Obituaries

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...

Yolanda A. Romano, 89

MIDDLEFIELD, Mass. — Yolanda A. Romano, 89, a lifelong resident of Middlefield, passed away on November 29, 2016, at Hillcrest Commons of Pittsfield.  Born on October 21, 1927, in...

Barbara Goldin, 75

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara Goldin, 75, of Pittsfield died on Monday, December 5, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded and held by her loving family.  Born in Hagerstown,...

Patrick Kelly, 32

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The life of Patrick Henley Kelly was tragically cut short by an accident on Wednesday, November 30, 2016.  Patrick, 32 years old, was born in Pittsfield to Donna...

Richard B. Petell, 58

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard Brion Petell, 58, beloved father, son, brother, grandfather, uncle and friend, passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2016, following an illness at Berkshire...

Lawrence E. "Larry" Brothers Jr.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lawrence E. "Larry" Brothers Jr. passed away Saturday, December 3, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was the son of the late Lawrence E. Brothers Sr...

Arthur Stein, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The family of Arthur Stein is heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved father, grandfather, brother-in-law, and uncle, on Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Born...

Janet A. Roy, 82

DALTON, Mass. — Dalton lost an exceptional woman with an amazing spirit who was loved and admired by many. Janet Alberta Putney Roy, "Nanny,” was surrounded by her eight...

Gilda E.Monterosso, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Gilda Elaine DiNicola Monterosso, 92, of Springside Avenue died peacefully with hospice at her daughter’s home on Sunday morning, 10:19 a.m., Nov. 27, 2016, surrounded in...

Ellen Polidoro Roux, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ellen Polidoro Roux, 91, of Mount Carmel Care Center, died Wednesday, November 23, 2016. Born in Pittsfield on April 11, 1925, she was the daughter of Nicola and...

Vernon B. Palen Sr., 78

LENOX, Mass. — Vernon B. Palen Sr., 78, of 71 King William Road passed away on Monday, November 21, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Born on February 18, 1938, in Hudson, N.Y.,...