Obituaries

John J. Gwozdz, 72

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Mr. John Joseph Gwozdz, 72, of Fales Road died Saturday morning, March 26, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on August 25, 1943, a...

Chester F. Zieba, 77

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Chester F. Zieba, 77, of 3 Myrtle St. died Friday evening, March 25, 2016, at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, N.Y. He was born in Adams on July 1, 1938, a son of...

Richard P. Hamilton, 86

HANCOCK, Mass. — Richard P. Hamilton, 86, died on Sunday, March 20, 2016, at Albany Medical Center.  He was born in Pittsfield on March 14, 1930, the eldest son of Harold P....

Helen A. DeRose, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Helen Anne Sohl DeRose, 88, of Williamstown died Monday, March 21, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Cambridge, N.Y., on June 28, 1927, daughter...

Donald Trimarchi, 73

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Donald Trimarchi, 73, of Williamstown died Sunday March 20, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in North Adams on Dec. 14, 1942, son of Rocco Milano Trimarchi...

Edward C. Bergeron, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Edward Charles Bergeron, 83, of 3 Myrtle St., Adams, died Saturday March 12, 2016, at North Adams Commons. He was born in North Adams on May 26, 1932, a son of George and...

Susan Shepard, 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Susan Shepard, 57, of 10 Frederick St. died on Sunday, March 13, 2016, surrounded by her family. She was born in North Adams on July 17, 1957, a daughter of Rita Oslizlo...

Anna M. Mariani, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anna May Mulvaney Mariani, 97, of North Adams died Friday, March 11, 2016, at North Adams Commons. Mrs. Mariani was born in Clarksburg on May 25, 1918, daughter of David...

Murray Pinsker, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Murray Pinsker, 67, of North Adams died Thursday, March 10, 2016 at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Mr. Pinsker was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 12,...

Lois E. Morrissey, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lois Eleanor Blanchard Morrissey, 86, died Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at Brookdale Fillmore Pond in Bennington, Vt. She was born in North Adams on Feb. 8, 1930, to Leon and...

Tadeusz Pytko, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Tadeusz "Ted" Pytko, 85, of North Adams died Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Mr. Pytko was born in Adams on May 29, 1930, son of Jan and...

Walter W. Foster, 51

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Walter William Foster, 51, of 69 Quincy St., died Monday March 7, 2016, at his home, surrounded by his family. Born in North Adams on Aug. 13, 1964, son of Erma...

Robert J. DeRose, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Joseph DeRose, 73, of Jefferson, Ohio, and formerly of North Adams, died Sunday, March 6, 2016, at Ashtabula County Medical Center in Ashtabula, Ohio. Born in...

Maisie M. Pierce, 96

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Maisie Marion Pierce, 96, of Williamstown, died Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 10, 1920, daughter of Jeremiah and Grace...

Diane L. Exford, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Diane Louise Exford, 68, of North Street died on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Nov.  16, 1947, a...

Mary R. Hartman, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Rose Hartman, 91, of North Adams and West Yarmouth, died Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on June 8, 1924, daughter of Camillo...

Gail Cook, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gail Cook, 68, of North Adams died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Oct. 5, 1947, a daughter of Henry and Gladys Foster St. Pierre,...

Margaret L. Palmer, 80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Margaret L. "Bunny" Palmer, 80, of Adams Road died Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in 1935, daughter of...

Antoinette C. Caccavo, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Antoinette Constance Caccavo, 96, of Hanover, formerly of North Adams, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. Born in North Adams on Aug. 24,...

Margaret E. Senecal, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Margaret Emily Senecal, 66, of Woodlawn Avenue died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the North Adams Campus of Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 10, 1949,...

Nancy E. Weyers, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Nancy Ellen Weyers, 82, of Williamstown, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at Centers for Living and Rehab in Bennington, Vt. Born in North Adams on Jan. 8, 1934, daughter of...

Mary T. Smith, 97

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mary Terese Smith, 97, a former longtime resident of North Adams and Williamstown, died peacefully on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at The Community Hospice House in Merrimack,...

Michael J. Spencer, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael Joseph Spencer, 50, of North Adams died Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on June 10, 1965, a son of Emily...

Michael V. Malloy, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael Victor Malloy, 72, of North Adams died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at his home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 18, 1943, a son of Robert and Harselia Lefaive Malloy,...

John A. Casuscelli Sr., 53

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John Arthur Casuscelli Sr., 53, of Reeves Street died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. Born in North Adams on May 28, 1962, son of Elizabeth Racine Casuscelli Crosier of North...