Obituaries

Bernice M. O'Brien, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass.—; Bernice M. O'Brien, 82, of 315 Upper Valley Road, Washington, Mass., died Thursday, August 18, 2016, at the Berkshire Medical Center, surrounded by her loving...

Patricia A. Cataldo, 79

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Patricia A. Cataldo, 79, formerly of Bartlett Avenue, died Thursday night, Aug. 18, 2016, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. She was born in Pittsfield on...

Kane W. Robillard, 10 months

ADAMS, Mass. — Kane William Robillard, the 10-month-old son of Jeffrey and Erica (LaCosse) Robillard, died Thursday, August 18, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in North Adams. Kane...

Doris L. Wood, 87

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Doris L. Wood, 87, of Clarksburg passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams, Mass., on October 14, 1928, she was the daughter...

Ersilia 'Dolly' Trapani, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ersilia "Dolly" (DiNicola) Trapani, 91, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016, at Mount Carmel Care Center. She was born in Pittsfield on June 12, 1925, daughter of...

William J. Kowalczyk, 73

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William John Kowalczyk, 73, of 40 Ventura Ave. died Saturday, August 13, 2016, at his home, after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on February 9, 1943, the son of...

Thomas W. Belanger Jr., 77

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Thomas William Belanger Jr., 77, of Adams, died Thursday morning, August 18, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. He was born in Warren, Vt., on March 21. 1939, son of...

Helen I. Koch, 98

ADAMS, Mass. — Ms. Helen Ida Koch, 98, of Adams died Wednesday morning, August 17, 2016, at her home. She was born in Adams on May 12, 1918, daughter of the late Adolph Koch, Jr. and...

Josephine Granger, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Josephine Anne (Dudek) Granger, 92, of Adams died early Tuesday morning, August 16, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams on January 3, 1924, a...

Edward E. Roberts, 74

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Edward Ernest Roberts, 74, of 20 South Willow St., Adams, died Monday evening, August 15, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Pittsfield...

Deborah L. Giard-Bell, 56

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Deborah Lee Giard-Bell, 56, of Adams died on Sunday, August 14, 2016, at her home. She was born in Troy, N.Y., on January 9, 1960, daughter of the late Clovis and...

Gwendolyn A. Bushika, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gwendolyn Ann (Jones) Bushika, 84, of North Adams and formerly of Stamford, Vt., died Thursday, August 18, 2016, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. She was...

Bertha E. Del Gallo, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bertha Evelyn Bonneau Del Gallo, 85, of Pittsfield passed away peacefully at home on August 16, 2016, after a long illness.  She was born in Pittsfield on...

Marie R. Coleman, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marie Rita (Scavo) Coleman, 81, of Ormond Beach, Fla., died Monday, August 15, 2016, at Brookdale Ormond Beach-West in Ormond Beach. She was born in Springfield,...

Jeanne M. Steuer, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Jeanne M. (Noel) Steuer, 87, of Williamstown died peacefully Sunday, August 14, 2016, surrounded by her children, at Williamstown Commons. In her final days, she was...

Mary C. Fenwick, 68

LEE, Mass. — Mary C. Fenwick, RN/CRNA, 68, of Marble Street In Lee, died Friday morning, Aug. 12, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after being involved in auto-pedestrian...

Carol A. Barosso, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carol Ann Barosso, 71, of 203 Benedict Road, Pittsfield, died August 11, 2016, at the Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by her loving family.  Born in...

Homer Ouellette, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Homer L. Ouellette, 90, of 28 Hopewell Drive, Pittsfield, died August 11, 2016, at the Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by his loving family.  Born in...

Francis A. Martel

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Francis A. Martel, 70, of 266 Houghton St., North Adams, died Thursday, August 5, 2016, at his home. He was born in Westfield, Mass., on March 26, 1946, a son...

James F. Richardson Sr., 78

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — James Foster Richardson Sr., 78, of Williamstown and formerly of Rye, N.Y., died on Friday, August 5, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. He was...

Richard Demagall, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Demagall, 80, of North Adams died Saturday, July 30, 2016, at his beloved home. He was born in Mount Pleasant, Pa., on May 16, 1936, son of Joseph and...

Peter J. Grillone, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Peter Joseph Grillone, 94, of North Adams died on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 at North Adams Commons, surrounded by his loving family. Born on May 18, 1922, in...

Richard P. Tworig, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Peter “Dick” Tworig, 80, of North Adams died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Williamstown on March 3,...

Dorothy E. Reynolds, 91

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Dorothy Elaine Lang Reynolds, 91, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 4, 2016, in Bennington, Vt., surrounded by her family. The daughter of Frederick J. and...

Irene H. Penney, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Irene Helen Penney of 112 High St., Pittsfield, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. Born December 17, 1930, in...