Obituaries

Richard Hoctor, 75

LEE, Mass. — Richard F. Hoctor, 75, of Maple Street died Saturday, July 9, 2016, at his home with his family by his side. He was born in Pittsfield on May 7, 1941, the son of James and...

Joan W. Zukowski, 84

LEE, Mass. — Joan W. Zukowski, beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and friend, died on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at the age of 84.  She was born in Greenfield,...

Chester B. Snow, 99

OTIS, Mass. — Chester Bliven Snow, 99, passed away at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington on Monday, June 27, 2016. Born in Otis on September 9, 1916, to Chester and Ida Bliven Snow,...

Eden Kend, 10

LEE, Mass. — Eden Kend, 10, born on October 6, 2005, the daughter of Robert and Diane Fraser Kend and younger sister to Alyssa, passed suddenly on Sunday, June 26, 2016, while visiting her...

Martin H. Deely, 82

LEE, Mass. — Martin Henry Deely, 82, of Lee passed from the earth on Sunday, June 26, 2016. He was born on November 15, 1933, and raised in Lee, the son of John M. Deely and Mary...

Guerrino Buratto, 88

LEE, Mass. — Guerrino “Reno” Buratto, 88, of Lee passed away peacefully surrounded by his devoted wife, Norma, and his loving family on Sunday, June 12, 2016. Born in...

Robert L. Podolski, 72

BECKET, Mass. — Robert L. Podolski, 72, of 1051 Benton Hill died Monday, June 6, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Becket on November 1, 1943, the son of John and Catherine Rock...

Richard Brighenti, 74

LEE, Mass. — Richard H. “Rocky” Brighenti, 74, of Fairview Street, died Monday morning, June 6, 2016, at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. He was born on July 24, 1941,...

Joseph Menatti, 78

LEE, Mass. — Joseph P. Menatti, 78, of Marble Street died Saturday, June 4, 2016, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Lee on December 30, 1937, the son of Peter...

Maighan C. McKie, 35

LEE, Mass. — Maighan C. McKie, 35, of Belchertown, Mass., died Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at Bay State Medical Center in Springfield. She was born in Springfield on October 4, 1980, the...

Harriet Haynes, 75

LEE, Mass. — Harriet Haynes, born H. Cecilia Hawkins in Dorchester, Mass., on March 3, 1941, died peacefully in her home in Lee on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. She was 75 and had bravely endured a...

Mildred M. Dulin, 87

LEE, Mass. — Mildred M. Dulin, 87, of Navin Avenue in Lee, died Sunday, May 8, 2016, at home with her family at her side. Born April 15, 1929, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of the late...

Mary A. Zerbato, 94

LEE, Mass. — Mary A. Zerbato, 94, of 190 Greylock St. died Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at the Laurel Lake Center in Lee. She was born in Florence, Italy, on January 29, 1922, the daughter of...

George C. Wheeler, 88

LEE, Mass. — George C. Wheeler, 88, of 765 Fairview St. died Sunday, April 24, at his home. He was born in Chicago on November 11, 1927, the son of George and Adelaide Spencer Wheeler....

Francis “Butsey” Crawford, 91

LEE, Mass. — Francis “Butsey” Crawford, 91, of Woodland Road died Monday morning, April 18, at the Laurel Lake Center in Lee. He was born on January 9, 1925, in Pittsfield,...

Jenny M. Dewkett, 90

LEE, Mass. — Jenny Marie Dewkett, 90, died Tuesday morning, April 12, 2016, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Amato, Italy, on September 5, 1925, the daughter of...

Lawrence E. Snow, 97

OTIS, Mass. — Lawrence E. Snow, 97, passed away Friday morning, April 8, 2016, surrounded by his family. He was born on December 8, 1918 in Pittsfield, the son of Chester and Ida Bliven...

Cathy L. Harrington, 50

LEE, Mass. — Cathy Lynn Harrington, 50, of Lee died Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, at her home. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Nov. 6, 1965, daughter of Rosemary Ellen Morse Greene of Bennington and the...

Stephen A. Rougeau, 59

BECKET, Mass. — Stephen A. Rougeau, 59, of 64 Carter Road died suddenly on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on June 30, 1954, a son of...

David Naylor, 57

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - David Naylor, 57, died Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, in Del Ray Beach, Fla. Mr. Naylor, an architectural historian, author and a consultant on America's grand picture palaces, had...

John H. Fitzpatrick, 88

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — John Hitchcock "Jack" Fitzpatrick, 88, politician, businessman and cultural philanthropist, died peacefully at his Stockbridge home on Saturday, July 23, 2011. A former...

Clara R. Zinnermon, 94

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Clara Ruth Bell Zinnermon, 94, of South Main Street died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, at Fairview Commons. Born in Atlantic City, N.J., on Aug. 2, 1915,, daughter of...

Henry Chiera Jr., 76

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Henry "Joe" Chiera Jr., 76, of VanDeusenville Road, Housatonic, died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Sharon, Conn., on...

Thomas O. Smith, 70

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Thomas Orlando Smith, 70, of Cottage Street died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Great Barrington on May...

Douglas R. Hall, 83

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. â€' Douglas Richard Hall, 83, of Cherry Street died Monday evening, Nov. 9, 2009, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Stockbridge on Dec. 8, 1925, son of...