Obituaries

James Drawec,75

James Lawrence Drawec, 75 of Pittsfield, MA died Friday, October 16, 2020 at his home. He was born in Adams, MA on December 4, 1944 a son of the late Clarence D. and Sonia Ann (Bozek) Drawec. He...

Thomas Phillips, 74

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Thomas W. Phillips, 74, of Pittsfield, passed away Oct. 16, 2020, at Massachusetts General Hospital. He leaves behind his wife of 53 years Beverly Phillips and their two...

Robert Dufur, 58

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Robert John "Robo" Dufur, 58, of West Housatonic Street, Pittsfield, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 10, 1962, the son...

Richard Hutchinson, 67

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard L. "Hutch" Hutchinson, 67, of Pittsfield, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, at his home. Born in Pittsfield July 19, 1953, the son of Lawrence R. and Edna...

Richard Weiskel, 69

HINSDALE, Mass. — Richard Charles "Dick" Weiskel, 69, of Hinsdale, passed away Oct. 12, 2020, at Hillcrest Commons after a lengthy illness. He was born in Lynn on March 15, 1951,...

Maria Caccaviello, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  On Oct. 13, 2020, Maria Caccaviello passed away after a long inspiring battle against cancer surrounded by the love of her family and devoted...

Tanner Murray, 23

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Tanner Allen Murray, 23, of Pittsfield passed away unexpectedly Oct. 11, 2020. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 19, 1997, he was the son of Tracy Lefebvre Lindsey and the late...

Elizabeth Murdock, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Elizabeth R. (Beaucage) Murdock, 89, of Pittsfield passed away peacefully on Oct. 10, 2020. Born in Pittsfield on June 1, 1931, she was the daughter of Evangeline and...

Nadeem Deeb, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mr. Nadeem (Ned) J. Deeb, 87, of Pittsfield, passed away peacefully at home on Oct.  9, 2020.  Ned is survived by his wife, Maxine (Rivers) Deeb and four...

Arthur Bourassa, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Arthur Joseph Bourassa, Jr., 80, of Pittsfield passed away Oct 8, 2020, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in North Adams on Oct 1, 1940 son of the late...

Elizabeth Ellsworth, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Ellsworth, 84, of Belton, S.C., formerly of Dalton passed away Sept. 29, 2020. Born in Pittsfield on July 26, 1936, she was the daughter...

Cheryl Sawyer, 69

DALTON, Mass. — Cheryl Diane Sawyer, 69, of Dalton, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct.14, 1950, the daughter of Warren A. and Stella...

Thomas Cadorette, 75

LENOX, Mass. — Thomas James Cadorette, 75, of Lenox died Wednesday, Oct. 7 at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Tom was born in Pittsfield on Feb.  26, 1945, to the...

Claire Munger, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Claire E. Munger, 95, of Pittsfield died Wednesday, Oct. 7 at her home in Pittsfield surrounded by her loving friends. Born on May 7, 1925, in Pittsfield, to the late...

Katherine Garcia, 80

DALTON, Mass. —  Katherine W. Garcia, 80, formerly of Dalton, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., the daughter of Joseph C. and Katherine...

Mark Dillard, 35

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Mark Dillard, Jr., passed away unexpectedly Monday, Oct. 5, at SVMC surrounded by loved ones. He was born on Aug. 12, 1985, in Pittsfield to Sherri Daniels and Mark...

Jeffrey Harford, 46

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jeffrey P. Harford passed peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 27, surrounded by his loving family after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Pittsfield on...

Gary VanBramer, 73

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gary Paul VanBramer, 73, of Capitol Square, Pittsfield, died Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at his home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 22, 1947, the son of...

Sylvia Winters, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sylvia M. Winters, 78 of Pittsfield passed away Oct. 1, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Sheffield on Dec. 12, 1941, to the late William and Mary Soules...

Alexander Colvin, 26

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alexander Matthew Colvin, born in Pittsfield May 3, 1994, passed away surrounded by family Wednesday, Sept. 30 at home following a seizure.  He was a lifelong...

Alson Reynolds, 69

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alson S. Reynolds, Sr., aka Chuck, 69, of Pittsfield passed away peacefully Sept. 24, 2020. He was born in Mill River on Aug. 29, 1951, to Daisy Clark Reynolds and...

Sylvia Winters, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sylvia M. Winters, 78 of Pittsfield passed away Oct. 1, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Sheffield on Dec. 12, 1941, to the late William and Mary Soules...

Fabian Hernandez, 37

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Fabian Thomas Hernandez, 37, of Pittsfield passed away unexpectedly on Sept. 26, 2020. He was born in Bronx, N.Y. on Feb. 13, 1983, to Thomas P. Hernandez and Betty...

George Dickhout, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — George William Dickhout, Jr., 85, of Pittsfield died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, from chronic heart disease. Born in Albany, N.Y. on...

John Donahue,69

John James “Jack” Donahue, 69, of Pittsfield died peacefully on Monday, September 21, 2020 at his home. He was born in Queens, New York on February 6, 1951 a son of the late John Joseph...