Obituaries

David G. Germain, 81

LENOX, Mass. — David G. Germain, 81, of Lenox died Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness with his loving family by his side. Born on February 21, 1938, in...

Mary Ann Ploss, 72

LENOX, Mass. — Mary Ann Ploss, 72, of Chatham, N.Y., died Saturday evening, May 18, 2019, at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, N.Y., after battling cancer. Born on October 6, 1946, in...

Lee Ketchum, 94

LENOX, Mass. —  Lee Ketchum, 94, of Lenox died Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Long Beach, Calif., on September 7, 1924, to the late...

William A. Cullett Jr., 84

DALTON, Mass. — William Alexander Cullett Jr., 84, of Dalton, Mass., passed away May 7, 2019, at Mount Carmel Care Center in Lenox. He was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on December 21, 1934,...

John S. Burley, 83

LENOX, Mass. — It is with sadness that we announce the death of John Burley, beloved husband of 51 years to Liz, father to Amanda and Jonathan and grandfather to Isobel, Laughlin and...

Linda Green, 67

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Linda Bessie-Katherine Green, 67, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away on April 30, 2019, at home in the arms of her husband.  Linda was the daughter of the late...

Katharine Pincus, 87

LENOX, Mass. — Katharine "Kate" Pincus, a professional handweaver and shop owner, died on Saturday, May 4, 2019, after suffering a brain hemorrhage. Kate took up weaving in...

Richard G. Prout, 92

LENOX, Mass. — Richard G. Prout, 92, died Sunday, May 5, 2019, at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on April 19, 1927, to...

Florence E. Catelotti, 96

DALTON, Mass. — Florence E. Catelotti, 96, of Dalton, Mass., passed away April 21, 2019, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Adams, Mass., on June 11, 1922, she was the...

Robert A. Wilson Sr., 82

DALTON, Mass. — Robert Alan Wilson Sr., 82, of Dalton, Mass., passed away April 22, 2019, at his home.  He was born in Pittsfield on April 11, 1937, to the late Carl and Gwendolyn...

Carlton W. Moore Jr., 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carlton William Moore Jr., 71, of 88 Cromwell Ave., Pittsfield, Mass., passed away April 24, 2019, at home.  He was born in Pittsfield on February 24, 1948, to...

Betty Rich, 90

RICHMOND, Mass. —  Betty Secunda Rich of Richmond passed away peacefully at home on April 25, 2019, with her family by her side. A native of Pittsfield, she lived her entire life...

Theresa Pill, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Theresa Pill, 93, formerly of Pittsfield, died April 19, 2019. Born June 5, 1925 in New York City, she was the daughter of David and Bessie (Levinson) Goldenberg. Educated in...

Carol A. Rose, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carol A. Rose, 82, died peacefully at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility on April 8, 2019.  She was born on November 4, 1936, in Pittsfield, Mass. She...

Bessie S. Romeo, 96

LENOX, Mass. — Bessie S. Romeo, 96, left this world on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Prior to going to Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, she lived on...

Isabelle S. Hofstein, 100

PITTSFIELDX, Mass. — Isabelle Shirley Hofstein, 100, a fifty-year resident of the Berkshires, died Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Kimball Farms Nursing Center. Before moving from New York, she...

Joan M. DeLoria, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joan M. DeLoria, 87, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away after a long illness on March 31, 2019, at Hillcrest Commons.  She was born in Pittsfield on July 30,...

Marjorie J. Wilson, 87

DALTON, Mass. — Marjorie Jean Wilson, 87, formerly of 165 Depot St., Dalton, died March 31, 2019, at Craneville Place, where she had resided for the past nine months. Born in Pittsfield,...

Yvon J. Richard, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Yvon Joseph Richard, 80, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away March 31, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in St. Paul, New Brunswick, Canada, on April 14,...

Barbara Mae Keyes, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara Mae Keehnle Keyes, 82, of Pittsfield, passed away March 30, 2019, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.  She was born in Pittsfield on May...

Matthew C. Hillard, 29

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Matthew Charles Hillard, 29, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away peacefully on March 28, 2019.  He was born in Pittsfield on August 19, 1989, the son of Kimberly...

Anna 'Nena' Fidalgo, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Anna “Nena” (Monteleone) Fidalgo, 92 of Pittsfield, MA, died on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at Melbourne Place in Pittsfield. She was born in Pittsfield, MA on...

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...