Obituaries

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...

Jacob “Jack” Franklin, 98

DALTON, Mass. — Jacob “Jack” Franklin, 98, longtime Dalton resident and educator, passed away on Sunday, May 28, 2017.  Born on August 8, 1918, in Webster, Mass., he was...

Romano J. Frattarola, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Romano J. Frattarola, 85, passed away Sunday, May 28, 2017, at his home in Pittsfield. Romeo, son of the late Domenic and Brigida Frattarola, was born in Rome, Italy,...

Catherine J. Eddy, 65

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Catherine Joan Eddy, 65, of Pittsfield, died of cancer on Sunday, May 28, 2017, at home surrounded by her family. Born in Pittsfield on October 2, 1951, the daughter...

Michael J. Jamula, 59

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Michael J. Jamula, 59, of 88 Summer St., passed away on Friday, May 26, 2017, at his family camp in Middlefield.  Born in Pittsfield on February 14, 1958, he...

Joseph A. DiCroce, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joseph A. DiCroce, 88, formerly of 379 East St., Providence Court Apts., Pittsfield, passed away Saturday, May 27, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  He was...

Paul J. Tower, 32

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Paul Joseph Tower, 32, of Pittsfield, Mass., died on Saturday May 27, 2017, at his home after a long illness. He was born in Pittsfield on June 10, 1984, a son of...

Paul E. Valenti, 64

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Paul E. Valenti, 64, of 23 Tennyson Ave., Pittsfield, passed away Thursday, May 25, 2017, at his home.  He was born in Pittsfield on August 13, 1952, a son of...

Roslyn G. Citrin, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Roslyn G. Citrin, 80, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away on May 27, 2017.  She was born in New York on April 25, 1937, daughter of the...

Charlene M. Hunter, 52

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Charlene Marie Hunter, 52, of Middlefield, Mass., died Wednesday afternoon, May 24, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born on September 2,...

Bernard Herrmann, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bernard F. Herrmann, 85, of 24 Noblehurst Ave. passed away at home on Wednesday, May 24, 2017.  Born on December 17, 1931, in Adams, he was the son of the late...