Obituaries

John Lindsay, 88

LENOX, Mass. — John Gardner Lindsay, 88, of Lenox and formerly of Pittsfield, died peacefully on July 27, 2017. John was born May 18, 1929 in Castile, NY, the son of John D. and Marion...

Coralice Michaelyan, 92

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Coralice (Coree) Potter Michaelyan, 92, of Great Barrington died on July 31, 2017, at Fairview Hospital after a long illness surrounded by her beloved children...

John Kordana, 53

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John J. Kordana, 53, of 72 Harryel Street passed away on Monday, July 24, 2017, at home. Born on April 19, 1964, in Pittsfield, he was a son of the late John A. and...

Celeste Kordana, 39

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Celeste Wibby Kordana, 39, of 72 Harryel Street passed away on Monday, July 24, 2017 at home. Born on July 22, 1978 in Pittsfield, she was the daughter of Robert and...

Elizabeth Austin, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Elizabeth (Russell) Austin, 94, of Williamstown died on Friday, July 28, 2017, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Bennington, Vt., on January 11, 1923, a...

Dorothy E. St. Denis, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Ellen (Dean) St. Denis, 96, of North Adams, Mass., died Saturday July 29, 2017 at her home.   She was born in North Adams, Mass., on September 10,...

Roger C. Edwards, 95

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Roger C. Edwards, 95, of Adams, died on Thursday, July 27, 2017, at his home. He was born in Pittsfield on August 21, 1921, a son of the late Charles and Lorna...

Jennie Lancia, 97

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jennie Natalina Masdea Lancia, 97, of Berkshire Town Apartments passed away on Saturday, July 22, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on December 23, 1919 in...

Mary Catherine Langlois, 86

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Mary Catherine (Goddard) Bessette Langlois, 86, of Clarksburg, Mass., died Monday July 24, 2017, at Williamstown Commons.   She was born in North Adams, Mass.,...

Donald H. Whelpley, 92

HINSDALE, Mass. — Donald Howe Whelpley, 92, of 140 East Washington Road, Hinsdale, died Thursday, July 20, 2017, at his home. Born in Waltham, Mass., on January 12, 1925, the son of...

William D. Carty, 86

DALTON, Mass. — William David Carty, 86, of Dalton, Mass., died Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at his home surrounded by his family.  He joins his two sons, the late David W. Carty and...

Beatrice R. Fortini, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beatrice Rose (Perras) Fortini, 89, of North Adams, Mass., died Monday July 24, 2017 at her home. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on April 8, 1928, daughter of...

Sarah L. Lowry, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sarah Leona (Jones) Randall Lowry, 90, of North Adams, Mass., died Monday, July 24, 2017, at North Adams Commons. She was born in Great Barrington, Mass., on...

Edward M. Bailey, 81

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Edward Michael Bailey, 81, of Williamstown, Mass., died Thursday July 20, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on October 17, 1935,...

Eloise H. Brown, 69

DALTON, Mass. — Eloise H. Brown, 69, of 17 Washington Street, Dalton, died Monday, July 17, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center, surrounded by family. Born in Boston on August 4, 1947,...

John H. Beckwith Sr., 80

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — John H. Beckwith Sr., "Bootsie," 80, of Great Barrington, Mass., died July 19, 2017 at Fairview Hospital. A native and lifelong resident, he was born...

Kurt G. Kruger, 54

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Mr. Kurt G. Kruger died suddenly on Monday, July 17, 2017, while hiking trails he loved on Mount Greylock. He was 54 years old. Mr. Kruger was the modern day...

Andrew S. Levine

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Andrew Seth Levine of Stockbridge, Mass., and Bonita Springs, Fla., died on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Andy is survived by his wife of 53 years, Toby; his...

Francis J. Zappula, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Francis Joseph Zappula, 63, of North Adams, Mass., died Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.   He was born in North Adams, Mass., on...

Richard F. Daniels, 73

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Richard Frederick Daniels, 73, of Williamstown, Mass., died Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on February...

Corinne-Margaret Johnson, 80

NEW ASHFORD, Mass. — Corinne-Margaret (Dunn) Johnson, 80, of New Ashford died on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at her home. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on September 17, 1936, a...

Timothy H. Rice, 64

WINDSOR, Mass. — Mr. Timothy H. Rice, 64, of Windsor, Mass., died early Tuesday morning, July 18, 2017, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. He was born in North Adams...

Alf B. Pedersen, 97

MONTEREY, Mass. — Alf Bjorn Pedersen, 97, longtime resident of Monterey, died peacefully July 14, 2017, at Grandview Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. He was predeceased by his wife of 58 years,...

Nannette Dunn, 96

LEE, Mass. — Nannette “Nan” Dunn, 96, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Kimball Farms NCC. For 57 years she was the beloved wife of William J....

Stephen Cozzaglio, 86

LEE, Mass. — Stephen A. Cozzaglio, of 60 Davis St., Lee, died Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Stephen was born February 11, 1932, in North Adams, the son of...