Obituaries

Gail P. Delmolino, 71

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Gail P. Delmolino, 71, passed away on June 6, 2018, at her home after a lengthy illness.   Born on October 2, 1946, she was the daughter of the late...

Willard A. Curtis, 62

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Willard A. Curtis, 62, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away at home on Saturday, June 9, 2018. Willard was born on November 11, 1955, the son of the late Willard R....

Katherine E. Allard, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Katherine Ellen (Collins) Allard, 94, of North Adams, Mass., died Monday, June 11, 2018, at her home. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on July 26, 1923, daughter...

Roger L. Pedercini, 81

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Roger Louis Pedercini, 81, of Williamstown, Mass., died Friday, June 8, 2018, at Williamstown Commons.  He was born in North Adams, Mass., on November 2, 1936,...

Carol A. Keresztes, 78

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Carol A. Keresztes, 78, formerly of Great Barrington passed away on June 2, 2018.  She had been a resident at Mount Carmel Care Center in Lenox for the past...

Sandra B. Delorey, 77

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Sandra (Bennett) Delorey, 77, of Adams died on Thursday, June 7, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield surrounded by loved ones. She was born in Adams on...

Douglas LaDouceur, 58

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Douglas Joseph LaDouceur, 58, of Pittsfield died June 6, 2018, at Hillcrest Commons. The son of Laura Gooley LaDouceur and the late Joseph LaDouceur, he was a...

Richard Koffman, 85

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Richard (Dick) Koffman, 85, passed away in his home in Great Barrington, Mass., on June 6, 2018. Dick, the son of the late Harry and Billie Koffman, was born...

Raymond Bliven

OTIS, Mass. — On May 28, 2018, surrounded by his family, Raymond Bliven passed away at Baystate Medical Center.  A lifetime resident of Otis, Mass., Raymond graduated from Lee High...

Hilda Mangano, 100

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hilda E. Mangano, 100, of 129 Plunkett Street, Pittsfield, died Saturday, June 2, 2018, at her home.  Born in Pittsfield on April 11, 1918, the daughter of...

Stella Smith, 88

EGREMONT, Mass. — Stella White Smith, 88, of Egremont, Mass., formerly of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., passed quietly from this world on Thursday, May 31, 2018, with her daughter by her side, ending...

Ralph H. Mills III, 60

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Ralph H. Mills III passed away June 2, 2018, at the Waterbury Hospital in Connecticut. Born on November 14, 1957, in Torrington, Conn., he was the son of the late...

Jeffrey Lyon, 31

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jeffrey Patrick Lyon, 31, left us on May 29, 2018, to an addiction he fought for several years. Born in Pittsfield on July 23, 1986, to Jeffrey P. and Katherine...

Patricia A. O’Brien, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Patricia A. (Pat) O’Brien, 84, of Pittsfield, was called to heaven on May 28, 2018, after a long, courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease, surrounded by...

David Murphy Jr., 64

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — David W. Murphy Jr., a lawyer, outdoorsman and eternal optimist, died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes on May 26, 2018, at his Pittsfield home. He was...

Elaine I. Shippee, 89

ADAMS, Mass. — Elaine Ida (Reynolds) Shippee, 89, of Adams, Mass., died on Sunday, June 3, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Elaine was born in Whitingham, Vt., on...

Derek W. Malcolm, 64

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mr. Derek William Malcolm, 64, of Adams died on Friday, June 1, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Quebec, Canada, on July 14, 1953, son...

Rodger W. Davis, 71

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Rodger Williams Davis, 71, of Williamstown, Mass., died Saturday June 2, 2018, at Williamstown Commons. He was born in Peoria, Ill., on November 11, 1946, son of...

Priscilla R. Burdsall, 84

EGREMONT, Mass. — Priscilla Rogers Burdsall, 84, of Egremont, Mass., passed away peacefully with family by her side on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield,...

Rose I. Franceschetti, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Rose Ida Franceschetti, 86, of Williamstown, Mass., and formerly of Readsboro, Vt., died Thursday May 31, 2018, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Readsboro,...

Catherine A. Tomlinson, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Catherine Agnes (Fee) (Horsfall) Tomlinson, 92, of Palmer, Alaska, and formerly of North Adams, Mass., died Friday, June 1, 2018, at Memorial Hospital in Miramar,...

Linda J. Estes, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Linda Jane Estes, 71, of Southampton, Mass., passed away on June 1, 2018. She died of cancer after a long series of treatments at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, the Dana...

Anna Tonlino, 84

OTIS, Mass. — Anna Mary Tonlino, 84, of Otis, Mass., died Thursday, May 24, 2018.  Anna was born in Becket on August 8, 1933, the daughter of Frank E. and Ada Fuller Rice. She was...

Marion J. Baran, 87

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Marion J. (Brooks) Baran, 87, of Adams died on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at Williamstown Commons.  She was born in Adams on October 30, 1930, daughter of the late...

Evelyn Knight, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Evelyn Edna Knight, 95, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away May 25, 2018, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had resided for the past 3 1/2...