Obituaries

Doris B. Andreatta, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Doris Barbara (Walker) Andreatta, 87, of North Adams, Mass., died Friday June 15, 2018, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on May 21, 1931,...

Alphonse F. Torchia, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alphonse Francis "Al" Torchia, 92, of North Adams, Mass., died Thursday June 14, 2018, at North Adams Commons. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on...

Sheila L. Valentine, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sheila Louise (Packard) Valentine, 71, of North Adams, Mass., died Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Troy, N.Y., on September 6,...

William T. Heenan, 70

ASHLEY FALLS, Mass. — William T. Heenan, 70, of East Stahl Road passed away on Saturday, June 9, 2018, at home. Born on April 4, 1948, in Schenectady, N.Y., he was the son of the late...

Barbara J. Bushey, 61

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Barbara Jean (Gamache) Bushey, 61, of Williamstown, Mass., died on Saturday, June 9, 2018, at her home. She was born in Adams, Mass., on April 9, 1957 a daughter...

James G. Law, 90

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — James G. Law, 90, of Greene Avenue, Canaan, Conn., formerly of Sheffield. died on June 10, 2018. He was born in Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York, on June 30, 1927,...

Alice Asklipious, 101

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Alice Asklipious, 101, passed on June 4, 2018, at the home of her son George in Las Vegas, Nevada. Born on September 20, 1916, in New York City, she was the...

Jane E. Archibald, 77

LENOX, Mass. — Jane E. Archibald, 77, of Lenox died Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Archibald was born on September 7, 1940, in Pittsfield, Mass., to the...

Gail P. Delmolino, 71

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Gail P. Delmolino, 71, passed away on June 6, 2018, at her home after a lengthy illness.   Born on October 2, 1946, she was the daughter of the late...

Willard A. Curtis, 62

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Willard A. Curtis, 62, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away at home on Saturday, June 9, 2018. Willard was born on November 11, 1955, the son of the late Willard R....

Katherine E. Allard, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Katherine Ellen (Collins) Allard, 94, of North Adams, Mass., died Monday, June 11, 2018, at her home. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on July 26, 1923, daughter...

Roger L. Pedercini, 81

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Roger Louis Pedercini, 81, of Williamstown, Mass., died Friday, June 8, 2018, at Williamstown Commons.  He was born in North Adams, Mass., on November 2, 1936,...

Carol A. Keresztes, 78

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Carol A. Keresztes, 78, formerly of Great Barrington passed away on June 2, 2018.  She had been a resident at Mount Carmel Care Center in Lenox for the past...

Sandra B. Delorey, 77

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Sandra (Bennett) Delorey, 77, of Adams died on Thursday, June 7, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield surrounded by loved ones. She was born in Adams on...

Douglas LaDouceur, 58

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Douglas Joseph LaDouceur, 58, of Pittsfield died June 6, 2018, at Hillcrest Commons. The son of Laura Gooley LaDouceur and the late Joseph LaDouceur, he was a...

Richard Koffman, 85

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Richard (Dick) Koffman, 85, passed away in his home in Great Barrington, Mass., on June 6, 2018. Dick, the son of the late Harry and Billie Koffman, was born...

Raymond Bliven

OTIS, Mass. — On May 28, 2018, surrounded by his family, Raymond Bliven passed away at Baystate Medical Center.  A lifetime resident of Otis, Mass., Raymond graduated from Lee High...

Hilda Mangano, 100

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hilda E. Mangano, 100, of 129 Plunkett Street, Pittsfield, died Saturday, June 2, 2018, at her home.  Born in Pittsfield on April 11, 1918, the daughter of...

Stella Smith, 88

EGREMONT, Mass. — Stella White Smith, 88, of Egremont, Mass., formerly of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., passed quietly from this world on Thursday, May 31, 2018, with her daughter by her side, ending...

Ralph H. Mills III, 60

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Ralph H. Mills III passed away June 2, 2018, at the Waterbury Hospital in Connecticut. Born on November 14, 1957, in Torrington, Conn., he was the son of the late...

Jeffrey Lyon, 31

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jeffrey Patrick Lyon, 31, left us on May 29, 2018, to an addiction he fought for several years. Born in Pittsfield on July 23, 1986, to Jeffrey P. and Katherine...

Patricia A. O’Brien, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Patricia A. (Pat) O’Brien, 84, of Pittsfield, was called to heaven on May 28, 2018, after a long, courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease, surrounded by...

David Murphy Jr., 64

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — David W. Murphy Jr., a lawyer, outdoorsman and eternal optimist, died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes on May 26, 2018, at his Pittsfield home. He was...

Elaine I. Shippee, 89

ADAMS, Mass. — Elaine Ida (Reynolds) Shippee, 89, of Adams, Mass., died on Sunday, June 3, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Elaine was born in Whitingham, Vt., on...

Derek W. Malcolm, 64

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mr. Derek William Malcolm, 64, of Adams died on Friday, June 1, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Quebec, Canada, on July 14, 1953, son...