Obituaries

Janet Arthur

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Janet Arthur of Pittsfield passed peacefully at home Sunday, March 5, 2017, surrounded by her loving family after a long and courageous battle with pancreatic...

Rose LaCasse, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Rose Stomski Tifft LaCasse died peacefully at Craneville Place of Dalton on Saturday, March 4, 2017, after a brief stay. Born September 7, 1928, in Great Barrington,...

Grace B. Brooks, 95

HINSDALE, Mass. — Grace B. Brooks, 95, of Hinsdale died peacefully on March 4, 2017.  Born on June 17, 1921, in Limington, Maine, she was the daughter of the late William and Alma...

Judith A. Brunelle, 75

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Judith Ann Brunelle, 75, of 9 Robert St., Pittsfield, died Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  She was born on September 10, 1941, in...

Margaret M. Stiffler, 94

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Margaret M. Stiffler, Hungerford Street, Pittsfield, widow of Wilbur L. Stiffler, with whom she shared over 48 years of marriage and who died in 1986, passed away...

Mary D. Mancari, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mary D. Mancari, 84, of Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility and formerly of Berkshiretown Apts, 176 Columbus Ave., Pittsfield, died Monday, February 27, 2017, at...

Phyllis D. Wiles, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Phyllis Dorothy (Goodrich) Wiles, 89, of 320 Onota St., Pittsfield, died on February 28, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.   Born in Oxford, Iowa,...

John S. Rys, 70

DALTON, Mass. — John Stephen Rys, 70, of Johnson Road, Dalton, died Sunday, February 26, 2017, at his home. Born in Springfield, Mass., on November 21, 1946, the son of Stephen M. and...

Steven T. White, 59

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Steven T. White, 59, of Boston passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass. A former longtime resident of Pittsfield and...

Charles E. Burnick, 83

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Charles E. Burnick, 83, of 159 Ridgeway Ave., Pittsfield, died peacefully Wednesday February 22, 2017, at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Pittsfield on...

Jennie R. Sciola, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jennie R. Sciola, 92, of 47 Dickinson Ave., passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on November 18, 1924, in Pittsfield, she was...

Mary H. Bardwell, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mary H. Bardwell, 91, of Berkshire Place, formerly of Salisbury Court, died Thursday, February 16, 2017, at Berkshire Place. Born in San Francisco, California, on...

Pauline L. Perrier, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pauline Lillian (Robert) Perrier, 77, of Pittsfield and formerly of Stamford, Vt., died Thursday, February 23, 2017, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility. She was...

Virginia B. Schwarzer, 76

PITTSFIELD, Mass — Virginia B. Schwarzer, 76, of 20 Frederick St., formerly of Adams, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in...

Grant Lennox, 94

LENOX, Mass. — Col. Grant Herbert Lennox, USMC (Retired), P.E., died on Feb 16, 2017, in Lenox at the age of 94.  Grant was born in Elizabeth, N.J., to Arthur Hubert Lennox and...

Elizabeth C. Carnevale, 69

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Elizabeth Carnevale, 69, of Pittsfield, passed away peacefully on February 15, 2017, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield, she was the...

Mark Kinney, 59

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mark A. Kinney, 59, of Pittsfield, formerly of Lee, died Monday evening, February 13, 2017. He passed under the care of hospice, his loving friends and his family. He...

John W. Godfrey, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John W. Godfrey, 68, a longtime resident of Pittsfield and resident of Hillcrest Commons for the past 15 months, died Monday, February 13, 2017, at Berkshire Medical...

Gabrielle L. Bevan, 97

DALTON, Mass. — Gabrielle Louise Bevan, 97, of 600 Main St., Dalton, died peacefully on Sunday, February 12, 2017, at Craneville Place of Dalton. Born in Moose Creek, Ontario, Canada,...

Gary B. Scribner, 61

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gary Bradford Scribner, 61, of Edward Avenue, died Sunday, February 12, 2017, at Hillcrest Commons Nursing Home after a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was...

Jean T. DiOrio, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jean T. (Mancivalano) DiOrio died peacefully Sunday, February 12, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Pittsfield on October 3, 1936, she was the daughter...

Michael R. Vincent, 67

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Michael Raymond Vincent, 67, of Pittsfield died peacefully Saturday, February 11, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born in Pittsfield on January 6,...

Louis G. Haddad, 89

LENOX, Mass. — Louis George Haddad, 89, of Devonshire Estates, Lenox, husband of the late Anna Norman Haddad, died peacefully on February 9, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Born...

Donald W. Olds, 55

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Donald W. Olds, 55, of Pittsfield passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at home after suffering from apparent heart failure. A longtime Pittsfield resident, he...

Carmela Devino, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carmela "Carmie" Christine Devino, resident of Berkshiretown Apartments in Pittsfield, passed away on Friday, February 3, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center at...