Obituaries

Lisa A, MacDowell, 51

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lisa A, MacDowell, 51, of Pittsfield died unexpectedly at her home on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016. Born September 20, 1964, the daughter of James Chague and Mary Rogers...

Andrew J. Wood, 52

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Andrew James Wood of Pecks Road died early Monday morning, August 29, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Andy was born February 7, 1964, at St. Luke's...

Alan T. Rondeau, 56

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alan Thomas Rondeau, 56, of Pittsfield died Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on July 17, 1960, son of the...

Shirley Paquette Astle

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Born in Bridgeport, Conn., in 1943, Shirley Paquette Astle died Aug. 26, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness.  She is survived by her beloved...

David E. Clancy, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — David E. Clancy, 78, of Pittsfield died Wednesday, August 24, 2016, surrounded by his loving family at Hillcrest Commons. Born in Pittsfield on July 5, 1938, son of...

Joan Monahan McFalls, 82

LENOX, Mass. — Joan Monahan McFalls died on Thursday, August 25, 2016, in Lenox. Born June 2, 1934 in New York City in the Borough of Queens, Joan grew up in Bayside and attended local...

Arthur P. Miller Jr., 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Arthur P. Miller Jr., 84, of Farnsworth Terrace in Pittsfield, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, at Craneville Place of Dalton. Born on November 12, 1931, in...

Donalda Skowronski, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Donalda A. (Rostkowski) Skowronski, formerly of 326 Highland Ave., Pittsfield, passed away August 22, 2016, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, 12 days after her...

Lydia DiMartino, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lydia (Pariselli) DiMartino, 90, of Pittsfield died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016 at the Mount Carmel Care Center. She was born in Pittsfield on October 13, 1925, a...

Marion T. Carmel, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Marion T. Carmel, 82, formerly of North Adams and Pittsfield, passed away on August 22, 2106, at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since June of...

Armand E. Bigelow, 58

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Armand E. Bigelow, 58, of 40 Sunset St. in Pittsfield passed away on Friday, August 19, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on February 28, 1958 in Pittsfield,...

Robert F. Brodeur Sr., 74

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Robert F. Brodeur Sr., 74, of 379 East St. passed away on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on March 5, 1942 in Pittsfield, he was the son...

Patricia A. Cataldo, 79

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Patricia A. Cataldo, 79, formerly of Bartlett Avenue, died Thursday night, Aug. 18, 2016, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. She was born in Pittsfield on...

Ersilia 'Dolly' Trapani, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ersilia "Dolly" (DiNicola) Trapani, 91, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016, at Mount Carmel Care Center. She was born in Pittsfield on June 12, 1925, daughter of...

William J. Kowalczyk, 73

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William John Kowalczyk, 73, of 40 Ventura Ave. died Saturday, August 13, 2016, at his home, after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on February 9, 1943, the son of...

Bertha E. Del Gallo, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bertha Evelyn Bonneau Del Gallo, 85, of Pittsfield passed away peacefully at home on August 16, 2016, after a long illness.  She was born in Pittsfield on...

Carol A. Barosso, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carol Ann Barosso, 71, of 203 Benedict Road, Pittsfield, died August 11, 2016, at the Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by her loving family.  Born in...

Homer Ouellette, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Homer L. Ouellette, 90, of 28 Hopewell Drive, Pittsfield, died August 11, 2016, at the Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by his loving family.  Born in...

Irene H. Penney, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Irene Helen Penney of 112 High St., Pittsfield, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. Born December 17, 1930, in...

Rosemary Bottume, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass.— Rosemary Teresa (Hall) Bottume, 92, of Samson Avenue died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, at her home. She was born in Pittsfield on October 20, 1923, the daughter of the...

Rena Eva Clairmont, 88

DALTON, Mass.— Rena Eva Clairmont, 88, of 45 Main St. died at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by those that loved her on Saturday, July 30, 2016. She was born in Pittsfield, Mass.,...

Catherine ‘Kay’ Corsi Clark

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Catherine Mae "Kay" Corsi Clark of Melbourne Place and formerly of North Adams, Mass., died Saturday, July 30, 2016, at her home.   Born in North Adams...

Richard D. Fothergill, 67

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard Dale Fothergill, 67, of Pittsfield died Thursday, July 28, 2016. Born in St. Albans, Vt., on December 25, 1948, he was the son of John and Marian Fothergill...

Ethan J. Piaggi-Cornell, 22

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ethan James Piaggi-Cornell, 22, of Pittsfield died Thursday, July 28, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center-North Adams as a result of an automobile accident in...

Martha Voisin, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Martha Moore Hayes Voisin, 91, passed away on July 27, 2016 at Berkshire Place in Pittsfield. She was born on November 11, 1924, in Charlotte, N.C., to Thomas C....