Obituaries

Joseph Barry, 59

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joseph A Barry of Pittsfield, formerly of Mission Hill, departed this life on May 25, 2020. Born on January 28, 1961, the second of Joseph and Carol Barry's six...

Eleanor J. Cronin, 99

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Eleanor Joyce Cronin, 99, formerly of Stillwater, N.Y., and who spent most of her life in Pittsfield, Mass/, passed away Monday, May 25, 2020, at Mt. Carmel Care Center...

James J. Driscoll, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mr. James J. Driscoll, 86, of Pittsfield passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020, surrounded by his loving family.  Born on March 19, 1934, the son of the late...

Patricia Ann Grabicki, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Patricia Ann "Patty" O'Brien Grabicki, 84, of Skyview Drive, Pittsfield, Mass., died Memorial Day, May 25, 2020, at Mount Carmel Care Center in Lenox,...

Marjorie E. Marusarz 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Marjorie Esther Marusarz of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away May 22, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Washington, Mass., to the late Claude A. and...

Deborah A. Wells, 64

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Deborah Ann Wells, 64, of Pittsfield died peacefully at her home on May 16, 2020. She was the daughter of the late Redmond and Mildred (Galloway) Curtis. Debbie...

Aaron M. Leavitt, 89

LENOX, Mass. — Dr. Aaron M. Leavitt, 89, of Lenox died peacefully on Friday, May 22, 2020, from natural causes with his loving family by his side. Born on November 25, 1930, in...

Michael J. Potts, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Michael James Potts, 68, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away Sunday, May 17, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lenox, Mass., on October 17, 1951, son of the...

Aleksy W. Patryn, 97

DALTON, Mass. — Aleksy "Alec" William Patryn, 97, formerly of 222 Grange Hall Road in Dalton, passed away May 16, 2020, at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Adams, Mass., on...

James F. Grimsley Jr., 58

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — James Francis Grimsley Jr., 58, of Pittsfield died Thursday, May 14, 2020, at home after a courageous battle with ALS. Born in Westfield, Mass., on February 18,...

Betty May Phillips, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Betty May Phillips, 82, of Wahconah Heights, Pittsfield, passed away May 12, 2020, at Baystate Medical Center. Born in East Otis, Mass., on April 29, 1938, she was...

Charles S. Houghtling, 66

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Charles Sherman Houghtling, 66, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away suddenly after an apparent heart attack on May 7, 2020. Born in Dalton, Mass., on April 27, 1954,...

Paul D. Kwasniowski, 64

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Paul Donald Kwasniowski, 64, of Leeds, formerly of Williamsburg Terrace in Pittsfield, passed away May 7, 2020, at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. Born in...

James M. Magner, 86

RICHMOND, Mass. — James (Jim) M. Magner, 86, of Richmond, Mass., died on Friday, May 9, 2020. Born February 16, 1934, in Pittsfield, Mass., he was the son of the late Charles M. and...

Sandra Jordan, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sandra (Sandy) Jordan, wife of loving husband David Jordan, passed away with family at her side on Friday, May 8, 2020.  Sandra was born September 20, 1937, in...

Aldo R. Bruseghini, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Aldo Renzo Bruseghini, 93, of Pittsfield, Mass., did Monday, May 4, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on October 16, 1926, a son...

Daniel Leighton Baker, 74

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Daniel Leighton Baker, 74, of Pittsfield died April 29, 2020, after a heroic battle with cancer. He passed peacefully at home, surrounded by the love and care of his...

Gwendolyn A. Wilde, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gwendolyn Ann Wilde, 92, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away May 2, 2020, at her home.  Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on April 3, 1928, she was the daughter of the...

Angela L. Shetron, 37

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Angela L. Shetron passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2020, after a long battle with addiction. She was born in Pittsfield on June 6, 1982. She attended Mount Greylock...

April N. Castonguay, 48

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — April Nicole Castonguay, 48, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away April 30, 2020, at her home.  Born in Pittsfield on October 9, 1971, she was the daughter of Paul...

John O. Forward Jr. 

DALTON, Mass. —  John O. Forward Jr. passed away on May 2, 2020, at Craneville Place in Dalton, due to a long battle with cancer, diabetes, Parkinson's and recently with...

RosaLea Chapman, 76

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — RosaLea Chapman, 76, formerly of Root Place in Pittsfield, passed away at Springside Nursing Home on April 26, 2020. Born in Tacoma, Washington, on October 8, 1943,...

Claire I. Burbank, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Claire I. Burbank, 87, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away April 25, 2020, at Craneville Place in Dalton with her loving husband at her side. Born in North Adams,...

Marcel G. Breault Sr., 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Marcel George Breault Sr., 86, of Pittsfield passed away April 24, 2020, at Springside Nursing Home. He was born in Lyndonville, Vt., on April 25, 1933, to the late...

Austin R. Shaw, 25

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Austin Reed Shaw, 25, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away April 18, 2020, due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Austin was predeceased by his mother,...