Obituaries

John Shields,77

United States Air Force Master Sergeant John J. Shields, 77 of Dalton and formerly of North Adams died early Thursday morning, February 24, 2022 at Berkshire Medical Center after a heroic struggle...

James Clukey,64

    James Lawrence Clukey, 64, of Pittsfield, died on Sunday February 13, 2022 at his home. He was born in Waterville, Maine on July 18, 1957 a son of the late James & Irene...

Paula Godfrey,61

Paula (Bohl) Godfrey 61, of Pittsfield, MA. left her physical body on Wednesday February 2, 2022 to begin the next phase of her spiritual journey. Paula was welcomed to this world on December 10,...

William 'Bill' Coe, 83

DALTON, Mass. — William "Bill" Coe of Lodi, Calif. formerly of Dalton, died Sept. 13, 2021, in Lodi, Calif.  Born July 20, 1938, in Pittsfield. Son of the late Vera Bemis and...

Peter E. Germanowski, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Peter E. Germanowski, 70, of Pittsfield, died Wednesday evening, January 12, 2022, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in North Adams on March 13, 1951, a son of...

Philip P. White, 76

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Mr. Philip P. White, age 76, a resident of Kingston, NY since 2014 and formerly of Pittsfield, MA died unexpectedly in an automobile accident on Thursday, December 30,...

Raymond F. Meisberger

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —   Raymond Frederick Meisberger, 84, passed away on December 25, 2021, after a long illness. He died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. He was...

Louis Alfonso, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Louis Alfonso, age 95, passed away on the morning of Feb. 12, 2021, at his home in Pittsfield.  He was born to Frank and Domenica Lapi Alfonso in 1925 and graduated...

Lewis Sweener, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —   Lewis R. Sweener, born in Pittsfield on May 26,1936 to Lewis C. and Frances Pinney Sweener, died on November 17th at Berkshire Medical Center, surrounded by loving...

Kenneth R. Flanders, Jr.

Kenneth Ralph Flanders, Jr., 65 of Pittsfield, MA, passed away October 23, 2021 at Baystate Medical Center. He was born in Holyoke, MA on July 9, 1956 to the late Kenneth R. Flanders Sr., and...

Frank J. Halik, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Frank Joseph Halik, 87 of Pittsfield, MA died Saturday October 30, 2021 at his home with his daughter by his side. He was born in Lake Ronkonkoma, L.I., NY on...

Jeffrey H. May, 61

DALTON, Mass. —  Jeffrey H. May passed away on November 1st surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cholangiocarcinoma. He was 61 years old. Jeff was born in Manhasset NY...

Larry Newmark

Larry Newmark, son of the late Helen and David Newmark, passed away peacefully on October 30th in his hometown of Pittsfield, MA at the age of 75. Larry was always private with his emotions and,...

William Tobin, 73

PITTSFIELD, Mass.— William E. "Bill" Tobin, 73, artist and educator, passed away Oct. 7, 2021, at the Gale Avenue home he built after a brave, eight-year fight with prostate...

Eleanor Ruth Auge

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Eleanor Ruth Auge known to those who loved her as Ellie, Ma, Meme, Nanny and Bamma took her rightful seat beside the Blessed Mother October 8, 2021. An instant angel,...

William A. Chapman, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William A. Chapman, age 87 of Pittsfield died Monday evening at his home after a long illness. Born in North Adams, on Feb. 20, 1934, he was the son of the late Raymond...

Phyllis Lozo, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Phyllis A. (Daoust) Lozo, 82, of Pittsfield, MA died Saturday, September 18, 2021, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Pittsfield, MA on July 15, 1939, the...

Eddine Fitzpatrick, 64

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —   Mrs. Eddine A. (Kuhner) Fitzpatrick, 64, of Pittsfield, died on Saturday, September 4, 2021 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Phoenix,...

Mark Burda,62

Mark Burda, 62, of Pittsfield died Friday September 3, 2021 at Baystate Medical Center. He was born in Salem, MA on July 18, 1959 a son of Paul G. Burda and the late Patricia (Trojanowski)...

Lena Scapin,90

Our beloved, “Nani”, Lena N. Scapin of Pittsfield, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, September 4, 2021 at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. She was...

Richard E. Astore, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard Earl Astore, 85, of Pittsfield, MA, passed away August 27, 2021 surrounded by his family at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 12, 1936, he...

Helen Fink

LENOX, Mass. —   Helen Fink, of Kimball Farms Life Care in Lenox, Massachusetts, died at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield on July 28, 2021 after a sudden illness. Helen’s...

Michael Sarkis Jr, 69

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Michael Patrick Sarkis Jr., 69 of Pittsfield, MA died on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by his family and their priest. He was...

Grace E. Germanowski, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Grace E Germanowski passed away in the loving home of her son Mark and daughter-in-law Heidi Germanowski on July 10, 2021, in Sun City, Ariz. She was 93. Born in...

Remo DiTomasso, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Remo DiTomasso, 82 of Pittsfield, MA died on Thursday August 5, 2021 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Pittsfield, MA on November 1,...