Obituaries

Patricia Mendocha, 64

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Patricia A. (Russett) Mendocha, 64, of North Adams passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2019, at North Adams Commons after a long and courageous battle with...

Anthony Emard, 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Anthony “Tony” Emard, 61, of North Adams, died on Sunday, October 20, 2019. He was born in Fall River on August 17, 1958, son of Stanislaus and...

Dr. Raymond Lord, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Dr. Raymond Edward Lord, DMD, 88, died peacefully on Saturday, October 19, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Adams, Mass., on...

John J. Candiloro, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - John J. Candiloro, 71, of North Adams, Mass., died Thursday October 17, 2019, at Albany Medical Center. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on March 1, 1948 son of Nathan and...

Claire Bernard, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Claire J. Bernard, 93, residing at Sweetwood in Williamstown, died October 15, 2019, after a sudden illness. Long a resident of Williamstown - her husband, Walter Bernard,...

Daniel Pero, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Daniel John Pero, 70, of North Adams died on Sunday, October 13, 2019, at his home. He was born on January 1, 1949, in Pittsfield, Mass., a son of the late Arthur &...

Rachel Rhodes, 87

HANCOCK, Mass. - Rachel A. (Canto) Rhodes, 87 of North Adams, Mass., died Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Hoboken, N.J., on June 19, 1932, daughter of Richard...

John H. Arigoni Jr., 39

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  John H. "Bean" Arigoni Jr., 39, of North Adams died on Monday, October 7, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in North Adams on...

Edward V. Hanna, 74

FLORIDA, Mass. - Edward Victor Hanna, 74, of Florida, Mass., died Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center, North Adams. He was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on April 19, 1945, son of...

Daniel P. LaPlante, 67

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Daniel P. LaPlante, 67, of Adams died Thursday afternoon, October 10, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Adams on July 14, 1952, a son of Bernard and...

Ronald P. Rysz, 66

CHESHIRE, Mass. —  Mr. Ronald Paul Rysz, 66, of Cheshire, died on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at the Berkshire Medical Center in North Adams. He was born in Adams on December 13, 1952, a...

Victoria B. Hoellerich, 91

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Mrs. Victoria Blanche (Pelczynski) Hoellerich, 91, of Cheshire, died on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, at her home. She was born in Adams on December 12, 1927, a daughter of...

John H. Munro, 60

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - John Henry Munro died on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. John was born at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington, Vt., on August 10, 1959, to Archibald and Barbara (Meidenbauer) Munro....

Bryce P. Robare, 34

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  It is with a sad and heavy heart that we inform the community that our beloved Bryce was overcome by his long term struggle with substance abuse Monday, October 7,...

Marie 'DoDo' Delisle, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Marie Viola (Cicchetti) "DoDo" Delisle, 89, of North Adams died on Monday, October 8, 2019, at Williamstown Commons surrounded by family. She was born in North...

Lila White, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Lila (Coury) White, 88, of North Adams, Mass., died on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born on January 24, 1931, in Wadi Qannoubine, Lebanon, a...

Cheryl J. LeClaire, 58

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Cheryl Jean LeClaire, 58, of Williamstown, Mass., died on Monday, October 7, 2019, at CareOne in Northampton, Mass. She was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on March 28, 1961 a...

Genevieve Gaylord, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Genevieve Gaylord, 82, of Saint Joseph’s Court, North Adams, died Friday, October 4, 2019, at North Adams Commons Nursing Home.    She was born...

Mary Bellows, 104

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Cirullo Bellows, 104, of Southport, N.C., passed away on September 29, 2019, in Hartsville, SC. Mrs. Bellows was born February 15, 1915, in North Adams, Mass.,...

Kenneth Beliveau, 46

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Kenneth William Beliveau, 46, of North Adams, Mass., died on Thursday, October 3, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center North Campus in North Adams, Mass. He was born...

Jay G. Shapiro, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Jay Gordon Shapiro, 74, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., died Thursday, October 3, 2019, at his home. He was a member of Congregation Beth Israel in North...

Marguerite Lipinski, 88

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mrs. Marguerite (Cardonnel) Lipinski, 88, of Adams, passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams on August 7, 1931, a...

Morris 'Mo' Davis, 92

ADAMS, Mass. —  Morris (Mo) A. Davis, 92, of Adams, died on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt. He was born in New Canaan, Conn., on March 10,...

Robert E. Field, 91

"May you have a song in your heart, a smile on your lips, and nothing but joy at your fingertips!" This Irish Blessing sums up Bobby Field’s life. At 91 years young Robert Ernest...

Jeanne M. Jangrow, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jeanne M. (LeGrand) Jangrow, 90, of North Adams, formerly of Adams, died Friday evening, September 27, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in...