Obituaries

Anthony F. “Toe” Procopio, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Anthony F. “Toe” Procopio, 93, of 95 Elaine Drive passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Born in Pittsfield on March...

Fred A. Vittone, 87

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Fred Ano Vittone, 87, of Lanesborough died Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield on December 19, 1929, the son of...

Daron Lee Reynolds, 31

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Daron Lee Reynolds, 31, of Cheshire died Monday, April 24, 2017, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Windsor. Born in Pittsfield on December 20,...

Paul A. Baldasaro, 52

DALTON, Mass. — Paul Anthony Baldasaro, 52, died Sunday, April 23, 2017, following a motor vehicle accident in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on December 29, 1964, the son of Rev. Mr....

Donna L. Labombard, 55

ADAMS, Mass. — Donna L. Labombard, 55, passed away Monday, April 24, 2017, at her home. Born in Adams on October 28, 1961, daughter of the late Charles and Joan Lafferty Labombard, she...

Doris B. McAndrews, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Doris B. McAndrews, daughter of Julia L. and William A. Steuer, died at her home in Naples, Fla., on April 27, 2017.  She was born April 10, 1925 in Adams, Mass. Upon...

Mario Buffoni, 88

LEE, Mass. — Mario Buffoni of Lee, 88, passed away April 28, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Buffoni attended Lee schools and was a mason...

David M. Ibáñez, 20

MONTEREY, Mass. — David Marco Ibáñez, 20, left this world Monday, April 24, 2017, after struggling with the repercussions of his brain injuries.  He was born on...

Gillian Seidl, 78

SHEFFIELD — Gillian Seidl, 78, of Bull Hill Road, passed away on Monday, April 24, 2017.   Born in Kelso, Scotland, on March 15, 1939, she was the daughter of the late James and...

Joseph G. Bissaillon, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joseph George Bissaillon, 80, of North Adams, Mass., died on Thursday, April 27, 2017, at Williamstown Commons. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on October 27,...

Albert H. Chenail, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Albert Harvey Chenail, 96, of North Adams, Mass., died on Thursday, April 27, 2017, at the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation in Bennington, Vt.  He was born...

Tania Gajda, 80

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Marcelle Tania (Quervin) Gajda, of 7 Woods Drive, Adams, died in the early morning of April 23, 2017, at her home surrounded by family after a long battle with...

Dorothy Wehry, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Doris J. Wehry, 89, of 20 Howe Road, Pittsfield, died Monday April 24, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Born in Ramsgate, England,...

Sylvia Cone, 76

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sylvia Colla Cone, 76, of Pittsfield died April 24, 2017, at Springside of Pittsfield. Born on September 7, 1941, in Pittsfield, a daughter of the late Edward and...

Mary Ellen Sheerin-Rando, 62

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mary Ellen Sheerin-Rando of Pittsfield passed away Saturday, April 22, 2017, at Albany Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on October 12, 1954,...

Ann O'Brien, 74

LEE, Mass. — Ann M. O'Brien, formerly of Lee, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 23, 2017. She was born in Pittsfield on December 18, 1942, the daughter of the late George F....

Richard D. Cota, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard David Cota, 80, of North Adams, Mass., died on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at Sweetbrook Nursing Home in Williamstown, Mass. He was born in North Adams,...

Frank Caruso, 69

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Frank R. Caruso, 69, of Otis, formerly of Greenwich, Conn., and Great Barrington, Mass., passed away unexpectedly at his home on Friday, April 14, 2017. Frank...

Ralph Cianflone, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ralph Cianflone, 84, of 503 Churchill Street in Pittsfield, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 21, 2017. A lifelong resident of Pittsfield, he is the son of...

Frank W. Thoubboron, 94

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Frank W. Thoubboron, 94, passed away on April 17, 2017. He resided on Ann Drive in Pittsfield.  Born May 23, 1922, in Boston, son of Frank and Laura (Jacobia)...

Eileen Nuttall, 104

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Eileen Wells Nuttall, 104, of 90 North Street in Cheshire, passed away at home on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on November 28, 1912, she was...

Gene Vanbrammer, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gene “The Rodfather” VanBramer, 71, of 104 Nancy Avenue, Pittsfield, died Tuesday, April 18, 2017, after a courageous battle with a cerebral...

Lorraine Saunders, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Lorraine Marvis (Estes) Saunders, 89, of North Adams, died on Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.  She was born in North...

Eva M. Murach, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Eva Marie (Daignault) Murach, 91, of Adams, died on Saturday, April 15, 2017, at the home of her son in Adams surrounded by her family after a brief...

Casimer J. Czubryt, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Casimer Joseph "Casey" Czubryt, 91, of Adams, died Wednesday afternoon, April 12, 2017, at North Adams Commons.  He was born in Adams on February 4,...