Obituaries

Armando A. 'Ike' Icardi, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Armando A. "Ike" Icardi, 93, of 222 Newell St., Pittsfield, passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at Hillcrest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation...

Rose A. Pivero, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Rose A. Pivero, 93, of Pittsfield, Mass., died Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility.  She was born in Pittsfield on December 20,...

David C. Ames Sr., 64

DALTON, Mass. — David C. Ames Sr., 64, of 310 East Housatonic Street in Dalton, passed away at home on Tuesday evening, May 2, 2017.  Born in Pittsfield on January 1, 1953, he was a...

Carrie G. Dymek, 94

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carrie Genevieve Dymek, 94, formerly of Kent Avenue, later of Rose Manor, and for the past four years of Fairview Commons, died Monday, May 1, 2017, at Berkshire Medical...

Robert W. Alletson, 96

DALTON, Mass. — Robert W. Alletson, 96, of 29 Otis Avenue in Dalton, passed away on Friday, April 28, 2017, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield.  Born on April 5,...

Anthony F. “Toe” Procopio, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Anthony F. “Toe” Procopio, 93, of 95 Elaine Drive passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Born in Pittsfield on March...

Fred A. Vittone, 87

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Fred Ano Vittone, 87, of Lanesborough died Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on December 19, 1929, the son of...

Paul A. Baldasaro, 52

DALTON, Mass. — Paul Anthony Baldasaro, 52, died Sunday, April 23, 2017, following a motor vehicle accident in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on December 29, 1964, the son of Rev. Mr....

Dorothy Wehry, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Doris J. Wehry, 89, of 20 Howe Road, Pittsfield, died Monday April 24, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Born in Ramsgate, England,...

Sylvia Cone, 76

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sylvia Colla Cone, 76, of Pittsfield died April 24, 2017, at Springside of Pittsfield. Born on September 7, 1941, in Pittsfield, a daughter of the late Edward and...

Mary Ellen Sheerin-Rando, 62

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mary Ellen Sheerin-Rando of Pittsfield passed away Saturday, April 22, 2017, at Albany Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on October 12, 1954,...

Ralph Cianflone, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ralph Cianflone, 84, of 503 Churchill Street in Pittsfield, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 21, 2017. A lifelong resident of Pittsfield, he is the son of...

Frank W. Thoubboron, 94

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Frank W. Thoubboron, 94, passed away on April 17, 2017. He resided on Ann Drive in Pittsfield.  Born May 23, 1922, in Boston, son of Frank and Laura (Jacobia)...

Gene Vanbrammer, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gene “The Rodfather” VanBramer, 71, of 104 Nancy Avenue, Pittsfield, died Tuesday, April 18, 2017, after a courageous battle with a cerebral...

Helen Stroup, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Helen Stroup, 95, formerly of 37 Dewey Ave. went home to God peacefully on Easter Sunday morning, April 16, 2017, at Mount Carmel Care Center in Lenox, with her daughter...

David J. Biggart, 67

DALTON, Mass. — David Joseph Biggart, 67, of Pleasant Street, Dalton, died Tuesday, April 11, 2017. He was born in Pittsfield on November 17, 1949, the son of Jean Cormier Biggart and...

Mary Beth Taylor, 52

DALTON, Mass. — Mary Beth Taylor, 52, of 8 Hemlock Hill, Dalton, died Monday, April 10, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Born in Pittsfield on December 22, 1964, the daughter of...

Tommy R. Windoloski, 45

PERU, Mass. — Tommy R. Windoloski, 45, of 74 East Windsor Road in Peru passed away peacefully Sunday, April 9, 2017, at home surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with...

Bruce R. Drosehn, 73

DALTON, Mass. — Bruce R. Drosehn lost his long battle to cancer on April 7, 2017.  Bruce was born in Pittsfield on April 21, 1943,to the late Fred L. Drosehn III and Gladys Smith...

Dale S. French, 66

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Dale Sheldon French, 66, of 107 Deming St., Pittsfield, a resident of Lanesborough for most of his life, died Friday, April 7, 2017, at Berkshire Medical...

Phyllis Grandbois, 73

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Phyllis Grandbois, 73, of 63 Orchard St., Pittsfield, died April 7, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by her loving family.  Born in Pittsfield on...

Anne Pasko, 74

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Artist, business owner, and community activist Anne Pasko, 74, died Friday, April 7, 2017, after a valiant fight against pancreatic cancer.  A Lanesborough...

Shirley E. Decelles, 91

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Shirley E. Decelles, 91, of 11 Balance Rock Road passed away on Monday, April 3, 2017, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield.  Born on July 15,...

Jonathon R. Dewkett, 21

PERU, Mass. — Jonathon R. Dewkett, 21, of 101 Hickingbotham Road in Peru passed away on Saturday, April 1, 2017.  Born on November 27, 1995, in Pittsfield, he is the son of Robert...

Shobha Rani, 75

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Shobha Rani, 75, of Pittsfield, Mass., died on April 3, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.  She was born in Ambala, Haryana, India, on October 24,...