Obituaries

John ‘Jack’ Fortier, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. John E. "Jack" Fortier, 91, of Adams died on Thursday, May 18, 2017, at his home.  He was born in Adams on March 22, 1926, son of the late John and Amy...

Bertha J. Jennings, 99

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bertha J. (Kendrick) Jennings, 99, of North Adams, Mass., died Tuesday May 17, 2017, at her home. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on August 18, 1917 a daughter...

Lionel J. Richard, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lionel Joseph Richard, 90, of North Adams, Mass., a longtime area attorney, died Saturday May 20, 2017, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. He was born in...

Ronald Militello, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ronald Militello, 72, of North Adams, Mass., died Thursday, May 18, 2017, at North Adams Commons. He was born in Paterson, N.J., on August 4, 1944, son of the Late...

John 'Jack' Curtin, 88

ADAMS, Mass. — John I."Jack" Curtin, 88, of Adams, a longtime Northern Berkshire attorney, died Wednesday afternoon, May 17, 2017, at Mount Carmel Care Center in Lenox. He was...

Robert L. LeBeau, 89

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Robert Lawrence LeBeau, 89, of Adams died on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at Mt. Carmel Nursing Home in Lenox. He was born in Adams on April 12, 1928, son of the late...

June Ogert, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — June (Richmond) Ogert, 88, formerly of Williamstown, Mass., died on Saturday, February 11, 2017, at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center in Bradenton, Fla., after a brief...

Gail A. Weber, 62

ADAMS, Mass. — Gail Anne Theresa Weber, 62, of Adams, Mass., died Tuesday May 16, 2017, at her home. She was born in Rockville Center, N.Y., on September 27, 1954, daughter of the late...

Christine M. Zdon, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Christine Marie (Coury) Zdon, 67, of North Adams, Mass., died on Saturday, May 13, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Adams, Mass., on...

Antonia Morin, 81

ADAMS, Mass. — Antonia Morin, 81, of Adams passed away Thursday, May 11, 2017, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Polia, Italy, on December 15, 1935, she was the...

Patricia Studley, 68

ADAMS, Mass. — Patricia Ann Studley, 68, of Spring Street, Adams, died Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on August 18, 1948, the daughter of Nelson D. and...

Harold 'Bob' King, 84

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Mr. Harold Robert "Bob" King, 84, of Clarksburg died on Thursday, May 11, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. He was born in North Adams...

Robert R. Rumgay, 66

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Robert R. Rumgay, 66, of Adams died on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass. He was born in Adams on December 4, 1950, son of the...

Shawn J. Kelly, 31

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Shawn John Kelly, 31, of North Adams, died on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born on March 15, 1986, in Tampa, Fla., a son of...

John R. Rogers, 93

FLORIDA, Mass. — Mr. John R. Rogers, 93, of Florida, Mass., died on Monday, May 8, 2017, at his home.  He was born in New Madrid, Missouri, on July 5, 1923, a son of the late Arther...

Frank L. Wellcome Jr., 103

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Frank Lindsay Wellcome Jr., a native of Yarmouth, Maine, died in Topsham, Maine, on April 20, 2017, at the age of 103. His son Stephen and his daughter-in-law Sylvia...

Bessie Morin service

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A Graveside Service for Bessie May Patricia (Garceau) Morin, 83, of North Adams, Mass., who died on February 22, 2017, will be held on Monday May 15, 2017 at 10 a.m. in...

Donella P. Markham

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Donella Pearl Markham of Williamstown died on Sunday, May 7, 2017. Following several years of medical challenges, always with a hopeful and positive attitude,...

Francis J. Rivers, 100

FLORIDA, Mass. — Mr. Francis J. "Frank" Rivers, 100, of Florida died early Sunday morning, May 7, 2017, at his home. He was born in North Adams on Sept. 27, 1916, a son of...

Louis Matney service

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A graveside service for Louis E. Matney, who died on June 10, 2016, will be held on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at 1 p.m. in Southview Cemetery.

Blanche R. Walden, 99

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Blanche Rita (Robert) Landry Walden, 99, of North Adams, Mass., died on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at Williamstown Commons.  She was born in North Adams, Mass., on...

Maryrose G. Snyder, 95

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Maryrose G. (West) Snyder, 95, of Cedar Park, Texas, formerly of East Road, Adams, died on Friday, April 28, 2017 in Texas.  She was born in North Adams on June...

Barbara Ann Caron, 60

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Barbara Ann (Estes) Caron, 60, of North Adams, Mass., died on Thursday, April 27, 2017, at her home.  She was born in Warren, Vt., a daughter to Inez (Downs)...

Barbara A. Serre, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Barbara Anne (Gattuso) Serre, 78, of North Adams died on Thursday April 27, 2017, at her home. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on September 17, 1938, a daughter...

Lillian M. Charon, 82

ADAMS, Mass. — Lillian Marie (Robarge) Charon, 82, of Adams died on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. She was born in Adams, Mass., on February 2,...