Obituaries

Thomas H. Leab, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Thomas H. Leab, 92, of 169 Maplegrove Drive passed away on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Craneville Place of Dalton, where he had resided since July. Born on...

Joseph H. Doucette, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joseph Hermel Doucette, 84, of 44 Grace Terrace died Thursday, September 29, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Keegan, Maine, the son of Joseph O. and Annie...

Sandra A. Alfonso, 74

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sandra Ann Alfonso, 74, of Burbank St., formerly of 48 Holly St., Pittsfield, died September 28, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams, the daughter of...

Beverly A. Krause, 79

DALTON, Mass. — Beverly Alice Krause, 79, of 500 South St. died Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on August 13, 1937, the daughter of Arthur...

Gerald P. Erb

DALTON, Mass.— Gerald P. Erb of Dalton passed away unexpectedly of a brief illness on September 25, 2016, at UMass Memorial Hospital in Worcester, Mass. He was born in Ryder, N.D., in...

Victoria A. Mathes, 65

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Victoria A. Mathes, 65, of 48 Brown Street passed away on Friday, September 23, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on October 2, 1950, in Pittsfield, she was...

Donald H. Brasie, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Donald H. Brasie, 88, formerly of Pittsfield passed away Monday, September 26, 2016, at Kindred Nursing & Rehabilitation in Lee.  He was born in Pittsfield...

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...