Obituaries

Michael Coughlin

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael Coughlin died on February 27, 2018, at BMC-North Adams.  He attended school in North Adams and graduated from Drury High School in 1961. He attended...

Timothy Rattigan, 55

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Timothy Patrick Rattigan, 55, of Boylston Street, Pittsfield, Mass., passed away February 28, 2018. He was born December 27, 1962 to Edward J. Rattigan and the late...

Joan Tucker, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joan Quinn Tucker passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at her home at Linden Ponds in Hingham, Mass., surrounded by her loving family.  Born in North...

Ralph W. Underwood Jr., 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ralph Walter Underwood Jr., 90, of North Adams, Mass., died Monday, March 5, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass.  He was born in North Adams,...

Pearl A. Mullett, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Pearl Annette Mullett, 80, of North Adams died peacefully Sunday, March 4, 2018.   She was born in the Town of Florida on April 16, 1937, a daughter of the late...

John ‘Jack’ Delisle, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John “Jack” Alan Delisle, 77, of North Adams died on Sunday, March 4, 2018.  He was born in North Adams on July 1, 1940, a son of the late Henry...

Susan A. Sherman, 62

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Susan Ann (Clairmont) Sherman, 62, of Sterling Drive in North Adams, died peacefully on Sunday, March 4, 2018. She was born in North Adams on June 7, 1955, a...

Ersilia J. Passardi, 83

READSBORO, Vt. — Ersilia Jacqueline “Jackie” Passardi, 83, of Monroe Bridge, Mass., died on Monday, March 4, 2018. She was born in Tandil, Argentina, South America, on...

Francis Roraback, 83

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Francis (Ike) Roraback, 83, of Blue Hill Road in Great Barrington, died peacefully in his home on February 26, 2018, surrounded by his loving family.   Ike...

Robert J. Gingras, 52

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Robert J. Gingras, 52, passed away at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Mass., on February 25, 2018. Born on January 4, 1966, in Sharon, Conn., he was the son of the...

Ray O. Bentley, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Ray O. Bentley, 91, formerly of North Adams and Adams, died Saturday afternoon, March 3, 2018, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt. He was born in...

Ronald E. Kolodziej, 73

ADAMS, Mass. — Ronald E. Kolodziej, 73, of Adams passed away Saturday, February 24, 2018, at his home. Born in Adams on June 25, 1944, he was the son of the late Edward and Genevieve...

Helen Trasatti, 86

DALTON, Mass. — Helen Trasatti, 86, of South Street, Dalton, Mass., passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, March 1, 2018.  She was born in...

Theresa Dolle, 88

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Mrs. Theresa (Pelletier) Dolle, 88, of Clarksburg died peacefully surrounded by her family and friends at her home on Friday, March 2, 2018. She was born in Adams on...

John F. MacLean, 99

LENOX, Mass. — John Finlay MacLean, 99, of Lenox died Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Mr. MacLean was born on September 13, 1918, in Lenox, Mass., to...

George E. Mulcahy, 90

ADAMS, Mass. — George Edward Mulcahy, 90, of Adams, Mass., died on February 28, 2018, at his home.  He was born in North Adams, Mass., a son to the late Charles M. and Florence...

Leo Fitzpatrick, 31

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Leo John Francis Fitzpatrick, 31, of Pittsfield, passed away February 25, 2018. He was born December 14, 1986, to Kathleen Fremer Fitzpatrick and the late Leo F....

Richard A. Genova, 70

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Richard Aldo Genova, 70, of Lakewood Ranch, Fla., formerly of Wilmington, N.C., and Williamstown, Mass., passed away in his sleep on February 24, 2018. Richard was...

William E. Hurley, 74

BENNINGTON, Vt. — William E. Hurley, 74, a resident of Bennington, Vt., passed away unexpectedly February 25, 2018, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. William was born in...

Lea T. Zavattaro, 102

LEE, Mass. — Lea T. Zavattaro, 102, of Lee, died Thursday afternoon, February 22, 2018, at the Laurel Lake Center with her family at her side. She was born in Marble, Colo., on August...

Mathew G. Harrington, 56

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Mathew Greg Harrington, 56, of Adams, died on Tuesday evening, February 27, 2018, at his home. He was born in Adams on April 23, 1961, a son of the late Verne and...

Elaine E. Gaspardi, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Elaine Eleanor (Chilson) Gaspardi, 89, of North Adams, Mass., died on Monday, February 26, 2018, at Williamstown Commons.  She was born in North Adams, Mass.,...

Mark J. Lahey, 61

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mark James Lahey, a retired plumbing and heating contractor of J.R. Lahey Jr. Mechanical Contractors Inc., passed away on February 22, 2018. He was 61 years old....

Jane Davis, 55

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jane Davis, 55, of North Adams, Mass., passed away peacefully February 22, 2018, surrounded by her loving family.  Jane was born November 22, 1962, to Walter...

Nancy I. Keleher, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Nancy Irene (McDevitt) Keleher, 84, of North Adams, Mass., died on Sunday, February 25, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center.  She was born in Adams, Mass., on...