Obituaries

Richard E. Roraback, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard (Rocky) E. Roraback, 71, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away suddenly Saturday, November 24, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born in Pittsfield...

Barbara J. Dellea, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara Jean Dellea, 87, of Elberson Avenue in Pittsfield, passed away peacefully early Monday morning, November 26, 2018, at Mount Greylock Extended Care...

Valerie M. Evans, 86

LENOX, Mass. — Valerie Methven Evans, 86, of Lenox died Wednesday morning, November 21, 2018, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in London in 1932, Val grew up during the war...

Patricia Ann Daly, 67

DALTON, Mass. — Patricia Ann Daly, 67, of 59 Anthony Road, Dalton, Mass., passed away November 17, 2018, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Born on February 21, 1951, she was the...

George G. Francis, 76

LENOX, Mass. — George G. Francis, 76, of Lenox, Mass., passed away November 13, 2018, after a lengthy struggle with dementia. Gerry was born in New York City on November 11, 1942, the...

Barbara Cocito

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara Cocito passed away November 10, 2018. Barbara was a loving, supportive and witty woman who devoted her life to her family. Married for over 50 years to Gene...

Richard T. Fischer, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard Thomas “Fish” Fischer, 77, of Pecks Road, Pittsfield, died Thursday, November 8, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by his family. Born...

Carmella C. Scelsi, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carmella Cecilia Polcaro Scelsi, fondly known as Gigi to many, passed away on November 7, 2018, at the Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst. She was 91. Born in...

John F. Orsi, 73

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John Francis Orsi, 73, of Longview Terrace, Pittsfield, died Tuesday, November 6, 2018, at Hillcrest Commons after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease...

Rita M. Rochelo, 76

LENOX, Mass. — Rita M. Rochelo, 76, died Tuesday, November 6, 2018, at the home of her daughter, where she has been residing.  Born in Wayland, N.Y., on May 19, 1942 to the late...

Helen T. Maniatis, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Helen Theodora Maniatis, 91, passed away October 30, 2018, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born on July 6, 1927 in the Bronx, New York, she was the...

Robert J. Sacchetti, 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Robert J. Sacchetti, 72, of 193 Elberon Ave, Pittsfield, died October 30, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was the son of Henry Sacchetti and Mildred Pultorak....

Seymour Baer, 75

LENOX, Mass.  — Seymour Baer of Lenox, Mass., and Bloomfield, Conn., passed away peacefully on November 1, 2018, at  Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mass. Born on June 19,...

Edward J. Ladley, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mr. Edward J. Ladley, 78, of Pittsfield passed away at home on Wednesday, October 31, 2018.  Born on Staten Island, N.Y., on May 17, 1940, he was the son of...

Joseph T. Bonacquisti, 79

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joseph T. Bonacquisti of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away peacefully early Monday morning, October 29, 2018, surrounded by family after a short illness.  Joseph...

Thomas J. Piacenti, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Thomas J. Piacenti, 92, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Lenox, Mass., and former longtime Pittsfield, Mass., resident passed away Sunday, October 28, 2018, at Mt. Greylock...

Ellen J. Rudd, 83

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ellen Jean Rudd, 83, of Pittsfield died Thursday, October 25, 2018, at Baystate Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on November 1, 1934, she was a graduate of...

Rose M. Wendling, 85

DALTON, Mass. — Rose M. Wendling, 85, formerly of High Street, Dalton, and a longtime resident of Dalton and Hinsdale, passed away October 26, 2018, at Craneville Place of Dalton. Born...

Barbara Dudley, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara Dudley, 71, of Pittsfield and Lenox, died Sunday morning, October 28, 2018, at her home.  She was born April 29, 1947, the daughter of the late Elmer and...

Abbott C. Combes III, 98

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Longtime Pittsfield resident Abbott Carson Combes III died on October 29, 2018, at Mayo Healthcare in Northfield, Vt. Abbott Combes was born on February 8, 1920, and...

Mary Errichetto, 81

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mary (Valenti) Errichetto, 81, of Pittsfield, Mass., died Friday, October 19, 2018, at Hillcrest Commons. She was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on August 27, 1938,...

Dorothy C. Battaini, 83

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Dorothy C. (Gagnon) Battaini, 83, of Pittsfield, Mass., died Friday, October 19, 2018, at Craneville Place in Dalton. She was born in Woonsocket, R.I., on June 20,...

Mary Louise Traversa, 76

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mary Louise (Belanger) Traversa of Pittsfield, Mass., died Thursday, October 11, 2018, at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, after a short...

Jeffrey White, 53

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jeffrey White, 53, passed away on October 10, 2018. He was born in Pittsfield on April 4, 1965, son of the late Elliot and Claire Enright White. He was educated in...

Edward P. Griffith, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Edward Peter Leigh Griffith, 89, died October 11, 2018.   Peter was born January 15, 1929, in Farnborough, England, and emigrated to the United States in the...