Obituaries

Joseph Moser, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joseph Moser, 88, of 12 Ventura Ave. died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Faida, Province of Trento, Italy on Jan. 13, 1927, a son of John and...

Warren R. Wright, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Warren Raymond Wright, 79,  died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Oct. 20, 1936, son of Thelma R. Wright Phillips, he was...

Gloria J. Morris, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gloria Jane Morris, 73, of North Adams, died on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center's emergency satellite facility. Born on Dec. 17, 1941, a daughter...

William A. Miner, 64

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — William Alan Miner, 64, of Williamstown, died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Rochester, N.Y., on Nov. 14, 1951, son of Paul Benjamin...

Victor J.T. Girardi, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Victor John Thomas Girardi, 88, of Mount Williams Drive, died on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015. Born in North Adams on Nov. 22, 1927, son of John and Catherine Leonesio Girardi,...

Catherine Strype, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Catherine Strype, 91, formerly of Williamstown, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, at Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Oct. 29, 1924, a...

Marion Patashnick, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marion Patashnick, 96, of Longmeadow, died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, at Leavitt Family Jewish Home there. She was a former longtime resident of North Adams. Born in North...

Anthony E. Canale, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony Eugene Canale, 63, of Franklin Street died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, at his home.   Born in North Adams on May 29, 1952, son of Anthony John and Ada Arrighini...

Leon LaMere, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Leon LaMere, 74, of 9 Marion Ave. died on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness. Born in Easthampton on Jan. 12, 1941, a...

Emma M. Volff, 79

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Emma Margaret Volff, 79, of 398 Houghton St., died on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Born...

Richard L. DeMayo, 78

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Richard Louis DeMayo, 78, of Bonnie Lea Farm, 511 North St., died Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Williamstown on Sept. 10,...

Dorothy Gerry, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy "Dot" Rumbolt Gerry, 89, of Liberty Street died peacefully on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Feb....

Patricia Ann Carlson, 51

STAMFORD, Vt. — Patricia Ann "Trisha" Carlson, 51, of Main Road, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, at home, surrounded by family, after fighting a heroic battle with colorectal cancer for...

Cheryl Ann Schmidt, 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Cheryl Ann Schmidt, 65, of Tyler Street died Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, at her home. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 8, 1949, a daughter of Pauline LaChapelle Sweet of Stamford,...

Scott A. Toppin, 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Scott A. Toppin, 61, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died at his home on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, of brain cancer. Born in North Adams on July 14, 1954, son of James Toppin of Apache...

James F. Hancock, 89

ADAMS, Mass. — James Francis Hancock, 89, of Pleasant Street, formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. Born in North Adams on May 18, 1926, a son of Robert and Mary Doran Hancock,...

Robert A. Spofford, 62

ADAMS, Mass. — Robert A. Spofford, 62, of 88 Orchard St., died Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 1, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, with his wife and mother at his side. Born in Adams...

Rita M. Minafra, 87

LENOX, Mass. — Rita M. Minafra, 87, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, and formerly of 96 Broadview Terrace, Pittsfield, died Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, at Laurel Lake Center. Born in...

Curtis Lee Hall Jr., 23

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Curtis Lee Hall Jr., 23, of North Adams died Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, at the Berkshire Medical Center emergency facility in North Adams. Born in North Adams on Nov. 22,...

Deborah Lynn Fox, 67

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Deborah Lynn Fox, 67, of Velma Avenue died Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Winfield, Kan., on Nov. 7, 1948, a daughter of Russell and Lois...

Gloria Jean Piner, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Gloria Jean Piner, 87, of Williamstown, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, at Williamstown Commons, two days before her 42nd wedding anniversary. Born in Montgomery, Ala., on...

Joseph Morin, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joseph Morin, 89, of North Adams died peacefully Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, while in his daughter's arms. Born in North Adams on...

Albert Shepard, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Albert "Shep" Shepard, 94, of North Adams died peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, five days short of his 95th birthday, with his son, John...

Maureen L. Hynes, 55

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Maureen Louise "Moe" Hynes, 55, of 53 Brooklyn St., died peacefully, and surrounded by her loving family, on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center...

Lewis M. Kronick, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lewis M. Kronick, 85, of Cedarhurst, N.Y., died Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, at Rockville Pavilion Nursing Home in Rockville Center, N.Y. Born in North Adams on June 17, 1930,...