Obituaries

Rita Fontana, 98

LEE, Mass. — Rita Fontana, 98, formerly of Crossway Village, Lee, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, at Lee HealthCare. Born in Adams on Sept. 2, 1920, daughter of Josephine Demastrie and Rene...

Henry A. Goodell, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Henry A. Goodell, 84, of Rose Manor, PittsfIeld, died Sunday, February 24, 2019, at Hillcrest Commons. He was born on June 6, 1934, in Washington, Mass., the son of the...

Dorothy Rufo, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Dorothy Liebenow Rufo, 84, passed away peacefully Sunday, February 24, 2019, at Berkshire Place, where she had resided for the last three years. She was born in...

Linda L. Lefaver, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Linda Louise (Moorby) Lefaver, 75 of North Adams, MA, died Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at her home. She was born in Moriah, NY, on December 16, 1943, a daughter of...

Aldo R. Cristofolini, 85

READSBORO, Vt. — Aldo Richard Cristofolini, 85, a longtime resident of Readsboro, VT, passed into the loving arms of God on Tuesday February 26, 2019. Aldo was born January 9, 1934, in the...

Thomas A. Martin, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Thomas Arthur Martin, 80 of North Adams died on Sunday February 24, 2019 at Williamstown Commons. He was born in North Adams, MA on June 30, 1938, a son of the late...

Kathleen J. Pedercini, 84

ADAMS, Mass. —  Miss Kathleen Joan “Kay” Pedercini, RN, 84, of Adams died Sunday morning, February 24, 2019, at North Adams Commons. She was born in North Adams on September...

Gloria J. Rougeau, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gloria Jessie (Arabia) Rougeau, 92 of North Adams, MA, died Monday February 25, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in North Adams, MA, on September 11, 1926...

Clyde 'Buzz' Johndrow, 86

ADAMS, Mass. — Clyde "Buzz" Johndrow, 86, of Adams, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2019, at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y. Born in Adams on April 29, 1932, he was the...

Elaine M. Pulver, 94

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Elaine Marjorie Pulver, 94, a longtime resident of Bennington, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 21, 2019, at Crescent Manor Care Center following a brief...

Anthony Guillou, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Mr. Anthony F. Guillou, 91, of Pittsfield, died on Saturday evening, February 23, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Manhattan, New...

Josephine M. Vaught, 104

STAMFORD, Vt. —  Josephine Marie Vaught, formerly of Mystic, Ct., died in Stamford, Vt., on February 22, 2019. She was born November 28, 1914 to Italian immigrant parents in North...

Barbara Ann Dowling, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Barbara Ann (Skiffington) Dowling, 79 of North Adams, MA, passed peacefully Thursday February 21, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in North Adams, MA, on...

Dr. Renee Nuni Fuller, 89

FLORIDA, Mass. – Dr. Renée Fuller passed away at her home in Florida on January 2, 2019, at the age of 89. Dr. Fuller was born on April 14, 1929, in Mannheim, Germany and came to the...

Jerome T. Lindabury, 71

HINSDALE, Mass. —  Mr. Jerome Thomas Lindabury, 71, of Hinsdale, Mass., passed away Thursday, February 21, 2019, surrounded by his family, following an exhaustive 35-year battle with...

Brigetta Whalen, 51

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Brigetta Ella-Mae "Gigi" (Seely) Whalen, 51, of North Adams, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, at her home. She was born in Hopkinton on Sep. 6, 1967, daughter of...

John M. Swift Sr., 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John "Jack" Maynard Swift Sr., 77, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, surrounded by family. He loved story-telling, sports, politics,...

Geneeva LeSage, 21

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Geneeva Lillian LeSage, 21, of North Adams died on Friday, February 15, 2019. She was born in North Adams on August 25, 1997 a daughter of Angie LeSage and Matthew...

Rose M. Cimini, 105

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - After 105 years of laughter and kindness, Rose M. Cimini went to heaven on February 15, 2019. She transitioned peacefully in anticipation of being with God, her beloved...

George Patterson Jr., 85

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — George Patterson Jr., 85, of Williamstown, MA., died Tuesday February 19, 2019 at Williamstown Commons. He was born in North Adams, MA on February 8, 1934, son of...

Peter F. Esposito, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Peter Francis Esposito passed away peacefully early Wednesday morning, February 20, 2019, at his home in North Adams surrounded by family. He was born in North Adams,...

Anne E. Farr, 85

LENOX, Mass. — Anne E. Farr, 85, of Lenox died Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at Lee Health Care after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 18, 1933, to the late Henry and Elizabeth...

Muriel L. Edmonds, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Muriel L. Edmonds entered into eternal rest on Sunday, February 10, 2019, at the Springside Rehabilitation and Nursing Center after a brief illness. Muriel was born on...

Robert G. Smith, 45

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Robert G. Smith, 45, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away February 10, 2019. Born in Beeville, Texas, on November 6, 1973, he was the son of Sandra Fassell Wood and...

Paul Kastrinakis, 46

LEE, Mass. —  Paul John Kastrinakis, 46, originally of Lee, Mass., passed away on February 7, 2019, at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Annadale, Va., from a severe bacterial infection. Paul was...