Obituaries

James E. Turner, 69

LENOX, Mass. — James Earl Turner, 69, died suddenly his home in Lenox on Thursday, July 6, 2017.   Born in Wakefield on April 9, 1947, to Earl and Mary Turner, he was educated...

Herbert H. Palmer, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Herbert Harold Palmer, 88, of Williamstown died Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Oct. 25, 1928, the only child of Harold and Elsa Palmer, he...

Mario R. Cristofolini, 79

POWNAL, Vt. — Mario Richard Cristofolini, 79, of Pownal, died on Monday, July 3, 2017, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington.   Born in Vigo Cavedine, Italy, on...

Angeline M. Umbro, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Angeline M. Umbro, 86, of Pittsfield, died peacefully Sunday, July 2, 2017, at home, surrounded by her family.   Born in Chicago on May 17, 1931, she was one...

James J. Ferris, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - James J. Ferris, 93, of Pittsfield, Mass., died Thursday, June 29, 2017, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on August 19, 1923, the son of late George and Alice McCabe...

Brian D. Raftery, 58

LENOX, Mass. — Brian D. Raftery, 58, of Lenox died Wednesday morning, June 28, 2017, at his home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield May 17, 1959, the son of Frederick A. and...

Jeanne M. Bogino, 56

HANCOCK, Mass. — Jeanne M. Bogino, 56, of Hancock, Mass., died unexpectedly at Northwestern Hospital in Chicago while traveling for work on June 26, 2017.  She was born in...

Francis Boyer, 60

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Francis Bernard (Frank) Boyer, 60, formerly of Pittsfield and Lanesborough, Mass., died at his home in Kettering, Ohio, on Tuesday June 27, 2017, from small cell lung...

Ellen L. Altschuler, 100

DALTON, Mass. — Ellen Lillian Altschuler, 100, passed away peacefully at Craneville Place of Dalton, Mass., on June 16, 2017. She was born on June 6, 1917, in Hartford, Conn., to Ivar...

Peter A. D'Amico Jr., 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Peter A. D'Amico Jr., 80, of North Highlands, Calif., formerly of North Adams, Mass., passed away June 13, 2017, in North Highlands. Born in North Adams on...

Stanley J. Kopala, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Stanley J. Kopala, 85, of Adams, Mass., died on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center-North Adams. He was born in Adams on April 17, 1932, a son of the...

Douglas V. Pleshaw, 74

ADAMS, Mass. — Douglas V. Pleshaw, 74, formerly of Adams, Mass., died on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at North Adams Commons.  He was born on June 30, 1942, a son to the late Gervin and...

David A. Alexander, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — David A. Alexander, 71, died on Saturday, June 24, 2017, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., his loving family by his side.  David was born on July...

Daniel M. Perras, 60

ADAMS, Mass. — Daniel Milton Perras, 60, of Adams, Mass., died June 23, 2017, at his home.  He was born in North Adams, Mass., on February 26, 1957, a son of Madelyn (Moreau) Perras...

Leo W. Senecal, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Leo William Senecal, 70, former director of Public Works for the City of North Adams, of Woodlawn Avenue, North Adams, Mass., died Monday, June 26, 2017, at Berkshire...

Katherine M. Desormeaux, 67

FLORIDA, Mass. — Katherine Marie (LaFrance) Desormeaux, 67, of Florida, Mass., died Saturday, June 24, 2017, at her home. She was born in Adams on October 9, 1949, a daughter of the...

William J. Coty, 80

BENNINGTON, Vt. — William J. Coty, 80, a resident of North Street in Bennington and formerly of Melbourne, Fla., died June 21, 2017, at the Vermont Veterans Home William was born in...

Christopher M. Burnham, 45

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Christopher M. Burnham, 45,  passed into the arms of mother earth and father sky in his home in Cheshire, Mass., as a result of a severe asthmatic attack in the early...

Theodore J. Gontczaruk, 97

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Theodore Joseph “Ted” Gontczaruk, 97, of BerkshireTown Apartments, Pittsfield, died Friday, June 23, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York...

Joan A. Carron, 83

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joan A. Carron, 83, of 176 Columbus Avenue, Berkshiretown Apartments, passed away on June 22, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Born on October 21, 1933 in...

Ellen L. Janssen, 81

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ellen L. (Drake) Janssen, 81, of Montvue Street, Pittsfield, died Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on December 22, 1935, the...

William A. Burdick, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William A. Burdick, 63, of Adams died June 21, 2017, at his home.  He was born in North Adams on July 15, 1953, a son of the late Calvin and Margaret (Gardner)...

Kristina G. Biros, 27

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kristina Gabrielle Biros, 27, of North Adams died peacefully on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield due to complications from a heart...

Rita Beebe, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rita Zanett Morehouse Beebe, 91, died peacefully on Thursday, June 22, 2017. She was born on March 3, 1926, in North Adams, a daughter of Clementina Lutterotti...

Elizabeth A. Hawley, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Elizabeth Ann Hawley, 68, died June 15, 2017, in Northampton, Mass.  Elizabeth was born in Frankfort, Germany, on May 12, 1949, the youngest daughter of John and...