Obituaries

David A. LaValley, 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - David Anthony LaValley, 65, of North Adams, Mass., died Saturday November 9, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born October 1, 1954, to the late Leo W. LaValley and the late...

Lorinda Mazur, 72

RICHMOND, Mass. — Lorinda Ackley Mazur, 72, died peacefully Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at her home in Richmond with her loving family by her side. Lorinda was born on September 24, 1947,...

JoAnn M. Gilbert, 72

RICHMOND, Mass. — JoAnn Marie Gilbert, 72, of Richmond, Mass., passed away November 8, 2019, at her home. She was born in Pittsfield on March 27, 1947, to the late Joseph and Eva Perry...

Sherwood T. Cooley, 90

LENOX, Mass. — Sherwood T. Cooley (Sherry), 90, of Lenox died Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center with her loving, devoted daughter by her side. Sherry was born...

Donald K. Moulthrop, 92

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Donald K. Moulthrop, 92, passed away November 12, 2019, with his loving family at his side. Donald was born in Lyndonville, Vt., on February 4, 1927, son of Raymond...

Martha E. Stewart, 66

ADAMS, Mass. —  Martha E. (Ciuk) Stewart, 66, of Holyoke, formerly of Adams, died on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at the Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst. She was born in Adams on...

Dorothy Howcroft, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Dorothy Winifred (Johnson) Howcroft, 92, of Williamstown, Mass., died on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams on April 7, 1927 a...

Donald J. Kelley, 85

BENNINGTON, Vt. - Dr. Donald Jerome Kelley, 85, died peacefully on Saturday, November 9, 2019, with family by his side. He was born in North Adams on March 1, 1934, a son of the late Jerome and...

Mary Bellonger, 77

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Elizabeth (Darling) Bellonger, 77, of Sioux Falls, S.D., and formerly of Williamstown, Mass., passed away surrounded by loved ones on Friday, November 8, 2019, at the...

Arlene Zappone, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Arlene Amelia (Raina) Zappone of North Adams, Mass., passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt., at 3...

Pamela Fortin, 69

ADAMS, Mass. —  Pamela T. Fortin, 69, of Adams, died on Friday, November 1, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams on March 22, 1950, a daughter of the late Albert and...

Cynthia Scott, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - On Sunday, November 3, 2019, Cynthia Loyola (Rabidoux) Scott, a resident of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away at the age of 70 at Mount Carmel nursing home in Lenox, Mass., after a...

James W. MacArthur, 92

LEE, Mass. — James W. MacArthur, 92, of Lee died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at The Landing of Laurel Lake after a long illness. Born on May 22, 1927, in New York City to the late James and...

Warren Wood, 93

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Warren E. Wood, 93, of Clarksburg passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2019, surrounded by his family at Williamstown Commons. He was born in North Adams on January 12,...

Eusebio 'Pete' Serrano, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Eusebio "Pete" Serrano, 85, of North Adams, Mass., died Saturday November 2, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Barranquitas, Puerto...

Peter Reisewitz, 80

LENOX, Mass. — Peter Reisewitz, 80, of Lenox passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. Peter was born in Koenigberg, Germany, on September 21, 1939, to the late Walter and...

Douglas M. Queen, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Douglas Murray Queen of Williamstown, Mass., passed away October 31, 2019, at Cascade House, Pittsfield, Mass., after a decade of declining health. The son of the late...

Karen F. Briggs, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Karen F. Briggs, 79, of North Adams, died Sunday, October 20, 2019. She was born to the late Arthur and Rose Lorraine (Murray) VanSteemburg, on January 27, 1940, in...

Anthony Mendel, 82

ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony G. Mendel, 82, of Adams, died on Tuesday, October 29, 2019, following a brief illness. At the time of his passing, Mr. Mendel was a patient at Salem Hospital in...

Julian Lipinski, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Julian F. Lipinski, 92, of Adams passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where he had been admitted a week earlier. He...

Peter A. Castegnaro Jr., 79

LENOX, Mass. — Peter A. Castegnaro Jr., 79, died Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center with his loving family by his side. Born on November 10, 1939, in Pittsfield, Mass.,...

David Lyle Boschetti, 51

David Lyle Boschetti, 51 of Bennington, VT died Wednesday October 30, 2019 at Southwestern VT Medical Center. He was born in North Adams, MA on June 29, 1968 a son of David Alan Boschetti and the...

James B. Dean, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James B. "Jimmy" Dean, 82, of North Adams, died Tuesday morning, Oct. 29, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on...

James M. Candee Sr., 69

EGREMONT, Mass. — James Michael Candee Sr., 69, a lifelong resident of Egremont, died Oct 25, 2019.  After being honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corp, James was a...

Sally L. Charter, 73

LENOX, Mass. — Ms. Sally L. Charter, 73, of Lenox, formerly of South Lee, died Saturday, October 26, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Sally was born August 24, 1946, the daughter of the...