Obituaries

Peter M. Desnoyers, 87

ADAMS, Mass. —   Mr. Peter M. Desnoyers, 87, of Adams, died Friday evening, September 29, 2023, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on June 18, 1936, a...

Holland "Dutch" Jennings, 2

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Holland “Dutch” Powell Jennings Dutch Jennings was born August 23rd, 2021 in Bennington, VT to Christine Holland and Samuel Jennings. He was the very...

Brenda Ruthman, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Our mother, Brenda Joan Bates Ruthman, passed away on September 26, 2023 at her daughter's home in Laurel, Maryland at the age of 84.  She was surrounded by...

Susan A. Sikorski, 69

ADAMS, Mass. — Susan A. Sikorski, 69, of Lawrenceville, passed away on Friday September 22, 2023 after a brief illness.   Born in Adams, Massachusetts Susan was a resident of...

Marion Harris, 88

  Marion (Bombardier) Dean Harris, 88, of North Adams died on September 27, 2023 at home with her family by her side. She was born in Adams, MA on March 4, 1935 a daughter of the late Armand...

Daisy (Kulas) Guerin, 94

Daisy (Kulas) Guerin, 94 of Warner, NH, formerly of Cheshire and Adams, MA, passed away Monday, Aug. 14, 2023.  Daisy was born in Cheshire on March 27, 1929 to Polish immigrants, Eleanor...

Michele Briggs, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Michele Constance (LaBeau) Briggs, 76 of North Adams died on Monday September 25, 2023 at Berkshire Medical Center. Michele was born in Bennington, Vermont on July...

Janet E. Ziter, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Janet Eleanor Ziter, 85, of Adams, passed away Friday, September 22, 2023 at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness due to a fall. Born in Adams on...

Floyd R. Jacobs, 66

Floyd R. Jacobs, 66, passed to eternal life at 3:47 PM on Sept. 25, 2023, at Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield. Floyd was born on Aug. 27, 1957, in Clinton, NC to Daniel and Katie Lou (Merritt)...

Barbara White, 94

Barbara P. (Pierce) White of Williamstown died on Saturday, September 23, 2023 at her daughter’s home in Clinton, MA. was born in Williamstown, MA on June 9, 1929, a daughter of Amos Henry...

Donald E. Lestage

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Donald E. “Lester” Lestage, 84, of Williamstown, died Friday morning, September 22, 2023 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on...

John Morin, 82

John Joseph Morin, 82 of Williamstown died on Thursday September 21, 2023 at Williamstown Commons. He was born on August 27, 1941 in North Adams, Ma a son of the late Joseph John & Margaret...

Betty Belding, 90

Eileen (Francis) Belding, 90 of North Adams died on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Mount Greylock Extended Care in Pittsfield, MA. She was born in North Adams, MA on December 5, 1932 in North...

Robert A. Whipple, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Robert Anthony (Whip)Whipple, 67 of North Adams, MA passed away on Wednesday September 20, 2023 at his home following a brief, but heroic battle with Cancer. He...

Carlton W. Sorel, 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Carlton William Sorel, 57 of North Adams, MA died on Thursday September 21, 2023 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in North Adams, MA on April 4, 1966, a...

Marjorie Williams, 82

ADAMS, Mass. —   Mrs. Marjorie E. (Weyers) Duby Williams, 82, of Adams, died on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in North Adams...

Lynne Lescarbeau, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Lynne Marie (Rondeau) Lescarbeau, 68 of North Adams, MA died on Thursday September 21, 2023 at her home. She was born in North Adams, MA on May 15, 1955, a...

Donald R. Davis, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —   Mr. Donald R. Davis, 86, of North Adams, died on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at North Adams Commons, where he was loved, cared for, and respected. He was...

Carole J. Ott, 80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Carole J. Ott died peacefully on the Fourth of July in her home surrounded by loving family. She was born in Adams, MA on August 19, 1942, the daughter of Shagal...

Frances Lapidus, 79

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Fran Lapidus, devoted wife of Ira, beloved mother of Ryan, Eric and Daniel, loving mother-in-law to Nicole, Audrey, and Alie, and doting grandmother to Sadie, Cora,...

Erin Jeanne Freitag-Puppolo, 65

ADAMS, Mass. — Erin Jeanne Freitag-Puppolo, 65, of Hazelton, Penn., a native of Adams, died Monday, Sept. 18, 2023 at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. She was born in...

David S. Fehr, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — David Fehr’s Obituary Some people I know, or know of, have written their own obituaries. Perhaps they do this to spare their loved ones from the task at a most...

Elizabeth Ralston, 79

Our beloved mother, grandmother, sister and aunt; Elizabeth M. Ralston passed away Sunday morning, September 17, 2023 at her home with her crystal prisms shinning down upon her eighteen month battle...

Susan Adler, 79

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Susan Zeporah Rosenberg Adler, 79, of Red Bug Lake Road, Oviedo, FL and formerly of Scarsdale, N.Y and Williamstown, MA., died Tuesday September 12 at Advent Health...

William Leonard Turgeon, 93

William Leonard Turgeon, 93 of Winterville, NC, and a former longtime resident of Pownal, VT died on Tuesday September 12, 2023, at ECU Health in Greenville, NC. Born in North Adams, MA on June...