Obituary notices, week of September 21, 2026 through September 27, 2026

PITTSFIELD — This week's column carries notices for two Pittsfield-resident obituaries published between September 21 and September 27, 2026: Dean Canino and Eric C. Hatcher, both posted by Dery Funeral Home.

Dean Joseph Canino, 67, of Pittsfield, died on September 19, 2026, at Berkshire Medical Center, surrounded by his wife and daughters. Born in Pittsfield on November 17, 1958, he was a son of Delia Bruseghini Canino and the late James Canino Sr. Service information was not included in the material available at the time of this listing; see the full obituary for details. Full obituary at Dery Funeral Home: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/dean-canino-obituary?id=62585612. Also posted by The Berkshire Eagle: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/berkshire/name/dean-canino-obituary?id=62585590.

Eric Charles Hatcher, 47, of Pittsfield, died unexpectedly at home on Monday, September 21, 2026. He was born in Coos Bay, Oregon, on February 26, 1979, a son of Gary and Christina Johnson Hatcher, and was raised there before going on to earn undergraduate and master's degrees. Service information was not included in the material available at the time of this listing; see the full obituary for details. Full obituary at Dery Funeral Home: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/eric-hatcher-obituary?id=62615475. Also posted by Echovita: https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/ma/pittsfield/eric-hatcher-22176429.

Notices compiled from Dery Funeral Home, Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Pittsfield Patch. Several additional obituaries appeared this week on Legacy.com and Echovita for people whose listings did not explicitly state Pittsfield, MA as a place of residence, or whose death and publication dates fell outside this reporting week; those were omitted per our verification standard.

Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.