Obituaries

Yvonne ‘Tiny’ McHaffie, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Yvonne "Tiny" (Babeu) McHaffie of North Adams died on January 3, 2018, at Williamstown Commons.  She was born in North Adams on April 3, 1933, a...

Danielle Trottier, 79

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Danielle (Huet) Trottier, 79, of Adams died Tuesday evening, January 2, 2018, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Danielle was born in New York City on June...

Elsie B. West, 96

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Sleeping peacefully, Elsie Barbara Denhardt West passed away January 1, 2018, at Geer Nursing. Born on October 26, 1921, in New York City, she was the daughter of...

Gloria N. Rolland, 95

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Gloria N. Rolland, 95, formerly of 50 Dean Street, died January 2, 2018, at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Williamstown on January 11, 1922, she was the daughter...

Robert Sullivan, 73

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Robert J. Sullivan (Bob/Sully), of 79 Leona Drive, Pittsfield, Mass., passed away on December 31, 2017. Born in Pittsfield on December 16, 1944, he was the son of...

John J. Leahy, 89

DALTON, Mass. — John J. Leahy, 89, of Dalton, Mass., passed away December 31, 2017. Born on August 24, 1928 in Pittsfield, he was the son of the late John P. and Ruth Dewey Leahy. He...

Alice D. Collins, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alice D. Collins, 84, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away December 28, 2017, at Mount Carmel Care Center in Lenox, Mass. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on February 5,...

Bernard J. Robert, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bernard Joseph Robert, 96, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, December 31, 2017, at his home. He was born in North Adams on January 3, 1921, a son of the late...

Nancy M. Lamb, 70

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Nancy Marie (Fortin) Lamb, 70, of Williamstown, Mass., died on Friday, December 29, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. She was born in North...

James M. Ritter, 64

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James Michael Ritter of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., passed away on December 27, 2017, at the age of 64 in the state of Florida, where he truly enjoyed spending his...

Kevin E. Maquire, 68

LENOX, Mass. — Kevin E. Maquire, 68, formerly of Lenox Dale died Saturday, December 30, 2017, at Springside Nursing Home. Kevin was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on January 13, 1949, to the...

Minor H. Haskell, 80

LENOX, Mass. — Minor H. Haskell, 80, of Lenox died suddenly on Friday, December 29, 2017. Minor was born in Springfield, Mass., on April 28, 1938, to the late Minor and Stella Watson...

Edmund ‘Moose’ Ziaja, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Edmund Martin “Moose” Ziaja, 91, of Adams died on Sunday, December 31, 2017, at his home. He was born in Adams on August 10, 1926, a son of the late Martin...

John P. Macksey, 59

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John Patrick Macksey, 59, of North Adams, Mass., died on Saturday, December 30, 2017.  He was born in North Adams on September 6, 1958, a son of Barbara...

Joshua A. Sargent, 29

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joshua Aron Sargent, 29, of North Adams, Mass., died Monday, January 1, 2018, at his home surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with cancer. He...

Easterbelle Clark, 93

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Easterbelle Clark, 93, of Cottage Street, Great Barrington, died peacefully at home December 27, 2017, surrounded by her family.  She was born, the...

Sylvia Tonoli

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Sylvia Tonoli died December 25, 2017.  She is survived by her sisters, Bruna Tinney and Angela Roraback; her caregivers, Cindy and Bob Louis, all of...

Richard E. Turner, 72

LENOX, Mass. — Richard E. Turner, 72, of Lenox died Sunday, December 24, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center with his family by his side. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on April 30, 1945, to...

Earle S. Rathbun Jr., 85

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Earle Stanley Rathbun Jr., 85, of Lanesborough passed away December 22, 2017.  Born in Pittsfield, September 17, 1932, he was the son of the late Earle S. and...

David L. Mitchell, 59

BECKET, Mass. — David Louis Mitchell, 59, of Becket, passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack at home on Christmas Day, December 25, 2017. David was born May 17, 1958, the son of the...

May B. Collins, 95

SOUTH LEE, Mass. — May B. Collins, 95, died Saturday evening, December 23, 2017, at her daughters home in South Lee surrounded by her family. She was born on May 18, 1922, in Manchester,...

Elaine M. Will, 67

SAVOY, Mass. — Elaine M. Will passed away on December 22, 2017, at the age of 67.  Elaine was born on May 26, 1950 in Adams, Massachusetts, to parents Alphonse and Helen...

Tiffany E. Bednarz, 29

ADAMS, Mass. — Miss Tiffany E. Bednarz, 29, of Adams died on Wednesday, December 20, 2017.  She was born in North Adams on December 3, 1988, daughter of Victoria (Jones) Gagne and...

Thomas Smith, 69

RENSSELAERVILLE, N.Y. — Thomas Hoose Smith, 69, from Rensselaerville, N.Y., passed peacefully on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at Berkshire Rehabilitation Center in Sandisfield, Mass. He...

Karen Ross, 61

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Karen Bru Ross, 61, of Park Street, Great Barrington, passed away on Christmas Day, December 25, 2017, surrounded by her family after a brief battle with...