Obituaries

Thomas A. Sacchetti

Thomas A. Sacchetti, 88, of 52 McKinley Terrace died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 2, 1918, son of Anthony M. Sacchetti Sr. and Amelia...

Phalice A. Jenks

Phalice A. Jenks, 77, of 27 Franklin St. died Friday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 19, 1928, daughter of Clymer and Anna McCarty Dunbar, she was a 1946...

Barbara A. McMahon

Barbara A. McMahon, 73, of 186 Lebanon Ave., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1933, daughter of Frederick and Evelyn Daigle...

Patrick H. Mathews

Patrick H. Mathews, 82, of Fabiano Boulevard in Greensport, formerly of Pittsfield, died Thursday at Community Hospice Memorial Hospital in Hudson. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1924, son of...

Eugene T. McCarthy

Eugene T. McCarthy, 80, of 76 Baldwin Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 5, 1926, son of Thomas and Pauline Labrode McCarthy, he...

Stephen Raymond Kelly

Stephen Raymond Kelly, 39, of 71 Doreen St. died at home on Sunday of heart failure. He came to Pittsfield in 2002 from Overland Park, Kan. Born in Kansas City, Miss., on May 5, 1967, son of...

Irene Theresa Wojtkowski

Irene Theresa Wojtkowski, 75, of 1565 West Housatonic St. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since December. Born in Adams on July 5, 1931, daughter of Albert and...

Benjamin Rosen

Benjamin Rosen, 87, of 144 Francis Ave., died yesterday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on June 24, 1919, son of Abraham and Annie Fatt Rosen, he was a graduate of...

John Walter "Obie" O'Bryan

John Walter "Obie" O'Bryan, 63, a 30-year resident of 53 E. Main St. and formerly of Cheshire, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in West Rutland, Vt., on Jan....

Dora Agnes Rossin

Dora Agnes Rossin, 77, a 47-year resident of 16 Pembroke Ave., died Sunday night at her home. Born in Pittsfield on April 29, 1929, daughter of Joseph and Alice Buletti Mazza, she was a 1947...

Anthony C. "Spuzzy" Esposito

Anthony C. "Spuzzy" Esposito, 85, of 66 Clarkson Ave., a winter resident of Ormond Beach, Fla., died yesterday at his home. Born in DiCalabria, Italy, on Dec. 10, 1920, son of Domenico and...

James Michael Paone

James Michael Paone, 83, of 94 Elaine Drive, formerly of Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., died yesterday at the home of his sister, Angelica Marinaro, with whom he had resided since January 2005. Born...

Elaine E. McCarthy

Elaine E. McCarthy, 80, of 76 Baldwin Ave. died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center of an apparent heart attack shortly after being admitted. She was a three-time cancer survivor. Born in...

Stanislaw L. Kozlowski

Stanislaw L. Kozlowski, 46, of 61 Union St. died after a long illness Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since Tuesday. Born in Pittsfield on May 7, 1960, son of Stella Ozga...

Dennis Albert Lussier

Dennis Albert Lussier, 51, of 242 Wahconah St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 5, 1955, son of Gil A. Lussier and the late Carmella...

M. Elizabeth Grucelski

M. Elizabeth Grucelski, 86, formerly of 179 Highland Ave., died Wednesday at Epoch Senior Center in Brewster, where she had resided for two years. Born in Tupper Lake, N.Y., on Oct. 4, 1919,...

Eugene E. Gillette

Eugene E. Gillette, 86, of 91 Brombach St. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 10, 1920, son of Jules and Harriet Marquis Gilliotte, he was a graduate of...

Rebecca A. Spaniol

Rebecca A. Spaniol, 92, formerly of RiverRun Apartments, died Monday, Aug. 14, at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Wells, Vt., on March 9, 1914, daughter of Fred and Florence Haskins Fisher, she...

Ralph E. Sincere

Ralph E. Sincere, 97, formerly of New Hampshire Avenue, died Sunday, Aug. 13, after a long illness at Hillcrest Commons, where he had lived for the past three years. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 9,...

Leo "Joe" Rivers

Leo "Joe" Rivers, 69, of Route 16A, Intervale, N.H., formerly of Dalton, died Saturday, Aug. 12, at his home. Born in Dalton on Sept. 2, 1936, son of Leo and Helen Lee Rivers, he received his...

Richard Matthew Keane

Richard Matthew Keane, 84, of Providence Court, 379 East St., died Friday while visiting his daughter, Theresa I. Wilson of 9 McKinley Drive, Delmar, N.Y. Born in Roxbury on Nov. 2, 1921, son of...

Thomas d'Aquin Daverin

Thomas d'Aquin Daverin, 86, of 19 Cummings Ave. died Wednesday morning at his home. Born in Pittsfield on March 25, 1920, son of George and Yvonne d'Aquin Daverin, he was a graduate of Pittsfield...

James C. "J.C." Lothridge

James C. "J.C." Lothridge, 64, of Pittsfield, died Saturday at Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich, N.Y. Born in Norwich on Oct. 31, 1941, son of the late Floyd E. and Margaret Christle...

Gordon Frederick Gates Sr.

Gordon Frederick Gates Sr., 64, of 19 Hillside St., died Wednesday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since July 6. Born in Pittsfield on May 3, 1942, son of Gordon J. and Marjorie...

Mark William Fontaine

Mark William Fontaine, 34, of 18 Dartmouth St. died Tuesday as a result of injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident in Bernardston. Born in Ware on June 6, 1972, son of Ethel Clapp Fontaine...