Obituaries

Pamela A. Ancora, 74

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pamela A. Ancora, 74, of 62 Watson St. in Pittsfield, passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017, at Springside of Pittsfield. Born on October 20, 1942, in Pittsfield,...

Shirley M. Killian, 99

LENOX, Mass. — Shirley M. Killian, 99, died peacefully at 11 a.m. at Mt. Carmel Nursing Home in Lenox. Her last word spoken to someone only she could see was "Hello." She was...

Thomas D. "Thom" Fenn, 55

DALTON, Mass. — Thomas D. "Thom" Fenn, 55, of 447 High Street passed away at home on Tuesday, January 17, 2017, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on April 21, 1961...

Linda M. Rilla, 69

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Linda M. Rilla, 69, of Pittsfield passed away from cancer on Sunday January 15, 2017, at home, surrounded by family. Linda was born in Pittsfield on December 27,...

Virginia H. Boivin, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Virginia Henrietta Boivin, 90, formerly of Applewood Lane and Melbourne Place, died at Springside of Pittsfield on Monday, January 16, 2017. Born in Pittsfield the...

Pasquale 'Pat' Massetti, 94

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pasquale (Pat) Massetti, 94, passed on Saturday, January 14, 2017, in Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach, Fla., surrounded by his loving family. He was loved by all...

Theodore Underhill Jr., 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Theodore Edward Underhill Jr., 88, of Stearns Avenue died Tuesday, January 10, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on January 31, 1928, the son of...

G. Thomas Wheeler, 64

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — G. Thomas Wheeler, 64, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 7, 2017, after a brief illness. Tommy was born in Pittsfield on November 3, 1952, to George and...

Anajia Murphy-Malloy, 11

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Anajia Murphy-Malloy, 11, went to Heaven and became an Angel on Friday, January 6, 2017, surrounded by her loving family, friends and caregivers at Berkshire Meadows,...

Lawrence A. Grizey, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lawrence August Grizey Jr., 91, of 8 Allengate Avenue, Pittsfield, died Thursday, December 29, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Sacramento, California, on...

Stephen M. Gershoff, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Stephen Mitchell Gershoff, 85, of Walden Lane in Pittsfield died Saturday, December 31, 2016, in Melbourne, Florida, with his wife Sheila Gershoff and family by his...

William K. Marlowe, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William Kenneth Marlowe, 90, of 121 Elberon Avenue, Pittsfield, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 28, 2016, surrounded by his loving family. Born in...

George W. Croshier, 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - George W. Croshier, 63, of 86 Caroline Street passed away on Saturday, December 24, 2016, at Bay State Medical Center in Springfield. Born on October 1, 1953, in...

Julia LoCascio Cary, 100

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Julia LoCascio Cary of Port Saint Lucie, Fla.,  and formerly of Pittsfield passed away December 25, 2016. Born in Swoyersville, Penn., on June 28, 1916, the...

Dalton J. Brigley, 22

DALTON, Mass. — Dalton James Brigley, 22, of Hemlock Hill, died unexpectedly December 15, 2016. He was born September 29, 1994 in Northampton, Mass., son of Jody L. Mathison Brigley and...

Ann Marie Palmer, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ann Marie Palmer, 88, formerly of Kenwood Street, Pittsfield, and later of Sugar Hill, Dalton, died Monday, December 19, 2016, at Craneville Place of Dalton. Born in...

Michael A. Lavalley, 35

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Michael Alan "Mike" Lavalley, 35, of Second Street, died unexpectedly Monday, December 19, 2016. Mike was born in Pittsfield on May 11, 1981, the son of...

Mary Ann DiCroce, 75

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mary Ann DiCroce, 75, of 31 Newton Ave died Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on August 12, 1941, the daughter of Louis S....

John A. Tatro, 74

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John A. Tatro, 74, of 449 Churchill St. died on Friday, December 16, 2016, at Baystate Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Pittsfield, on...

Eugene P. Pomerleau, 90

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Eugene P. Pomerleau, 90, recently of Gonic, N.H., and formerly of Pompano Beach, Fla., and Lanesborough, Mass., passed away on December 13, 2016, peacefully surrounded...

Richard E. Fillio, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard Evans Fillio, 86, formerly of 338 Onota Street, Pittsfield, died Sunday, December 11, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 2, 1930,...

Anthony M. ‘Tony Pots & Pans’ Maschino, 3

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Anthony Martin Maschino, 3, of Pittsfield passed away after a two-month battle with an aggressive brainstem glioma, a rare childhood cancer, on Friday, December 9, 2016,...

Pauline Pierce, 99

LENOX, Mass. — Pauline Day Pierce, known as Polly, died peacefully on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at Kimball Farms in Lenox.  Born in Chicago on November 28, 1917, she spent her...

Richard F. Fancher, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard F. Fancher, 88, of Pittsfield, formerly of Stephentown, N.Y., died Wednesday, December 7, 2016, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility, surrounded by his loving...

Ilene M. Maluda, 85

DALTON, Mass. — Ilene M. Maluda, 85, of 45 Main Street, Sugar Hill, passed away on December 5, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Born on July 5, 1931 in Adams, Mass., she was the...