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Kate Hill Tapia

1961 - 2025

Kate Hill Tapia obituary, 1961-2025, Pittsfield, MA

BORN

1961

DIED

2025

Kate Tapia Obituary

Catherine "Kate" Hill Tapia died peacefully on November 17, 2025 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts from a long illness due to breast cancer. She will be missed by her husband, René Tapia, and extensive community of friends and family in the Berkshires, Ecuador, Ohio, Nepal and beyond. She and René celebrated their 23rd wedding anniversary this month. Her motto was "Live and Love Well."

To honor Kate's memory, a donation is suggested in lieu of flowers to the Elizabeth Freeman Center, The Breasties, or the Denise Kaley Fund at the Berkshire Taconic Foundation. A memorial to celebrate Kate's life will be scheduled at a later date.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Berkshire Eagle on Nov. 26, 2025.

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Lori Greene

Yesterday

I am incredibly grateful I had the chance to work alongside and befriend this thoughtful,kind and compassionate person. I will cherish so many memories of our travels together , the hard work, the laughs, the lessons and our terrible sushi in New York. Your memory will shine brightly forever in all of our hearts.

Len Cadwallader

November 27, 2025

I was blessed to have worked with Kate over several summers at the Farm & Wilderness Camps in Plymouth Vermont. Her bright smile, positive can-do attitude inspired all those around her. Len Cadwallader

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