Obituaries

Arthur W. Schmidt, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Arthur Wayne Schmidt, 74, of North Adams, MA, died Saturday June 8, 2019, at his home. He was born in North Adams, MA, on June 15, 1944, the son of Arthur Augustus and...

Dorothy Counter, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Dorothy Margaret (Dow) Martin Counter, 97, of North Adams, MA, died on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in North Adams, MA, on October 21,...

Carol Rancourt, 68

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Carol Ann (LaPlante) Rancourt, 68, of 1165 North Hoosac Road, Williamstown, died on Sunday June 9, 2019, at North Adams Commons. She was born in North Adams on September 6,...

Matthew J. Wilk Jr., 73

ADAMS, Mass. — Matthew J. Wilk Jr., 73, of Adams, died early Friday morning, June 7, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on Jan. 27, 1946, son of the...

Debra M. Boulger, 59

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Debra Marie Therrien Boulger of Williamstown lost her battle with cancer on Thursday, June 6, 2019. She was born on May 24, 1960, daughter of Ernest and Mary...

Dr. Martien A Mulder, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dr. Martien A Mulder of Williamstown, Mass., and Clayton, N.Y., passed away on Sunday, June 2, 2019. He was born May 10, 1936, in Utrecht, The Netherlands, to...

Victoria Zabawa, 84

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Victoria (Piekos) Zabawa, 84, of Southampton died on Monday, June 3, 2019. Born August 23, 1934, in Cheshire, Mass., to Jan and Karolina (Bulsa) Piekos, she attended...

Raymond E. Riiska, 98

ASHLEY FALLS, Mass. — Raymond E. Riiska, 98, of West Stahl Road in Ashley Falls passed away on May 31, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center.   Born on February 5, 1921, in Pittsfield,...

Scott Smith, 56

Scott Alan Smith, 56 of Stamford, VT died on May 30, 2019 at his home surrounded by his family. was born in North Adams, MA on July 7, 1962 a son to the late Robert Eugene and Donna Lee (Towslee)...

Ann L. Langlois, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ann Louise (Belot) Langlois, 77, of Pittsfield died Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Ann was born in Pittsfield on February 18,...

Clayton Walter Curry, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Clayton Walter Curry, 91, of Commonwealth Avenue, Pittsfield, died May 29, 2019, at home following a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on February 8, 1928, son of the...

Dr. Roger A. Connor, 99

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Dr. Roger A. Connor, a local dermatologist and longtime civic-minded resident of Pittsfield, passed away peacefully at a hospice facility near his home in Naples, Fla., on...

Thomas Arthur Pilling, 79

STAMFORD, Vt. — Thomas Arthur Pilling, 79, of Stamford, VT, died Friday May 31, 2019, at Bay State Medical Center. He was born in North Adams, MA, on July 17, 1939 son of Joseph and...

Maureen K. Hall, 84

DALTON, Mass. — Maureen Kelly Hall, 84, of Eastham, Mass, passed away on May 24, 2019, after a courageous battle with multiple sclerosis.  Maureen was the daughter of the late John...

Brian C. Paris, 35

HINSDALE, Mass. — Brian Colt Paris, 35, of Hinsdale, Mass., went on to join his mother in heaven on May 24, 2019. He was born in Pittsfield on February 22, 1984, to John L. Paris and...

Thomas F. Carey, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Thomas Francis Carey of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away peacefully on May 25, 2019, at 71 years old.  He was born on October 16, 1947, in Pittsfield. The son of...

Karen M. Williams, 72

LEE, Mass. — Karen M. Williams, 72, died Thursday morning, May 23, 2019, at her home on Washington Mountain Road in Lee. She was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on December 10, 1946, the daughter...

Howard Levitz, 72

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Howard Jay Levitz, 72, of Williamstown died Sunday, May 26, 2019, at his home. He was born in the Bronx, N.Y., on April 24, 1947, son of Albert and Rita...

Arline Sheldon, 99

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Arline Marjorie Sheldon, 99 of Williamstown, MA, died Thursday, May 30, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in North Adams, MA, on May 7, 1920, daughter of...

Richard Dubie Jr.,76

ADAMS, Mass. - Richard Francis Dubie Jr. 76, of Adams, MA, died Saturday May 25, 2019, at the North Adams Commons following a brief illness. He was born in North Adams on August 16, 1942, a...

Helen A. Soja, 94

ADAMS, Mass. — Helen A. Soja, R.N., 94, formerly of Adams, died Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Adams on July 26, 1924, a daughter of the late John and...

James Robinson, 84

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mr. James A. Robinson, 84, of Adams, died on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in North Adams on August 15, 1934, son of the...

Edwin F. Gajda, 89

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Edwin F. Gajda, 89, of Adams, died Tuesday afternoon, May 21, 2019, at his home. He was born in Adams on August 20, 1929, a son of the late Jacob and Veronica...

Walter John Horton Jr, 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Walter John Horton Jr., 75 of Williamstown, MA, died Friday May 17, 2019, at his home. He was born in Pittsfield, MA, on July 7, 1943 son of Walter John and...

John Skovera

WILIAMSTOWN, Mass. - On Monday May 20, 2019, John Michael Skovera, 71, of Williamstown, died at the Albany Medical Center after a heroic fight for life. John was born on August 1,...