Obituaries

Richard 'Dick' Duprat, 67

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Richard "Dick" Duprat, 67, of Adams, died on Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in North Adams. He was born in North Adams on August 21,...

Sally L. McLaughlin, 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ms. Sally L. (Ciuk) McLaughlin, 63, of Pittsfield, died on Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Adams on September...

John H. Sylvester, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — John H. Sylvester of Williamstown, Mass., passed away Thursday, January 25, 2018, at Williamstown Commons, Williamstown, Mass. John was the second son born to...

Leonard W. Keyes, 101

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Leonard W. Keyes, 101, of North Adams, Mass., passed away on January 27, 2018, at Sweetbrook Nursing Home after a short illness. He was the son of the late Florence...

Dorothy M. Pasierbiak, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Mary (Tourjee) Pasierbiak, 96, of North Adams, Mass., died Friday, January 26, 2018, at North Adams Commons. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on April 5,...

Gloria Thomas, 96

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gloria Thomas passed away peacefully on January 22, 2018, only one month after the passing of her dear husband of 70 years, Francis G. Thomas.  Gloria was an...

Ralph O. Dodge, 87

FLORIDA, Mass. — Ralph Oliver Dodge, 87, of Florida, Mass., died Thursday, January 25, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Whitingham, Vt., on July 30, 1930 a son of Percy...

Joseph P. Rossin, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joseph P. Rossin, 88, of 16 Pembroke Ave., the Lakewood Section of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away January 22, 2018. He was born, October 1, 1929 to the late Giacamo...

Deborah Phillips, 61

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — On Sunday, January 21, 2018, Deborah Phillips, 61, died at the UMass Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., from complications of a head injury. She was a resident of...

Kerry and Grayson Pellegrino

LEE, Mass. — On Saturday, December 30, 2017, we lost two beautiful people, Kerry Kathleen Hamill, age 40, and Grayson Luc Pellegrino, age 3 1/2 years, tragically in a motor vehicle accident...

Aldo Massari, 78

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Aldo Massari, 78, of Bennington, Vt., died Wednesday January 24, 2018, at his home. He was born in Bennington, Vt., on October 4, 1939, son of Aldo and Agnes (Viesi)...

Mary DeFazio, 84

LENOX, Mass. — Mary Asselta DeFazio died on Tuesday, January 23, 2018. Mary was born in Utica, N.Y., the daughter of Louis J. and Mary Infusino Asselta, on June 18, 1933. She attended...

Beverly Ann Winslow, 83

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Beverly Ann Winslow, 83, of Pittsfield passed away peacefully on January 22, 2018, in Pittsfield.  She was born in North Adams to Henry and Pauline Senecal on...

Earl F. Hartwig, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Earl F. Hartwig, 92, of Adams, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at the North Adams Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Adams on December 3, 1925,...

Ernest Brazee Jr., 66

LEE, Mass. — Ernest T. Brazee Jr. died at his home in Lee on Thursday, January 18, 2018. He was born on February 15, 1951, In Pittsfield, Mass., the son of Ernest T. and Beatrice...

Hazel Mae Wilkin, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Hazel Mae Wilkin, 96, of 140 Church St., Williamstown, Mass., died on Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on...

William G. Weigand, 79

LENOX, Mass. — William George Weigand, 79, of Sunny Isles, Fla., formerly of Lenox, died Sunday, January 14, 2018, at Adventura Medical Center, Adventura, Fla. Born in Meriden, Conn., on...

Rita T. Dugal, 81

FLORIDA, Mass. — Rita Theresa (Poirot) Dugal, 81, of Central Shaft Road, Florida, Mass., died on Sunday, January 21, 2018, at Williamstown Commons after a brief illness.  She was...

Thomas M. O’Connor, 64

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Thomas Michael O'Connor, 64, of North Adams, Mass., died Monday January 22, 2018, at Williamstown Commons. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on January 23,...

Jared A. Tagge, 31

LENOX, Mass. — Jared Allen Tagge, 31, formerly of Lenox, Mass., passed away on December 24, 2017, in Hong Kong. He had been living in Shenzhen, China, for the past five years....

Phyllis Norton, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Phyllis (McNanley) Norton, 89, of Williamstown, Mass., died peacefully on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. She was...

Frank P. Polidoro, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Loving husband, father, Bumpa and retired Pittsfield Police Officer Frank P. Polidoro, age 91, passed away peacefully at home Friday, January 19, 2018. At the time of his...

Rita Streeter, 91

DALTON, Mass. — Rita Frances Streeter, 91, of 80 Lake Street, Dalton, a resident of Dalton since 1949, died Thursday, January 18, 2018, at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she had resided...

F. Allen Gotzens, 81

ADAMS, Mass. — F. Allen Gotzens, 81, formerly of Adams, Mass., son of the late Richard “Dick” Gotzens and Cyrella (Bacon) Gotzens, who passed on this same date in 1984, passed...

William E. Murphy, 94

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — William Edward Murphy, originally of North Adams and Williamstown, Mass., died Saturday, January 13, 2018, at home. He was 94 years old.   William was the son...