Obituaries

Joseph K. Farrell, 61

DALTON, Mass. — Joseph K. Farrell, 61, a Dalton native, of Lake Mary, Fla., passed away on November 13, 2017.  Born on September 2, 1956, in Pittsfield, he was a son of the late...

Dorothy M. Quaglietti, 96

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mrs. Dorothy M. (Smith) Lavigne Quaglietti, 96, formerly of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apts., Pittsfield, Mass.,passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2017, at...

Rose V. Castagna, 88

RICHMOND, Mass. — Rose Viola Castagna, 88, of Richmond passed away Friday, November 10, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  She was born in New Ashford on March 9, 1929, a daughter...

Doris E. Rocca, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Doris E. Rocca, 84, of 25 Marco Drive passed away November 7, 2017, peacefully at home surrounded by her family after a short illness. Born on June 28, 1933 in...

Jane E. Hand, 82

DALTON, Mass. — Jane E. Hand, 82, of 379 North St. passed away on Sunday, November 5, 2017, at Mount Carmel Care Center in Lenox. Born on February 11, 1935, in Pittsfield, she was a...

Jeremy A. Saunders, 36

LENOX DALE, Mass. — Jeremy A. Saunders, 36, of Lenox Dale died Tuesday evening, November 7, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by his family and friends. He was born in...

Cesare Polce, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Cesare Polce, 82, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away surrounded by his loving family on Monday, November 6, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Cesare was born in...

Howard R. Losaw, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Howard Raymond Losaw, 80, died Monday, November 6, 2017, in Pittsfield. He was born on February 27, 1937, to Roscoe and Helen Losaw in Tolland, Massachusetts. During...

Eric Wigglesworth, 32

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Eric Edward Arthur Wigglesworth, 32, of 22 Harwich Street in Pittsfield, died at Berkshire Medical Center on Sunday, November 5, 2017.  Born in Pittsfield on May...

Carol M. Murk, 83

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carol M. Murk, 83, of 461 Elm Street passed away at home on November 1, 2017. Born on September 2, 1934, in Lee, she was a daughter of the late Earl H. Bradford Sr....

Dawn Z. Berube, 67

LENOX, Mass.— Dawn Zippel Farley Berube, 67, died Tuesday evening, October 24, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Dawn was born in New York City on...

William Irvin, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William Irvin, 77, of Pittsfield, passed away on Tuesday, October 24, 2017, after a long struggle with cancer. Bill Irvin was born and grew up in Little Rock, Ark....

Paul E. Archambault, 93

DALTON, Mass. — Paul Emile Archambault, 93, of 36 Hale Street, Dalton, died Saturday, October 14, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Born in Pittsfield on November 27, 1923, the...

Deborah A. Reed, 71

DALTON, Mass. — Deborah A. Reed, 71, of 1 Hazelwood Court passed away on Saturday, October 14, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Born on December 15, 1945, in Herkimer, N.Y., she...

Dorothy M. Toomey, 86

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Dorothy Mae Egan Toomey, 86, of 15 Chicopee Street, Lanesborough, died Wednesday, October 11, 2017, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Youngstown,...

Bibiane M. Poirier, 79

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bibiane Marie (Cloutier) Poirier, 79, of Pittsfield, Mass., and formerly of Manchester, Conn., passed away on October 13, 2017, surrounded by her adoring...

David ‘Zip’ Zerbato, 50

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — David Paul “Zip” Zerbato, 50, of Pittsfield passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.   Born June 5, 1967, to Alice...

Mark E. Hinman, 54

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mark E. Hinman, 54, of Pittsfield, passed away Friday, October 13, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Troy, N.Y., on February 23, 1963, the son of John...

Grace Kuvent, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Grace E. "Gracie" Kuvent, age 84, of Lakeway Drive died Sunday, October 8, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Pittsfield on August 12,...

Elise V. England, 86

LENOX, Mass. — Elise V. England, 86, of Lenox died Thursday morning, October 12, 2017. She was born on May 9, 1931 in New York City to the late Carl and Anne Van Dam. After High School,...

Mark I. Cohen, 69

LENOX, Mass. — Mark I. Cohen, D.D.S., 69, of Lenox, Mass., was born on October 6, 1948, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Hyman Cohen and Elsie Gomberg Cohen. Dr. Cohen died on Tuesday, October...

Margaret A. Cranton, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Margaret (Peggy) A. Cranton, 82, of 15 Skyview Drive, Pittsfield, died Thursday, October 5, 2017, at Mount Carmel Care Center.  Born in Pittsfield on January 19,...

Janice LeBeau, 81

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Janice May LeBeau, 81, of 700 Valentine Road, Pittsfield, died Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at her home.  She was born in Adams on July 22, 1936, the daughter of...

Michele R. Novick, 60

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Michele Renee Novick, age 60, passed away peacefully on October 6, 2017, at Hillcrest Commons Nursing in Pittsfield.   Michele was born on July 29, 1957, in...

Ruth Rosenberg, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ruth Sidransky Rosenberg, born July 1, 1929, to Mary and Ben Sidransky, died October 7, 2017, at 4 p.m. with her son Mark Hyman and her daughter-in-law Mia Lux Koning at...