Obituaries

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...

Dennis J. Williams Sr., 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Dennis J. Williams Sr., 68, of Pittsfield, died May 22, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness.  He was born in Pittsfield on March 28, 1949,...

Dr. Robert P. Rennie, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Dr. Robert P. Rennie, 70, of Pittsfield passed away at home on Sunday, May 21, 2017, surrounded by his family. Bob was born at St. Luke's hospital in Pittsfield...

Wayne Rennie, 46

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Wayne Rennie, 46, of 30 Mountain View Terrace passed away at home on May 19, 2017. Born on June 26, 1970 in Germany, he was the son of the late Russell and...

Matthew J. Gottung, 33

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Matthew James Gottung, 33, of Pittsfield, died suddenly May 17, 2017, in Lenox. He was born September 10, 1983, in Albany, N.Y., the son of John A. Gottung and Deborah...

Barbara E. Gaherty, 86

LENOX, Mass. — Barbara Elizabeth Gaherty, 86, of Lenox died Saturday, May 20, 2017, at her home. Born in Lenox on October 21, 1930, the daughter of John J. and Elizabeth Keegan...

Edwin Griffin III, 43

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Edwin R. Griffin III, 43, of Lincoln Street in Pittsfield, died at his home on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. He was born on January 15, 1974, in Pittsfield, Mass., the...

Katherine Hirschmann, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Katherine "Kitty" Hirschmann died peacefully and comfortably with family and friends and caregivers visiting her and at her side on Monday, May 15, 2017, at her...

John Gates, 56

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John M. Gates, 56, of 192 Lakeway Drive, Pittsfield, died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at Tufts Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Born in Pittsfield, on...

Thomas Bove, 53

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Thomas M. Bove, 53, of 78 Cole Ave., Pittsfield, died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, after being stricken at work. Born in Pittsfield, on July 10, 1963, the son of Richard...

John S. Foley, 99

LENOX, Mass. — John S. Foley, 99, of 44 Birchwood Lane, Lenox, died on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, surrounded by his family at Treasure Coast Hospice in Stuart, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on...

Larry Mullett Jr., 66

DALTON, Mass. — Larry “Sandy” E. Mullett, Jr., 66, of 55 Crane Avenue, Dalton, died Sunday, May 7, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Born in Pittsfield on August 24,...

Raymond F. Greenleaf, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Raymond Francis Greenleaf, of Pittsfield, passed away on Friday, May 5, 2017, at the age of 80.   Mr. Greenleaf leaves behind his beloved wife of 54 years,...

Dorothy P. Mole, 95

LENOX, Mass. — Dorothy P. Mole, 95 of Lenox, Mass., and former Pittsfield, Mass., resident, passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at Devonshire Estates, 329 Pittsfield Road.  She was...

Sean P. Nally, 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sean P. Nally, 63, of 8 Elizabeth Street passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Born on September 21, 1953, in Newport, R.I., he was the son of Janice...

David D. Mele, 94

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — David Daniel Mele, 94, formerly of Pittsfield and Scottsdale, Ariz., passed away on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lee. He...

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...