Obituaries

Madeleine LeBlanc, 81

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Madeleine Gertrude LeBlanc, 81, of Velma Avenue, Pittsfield, died Friday, August 28, 2020, at Lee Healthcare. Born in Nashua, N.H., on February 3, 1939, the daughter of...

Robert Flood, 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Robert E. Flood, 72, of Pittsfield, MA, passed away Aug. 27, 2020. He was born in Pittsfield on July 19, 1948, to Marie Beckman Boyer. Bob attended Pittsfield High...

Alicia Scales, 44

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alicia M. Scales, 44, of Pittsfield, passed away August 26, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Pittsfield on May 10, 1976, to Robert K. Scales Sr., and...

Rt. Rev. John T. Tarrant, 68

DALTON, Mass. — The Rt. Rev. John Thomas Tarrant, retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota, passed away suddenly and peacefully on August, 23, 2020 at his home in Dalton,...

James R. Hanna Jr., 69

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — James R. Hanna Jr., 69, of Pittsfield passed peacefully away at home on August 19, 2020.  He was born in Pittsfield on November 17, 1950, to the late James R....

Carolyn A. Kirby, 83

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carolyn Ann Kirby, 83, of Pondview Drive, Pittsfield, died Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Greenfield on October 12, 1936, the...

Gordon W. Schwaner, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gordon W. Schwaner, 88, of Pittsfield passed away August 13, 2020 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Baltimore, Md., on May 1, 1932, to the late Nelson and...

Malcolm M. Baker, 94

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Malcolm M. Baker, lifelong Lanesborough resident and local business owner, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Born October 31, 1925, Malcom,...

Gerald S. Doyle Jr., 62

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Former Mayor Gerald S. Doyle Jr., 62, passed away at home on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 14, 1957, the son of...

Shirley B. Cotter, 92

DALTON, Mass. — Shirley B. Cotter, 92, formerly of North Street, Dalton, Mass., passed away August 11, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Westfield, Mass., on July 5, 1928, she...

Elizabeth M. Kirk, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Elizabeth Mary Kirk, 82, passed away on August 10, 2020. She was born on August 13, 1937, to Walter C. and Catherine Crowley Elwood. Lee attended the Dalton school...

Wanda H. Robinson, 88

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Wanda Harriet Jester Robinson, 88, a resident of Sugar Hill, Dalton, and a long-time resident of Lanesborough, died Sunday, August 2, 2020, at Springside of...

Charles J. Menard, 66

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Charles J. Menard, 66, passed away on August 6, 2020, at his home in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Born on May 26, 1954, in Pittsfield, Mass., he was the son of the late...

Robert E. 'Bobby' Dyer Jr., 57

HINSDALE, Mass. — Robert Edward "Bobby" Dyer Jr., 57, of Murrells Inlet, S.C., died Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, in the comfort of his home after a courageous battle against...

Jeananne Sullivan, 85

LENOX, Mass. — Jeananne Sullivan, 85, a lifelong resident of Lenox, reluctantly died Monday, August 3, 2020, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center after an interminably long and...

Nellie C. Galliher, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Nellie Christina Myers Galliher, 95, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, at the home of her son Jon, with whom she resided. The daughter of Abraham and...

Joan A. Reidy, 86

LENOX, Mass. — Joan Ann Reidy, 86, died Saturday, August 1, 2020, at her home in Lenox. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on May 16, 1934, the daughter of Ambrose and Ida Montour Jerome, she was a...

Adela Mojsiuszko, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Adela Mojsiuszko, 88, formerly of 26 Ashley Street, Pittsfield, Mass., passed away July 29, 2020, at Hillcrest Commons, where she resided for the last eight...

Albina M. Affhauser, 69

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Albina M. Affhauser, 69, died Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at home with family by her side, after a short battle with cancer. She was born on May 25, 1951 to James...

Diane T. Stevens, 60

DALTON, Mass. — Diane Theresa Stevens, 60, of Dalton, Mass., passed away July 27, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Berlin, New Hampshire, on December 21, 1959, to...

Shawn W. Baker, 33

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Shawn William Baker, 33, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away July 24, 2020, at his home.  Born in Pittsfield on March 27, 1987, he was the son of Ralph and Denise...

William Diakiw, 96

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A wonderful gentleman, William (Bill) Diakiw passed away July 23, 2020, with his loving family beside him at the age of 96. He was the devoted husband of Mary...

Rosemary Crosier, 94

DALTON, Mass. — Rosemary Crosier, 94, of Dalton passed at her residence on July 22, 2020, with family members at her side. Rosemary was raised in East Boston and graduated from Boston...

Nancy C. Costello, 83

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Nancy Claire Peters Costello, 83, of Bonita Springs, Fla., died on July 25, 2020, after a brief illness.  Nancy will be best remembered for her warm smile,...

Marie L. Wisner, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Marie Louise Wisner, 93, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away July 18, 2020, at her home at Melbourne Place. Born in Passaic, New Jersey, on September 8, 1926, to the late...