Obituaries
Celebrating Lives & Legacies
Esther Gelston DuBois
Esther Gelston DuBois, 92, of Springside Nursing Center, formerly of Goodrich Street, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Montreal on March 14, 1914, daughter of the late Robert and...John Joseph Sokolowski Sr.
John Joseph Sokolowski Sr., 74, of 59 Harris St., a former Pittsfield firefighter, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on June 22, 1932, son of Nicholas and Mary Sauwick...Andrea O. Sadowy
Andrea O. Sadowy, 44, of 1883 Route 32 North, Gansevoort, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Saratoga Springs (N.Y.) Hospital after a short battle with lung cancer. Before moving to...Ruth I. Melle
Ruth I. Melle, 79, of 68 Gale Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 23, 1927, daughter of Roy Nash Sr. and Nellie Foster Nash, she was a...Lucia DiPrimio
Lucia DiPrimio, 92, of 161 Newell St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Hillcrest Commons for two years. Born in Turrivalignani, province of Pescara, Italy, on...Robert Charles Nicholas
Robert Charles Nicholas, 83, of Pownal, Vt., formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 2, 1923, son of Everett A....Douglas F. Barnes
Douglas F. Barnes, 65, of 189 Churchill Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center of an apparent heart attack. Born in Pittsfield on March 8, 1941, son of the late Leroy and Claire LaFrance...Mary I. Ricchi
Mary I. Ricchi, 93, formerly of Pittsfield and McKinney, Texas, died Sunday at the Cogburn Health & Rehabilitation Center in Huntsville, Ala. Born in Cassine, Province of Alessandria, Italy, on...David F. Hart
David F. Hart, 69, of 255 Lebanon Ave. died Sunday evening at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided for the past three years. Born in Pittsfield on April 9, 1937, son of M. Evelyn Fallaw...Nina Grechan
Nina Grechan, 85, of 73 Rose Drive died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Springfield on March 29, 1921, daughter of Aleksey and Eugenie Gardieff Grechan, she was a graduate of Dalton...Christine Helen Vanhoenacker
Christine Helen Vanhoenacker, 69, of Melbourne Place, formerly of Dawes Avenue, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Shenandoah, Pa., on Dec. 7, 1937, daughter of Andrew and Helen...John Funke Jr.
John Funke Jr., 87, of 1110 Marshall Road, Greenwood, S.C., died Thursday at Wesley Commons in Greenwood. He was the father of Carole Ann Collins of Pittsfield. Born in Atlanta on March 15,...Albert W. "Red" Turner
Albert W. "Red" Turner, 90, of 40 Sunset Ave., a former longtime resident of 370 East St., died Saturday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where he had been a patient since May 4. Born in...Priscilla Mary Ryan
Priscilla Mary Ryan, 81, of 19 Roselyn Drive died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after six months of hospitalization. Born in Pittsfield on March 16, 1925, daughter of Joseph B. and...Judith D. Joyce
Judith D. Joyce, 64, of 494 East New Lenox Road died Saturday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 22, 1942, daughter of Russell F. and Marion Williams Allen, she spent her...Barbara A. Fahey
Barbara A. Fahey, 76, of 74 Flansburg Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 17, 1930, daughter of Walter B. and Vera Mongue Fox, she was a 1948 graduate of the former Dalton High...Charles A. Reed Sr.
Charles A. Reed Sr., 73, of 347 Sycamore Drive, Crossville, Tenn., died Monday at home. He was co-owner of Summit Hill Campground in the town of Washington from 1985 to 2005 Born in New Haven,...Victoria Houghtaling
Victoria Houghtaling, 60, of 169 Valentine Road died Tuesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 6, 1946, daughter of Angelo and Theresa Palumbo Vicki, she attended...William Edward Prew
William Edward Prew, 53, of 18 Woodbine Ave. died Monday at home of cancer. Born in Pittsfield on April 29, 1953, son of Madeline Derade Prew and the late William James Prew, he attended St....Dorothy Lotto
Dorothy Lotto, 88, of 1 Colt Road, formerly of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., died Monday at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 15, 1918, daughter of Charles and Anna Shapiro Weiss, she spent most of her life...Antoinette DiNicola
Antoinette DiNicola, 87, of 164 Elm St. died Monday at St. Francis' Hospital in Hartford, Conn. Born in Lee on March 14, 1919, daughter of Diego and Frances Insalaco Carlino, she attended schools...Barbara C. Stack
Barbara C. Stack, 87, of 32 Barker Road died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for a short time. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 4, 1919, daughter of Walter L. and...Clement "Chuck" Gage
Clement "Chuck" Gage, 60, of 11 Walden Lane died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 24, 1946, son of Evelyn Bordeau Wendling and the late...Donald V. Buttenheim
Donald V. Buttenheim, 91, of Kimball Farms Retirement Community died there yesterday after a brief illness. Born in Hastings, N.Y., on July 23, 1915, son of Edgar J. and Marian Voorhees...Dorothy M. Bourdon
Dorothy M. Bourdon, 93, of State Road, Route 41, died Sunday at Mary Ann Morse Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Natick, where she had resided since April. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 8, 1913,...iBerkshires.com Text Ads
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