Obituaries

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...

Agnes C. Wasuk, 98

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Agnes C. Wasuk, 98, formerly of Lakewood Village on Lakewood Drive, passed away on September 30, 2017, at Sweetbrook Rehabilitation & Nursing of Williamstown, where...

Kenneth R. Dinofrio, 68

DALTON, Mass. — Kenneth R. Dinofrio, 68, of 28 Mill St., passed away on Saturday, September 30, 2017, at Craneville Place of Dalton, where he had resided for the past year.  Born on...

Kevin F. Broderick, 51

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Kevin F. Broderick, 51, of 87 Lyman St. passed away on Friday, September 29, 2017, at North Adams Regional Hospital after suffering from apparent heart failure while at...

Josephine Daly, 93

DALTON, Mass. — Josephine Isabelle Daly, 93, formerly of Pleasant Street, Dalton, died Sunday, September 24, 2017, at Berkshire Place in Pittsfield. Born in Windsor, Mass., on April 9,...

Helen Cimini, 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Helen M. Cimini, 63, of 28 Clinton Avenue, passed away at home on Saturday, September 23, 2017, to be with her God who she loved, and to be with her son, the late...

Mary Aylor, 94

LENOX, Mass. — It is with great sadness that the family of Mary R. Aylor announces her passing on Saturday, September 23, 2017, at the age of 94.  Mary Kathleen Rasinski (Aylor) was...

Jack Willey, 87

DALTON, Mass. — Jack Lee Willey, 87, formerly of Braham, Minn., and El Paso, Texas, died Thursday, September 21, 2017.  Jack is survived by his wife, Virginia A. (Hegman) Willey of...

Joseph R. Leahey, 83

LENOX, Mass. — Joseph R. Leahey, 83, of Lenox died Thursday, September 28, 2017, at his home. Joe was born on April 3, 1934, in Lee, Mass., to the late Thomas C. and Mary Malloy Leahey....

Josephine E. Janssen, 62

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Josephine Elizabeth Janssen, 62, passed away on September 20, 2017, surrounded by her loving family after a fearless three-year battle with breast cancer.  She...

John M. Burgess, 53

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John M. Burgess, 53, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 17, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.  He was born April 24, 1964, in the Boston...

Nancy M. Schneider, 48

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Nancy Mindlin Schneider, 48, of Shelton, Conn., wife of Jamie Schneider, passed away on Monday, September 18, 2017, at Bridgeport Hospital after a long hard battle with...

Bernard G. Colo, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bernard Gabriel Colo, 68, of Medway, Mass., died Sunday, September 17, 2017, at Highgate Manor in Dedham, Mass., following a short illness. He was born in Pittsfield,...

Elna E. Castonguay, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Elna E. Castonguay, 70, of 17 Hollister Street passed away on Monday, September 18, 2017, at Bay State Medical Center in Springfield. Born on November 3, 1946, in...

Joseph Hall, 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —Joseph J. Hall, 72, of Niverville, N.Y., passed away on September 16, 2017, at Hillcrest Commons of Pittsfield.  Born on February 15, 1945, in Albany, N.Y., he...

Linda J. Melchiori, 47

DALTON, Mass. — Linda J. Melchiori, 47, of Dalton passed away at home on Friday evening, September 15, 2017.  Born on December 16, 1969, in Pittsfield, she is the daughter of Esther...

Sandra Yankey, 53

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sandra A. Eason Yankey, 53, of 28 Merriam St., passed away at home on Friday, September 15, 2017.  Born on December 28, 1963, in Pittsfield, she is the daughter...

Frances M. Salvi, 94

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Frances M. Salvi of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away peacefully on Monday, September 11, 2017, at Springside Nursing Home.  Frances, better known as...

Mary E. Palma, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mary E. Palma, 82, of Pittsfield passed away Saturday, September 9, 2017, at her home. She was born in Pittsfield on August 11, 1935, a daughter of the late Donato...

Robert P. Winslow, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Robert P. Winslow passed away September 10, 2017, at home. He was a retired Postmaster and combat veteran of two wars, Korea and the Chinese Civil War. Born in...