Obituaries

Frank M. Casuscelli III, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Frank M. Casuscelli III, beloved father and grandfather and friend, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 after a short illness. He was born on March 28, 1951 in...

 Margaret Morrison Boyer, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Margaret Morrison Boyer, 87, died 13 September 2026 at Hospice of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. The daughter of Adair Morrison and Mary (Manson) Morrison, she was born in...

Mary (LeSage) Rowland, 64

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mary A. (LeSage) Rowland, 64 of Adams, MA died Saturday October 10, 2026 at her home. She was born in North Adams, MA on September 30, 1962, a daughter of the late...

Eric Patrick McKinney, 72

CLARKSBURG, Mass. —  Eric P. McKinney, 72 of Clarksburg passed peacefully on October 8th at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born on July 14, 1954, in North Adams Eric was the...

Angela (Gagnon) Brothers, 47

ADAMS, Mass. —  Angela Marie (Gagnon) Brothers, 47 of Adams, MA. died Tuesday October 6, 2026. She was born in North Adams on October 2, 1979 a daughter of Raymond and Barbara (Sloan)...

Lawrence Z. Kordana, 69

WINDSOR, Mass. —   Mr. Lawrence Z. Kordana, 69, of Windsor, died on Tuesday, October 6, 2026. He was born in Adams Massachusetts on March 18, 1957, a son of the late Zigmond and...

Garrett Chestnut, 76

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Garrett Chestnut, 76 of Pittsfield, MA, died on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at Hillcrest Commons. A Pittsfield native, Garrett was born on July 16, 1950, the son of...

Marilyn (Gallese) "Cookie" Carlson, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Marilyn T. (Gallese) “Cookie” Carlson, 88 of Hopkinton, MA died Wednesday October 7, 2026 at UMass Memorial Medical Center. She was born in North...

Donald G. Marcotte, 67

Donald G. Marcotte, 67, of Hinsdale, passed away at home on October 2, 2026, following a long battle with leukemia and complications from his treatment. Don was born in Adams, Massachusetts, on...

Shirley J. Emerson, 82

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Mrs. Shirley Joan (Bishop) Emerson, 82, of Cheshire, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 5, 2026 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, with her loved ones at her...

Margaret Flaccus Fenander, 86

HANCOCK, Mass. Margaret Flaccus Fenander, 86, passed peacefully on Sept. 22, 2026. The oldest child of Louis W. Flaccus and Ruth Shoemaker Flaccus, Margie was born in Philadelphia and grew tall...

Kathleen Marie (Pires) Wheeler, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Kathleen Marie (Pires) Wheeler of North Adams passed away unexpectedly on October 2, 2026. She was surrounded by her family, of which she was the anchor. Kathi was...

"Kate" Mary Katherine (Madaris) Cook

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —   Mary Katherine Madaris was born on December 8,1952, and grew up in Trenton, NJ. She attended Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York, and moved to the Berkshires...

Tina Louise Lapine, 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Tina Louise Lapine, 61, of North Adams, passed away peacefully on September 28, 2026, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, surrounded by her family. Born on...

Joseph Peter Domenichini, 58

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Joseph Peter ‘Joe-Pete’ Domenichini of Lenox, MA passed away peacefully on October 3, 2026 after a brief illness. He was the beloved son of Joseph S. and...

Anthony (Buzz) Joseph Buzzanco, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Anthony (Buzz) Joseph Buzzanco, 82 of Bedford, NY died Thursday September 10, 2026 at Craneville Place in Dalton, MA. He was born in Pittsfield, MA on February 18, 1944,...

George A. Parrino, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  George Anthony Parrino, 90, of North Adams, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on October 1, 2026, surrounded by his loving family. George was born in North...

Susan Barbara Chalifoux, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Susan Barbara (Carlton) Chalifoux, 81, formerly of North Adams, MA, died peacefully on Sunday, August 23, 2026, in Scranton, PA. She was born in North Adams on...

Ellen Schiff, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  A longtime professor of French and Comparative Literature at North Adams State College, now the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Ellen (Frankfurt) Schiff died...

Ann L. Romaniak, 65

ADAMS, Mass. —   Ann L. (Prejsnar) Romaniak, 65, of Adams, died unexpectedly on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at her home. She was born in Adams on August 12, 1961, the daughter of...

Arthur Eurbin, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —   Arthur Ronald Eurbin was born June 23, 1941 to Louis William and Evelyn Jenny (Saunders) Eurbin. Art attended local schools, spent many hours at the First Baptist...

Shirley (Richmond) St. Pierre, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Shirley Beatrice (Richmond) St. Pierre, 94, of Williamstown, died on Saturday, September 26, 2026, in McDonough, GA. She was born in North Adams on October 20, 1931,...

Bruce Allen Moulthrop, 68

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Bruce Allen Moulthrop, 68, of Niantic, passed away unexpectedly on Sept. 25, 2026. He was born Dec. 21, 1957, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, son of the late Raymond...

Virginia Siam, 74

Virginia M. (Welsh) Siam, 74, of Adams, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at Crescent Manor Nursing Home in Bennington, Vermont. Virginia was born on October 25, 1951, in...

Irene Ferrari, 91

ADAMS, Mass. —   Irene Frances Ferrari, age 91, died on 21 September 2026 at the North Adams Regional Hospital from complications following hip surgery. She was born in Adams,...