Obituaries

Eugene R. "Bud" O'Keefe, 90

DALTON, Mass. — Eugene R. "Bud" O'Keefe, 90, of 23 Sunnyside Drive died Saturday, June 11, 2016, at home.  Born in Hartford, Conn., on November 7, 1925, he was the son...

William M. Landry, 90

DALTON, Mass. — William M. Landry, 90, of 45 Main Street, Sugar Hill, died June 9, 2016, at Springside of Pittsfield.  Born on July 6, 1925 in Dalton, he was the son of the late...

Richard J. Contois, 65

DALTON, Mass. — Richard J. Contois, 65, of 600 Main St. died Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at Craneville Place of Dalton.  Born on October 18, 1950, in North Adams, he was the son of the...

Leonard Marcus, 84

LENOX, Mass. — Leonard Marcus, whose extraordinary musical career included celebrated roles as a conductor, radio host, magazine editor and educator, died on December 9, 2014, as a result of...

Jane Palmer, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jane Granfield Palmer, 90, died Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at home after a lengthy illness. She graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1944 and in 1949 married James...

Clara E. Garvey, 94

DALTON, Mass. — Clara E. Garvey, 94, longtime Dalton resident, died Thursday, June 2, at Craneville Place of Dalton.  Born on May 30, 1922, in Stowe, Vt., she was the daughter of...

Margaret ‘Peggy’ Mazza, 94

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Margaret O. 'Peggy' Mazza, 94, of Benedict Road died Thursday, June 2, 2016, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility.  Born in Pittsfield on June 1, 1922,...

Jean ‘Jay’ Conforti

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jean Sophia “Jay” Conforti died peacefully at her home with her family by her side on Thursday, June 2.   She was the youngest child of Anthony...

Mary B. Fontana, 74

DALTON, Mass. — Mrs. Mary B. Fontana, 74, formerly of 125 River Birch Lane, died Thursday, June 2, 2016, at Springside Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center. She was born in Pittsfield...

Angela Troy, 37

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Angela Soares Troy died Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at her home in Lanesborough. A former resident of Swansea, Mass., Angela was born March 17, 1979, to parents...

Coralie M. Ingraham, 76

DALTON, Mass. — Coralie M. Ingraham, 76, died Saturday, May 28, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by her family.  Born in Pittsfield on December 24, 1939, she was a...

Arlene J. Betters, 69

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Arlene J. Betters, 69, of 8 Chatham St. passed away Saturday, May 28, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer.  Born on March 25,...

Francis A. Curro Sr., 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Francis A. Curro, 88, died Friday, May 27, 2016.  Born May 11, 1928, the son of Joseph Curro and Anna Monito Curro, he was a graduate of Pittsfield Central High...

George G. Bodnar, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — George Gerald Bodnar, 70, of Roberta Road died Monday, May 23, 2016 at Albany Medical Center. He was born in McKeesport, Penn., on January 7, 1946, the son of the...

Scott H. Fielding, 59

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Scott Hunt Fielding, 59, of Pittsfield died Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at his home.  He was born in Pittsfield on October 19, 1956, a son of the late Norman Everett...

Roger L. Cole, 79

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Roger L. Cole of Ocala, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died on Sunday, May 1, 2016, at Munroe Regional Hospital after a short illness. Roger was born in Pittsfield on...

Lyle Jones

RICHMOND, Mass. — Lyle Jones of Richmond died Monday, May 9, 2016, at Baystate Medical Center with his family surrounding him. Lyle was born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada and came to...

Irene J. Caplan, 97,

DALTON, Mass. — Irene Jordan Caplan, 97, a native of Birmingham, Ala., died on May 13, 2016, at Craneville Place in Dalton, where she resided since 2008. Mrs. Caplan was formerly a resident...

Kevin T. Sedgwick, 61

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Kevin T. Sedgwick, 61, longtime Dalton native, of 66 Dexter St. in Pittsfield, died Monday, May 9, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Born on April 5, 1955 in...

Domenica M. Curletti, 94

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Domenica M. “Mecca” Curletti, formerly of 138 Parkside Ave., passed away Friday, May 6, 2016, at Springside of Pittsfield Rehabilitation and Skill Care...

Norman V. Goyette Jr., 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Norman V. Goyette Jr., 72, of 22 Fencourt Ave. in Randolph, Mass., passed away at his residence on Tuesday, May 3, 2016.  A former Pittsfield resident, he was...

Alice M. Wrzesinski, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alice M. Wrzesinski, of 48 Marshall St., died peacefully at home on Saturday, April 30, 2016. Born on November 11, 1920, in Harmarville, Pa., she was the daughter of...

Alberta G. Sorrentino, 96

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alberta G. “Bertha” Sorrentino, 96, formerly of Center Street in Lee and Housatonic Street in Lenox, died Sunday, May 1, at Hillcrest Commons in...

Donald L. Richards Jr., 74

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Donald L. "Gentle Giant” Richards Jr., 74, died peacefully at home on Thursday evening, April 28, 2016. Born December 16, 1941, in Pittsfield, he was the...

JoAnn Mary Best, 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — JoAnn Mary Best, 63, of 81 Greylock Terrace passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, surrounded by her family and friends.  Born in Pittsfield on October 3,...