Obituaries

Loretta Skoletsky, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Loretta Skoletsky (nee Sumberg), 88, died on Monday, December 3, 2018, at Hughes Health and Rehabilitation in West Hartford, Conn., where she has resided for the past...

James E. Sampson, 81

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — James Edwin Sampson, 81, of Williamstown, Mass., died Sunday December 2, 2018, at his home. He was born in Somerville, Mass., on December 3, 1936, son of Clarence...

Kenneth O. Diorio, 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Kenneth Orlando Diorio, 63, of Pittsfield died Wednesday, November 28, 2018, at his home. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on February 10, 1955, to the late Orlando and...

Kenneth R. Heath Jr., 56

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Kenneth Robert Heath Jr., 56, of Pittsfield died Saturday, December 1, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.  Kenneth was born in Pittsfield on August...

Loretta M. Sheehy, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Loretta Mary Sheehy, 88, of Williamstown, Mass., passed away peacefully December 1, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center.   Born in New Marlborough, Mass., to the...

Patricia J. Hewins, 88

ASHLEY FALLS, Mass. — Patricia Joan (Horan) Hewins, 88, of 840 Hewins Street passed away peacefully on December 1, 2018, in her home, lovingly surrounded by family. She was born...

Colleen 'Midge' Fogarty, 64

FLORIDA, Mass. — Colleen "Midge" Crosier Fogarty, 64, of the town of Florida, died on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in North...

Teresa M. Came, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Teresa Mary Came, 88, formerly of Brown Street in Pittsfield, Mass., passed away November 28, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on March 24, 1930, the daughter...

Lauri E Klefos, 62

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lauri E. Ostrander Klefos, 62, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away November 28, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Aberdeen, Md., on February 26, 1956, she was...

Mary 'Madelyn' Clermont, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary "Madelyn" (Charbonneau) Clermont, 95, of North Adams, Mass., died Thursday, November 29, 2018, at Williamstown Commons, surrounded by her family. She...

Edith M. Maynard, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Edith May (Fachini) Maynard, 89, of North Adams died on Monday, November 26, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Edith was born on February 11, 1929, in North Adams,...

Jean Marra, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jean (Wylde) Marra, 95, of North Adams, Mass., died Friday, November 30, 2018, at her home. She was the wife of Louis Marra, who died on September 19, 1958....

Jean A. LeClair, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jean Ann (Sebastino) LeClair, 89, of North Adams, Mass., died Saturday, December 1, 2018, at North Adams Commons. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on November...

Paul 'Gramps' Pettibone, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Paul Freeman “Gramps” Pettibone Sr., 90, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away November 27, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lenox on April 7, 1928,...

Michelle L. Lee, 75

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Michelle Louise Lee, 75, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away November 26, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on November 27, 1942, she was the...

Richard E. Roraback, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard (Rocky) E. Roraback, 71, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away suddenly Saturday, November 24, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born in Pittsfield...

Barbara J. Dellea, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara Jean Dellea, 87, of Elberson Avenue in Pittsfield, passed away peacefully early Monday morning, November 26, 2018, at Mount Greylock Extended Care...

Valerie M. Evans, 86

LENOX, Mass. — Valerie Methven Evans, 86, of Lenox died Wednesday morning, November 21, 2018, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in London in 1932, Val grew up during the war...

Joseph F. Wojeick, 95

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Joseph F. Wojeick, 95, formerly of Adams died Sunday morning, November 25, 2018, at Craneville Place in Dalton. He was born in Adams on August 14, 1923, the son of...

Sandra Reissour, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sandra (Martinelli) Reissour, 77, of Springfield died unexpectedly on Monday, November 26, 2018, at her home. She was born on July 18, 1941, in North Adams, Mass.,...

Bernard L. Barriere Jr., 76

NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt. - Bernard L. Barriere Jr., 76, a resident of Hewitt Drive, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2018, at his home surrounded by his family. Bernard was born in Pittsfield,...

Ellis A. Rud, 63

NEW ASHFORD, Mass. — Ellis Anthony Rud, 63, of New Ashford, Mass., died Tuesday, November 27, 2018, at his home.   He was born in Utica, N.Y., son of Marianne (Ellis) Rud and the...

Dennis Krausnick, 76

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Dennis Krausnick, 76, of Stockbridge passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by loved ones Tuesday, November 27, 2018, after a long battle with cancer. Dennis was...

Joanne Carpenter, 77

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Joanne (DeRose) Carpenter, 77, of Adams, died on Thursday, November 22, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Newton on April 24, 1941, a...

Sherry L. Briggs, 59

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Sherry Lynn Briggs, 59, of Williamstown died peacefully surround by her family on Friday, November 23, 2018, at the Berkshire Medical Center.  She was born in...