Obituaries

Anita Maffuccio, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Anita Maffuccio passed peacefully in her home of natural causes on August 19, 2017, with her family by her side. She was full of vigor and life up to only a few days...

Maria E. Longo, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Maria E. Longo, 93, formerly of Pittsfield and Dalton, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at Olathe-Health Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas.   She was...

Marjorie Griffith, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Marjorie J. Griffith, 86, a former Pittsfield resident, passed away August 15, 2017, in Nashua, N.H. She was the wife of the late James A. Griffith. Funeral...

Catherine Azubalis, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Catherine Marie Azubalis, 92, of 8 Lyric Street, Pittsfield, formerly of 70 Hillcrest Avenue, Pittsfield, died Saturday, August 12, 2017, at Berkshire Medical...

Carol Shea, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carol Mercedes Shea, 84, of Montgomery Avenue passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2017. She was born on January 26, 1933, in Pittsfield, the daughter of the late...

Bella Gorin, 104

LENOX, Mass. — Bella Gorin passed away, peacefully, at 104 years of age at the Kimball Farms Nursing Center in Lenox, Mass., on Monday, August 14, 2017. She was the much-loved and...

Sandra Sexton, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sandra (Pellett) Sexton, 82, beloved wife of the late Kenneth Eugene Sexton, passed away peacefully Thursday, morning, August 3, 2017, at the Berkshire Medical Center in...

Wilbert N. Stockton Sr., 94

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mr. Wilbert Ned Stockton Sr., 94, affectionately known by his family as "PaPa," transitioned to his eternal home on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Mr. Stockton was...

Bessie C. Zarvis, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bessie C. Zarvis, 85, of 40 Darlene Avenue, Pittsfield, died Monday, August 7, 2017, at her home. Born in Pittsfield on March 22, 1932, a daughter of Costis D. and...

Annette M. Arena, 67

DALTON, Mass. — Mrs. Annette M. (Pytko) Arena, 67, of Dalton died on Saturday, August 5, 2017. at her sister's home in Adams.  She was born in Adams on January 24, 1950,...

Florence E. McFarland, 94

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Florence Evelyn (Whitman) McFarland, 94, of Pittsfield, Mass., died on Friday, August 4, 2017, at her home.  She was the widow of her beloved husband of 61...

John Lindsay, 88

LENOX, Mass. — John Gardner Lindsay, 88, of Lenox and formerly of Pittsfield, died peacefully on July 27, 2017. John was born May 18, 1929 in Castile, NY, the son of John D. and Marion...

John Kordana, 53

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John J. Kordana, 53, of 72 Harryel Street passed away on Monday, July 24, 2017, at home. Born on April 19, 1964, in Pittsfield, he was a son of the late John A. and...

Celeste Kordana, 39

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Celeste Wibby Kordana, 39, of 72 Harryel Street passed away on Monday, July 24, 2017 at home. Born on July 22, 1978 in Pittsfield, she was the daughter of Robert and...

Jennie Lancia, 97

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jennie Natalina Masdea Lancia, 97, of Berkshire Town Apartments passed away on Saturday, July 22, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on December 23, 1919 in...

Donald H. Whelpley, 92

HINSDALE, Mass. — Donald Howe Whelpley, 92, of 140 East Washington Road, Hinsdale, died Thursday, July 20, 2017, at his home. Born in Waltham, Mass., on January 12, 1925, the son of...

William D. Carty, 86

DALTON, Mass. — William David Carty, 86, of Dalton, Mass., died Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at his home surrounded by his family.  He joins his two sons, the late David W. Carty and...

Eloise H. Brown, 69

DALTON, Mass. — Eloise H. Brown, 69, of 17 Washington Street, Dalton, died Monday, July 17, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center, surrounded by family. Born in Boston on August 4, 1947,...

Ernest Shaw, 71

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Ernest R. Shaw, 71, of 28 Swamp Road in Lanesborough passed away on Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on June 7, 1946 in Adams, he was the...

Bernard McDonough, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bernard Gerald McDonough, 82, of 108 East Housatonic Street, Apartment #7, Pittsfield, passed away on Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in...

Daniel Hines, 68

PERU, Mass. — Daniel Marion Hines, 68, of Peru, Mass., died Monday, July 10, 2017, at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital. Dan was born October 15, 1948, in Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia, the...

Daniel W. Walden, 67

DALTON, Mass. — Daniel W. Walden, 67, of 181 High St. passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center after a courageous battle with leukemia. Born on September 18,...

Mary Jane Pignatelli, 63

LENOX, Mass. — Mary Jane Pignatelli, 63, of Lenox, died Sunday, July 9, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, surrounded by her family, after a courageous battle with...

David A. Smith, 39

LENOX, Mass. — David Albert Smith, 39, died suddenly at his home in Lenox on Friday, July 7, 2017.   Born in Norwich, Conn., on June 15, 1978, son of the late James Everett...

James E. Turner, 69

LENOX, Mass. — James Earl Turner, 69, died suddenly his home in Lenox on Thursday, July 6, 2017.   Born in Wakefield on April 9, 1947, to Earl and Mary Turner, he was educated...