Obituaries

Robert A. Scutt Jr., 30

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Robert Allen Scutt Jr., 30, of North Adams, Mass., died Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on June 27, 1989, son of...

Richard Ziarnik, 66

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mr. Richard L. Ziarnik, 66, of Adams died on Friday, December 6, 2019, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Adams on April 1, 1953, a son of Rosemary...

Henry 'Hank' Tomkowicz, 89

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mr. Henry A. “Hank" Tomkowicz, 89, of Adams died on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center's satellite facility in North Adams. He was...

Paul Monette, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Paul Edward Monette, 74, of 38 Angeli St., North Adams, died Thursday, December 5, 2019, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in North Adams on June 15,...

Celia Wilk, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — Celia B. (Lipinski) Wilk, 91, passed away on Friday, December 6, 2019, at Wingate Nursing Home of Sudbury, where she lived the past seven months. She was born in Adams on...

Jeannette Boucher, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Jeannette (Lafave) Boucher, 95, of 68 Mohawk Forest Blvd died on Friday, December 6, 2019, at North Adams Commons. She was born in Florida, Mass., on May 15, 1924, to the...

John P. Kushenbach, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - John Philip Kushenbach, 90, of Williamstown, Mass., died Saturday, November 30, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Chicago, Ill., on March 5, 1929, son...

William C. Grant Jr., 95

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - William Chase Grant Jr., 95, fondly known as “Mzee” (Swahili for revered elder), died peacefully in his home on November 28, 2019. He was surrounded by his...

Theresa Morocco, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Theresa L. Pisano Morocco, 96 of North Adams, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 10, 1923, she was the daughter...

Chester T. Ciuk

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Chester Thomas Ciuk, 96, of Adams died on Monday, December 2, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on April 25, 1923, a son of...

Robert A. Delisle, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Robert Armand Delisle, 90, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, December 1, 2019. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on April 2, 1929, son of Armand Delisle and Violet...

Jose A. Cruz, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - José Antonio Cruz, 68, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, December 1, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on February...

Theresa Nowak, 72

ADAMS, Mass. —  Theresa C. Nowak, 72, of Adams died on Saturday, November 30, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Adams on January 14, 1947, a daughter of...

Isabelle LeClair, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Isabelle R. LeClair, 88, of North Adams died on Saturday, November 30, 2019, at Sweetbrook Nursing Home. She was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on May 23, 1931, to the late Joseph...

Dianne Hein, 73

CLARKSBURG, Mass. —  Dianne Joyce (Lewis) Hein of Clarksburg, Mass., died Friday, November 29, 2019, at her home. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on August 3,...

Howard R. Cruse, 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Howard Russell Cruse, 75 of Williamstown, MA died of cancer Tuesday November 26, 2019 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Birmingham, Ala., on May 2,...

Debbie J. Dix, 65

ADAMS, Mass. —  Debbie (Drury) Dix, 65, of Adams, died peacefully at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield on Saturday, November 23, 2019, with her daughter and granddaughter by her side...

Claire Blair, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Claire (Arnold) Blair, 79, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, November 24, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Stamford, Vt., on September 23, 1940, daughter...

Ralph Frieri, 93

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Ralph J. Frieri, 93, of Adams, died on Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Pittsfield on December 13, 1925, son of the...

Andrew Assante, 85

ADAMS, Mass. - Andrew Assante, 85, of Adams, Mass., died Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 21, 1934, son of John and...

Kevin M. Miller, 30

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Kevin Michael Miller, 30, of Williamstown passed on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at Lahey Clinic in Burlington with his family by his side. Born in North Adams on...

JoAnne Upton, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - JoAnne Camilla (Bettis) Upton, 81, of North Adams, Mass., died on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. She was born in Great...

David A. LaValley, 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - David Anthony LaValley, 65, of North Adams, Mass., died Saturday November 9, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born October 1, 1954, to the late Leo W. LaValley and the late...

Martha E. Stewart, 66

ADAMS, Mass. —  Martha E. (Ciuk) Stewart, 66, of Holyoke, formerly of Adams, died on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at the Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst. She was born in Adams on...

Dorothy Howcroft, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Dorothy Winifred (Johnson) Howcroft, 92, of Williamstown, Mass., died on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams on April 7, 1927 a...