Obituaries

Rita Paoletti, 97

DRURY, Mass. — Rita Isabelle (Barcomb) Paoletti, 97 of Drury, MA, died peacefully on Thursday, June 20, 2019, at North Adams Commons. She was born in North Adams, MA, on April 3, 1922,...

Gregory A. Beliveau, 75

ADAMS, Mass. —  Gregory Arthur Beliveau, 75, of 13101 Velma Place NE, Albuquerque, N.M., died on Saturday, June 1, 2019, at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque. Born in Adams on Sept....

Elizabeth 'Betsy' Rancourt, 74

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Elizabeth Anne "Betsy" Clermont Rancourt, RN, 74, of Williamstown, died unexpectedly Friday, June 14, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center, surrounded by...

Richard Trudeau, 82

ADAMS, Mass. —   Mr. Richard H. Trudeau, 82, of Adams, died on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at Williamstown Commons. He was born in Westfield on August 27, 1936, son of the late Edward...

Marion Hazel Crawford, 93

Marion Hazel (Belding) Crawford, 93 of North Adams, MA died Monday June 17, 2019. Born in North Adams on November 13, 1925, daughter of Charles G. and Elizabeth A. (Rougeau) Belding, she attended...

Orella Hartwig Blanchette, 100

ADAMS, Mass. — Orella Hartwig Blanchette passed away peacefully Friday morning, June 14, 2019. Born in Adams on April 12, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Adelard and Hilda Lamoureux...

Eileen Tisdale, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Eileen Patricia (O'Neil) Tisdale, 75, of North Adams died June 13, 2019. She was born in North Adams on September 6, 194,3 a daughter of the late Thomas and...

Ella S. Tower, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ella Susan (Robinson) Tower, 88 of North Adams, MA, died Saturday June 15, 2019 at North Adams Commons. She was born in North Adams, MA, on January 13, 1931 daughter of...

Evelyn Schoen, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Evelyn Gertrude "Chummy" (Honan) Schoen, 93, of Williamstown died Monday June 10, 2019, at her home. She was born in Naugatuck, CT, on May 19, 1926, the second of...

Howard L. Chesbro, 81

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Howard L. Chesbro, 81, passed away on the evening of Thursday, June 13, 2019, at Baystate Medical Center Springfield after a brief illness. Howard was born on March 16,...

Thomas I. Prokopowicz, 86

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mr. Thomas I. Prokopowicz, 86, of Adams, died on Saturday, June 15, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Susquehanna, PA, on July 16, 1932,...

Edmund Howland, 53

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Edmund J. Howland Jr., 53, of North Adams, MA, died on Monday, June 10, 2019 at his home. He was born in Rutland, VT, on October 6, 1965, a son of the...

Susan Toye-Gaudreau, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Susan Marie (O'Neill) Toye-Gaudreau, 67, of North Adams, MA, died Saturday June 8, 2019, at her home. She was born in North Adams, MA, on September 11,...

Arthur W. Schmidt, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Arthur Wayne Schmidt, 74, of North Adams, MA, died Saturday June 8, 2019, at his home. He was born in North Adams, MA, on June 15, 1944, the son of Arthur Augustus and...

Dorothy Counter, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Dorothy Margaret (Dow) Martin Counter, 97, of North Adams, MA, died on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in North Adams, MA, on October 21,...

Carol Rancourt, 68

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Carol Ann (LaPlante) Rancourt, 68, of 1165 North Hoosac Road, Williamstown, died on Sunday June 9, 2019, at North Adams Commons. She was born in North Adams on September 6,...

Matthew J. Wilk Jr., 73

ADAMS, Mass. — Matthew J. Wilk Jr., 73, of Adams, died early Friday morning, June 7, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on Jan. 27, 1946, son of the...

Debra M. Boulger, 59

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Debra Marie Therrien Boulger of Williamstown lost her battle with cancer on Thursday, June 6, 2019. She was born on May 24, 1960, daughter of Ernest and Mary...

Dr. Martien A Mulder, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dr. Martien A Mulder of Williamstown, Mass., and Clayton, N.Y., passed away on Sunday, June 2, 2019. He was born May 10, 1936, in Utrecht, The Netherlands, to...

Victoria Zabawa, 84

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Victoria (Piekos) Zabawa, 84, of Southampton died on Monday, June 3, 2019. Born August 23, 1934, in Cheshire, Mass., to Jan and Karolina (Bulsa) Piekos, she attended...

Howard Levitz, 72

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Howard Jay Levitz, 72, of Williamstown died Sunday, May 26, 2019, at his home. He was born in the Bronx, N.Y., on April 24, 1947, son of Albert and Rita...

Arline Sheldon, 99

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Arline Marjorie Sheldon, 99 of Williamstown, MA, died Thursday, May 30, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in North Adams, MA, on May 7, 1920, daughter of...

Richard Dubie Jr.,76

ADAMS, Mass. - Richard Francis Dubie Jr. 76, of Adams, MA, died Saturday May 25, 2019, at the North Adams Commons following a brief illness. He was born in North Adams on August 16, 1942, a...

Helen A. Soja, 94

ADAMS, Mass. — Helen A. Soja, R.N., 94, formerly of Adams, died Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Adams on July 26, 1924, a daughter of the late John and...

James Robinson, 84

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mr. James A. Robinson, 84, of Adams, died on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in North Adams on August 15, 1934, son of the...