Obituaries

Angeline M. Umbro, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Angeline M. Umbro, 86, of Pittsfield, died peacefully Sunday, July 2, 2017, at home, surrounded by her family.   Born in Chicago on May 17, 1931, she was one...

James J. Ferris, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - James J. Ferris, 93, of Pittsfield, Mass., died Thursday, June 29, 2017, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on August 19, 1923, the son of late George and Alice McCabe...

Brian D. Raftery, 58

LENOX, Mass. — Brian D. Raftery, 58, of Lenox died Wednesday morning, June 28, 2017, at his home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield May 17, 1959, the son of Frederick A. and...

Francis Boyer, 60

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Francis Bernard (Frank) Boyer, 60, formerly of Pittsfield and Lanesborough, Mass., died at his home in Kettering, Ohio, on Tuesday June 27, 2017, from small cell lung...

Ellen L. Altschuler, 100

DALTON, Mass. — Ellen Lillian Altschuler, 100, passed away peacefully at Craneville Place of Dalton, Mass., on June 16, 2017. She was born on June 6, 1917, in Hartford, Conn., to Ivar...

David A. Alexander, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — David A. Alexander, 71, died on Saturday, June 24, 2017, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., his loving family by his side.  David was born on July...

Theodore J. Gontczaruk, 97

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Theodore Joseph “Ted” Gontczaruk, 97, of BerkshireTown Apartments, Pittsfield, died Friday, June 23, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York...

Joan A. Carron, 83

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joan A. Carron, 83, of 176 Columbus Avenue, Berkshiretown Apartments, passed away on June 22, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Born on October 21, 1933 in...

Ellen L. Janssen, 81

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ellen L. (Drake) Janssen, 81, of Montvue Street, Pittsfield, died Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on December 22, 1935, the...

Elizabeth A. Hawley, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Elizabeth Ann Hawley, 68, died June 15, 2017, in Northampton, Mass.  Elizabeth was born in Frankfort, Germany, on May 12, 1949, the youngest daughter of John and...

Joseph A. Simonetta, 50

LENOX, Mass. — Joseph Anthony Simonetta, 50, of Housatonic Street, died Monday, June 19, 2017, of natural causes at his home. Born in Pittsfield on January 5, 1967, the son of Christine...

Margaret B. Brennan, 63

DALTON, Mass. — Margaret 'Peg' B. Brennan, 63, of 73 Daly Avenue, Dalton, died Sunday, June 18, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 28, 1953, the...

Richard A. Nicholas Sr., 84

DALTON, Mass. — Richard A. Nicholas Sr., 84, of Dalton passed away peacefully at home on June 16, 2017, after a lengthy and valiant fight. Born in Lee, Mass., on April 22, 1933, the son...

Ralph Jackson, 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ralph C. Jackson, 63, of Pittsfield died Thursday, June 15, 2017, in the arms of his loving wife, after a short battle with lung cancer.  Ralph was born in...

William Custer, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William "Bill" Custer was hilarious, loving and one-of-a -kind. He passed away on Monday, June 12, 2017, peacefully, at his Pittsfield home surrounded by those...

Joseph P. Galli, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joseph P. Galli, 89, formerly of 15 Williamsburg Terrace, passed away on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at Kimball Farms Nursing Center in Lenox, where he had resided for the...

Christine Klink, 74

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Christine K. Klink, 74, of 229 Robbins Ave., Pittsfield, passed away peacefully at home June 9, 2017, surrounded by her loving family.  Born in Pittsfield on...

L. Helen Sicotte, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — L. Helen Sicotte, 84, of 341 Holmes Road in Pittsfield, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, June 9, 2017.  Born on August 20, 1932, in Pittsfield, she was...

Annie Underhill, 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Annie Delphine Leighton Underhill, 72, of Stearns Avenue, died Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield surrounded by her loving...

John Norton, 53

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John M. Norton, 53, of Grove Street, died Monday, June 5, 2017, at home.  He was born in East Brunswick, New Jersey on May 9, 1964, the son of the late George F....

Douglas S. Howie Jr., 87

LENOX, Mass. — Douglas S. Howie Jr., 87, former GE. Engineer, died at Berkshire Medical Center on Saturday, June 3, 2017. Born in Lenox, Mass., on July 30, 1929, son of Douglas and Emily...

Mariano J. Frazitta, 98

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mariano James Frazitta, 98, of Pittsfield, Mass., died Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at Kimball Farms Nursing care Center in Lenox. He was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on...

Jack V. Groat, 86

PERU, Mass. — Jack V. Groat, 86, of Peru, passed away Thursday June 1, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by his loving family.  Born in Pittsfield on October 15, 1930,...

John T. Bedard, 75

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John Theodore Bedard, 75, of Pittsfield, died June 1, 2017.  Son of Theodore and Marie Germaine Bedard, John attended St. Joseph High School, completing his...

Mary K. Curry, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mary Kelley Curry of 53 Commonwealth Ave. died Wednesday, May 31, 2017, at Kimball Farms Nursing Center in Lenox following a long illness. Born June 5, 1929, in...