Obituaries

Donald E. Lestage

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Donald E. “Lester” Lestage, 84, of Williamstown, died Friday morning, September 22, 2023 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on...

John Morin, 82

John Joseph Morin, 82 of Williamstown died on Thursday September 21, 2023 at Williamstown Commons. He was born on August 27, 1941 in North Adams, Ma a son of the late Joseph John & Margaret...

Betty Belding, 90

Eileen (Francis) Belding, 90 of North Adams died on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Mount Greylock Extended Care in Pittsfield, MA. She was born in North Adams, MA on December 5, 1932 in North...

Robert A. Whipple, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Robert Anthony (Whip)Whipple, 67 of North Adams, MA passed away on Wednesday September 20, 2023 at his home following a brief, but heroic battle with Cancer. He...

Carlton W. Sorel, 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Carlton William Sorel, 57 of North Adams, MA died on Thursday September 21, 2023 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in North Adams, MA on April 4, 1966, a...

Marjorie Williams, 82

ADAMS, Mass. —   Mrs. Marjorie E. (Weyers) Duby Williams, 82, of Adams, died on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in North Adams...

Lynne Lescarbeau, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Lynne Marie (Rondeau) Lescarbeau, 68 of North Adams, MA died on Thursday September 21, 2023 at her home. She was born in North Adams, MA on May 15, 1955, a...

Donald R. Davis, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —   Mr. Donald R. Davis, 86, of North Adams, died on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at North Adams Commons, where he was loved, cared for, and respected. He was...

Carole J. Ott, 80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Carole J. Ott died peacefully on the Fourth of July in her home surrounded by loving family. She was born in Adams, MA on August 19, 1942, the daughter of Shagal...

Frances Lapidus, 79

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Fran Lapidus, devoted wife of Ira, beloved mother of Ryan, Eric and Daniel, loving mother-in-law to Nicole, Audrey, and Alie, and doting grandmother to Sadie, Cora,...

Erin Jeanne Freitag-Puppolo, 65

ADAMS, Mass. — Erin Jeanne Freitag-Puppolo, 65, of Hazelton, Penn., a native of Adams, died Monday, Sept. 18, 2023 at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. She was born in...

David S. Fehr, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — David Fehr’s Obituary Some people I know, or know of, have written their own obituaries. Perhaps they do this to spare their loved ones from the task at a most...

Elizabeth Ralston, 79

Our beloved mother, grandmother, sister and aunt; Elizabeth M. Ralston passed away Sunday morning, September 17, 2023 at her home with her crystal prisms shinning down upon her eighteen month battle...

Susan Adler, 79

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Susan Zeporah Rosenberg Adler, 79, of Red Bug Lake Road, Oviedo, FL and formerly of Scarsdale, N.Y and Williamstown, MA., died Tuesday September 12 at Advent Health...

William Leonard Turgeon, 93

William Leonard Turgeon, 93 of Winterville, NC, and a former longtime resident of Pownal, VT died on Tuesday September 12, 2023, at ECU Health in Greenville, NC. Born in North Adams, MA on June...

Thomas "TK" Keller, 80

ADAMS, Mass. —   Thomas A. “TK” Keller, 80, of Adams passed away in the home he built with his wife and daughter by his side on the morning of Friday, September 15,...

Frederick Peter Gancarz, Jr. 73

ADAMS, Mass. —   Mr. Frederick Peter Gancarz, Jr., 73, of Adams, died on Thursday, September 14, 2023, surrounded by his loved ones at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was...

Susan Crochiere,67

Susan M. (Newman) Crochiere, Age 67, passed away on September 15, 2023 at Berkshire Medical Center following a courageous health battle with lung disease.   Sue was born on April 22, 1956...

Robert Lloyd Jr., 72

Robert Reginald Lloyd Jr, 72 of North Adams died on Friday September 15, 2023 at home surrounded by his loving family. Robert was born in Rutland, VT on May 27, 1951 a son of the late Robert R....

Stephen Alan Green, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Stephen A. Green died on September 12, 2023, in his beloved home of North Adams, MA. While no one could quite believe it, he was 85 years old and by all appearances...

Edward Noel Jr, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Edward J. Noel, Jr. died unexpectedly on September 13, 2023.  He was born in North Adams on August 28,1943 to Edward Noel, Sr. and Viola Luscia Noel.  Ed,...

Anthony G. Trimarchi, 81

ADAMS, Mass. — Professor Anthony G. Trimarchi (Tony) was born in Adams on 5/11/1942 and died in Taichung City 402, Taiwan (R.O.C) on 8/28/23. He graduated from Adams High School in...

Dorothy E. Rice, 84

ADAMS, Mass. —   Early morning, September 12, 2023, perhaps with the rising of the sun, Dorothy Elizabeth Rice swooped off with her angels to an ultimate family reunion with our beloved...

Patricia Peck, 77

Patricia Ann (Hoyt) Peck, 77 of Clarksburg, MA and her longtime companion of 32 years, Gary James Sheldon died together on Saturday, September 9, 2023 following an accident crossing the road outside...

Tammy Ann Lavigne-LePage, 47

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Tammy Ann Lavigne-LePage, 47, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, at Columbus Regional Medical Center in Whiteville, N.C. She was born on Aug. 3, 1976, in...