Obituaries

Carl R. Tovani, 77

FLORIDA, Mass. — Carl Ronald Tovani, 77, of Florida, Mass., died Thursday, December 27, 2018, at his home. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on July 15, 1941, son of Walter and Loretta...

Donald E. Morin, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Donald E. Morin, 89, of North Adams died on Sunday, December 23, 2018, at his home. He was born in North Adams on April 9, 1929, a son of the late Joseph &...

Heidi L. MacLean, 58

LENOX, Mass. — Heidi Louise MacLean, 58, of Lenox died unexpectedly December 21, 2018. Born September 1, 1960, in White Plains, N.Y., the daughter of Werner O. and Joanne E....

Helen F. Agar, 92

LENOX, Mass. — Helen F. Agar, 92, of Lenox died Wednesday, December 26, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Great Barrington, Mass., on August 30, 1926, to...

Charles Wilson Jr., 74

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Charles R. Wilson Jr., 74, of Pittsfield, Mass., died December 23, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on August 19, 1944, he was the son of Charles R. Wilson...

Ellen J. Soldato, 65

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Ellen J. Soldato, 65, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away December 22, 2018.  She leaves behind her two daughters, Dona Lee Marino and Jodi Lynn Soldato, both of...

Carl E. Peaslee, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carl Eugene Peaslee of Pittsfield died Friday, December 21, 2018, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on July 23, 1933 to the late...

William M. Huska, 88

DALTON, Mass. — William M. Huska, 88, of Dalton, Mass., passed away peacefully December 19, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born in Pittsfield on April 17, 1930, the son...

Randy Moon, 50

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Randy Moon, 50, died unexpectedly Monday, December 17, 2018, in Liverpool, N.Y.  He was born August 22, 1968, in Pittsfield, son of Roderick E. Moon Sr. and the...

Gail M. Dix, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gail Marie (Jones) Dix, 68, of North Adams, died on Wednesday, December 26, 2018, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt., surrounded by her loving...

John W. Churchill, 78

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — John Winston Churchill, 78, of Williamstown, Mass., passed away on Sunday, December 23, 2018, at the Williamstown Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, surrounded...

Lucy M. Eichstedt, 77

EGREMONT, Mass. — Lucy M. Eichstedt, 77, of Egremont died Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at Fairview Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Lucy was born in Canaan, Conn., on January...

George L. Darey, 90

LENOX, Mass. — George L. Darey, 90, passed away peacefully from congestive heart failure at home in his native Lenox on Friday afternoon, December 21, 2018. Born to the late John Darey...

Robert A. Kateley, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Arthur Kateley, 89, of North Adams died Saturday, December 22, 2018, at the North Adams Commons. He was born in North Adams on September 9, 1929, a son of...

Alan Lash, 54

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alan Lash, 54, of Pittsfield died Friday, December 21, 2018, at Hillcrest Commons after a brief illness. Born in Alexandria, Louisiana, on August 25, 1964, to the...

Arthur E. LaFountain, 49

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Arthur Edward LaFountain, 49, of Pittsfield, Mass., died Monday, December 17, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born in North Adams, Mass., on February...

Thomas M. Gizzi, 66

LENOX, Mass. — Thomas M. Gizzi, 66, of Lenox died December 20, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on May 15, 1952, to the late Anthony J. and Carolyn B....

Gladys J. Czubryt, 97

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Gladys J. (Wol) Czubryt, 97, formerly of Meadow Street, Adams, died Wednesday morning, December 12, 2018, at Genesis Wayne Center in Wayne, Pa. She was born in Adams...

J. Brian Dillon, 84

LENOX, Mass. — J. Brian Dillon died on December 17, 2018, in Lenox, Massachusetts, peacefully, with his family by his side.  Brian was born in New York on July 19, 1934. He...

Elaine Thomas, 73

OTIS, Mass. — Elaine Thomas, 73, of Otis died Wednesday night, December 19, 2018, after a valiant three-year battle with cancer. Elaine was born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1945, the...

Gloria M. Griffin, 88

LEE, Mass. — Gloria M. Griffin, 88, of Lee died Saturday, December 8, 2018, at Fairview Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Great Barrington. Born in Lee on March 31, 1930, she...

Robert J. Taylor Jr., 67

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Robert J. Taylor Jr., 67, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away December 15, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Pittsfield on...

Lynn C. Maloney, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lynn Carol Maloney, 71, of Pittsfield died Friday, December 14, 2018, at her home.  Born in Pittsfield on November 3, 1947, the daughter of William E. and Fern...

Barbara J. Stickney, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Barbara Jane (Allen) Stickney, 91, died Wednesday, December 12, 2018, at North Adams Commons, where she had resided since November 12, 2015. She was born at North...

Gerald M. Dubois, 91

RICHMOND, Mass. — Gerald Melvin Dubois, 91, of Richmond, Mass., and formerly of Williamstown, Mass., died Monday, December 17, 2018, at the Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born in...