Obituaries

Jane Simon, 94

ADAMS, Mass. - Jane Helen (Gorman) Simon, 94, formerly of Adams, passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Saturday December 28, 2019, in Plymouth, Mass. Jane was born on December 1,...

Catherine Kilburn, 82

Catherine Yvonne (LaMagdeline) Kilburn, 82, of Eatonville, Washington, died at her home on Friday, December 27, 2019. She was born in Hoosick Falls, New York, on June 27, 1937, a daughter to the...

Dr. Edwin Hopton,89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Dr. Edwin Hostetter Hopton of Williamstown, Mass., died on Sunday, December 15, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on May 9, 1930, in Lancaster, Pa., Ed was the son of...

Harry Beverly Sr, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Harry Louis Beverly Sr., formerly of Williamstown, died peacefully after a long illness on Tuesday, December 31, 2019, at the home of his son Joseph in Williamstown surrounded...

Bobby Riddell, 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Robert Dunlop Riddell III of North Adams, Mass., passed away on Friday, December 27, 2019, following a courageous, year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Bobby left this...

John O'Connor

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - John Thomas O'Connor, 79, of Williamstown, Mass., died peacefully on Friday, December 20, 2019, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt., with his wife and daughters...

William A. Salvatore, 84

CHESHIRE, Mass. — William Anthony Salvatore, 84, of 28 Second Avenue, Cheshire, died Christmas Day, December 25, 2019, at his home, surrounded by his daughters. Born in Pittsfield on May 15,...

Gerald M. Lee, 79; former Pittsfield Police chief

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mr. Gerald M. Lee, 79, formerly of Commonwealth Avenue, Pittsfield, Mass., died Wednesday, December 25, 2019, after a long battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on April...

Elijah Conaway, 79

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Elijah Conaway, 79, of Great Barrington, Mass., passed away on December 20, 2019. Born on November 17, 1940, in Goodwater, Ala., he was the son of the late John...

Margaret Jenks, 75

POWNAL, Vt. — Margaret (Peggy) Cogswell Jenks of Pownal, Vt., died on December 26, 2019, at Jack Byrne Palliative and Hospice Center in Lebanon, N.H. She was born in Cambridge, Mass., on...

Loretta B. Hoye-Logan, 66

ADAMS, Mass. — Loretta Barbara "Lori" Hoye-Logan, 66, of the Spanaway area of Tacoma, Wash., formerly of Adams, passed away suddenly Saturday night, Dec. 21, 2019, from...

Anne 'Betty' Ross, 92

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. —  Anne Elizabeth "Betty" Ross, a longtime resident of Great Barrington, died Dec. 22, 2019, at the age of 92. One of five children and mother of nine,...

Mary Saunders, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Mrs. Mary H. (Marony) Saunders, 86, of North Adams died on Tuesday, December 31, 2019, at her home. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 18, 1933, a...

Mary Jane Leab, 81

CHESHIRE, Mass. - Mary Jane (Lyon) Leab, 81, of Cheshire, Mass., died Monday, December 30, 2019, at her home, surrounded by loved ones. She was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on August 25, 1938,...

Robert Kennedy, 94

ADAMS, Mass. — Robert E. Kennedy passed away peacefully on December 21, 2019, with his daughter by his side. A longtime resident of Adams, he lived in Florida since 2005. He was born on Nov...

Katie Jean Hayes, 33

ADAMS, Mass. — Katie Jean (Bleau) Hayes, 33, of Adams, Mass., passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2019, in Adams. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on July 8, 1986, daughter of Stephen...

Bryan A. Cuddeback, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Bryan A. Cuddeback, 77, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at his home in League City, Texas. Born in North Adams on July 28, 1942, the son of Alfred...

Russell G. Blake Sr., 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Russell Gordon Blake Sr., 71, of North Adams, Mass., died Saturday, December 28, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Williamstown, Mass., on May 7, 1948, son of...

John H. Foehl, 78

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - John Hamilton Foehl, 78, died peacefully on December 28, 2019. Born August 20, 1941, in Orange, New Jersey, to Mary Mason Foehl and Charles Allen Foehl Jr. John was the...

Thomas H. Horn Sr., 82

ADAMS, Mass. — Thomas H. Horn Sr., 82, of Adams, died on Sunday morning, Dec. 22, 2019. Born in Adams on April 4, 1937, a son of Joseph and Viola Taft Horn, he...

Daniel T. Delisle, 58

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Daniel Theodore Delisle, 58, of North Adams died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, in North Adams. Born in Springfield on Nov. 1, 1961, son of James A. and...

Wallace Garrison, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Mr. Wallace George Garrison, 89, of North Adams died on Saturday, December 21, 2019, at his home. He was born in North Adams on August 13, 1930, son of the late...

Judith A. Poirot, 74

FLORIDA, Mass. - Judith Ann (Poplaski) Poirot, 74, of Florida, Mass., died Monday, December 23, 2019, peacefully at her home with her husband holding her hand. She was born in North Adams, Mass.,...

Terrence Flynn, 85

Terrence “Terry” John Flynn, a longtime resident of Northern Berkshire County, died Dec. 23, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. He was 85. He was born in Gary, Indiana, on Sept. 13, 1934,...

Bernard Shine, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Bernard J. "Barney" Shine, age 90, died on December 19, 2019, in Sandwich, Mass. The son of the late Bernard J. Shine Sr. and Eleanor (Lannan) Shine of Dorchester...