Obituaries

Steven J. Monterosso, 60

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Steven J. Monterosso, 60, of Pittsfield, Mass., died Friday, August 3, 2018, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Steve was born in Pittsfield to Helen Lesniak...

Robert E. Belanger, 90

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Robert Edward Belanger, 90, of Clarksburg died Sunday, August 5, 2018.  He was born in North Adams on September 26, 1927, a son of the late Isadore and Eva...

Robert Silman, 83

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Robert Silman Jr., 83, died peacefully at home in Great Barrington, Ma., on July 31, 2018   Most beloved by his wife of 62 years, Roberta; children Miriam...

Kenneth B. Meyer, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Kenneth Baggott Meyer, 91, formerly of Williamstown, Mass., died on Wednesday, August 1, 2018, at CareOne in Wilmington, Ma.  He was born in Mt. Kisco, N.Y.,...

Geraldine Fallon, 90

DALTON, Mass. — Geraldine H. Fallon died Saturday, July 28, 2018. Born on November 16, 1927 in Pittsfield, she was the daughter of the late James and Lillian Akroyd Thomson. A former...

Bridget A. Brown, 58

LENOX, Mass. — Bridget Anne Brown, 58, of Lenox died Monday morning, July 30, 2018, after a brief illness at her childhood home in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield November 6, 1959, the...

Janice R. Tanner, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Janice Ruth (Russett) Tanner, 86, formerly of North Adams, Mass., died on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at the Medway Country Manor in Medway, Mass., after a long...

Tryntje Shapli, 79

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Tryntje Shapli, 79, died peacefully on Saturday, July 28, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 1939, as Margot Tryntje Ostrander,...

Martha L. Nelligan, 75

LENOX, Mass. — Martha Lorraine (Gaylord) Nelligan died peacefully at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox surrounded by her loving family on Friday July 27, 2018. Born in...

Nancy J. Hamilton, 59

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Nancy Jean Hamilton, 59, of 18 Cromwell Ave., Pittsfield, Mass., passed away July 27, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on February 19, 1959, the daughter of...

Paula M. Dillon, 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Paula M. Dillon, 63, quietly passed away in the early evening of July 28, 2018, following a long struggle with cancer.  She leaves behind her husband Patrick; a...

Christopher K. Unsworth, 48

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Christopher Kiejna Unsworth died, too young, on July 27, 2018, at the family home in Lee after an extended battle with cancer.  The beloved son of Thomas E....

JoAnne L. Ziaja, 80

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. JoAnne L. (Horton) Ziaja, 80, of Adams died on Saturday, July 28, 2018, at her home. She was born in Adams on April 25, 1938, a daughter of the late Edward and Anita...

Fredrick J. Mastrogiovanni Sr., 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mr. Fredrick J. Mastrogiovanni Sr., 77, of 63 Scammell Ave., Pittsfield, died Friday morning, July 27, 2018, at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston after a lengthy...

Catherine P. Morin, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — Catherine Patricia (Wade) Morin, 91, of Adams, Mass., died Friday, July 27, 2018, at Sweetbrook Care Center. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on August 12, 1926,...

Steven R. Salvini, 58

BECKET, Mass. — Steven R. Salvini, 58 of Becket, passed away July 24, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family, after a courageous battle with mesothelioma. Born on December 5,...

Rose Nary, 92

DALTON, Mass. — Rose M. Nary, 92, of 100 Patricia Ave., Dalton, passed away July 23, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on July 24, 1925, to the late Carlo and...

Irene Leikvoll, 60

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Irene Leikvoll, 60, died peacefully the morning of Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at Hillcrest Commons Nursing  from COPD and Congestive Heart Failure. Irene was born...

Steven M. Fortier, 49

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Steven Michael Fortier, 49, of North Adams, Mass., passed away on Friday, July 20, 2018, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born in...

Louise Ludbrook, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Louise Mary “Nan” Bigelow Ludbrook, 91, of Pittsfield, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones on Sunday, July 22, 2018. Born in...

William F. Dempsey, 100

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — William F. Dempsey of Castle Street, Great Barrington, Mass., died peacefully at home on July 22, 2018, at the age of 100. Mr. Dempsey (Bill), an automobile...

Mary K. Porter, 94

LENOX, Mass. — Mary Kilby Porter (Polly), 94, died peacefully on July 21, 2018, at her summer home on Under Mountain Road in Lenox, Mass. Born in Lake Forest, Ill., on April 12, 1924,...

Patricia E. Brundage, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Patricia Ellen Brundage, 68, of Vero Beach, Florida, passed away on Friday, June 29, 2018.  The daughter of the late Ernest and Helen Prendergast Brundage, she...

Henry Zieba Jr., 78

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Henry Joseph “Junior” Zieba Jr., 78, of Adams died on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on January...

Barbara L. Walther, 70

OTIS, Mass. — A memorial service to celebrate the life of Barbara L. Davis Walther, 70, of Monterey Road in Otis, Mass., who died December 12, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in...