Obituaries

Marjorie L. Deitz, 96

HILLSDALE, N.Y. - Marjorie Lucille Deitz, 96, formerly of Hillsdale, N.Y., died November 26, 2019, in Northbridge, Mass. Born on March 5, 1923, in Wilson, N.Y., Marjorie was the second of two...

Daniel R. Sullivan, 83

LEE, Mass. — Daniel Read Sullivan, 83, died Thursday, November 28, 2019, at his home in Lee. He was born on August 25, 1936, in Pittsfield, Mass., the son of Thomas and Martha Read...

Charles F. Fenton Jr., 93

LENOX, Mass. — Charles ("Charlie") F. Fenton Jr. died peacefully on November 28, 2019, at Pine Hills Assisted Living at Kimball Farms in Lenox, Mass. Charlie had been a...

Nello Zerbato, 89

LEE, Mass. — Nello Zerbato, 89, of Lee died December 3, 2019, peacefully at Berkshire Medical Center. Nello was born in Pittsfield on September 14, 1930, and was the son of Angelo and...

Catherine Deloye, 90

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Catherine Danylieko Deloye, 90, of 93 Summer Street, Lanesborough, died Friday, November 29, 2019, at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on October 14,...

John J. Macchi Jr., 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John Joseph Macchi Jr., 95, of 27 Mountain Drive, Pittsfield, and a longtime resident of Englewood, Florida, died Friday, November 29, 2019, at his daughter’s...

Alberta Stickles, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alberta "Bertie" Stickles, 90, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away at home surrounded by her family on Sunday, December 1, 2019.  Born in Philmont, NY,...

Susan Passmore, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Susan Passmore, 70, of Turner Falls, Mass., passed away December 1, 2019.  She was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on March 18, 1949 to Elmer and Mary Londergan...

Selma Hawkins, 77

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Ms. Selma Hawkins, 77, of Fairview Terrace passed away on December 2, 2019, at home. The daughter of the late David and Dorothy Beebe Hawkins, Selma was born...

Dr. Jared M. Emery, 79

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Dr. Jared Maurice Emery, 79, died in Great Barrington, Mass., on November 29, 2019.  Born March 4, 1940, in St. Johnsbury, Vt., to Myrtle May and Charles...

Patricia Plue, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Patricia VanAlstyne Plue, 80, of Pittsfield passed away on Tuesday evening, Dec. 3, 2019, losing a determined two-and-a-half-year battle with stage four pancreatic...

Chester T. Ciuk

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Chester Thomas Ciuk, 96, of Adams died on Monday, December 2, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on April 25, 1923, a son of...

Robert A. Delisle, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Robert Armand Delisle, 90, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, December 1, 2019. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on April 2, 1929, son of Armand Delisle and Violet...

Jose A. Cruz, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - José Antonio Cruz, 68, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, December 1, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on February...

Theresa Nowak, 72

ADAMS, Mass. —  Theresa C. Nowak, 72, of Adams died on Saturday, November 30, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Adams on January 14, 1947, a daughter of...

Isabelle LeClair, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Isabelle R. LeClair, 88, of North Adams died on Saturday, November 30, 2019, at Sweetbrook Nursing Home. She was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on May 23, 1931, to the late Joseph...

Patricia A. Moriarty, 86

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Patricia Ann (Finn) Moriarty, 86, of Lanesborough, Mass., passed away Monday, November 25, 2019. Patricia was born in Waterbury, Conn., on June 7, 1933, the...

Dianne Hein, 73

CLARKSBURG, Mass. —  Dianne Joyce (Lewis) Hein of Clarksburg, Mass., died Friday, November 29, 2019, at her home. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on August 3,...

Howard R. Cruse, 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Howard Russell Cruse, 75 of Williamstown, MA died of cancer Tuesday November 26, 2019 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Birmingham, Ala., on May 2,...

Jean M. Barbas, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jean Marie Barbas, 89, passed away peacefully on November 24, 2019. She was born in Pittsfield on April 17, 1930, a daughter of the late Arthur and Mary Beaulieau...

Debbie J. Dix, 65

ADAMS, Mass. —  Debbie (Drury) Dix, 65, of Adams, died peacefully at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield on Saturday, November 23, 2019, with her daughter and granddaughter by her side...

Claire Blair, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Claire (Arnold) Blair, 79, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, November 24, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Stamford, Vt., on September 23, 1940, daughter...

Mary E. Mack, 66

DALTON, Mass. — Mary Elizabeth Finnegan Mack, 66, of 31 Edgemere Road, Dalton, died Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on August 14, 1953, a...

Kristin M. Pickford, 51

PEABODY, Mass. — Kristin M. Pickford, 51, of Osborne Street in Peabody, Mass., died unexpectedly at her home on Saturday, November 16, 2019. She was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on August 8,...

Mary A. Mulcahy, 80

OTIS, Mass. — Mary Alice Mulcahy, a resident of Otis for 30 years, passed away on November 18, 2019. Mary Alice was born January 14, 1939. She worked at the Kolburne School for many...