Obituaries

Janet Wheeler, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Janet Roberta Wheeler, 83, longtime resident of the historic Blackinton section of Massachusetts Avenue, North Adams, MA, died on Monday, April 8, 2019 ,at Springside...

Robert E. Lavigne, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Mr. Robert E. Lavigne, 82, of North Adams, died on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at South Western Vermont Medical Center. He was born in Adams on April 6, 1937, son of...

Bessie S. Romeo, 96

LENOX, Mass. — Bessie S. Romeo, 96, left this world on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Prior to going to Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, she lived on...

Jean E. Ryan, 64

ADAMS, Mass. —  Jean E. (Gelheiser) Ryan, 64, of Adams, died on Sunday, April 7, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams, on March 2, 1955, a daughter of the late John...

Sandra Hurlbut Diggens, 69

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sandra Jean Hurlbut Diggens, 69, of Tariffville, Conn., beloved wife of Paul Diggens, died Thursday, April 4, 2019, at St. Francis' Hospital in Hartford,...

Joan M. Cummings, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Joan Muriel (Kopischke) Cummings, 84 of Williamstown, MA, died on Monday, April 1, 2019, at her home. She was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on November 14, 1934 a...

Isabelle S. Hofstein, 100

PITTSFIELDX, Mass. — Isabelle Shirley Hofstein, 100, a fifty-year resident of the Berkshires, died Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Kimball Farms Nursing Center. Before moving from New York, she...

Stanley Sworzen Jr., 75

ADAMS, Mass. — Stanley "Bunny" Sworzen Jr., 75, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., passed away on March 25, 2019, with his beloved wife at his side. Born in Adams, he was the son of the...

Joan M. DeLoria, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joan M. DeLoria, 87, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away after a long illness on March 31, 2019, at Hillcrest Commons.  She was born in Pittsfield on July 30,...

Marjorie J. Wilson, 87

DALTON, Mass. — Marjorie Jean Wilson, 87, formerly of 165 Depot St., Dalton, died March 31, 2019, at Craneville Place, where she had resided for the past nine months. Born in Pittsfield,...

Yvon J. Richard, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Yvon Joseph Richard, 80, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away March 31, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in St. Paul, New Brunswick, Canada, on April 14,...

Barbara Mae Keyes, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara Mae Keehnle Keyes, 82, of Pittsfield, passed away March 30, 2019, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.  She was born in Pittsfield on May...

Matthew C. Hillard, 29

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Matthew Charles Hillard, 29, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away peacefully on March 28, 2019.  He was born in Pittsfield on August 19, 1989, the son of Kimberly...

Marguerite B. O’Brien, 90

LEE, Mass. — Marguerite B. "Peg" O’Brien, 90, of Lee died in the early morning hours of April 1, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Peg was born September 28, 1928, in...

Walter J. Whitaker, 89

LEE, Mass. — Walter James Whitaker, 89, of Lee died at his home on Monday, April 1, 2019, surrounded by his family. He was born on May 23, 1929, in Chicopee, Mass., the son of Harold...

Kim Demo LeFlamme, 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kim (Richer) Demo LaFlamme, 61, of North Adams died on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at her home. She was born in North Adams on January 12, 1958, a daughter of...

Anna 'Nena' Fidalgo, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Anna “Nena” (Monteleone) Fidalgo, 92 of Pittsfield, MA, died on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at Melbourne Place in Pittsfield. She was born in Pittsfield, MA on...

Carol Martin, 65

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Carol (Williams) Martin, 65, of Williamstown died peacefully at her home on Monday, April 1, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in...

Bob Dassatti, 56

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The final buzzer has sounded; there are no timeouts left. Bob Dassatti departed this earth into the loving arms of Jesus on March 27, 2019, in Laconia, N.H., surrounded by...

Joan Reeves, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joan Carol (Turner) Reeves, 66, of North Adams, MA, died Saturday March 30, 2019, at Bay State Medical Center. She was born in New Milford, CT, on June 23, 1952,...

Arthur Leroy Woodward, 80

Arthur Leroy Woodward, 80 of North Adams, MA died Saturday March 30, 2019 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Springfield, MA on April 6, 1938 son of George C. and Mildred W. (Young)...

Ronald D. Odell Sr., 76

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Ronald D. Odell Sr., 76, a resident of BenMont Avenue passed away unexpectedly on March 25, 2019, in North Adams, Mass.  The son of Walter and Mary (Sorel) Odell,...

Robert Burlingame Walter, 88

DALTON, Mass. — Robert Burlingame Walter, 88, of Dalton, Mass., passed away March 29, 2019, at home. Born in Cortland, N.Y., on November 10, 1930, he was the son of the late Floyd M....

Jeanine D. Lyon, 84

DALTON, Mass. —  Jeanine "Jean" D. Lyon, 84, of Sugar Hill, Dalton, formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on...

Edward J. Mottor, 90

DALTON, Mass. — Edward John Mottor, formerly of High Street, Dalton, and a resident of Craneville Place of Dalton for three years, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at Berkshire...