Obituaries

Joan Reeves, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joan Carol (Turner) Reeves, 66, of North Adams, MA, died Saturday March 30, 2019, at Bay State Medical Center. She was born in New Milford, CT, on June 23, 1952,...

Arthur Leroy Woodward, 80

Arthur Leroy Woodward, 80 of North Adams, MA died Saturday March 30, 2019 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Springfield, MA on April 6, 1938 son of George C. and Mildred W. (Young)...

Ronald D. Odell Sr., 76

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Ronald D. Odell Sr., 76, a resident of BenMont Avenue passed away unexpectedly on March 25, 2019, in North Adams, Mass.  The son of Walter and Mary (Sorel) Odell,...

Robert Burlingame Walter, 88

DALTON, Mass. — Robert Burlingame Walter, 88, of Dalton, Mass., passed away March 29, 2019, at home. Born in Cortland, N.Y., on November 10, 1930, he was the son of the late Floyd M....

Jeanine D. Lyon, 84

DALTON, Mass. —  Jeanine "Jean" D. Lyon, 84, of Sugar Hill, Dalton, formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on...

Edward J. Mottor, 90

DALTON, Mass. — Edward John Mottor, formerly of High Street, Dalton, and a resident of Craneville Place of Dalton for three years, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at Berkshire...

Donna Lee Best, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Donna Lee Best, 70, of Pittsfield, formerly of Dalton, died Sunday, March 24, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by family. Born in Pittsfield on December 17,...

Anthony J. Blasioli Sr., 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Anthony John Blasioli Sr., 88 of Pittsfield, MA, passed away on March 28, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Pittsfield on May 1, 1930, a son of the late...

Kathleen Schelling, 60

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Kathleen Mary Adelaide (Duerr) Schelling, of Lanesborough, MA,, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was...

Domenica 'Lena' Nugai

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mrs. Domenica "Lena" Nugai, 97, a longtime resident of the Lakewood Section of Pittsfield, MA, passed away Monday, March 25, 2019, at Sweet Brook Rehabilitation...

Dr. Susan Lee LaForest

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dr. Susan LaForest of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and Trumbull, CT, a native of North Adams, MA, passed away Sunday March 24, 2019, in Branford, CT. She was predeceased by...

Edward F. Cwalinski, 74

ADAMS, Mass. — Edward "Ed" Francis Cwalinski, 74, of Grand Junction, Colo., passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 24, 2019, while in the care of Hope West hospice...

Daniel Cormier, 56

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Daniel J. Cormier, 56, of Adams died on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Pittsfield on November 6, 1962, a son...

William F. Geno, 67

POWNAL, Vt. — William Francis Geno, 67 of Pownal, VT, died on Monday, March 25, 2019, at his home. He was born in North Adams, MA, on September 14, 1951 a son of Everett Geno Sr. and...

John A. Roach, 87

BENNINGTON, Vt. — John A. Roach, 87, of Bennington, Vt., formerly of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., and Crystal Lake, Ill., passed away on March 11, 2019, from complications due to a hip fracture....

David C. Bowers, 94

LEE, Mass. — David C. Bowers, 94, passed away surrounded by his loving family on March 24, 2019. David was a graduate of Lee High School and was then drafted into the United States Armed...

Mary J. Aldrich, 35

LEE, Mass. — Mary Jacqueline (Brouker) Aldrich, 35, of Hampton Bays, N.Y., left this world on Saturday, March 23, 2019, after battling an eating disorder for many years. Born in Pittsfield,...

Marshall L. Stores Jr., 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Marshall L. Stores Jr., 72, of Pittsfield died Saturday, March 23, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lexington, Virginia, on February 21, 1947, a son of Nancy...

Ruth M. Martin, 92

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Ruth Marie Martin, 92, died on March 22, 2019, at the Landings at Laurel Lake in Lee, Mass., but Ruth considered herself a Sheffield person. She was born on May 16, 1926,...

Maryann Stettnisch, 75

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Maryann Stettnisch, 75, peacefully passed away at her home on March 22, 2019. She was born on May 21, 1943. Married to her one and only love, Robert Stettnisch for...

Mary T. Tezza, 101

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mrs. Mary T. (Puma) Tezza, 101, a longtime resident of the Lakewood Section of Pittsfield, MA, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2019, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility....

Michael Naughton, 71

CHESHIRE, Mass. - Michael F. Naughton, 71, passed away Sunday March 24, 2019, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a courageous battle with cancer. Michael was born in Adams, MA, the...

Marcia R. Foley, 71

OTIS, Mass. — Marcia Rose Foley, 71, of West Center Road in Otis, died Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Bridgeport, Conn., on January 17,...

Eileen F. Eberhard, 94

HINSDALE, Mass. — Eileen Frances Eberhard, 94, of 259 Watson Road, Hinsdale, died peacefully Thursday, March 21, 2019, at her home. Born in Pittsfield on February 4, 1925, the daughter of...

Sally J. Cooper, 62

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Sally Jean Cooper, 62, of Cheshire passed away peacefully on the morning of Wednesday, March 20, 2019. Born in Pittsfield on August 16, 1956, a daughter of the late...