Obituaries

Donna Lee Best, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Donna Lee Best, 70, of Pittsfield, formerly of Dalton, died Sunday, March 24, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by family. Born in Pittsfield on December 17,...

Anthony J. Blasioli Sr., 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Anthony John Blasioli Sr., 88 of Pittsfield, MA, passed away on March 28, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Pittsfield on May 1, 1930, a son of the late...

Kathleen Schelling, 60

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Kathleen Mary Adelaide (Duerr) Schelling, of Lanesborough, MA,, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was...

Domenica 'Lena' Nugai

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mrs. Domenica "Lena" Nugai, 97, a longtime resident of the Lakewood Section of Pittsfield, MA, passed away Monday, March 25, 2019, at Sweet Brook Rehabilitation...

Dr. Susan Lee LaForest

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dr. Susan LaForest of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and Trumbull, CT, a native of North Adams, MA, passed away Sunday March 24, 2019, in Branford, CT. She was predeceased by...

Edward F. Cwalinski, 74

ADAMS, Mass. — Edward "Ed" Francis Cwalinski, 74, of Grand Junction, Colo., passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 24, 2019, while in the care of Hope West hospice...

Daniel Cormier, 56

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Daniel J. Cormier, 56, of Adams died on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Pittsfield on November 6, 1962, a son...

William F. Geno, 67

POWNAL, Vt. — William Francis Geno, 67 of Pownal, VT, died on Monday, March 25, 2019, at his home. He was born in North Adams, MA, on September 14, 1951 a son of Everett Geno Sr. and...

John A. Roach, 87

BENNINGTON, Vt. — John A. Roach, 87, of Bennington, Vt., formerly of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., and Crystal Lake, Ill., passed away on March 11, 2019, from complications due to a hip fracture....

David C. Bowers, 94

LEE, Mass. — David C. Bowers, 94, passed away surrounded by his loving family on March 24, 2019. David was a graduate of Lee High School and was then drafted into the United States Armed...

Mary J. Aldrich, 35

LEE, Mass. — Mary Jacqueline (Brouker) Aldrich, 35, of Hampton Bays, N.Y., left this world on Saturday, March 23, 2019, after battling an eating disorder for many years. Born in Pittsfield,...

Marshall L. Stores Jr., 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Marshall L. Stores Jr., 72, of Pittsfield died Saturday, March 23, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lexington, Virginia, on February 21, 1947, a son of Nancy...

Ruth M. Martin, 92

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Ruth Marie Martin, 92, died on March 22, 2019, at the Landings at Laurel Lake in Lee, Mass., but Ruth considered herself a Sheffield person. She was born on May 16, 1926,...

Maryann Stettnisch, 75

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Maryann Stettnisch, 75, peacefully passed away at her home on March 22, 2019. She was born on May 21, 1943. Married to her one and only love, Robert Stettnisch for...

Mary T. Tezza, 101

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mrs. Mary T. (Puma) Tezza, 101, a longtime resident of the Lakewood Section of Pittsfield, MA, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2019, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility....

Michael Naughton, 71

CHESHIRE, Mass. - Michael F. Naughton, 71, passed away Sunday March 24, 2019, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a courageous battle with cancer. Michael was born in Adams, MA, the...

Marcia R. Foley, 71

OTIS, Mass. — Marcia Rose Foley, 71, of West Center Road in Otis, died Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Bridgeport, Conn., on January 17,...

Eileen F. Eberhard, 94

HINSDALE, Mass. — Eileen Frances Eberhard, 94, of 259 Watson Road, Hinsdale, died peacefully Thursday, March 21, 2019, at her home. Born in Pittsfield on February 4, 1925, the daughter of...

Sally J. Cooper, 62

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Sally Jean Cooper, 62, of Cheshire passed away peacefully on the morning of Wednesday, March 20, 2019. Born in Pittsfield on August 16, 1956, a daughter of the late...

W. Leigh Short, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — W. Leigh Short, 84, of Williamstown, MA, died Thursday March 21, 201,9 at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Florida. He was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on...

Sheila N. Cohen, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sheila Nancy (Cohen) Shapiro, 68 of Port St. Lucie, FL, formerly of North Adams, MA, died on Thursday, March 21, 2019, at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in Fort Pierce,...

Arthur G. Olsen, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — George Olsen, 93, of 83 Hall St., North Adams MA, and lately of St. Louis, MO, died Friday, February 22, 2019, at the Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis. He was born...

Lucile Rea Dempsey, 97

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Lucile Rea Dempsey, of Castle Street Great Barrington, Mass., died peacefully at home on March 15, 2019.   Born Margaret Lucile Rea on July 4, 1921, in...

Robert R. Farnum, 78

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Robert Riggs Farnum, 78, a longtime resident of East Street in Great Barrington, died November 18, 2018, at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born October...

LeAnne Stokes, 18

ADAMS, Mass. — LeAnne Grace Stokes, 18, of Adams, died on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at her home. She was born on December 30, 2000, a daughter of Charles Stokes Jr. and Stacy (Holtz)...