Obituaries

Dennis M. Moynihan, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Dennis M. Moynihan, 68, of 19 Anita Drive passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on September 9, 1948, in Pittsfield, he was...

Gary C. Snyder, 64

DALTON, Mass. — Beloved son, husband, father and grandfather Gary C. Snyder, 64, of Dalton passed away unexpectedly at home on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. Born in Pittsfield on...

James A. Murphy, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — James Allen Murphy, 68, of Pittsfield died Thursday, September 22, 2016, at Hillcrest Commons. He was born in Miami, Fla., on February 7, 1948, son of Bruce and Ella...

Paul P. DiVirgilio, 96

LENOX, Mass. — Paul P. DiVirgilio, 96, of Devonshire Estates, 329 Pittsfield Road, passed away Monday, September 19, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Pittsfield on...

Carole A. Drosehn, 74

DALTON, Mass. — After a battle with cancer, Carole Drosehn died on Sunday, September 18, 2016 at her home in Dalton at the age of 74. Carole was born on October 16, 1941, in Pittsfield,...

George P. Mathes, 46

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — George Peter Mathes, 46, of 68 Maplewood Ave. died Sunday, September 18, 2016, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on November 28, 1969, the son of George P. Mathes and...

William H. Squires Jr., 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William H. Squires Jr., 86, of 350 West St. passed away on Friday, September 16, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on January 20, 1930 in Pittsfield, he was...

Margaret T. Cady, 88

DALTON, Mass. — Margaret T. Cady, 88, of 12 Park Circle Drive in Dalton passed away on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care in Pittsfield after a brief...

David R. Banford Sr., 75

DALTON, Mass. — David R. "Hacksaw" Banford Sr., 75, of Daly Avenue, Dalton, died unexpectedly on Monday, September 12, 2016, at his home. He was born in Palmer, Mass., on...

James 'Big Jim' O'Neill, 62

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — James Bernard 'Big Jim' O'Neill, 62, of Pittsfield and formerly of North Adams, died peacefully Wednesday September 7, 2016, at his home. He was born in...

Christine Ann 'Chrissy' Craighead, 50

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Christine Ann (Chrissy) Craighead, 50, born on September 14, 1965, passed away on September 6, 2016, after a year-long battle with cancer. Chrissy was diagnosed...

Bryan J. Gaspardi, 30

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bryan J. Gaspardi, 30, of Crane Avenue died Sunday, September 11, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born on June 18, 1986 in Pittsfield, the son of Sharon...

Mildred I. Murphy, 98

DALTON, Mass. — Mildred Irene Murphy, 98, of RiverRun Apartments, Dalton, died Tuesday, September 6, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Stephentown, N.Y., the daughter of Orson...

Mary Ann Northrup, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mary Ann Northrup, 78, formerly of 37 Waubeek Road, Pittsfield, passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2016, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided...

Lisa A, MacDowell, 51

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lisa A, MacDowell, 51, of Pittsfield died unexpectedly at her home on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016. Born September 20, 1964, the daughter of James Chague and Mary Rogers...

Andrew J. Wood, 52

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Andrew James Wood of Pecks Road died early Monday morning, August 29, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Andy was born February 7, 1964, at St. Luke's...

Alan T. Rondeau, 56

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alan Thomas Rondeau, 56, of Pittsfield died Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on July 17, 1960, son of the...

Shirley Paquette Astle

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Born in Bridgeport, Conn., in 1943, Shirley Paquette Astle died Aug. 26, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness.  She is survived by her beloved...

David E. Clancy, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — David E. Clancy, 78, of Pittsfield died Wednesday, August 24, 2016, surrounded by his loving family at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on July 5, 1938, son of...

Joan Monahan McFalls, 82

LENOX, Mass. — Joan Monahan McFalls died on Thursday, August 25, 2016, in Lenox. Born June 2, 1934 in New York City in the Borough of Queens, Joan grew up in Bayside and attended local...

Arthur P. Miller Jr., 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Arthur P. Miller Jr., 84, of Farnsworth Terrace in Pittsfield, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, at Craneville Place of Dalton. Born on November 12, 1931, in...

Donalda Skowronski, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Donalda A. (Rostkowski) Skowronski, formerly of 326 Highland Ave., Pittsfield, passed away August 22, 2016, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, 12 days after her...

Lydia DiMartino, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lydia (Pariselli) DiMartino, 90, of Pittsfield died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016 at the Mount Carmel Care Center. She was born in Pittsfield on October 13, 1925, a...

Marion T. Carmel, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Marion T. Carmel, 82, formerly of North Adams and Pittsfield, passed away on August 22, 2106, at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since June of...

Armand E. Bigelow, 58

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Armand E. Bigelow, 58, of 40 Sunset St. in Pittsfield passed away on Friday, August 19, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on February 28, 1958 in Pittsfield,...