Obituaries

John J. Leahy, 89

DALTON, Mass. — John J. Leahy, 89, of Dalton, Mass., passed away December 31, 2017. Born on August 24, 1928 in Pittsfield, he was the son of the late John P. and Ruth Dewey Leahy. He...

Alice D. Collins, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alice D. Collins, 84, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away December 28, 2017, at Mount Carmel Care Center in Lenox, Mass. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on February 5,...

Kevin E. Maquire, 68

LENOX, Mass. — Kevin E. Maquire, 68, formerly of Lenox Dale died Saturday, December 30, 2017, at Springside Nursing Home. Kevin was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on January 13, 1949, to the...

Minor H. Haskell, 80

LENOX, Mass. — Minor H. Haskell, 80, of Lenox died suddenly on Friday, December 29, 2017. Minor was born in Springfield, Mass., on April 28, 1938, to the late Minor and Stella Watson...

Sylvia Tonoli

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Sylvia Tonoli died December 25, 2017.  She is survived by her sisters, Bruna Tinney and Angela Roraback; her caregivers, Cindy and Bob Louis, all of...

Richard E. Turner, 72

LENOX, Mass. — Richard E. Turner, 72, of Lenox died Sunday, December 24, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center with his family by his side. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on April 30, 1945, to...

Earle S. Rathbun Jr., 85

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Earle Stanley Rathbun Jr., 85, of Lanesborough passed away December 22, 2017.  Born in Pittsfield, September 17, 1932, he was the son of the late Earle S. and...

Dianne Bridges, 71

LENOX, Mass. — Dianne Cooper Bridges, 71, of Tucker Street in Lenox, Mass., died peacefully in Great Barrington on December 24, 2017. Dianne was born in Great Barrington, Mass., on...

Lawrence H. Kronick, 61

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lawrence H. Kronick passed away peacefully at his home with his immediate family by his side after a long, courageous fight with pancreatic cancer on Friday evening...

Francis G. Thomas, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Francis G. Thomas of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away peacefully on December 20, 2017.  He was 95 years old. Frank was a hard-working, modest, meticulous man, much...

Susan A. Bristol, 67

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Susan Ann (LaCasse) Bristol passed away on December 18, 2017, due to complications from cancer, a battle she fought with strength and stubbornness until the very...

Mary Bastow, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mrs. Mary Katherine Burke Bastow, 78, of 156 Fort Hill Avenue, Pittsfield, and formerly a longtime resident of 46 Melrose Avenue in the Lakewood section of Pittsfield,...

D. Denny Amlaw Jr., 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — D. Denny Amlaw Jr., of Pittsfield, passed away on December 18, 2017, at age 87.  Born in Pittsfield on July 29, 1930, the son of the late Dennis Amlaw, Sr., and...

Gary M. Clemons

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gary M. Clemons of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away on December 18, 2017.  He was the son of John Clemons and Betty Wesley Clemons of Pittsfield. Gary worked...

Robert F. Kirchner Jr., 89

DALTON, Mass. — Robert Francis Kirchner Jr., “Kirch”, 89, of Dalton, Mass., passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017.  He was born in Forrestville, Connecticut on May 17,...

Richard W. Maynard, 83

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Richard Wyatt Maynard passed away on Dec. 13, 2017, two days before his 84th birthday, during surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in a brave fight against colon...

Jean M. Kergaravat, 64

LENOX, Mass. — Jean Marie Kergaravat, 64, of Lenox died Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at her home. She was born in Pittsfield on March 28, 1953, to the late Yves and Sophie Smith...

Juanita Johnson-Boudreau, 36

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Juanita "Nina" Celeste Johnson-Boudreau, 36, formerly of Pittsfield and Worcester, died unexpectedly on December 7, 2017. She was born in Pittsfield on...

William Kitterman, 69

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William Roy Kitterman, 69, of 83 Bachman Avenue, Pittsfield, died Monday, December 4, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 20, 1948, the son...

Desmond R. Tivy, 89

LENOX, Mass. — Sleeping peacefully, Desmond Ryder Tivy, 89, left us on December 5, 2017, in Lenox, Mass.  Desmond was born on February 3, 1928, in Lusaka, N. Rhodesia, to Ryder and...

Barbara Albuquerque, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara Albuquerque, 92, of 53 Edward Avenue, Pittsfield, died Monday, December 4, 2017, at her home surrounded by family. Born in Pittsfield on June 30, 1925, the...

Evelyn H. Shepard, 50

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Evelyn H. (Wilson) Shepard, 50, of North Adams, died on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Lowell on September 10,...

Helen Maislen, 100

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Helen Shapiro Maislen, 100, of Salisbury Estates in Pittsfield, passed away quietly on December 6, 2017, surrounded by her loving family.   She was born in North...

Rev. Walter H. Taylor, 79

LENOX, Mass. — The Very Reverend Walter Hamilton Taylor, 79, died on December 2, 2017, under the care of hospice. He died at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center with his wife, Mary, at his...

Mary A. Maciora, 96

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mrs. Mary Agnes (Mik) Maciora, 96, formerly of 89 Palomino Drive, Pittsfield, Mass., passed away on Monday, November 27, 2017, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility in...