Obituaries

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...

Ernest John Morocco Jr., 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ernest John Morocco Jr., 74, the retired commissioner of public safety for the city of North Adams, died Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy,...

Madeline Haig,80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.- Madeline Maude (Slick ) Haig, 80, of Williamstown died on Friday September 27, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 1, 1939, in Albany, N.Y.,...

Barbara Greilich, 87

ADAMS, Mass. —  Barbara Ann "Barb" (Gagne) Greilich of Adams passed away peacefully on September 24, 2019, after a brief illness. Born on January 11, 1932, in Adams, she was...

Oralie A. Thurston, 92

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Oralie A. Thurston, formerly of Clarksburg, died from Alzheimer’s disease on Sept. 18, 2019, in Woodbury, Minn.  Born on Feb. 9, 1927, to Henry and...

Andrea M. Filkins

ADAMS, Mass. —  Andrea Marie Filkins, 58, of Adams, Mass., passed away September 23, 2019. She was born in Pittsfield on July 18, 1961, to the late Maurice and Olive Trembley...

Dorothy B. Leary, 97

ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy B. (Roemelt) Leary, 97, passed away peacefully at Brookdale South Bay in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, on Monday, September 23, 2019. Dorothy was born in Adams,...

James Sylvester, 65

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - James Matthew Sylvester passed unexpectedly at home on September 22, 2019. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on October 1, 1953, to the late Theodore R. Sylvester II and...

Helen Hafner ,96

ADAMS, Mass. - Helen Marie (Corsi) Hafner, 96 of Adams, Mass., died Saturday September 21, 2019 at Sweetbrook Care Center. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on November 28, 1922 daughter of...