit, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Marilyn E. Pettit, 77, of Pittsfield passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center.  She was born May 16, 1940 to the late Terrince and Emma...

Edward M. Hall, 75

WILLIAMSBURG, Mass. — Edward M. Hall, 75, of Williamsburg, formerly of Pittsfield, died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton after a long struggle with...

Willard M. Salzer, 92

LENOX, Mass. — Willard M. Salzer, 92, of Lenox, Mass., formerly of Norwalk, Conn., and Naples, Fla., passed away peacefully on February 10, 2018, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care...

Lillian E. Shelsy, 99

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lillian Esther Bachli Shelsy, 99, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, died at Berkshire Place on February 8, 2018.  Lillian was born in Pittsfield on April 23,...

Catherine Howson, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Catherine (Samalionis) Howson, 89, wife of the late Edward C. Howson, died February 5, 2018, in Canton, Conn.  Born March 10, 1928 in Pittsfield, daughter of...

Lucille B. Carmody, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lucille Beatrice (nee Lusignan) Carmody, 92, died peacefully at her home on February 3, 2018. Lucille was a lifelong resident of Pittsfield. She was raised in the...

Peter Skafidas, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Peter Skafidas, 87, of 3 Kathy Way died Thursday, February 1, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center, following a short illness. He was born in Longastra, Greece, on June...

Julian Kycia, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Julian I. Kycia, 88, of Morningview Drive, Pittsfield, passed away peacefully on January 31, 2018. At his request, there will be no calling hours or funeral...

Richard G. Russo Sr., 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard G. Russo Sr., 71, of Pittsfield, Mass., a resident of Springside of Pittsfield, died unexpectedly at BMC on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. He was born January 11,...

Everett C. Fletcher, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Everett Chester “Brick” “Red” Fletcher, 91, of Wingate Residences at Melbourne Place, Pittsfield, died Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at his home. Born...

Laura Monterosso, 94

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Laura Victoria Monterosso, 94, of 1093 West Street, Pittsfield, died Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at her home. Born in Pittsfield on December 1, 1923, a daughter of...

James G. Adams, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mr. James G. Adams, 77, of Adams died Monday afternoon, February 5, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Evanston, Illinois, on October 11,...

Barbara A. Kemp, 79

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara A. Kemp, 79, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away January 28, 2018, peacefully at home. Born August 24, 1938, to the late Lina E. Nason Drake. Barbara was...

Everett C. Fletcher, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Everett Chester "Brick" "Red" Fletcher, 91, of Wingate Residences at Melbourne Place, Pittsfield, died Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at his...

Daisy Beaulieu, 97

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Daisy (Ireland) Beaulieu, 97, of Pittsfield, Mass., died on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown, Mass. She was born on August 7,...

William Pizzuto, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William S. Pizzuto Sr., 85, formerly of Morgan Street, Pittsfield, Mass., passed away peacefully in his sleep, January 25, 2018, in San Antonio, Texas.  Born...

William ‘Bill’ Lake, 54

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William J. Lake, 54, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away January 24, 2018, at his home, after a long illness. He previously lived in Stuyvesant Falls and Albany,...

Sally L. McLaughlin, 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ms. Sally L. (Ciuk) McLaughlin, 63, of Pittsfield, died on Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Adams on September...

Gloria Thomas, 96

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gloria Thomas passed away peacefully on January 22, 2018, only one month after the passing of her dear husband of 70 years, Francis G. Thomas.  Gloria was an...

Joseph P. Rossin, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joseph P. Rossin, 88, of 16 Pembroke Ave., the Lakewood Section of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away January 22, 2018. He was born, October 1, 1929 to the late Giacamo...

Deborah Phillips, 61

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — On Sunday, January 21, 2018, Deborah Phillips, 61, died at the UMass Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., from complications of a head injury. She was a resident of...

Mary DeFazio, 84

LENOX, Mass. — Mary Asselta DeFazio died on Tuesday, January 23, 2018. Mary was born in Utica, N.Y., the daughter of Louis J. and Mary Infusino Asselta, on June 18, 1933. She attended...

Beverly Ann Winslow, 83

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Beverly Ann Winslow, 83, of Pittsfield passed away peacefully on January 22, 2018, in Pittsfield.  She was born in North Adams to Henry and Pauline Senecal on...

William G. Weigand, 79

LENOX, Mass. — William George Weigand, 79, of Sunny Isles, Fla., formerly of Lenox, died Sunday, January 14, 2018, at Adventura Medical Center, Adventura, Fla. Born in Meriden, Conn., on...

Jared A. Tagge, 31

LENOX, Mass. — Jared Allen Tagge, 31, formerly of Lenox, Mass., passed away on December 24, 2017, in Hong Kong. He had been living in Shenzhen, China, for the past five years....