Obituaries

Raymond Heath, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Raymond Edward Heath, 78, formerly of Lenox Avenue, Pittsfield, died March 5, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born October 12, 1939, to the late Ralph and Edith...

Gary Adams, 61

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Gary Bruce Adams, 61, of Lanesboro, Mass., passed away March 5, 2018, at home. He was born July 3, 1956, to June (Galeucia) Adams and the late John H. Adams of...

Linda M. Collins, 61

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Linda Marie Collins, 61, of Pittsfield, Mass., died at her home on Sunday, March 4, 2018, after a courageous battle with cancer. Linda was born on October 17, 1956,...

Richard Armstrong, 62

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard Bruce Armstrong, 62 of Pittsfield passed away March 2, 2018, at home. He was born January 14, 1956, to Dora Wheeler and Joseph R. Armstrong Sr. Richard...

Martin Frusciente, 70

PERU, Mass. — Martin Frusciente, 70, of 175 Middlefield Road, Peru, passed away March 2, 2018 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born October 8, 1947 to Alice Pilson Frusciente and the...

Irene LaFlash, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Irene E. LaFlash, of 90 Connecticut Avenue, died March 2, 2018. Born in Pittsfield on September 12, 1927, daughter of Harry and Lena Daniels Elfving. She attended...

Tawanna S. Robinson

DALTON, Mass. — Tawanna Shanell Robinson, 43, of Jarvis Ave, Holyoke, Mass., formerly of Dalton, Mass., passed away at Holyoke Hospital on March 2, 2018. Born in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., on...

Carol Ann Corl, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Carol Ann (Wisniewski) Gross Corl, 76, of North Adams, Mass., died Friday, March 9, 2018, at Williamstown Commons after a long illness. She was born in Brooklyn,...

Myrna Harvey, 84

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Myrna (Lavanway) Harvey, 84, formerly of Clarksburg, Mass., died on Thursday, March 8, 2018, at her daughter’s home in Stamford, Vt., where she has resided for the...

Paul N. Rich, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Paul Rich, co-founder of Paul Rich and Sons Home Furnishings, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning March 6, 2018, with his family by his side. Born to Harry G....

June L. Leavens, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — June Laura (Haley) Leavens, 89, formerly of Williamstown, died March 3, 2018, in Arkansas.  She was born in Williamstown on May 23, 1928, a daughter of the...

Doris M. Henningsen, 87

LENOX, Mass. — Doris M. Henningsen, 87, of Lenox died Monday, March 5, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by her family. Doris was born on July 12, 1930, in Jersey City, New...

Helen Trasatti, 86

DALTON, Mass. — Helen Trasatti, 86, of South Street, Dalton, Mass., passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, March 1, 2018. She was born in Pittsfield...

Margaret A. Scott, 74

DALTON, Mass. — Margaret (Maggie) Ann Scott, 74, of 661 East Street in Dalton, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on March 1, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center, with her family by her...

Michael Coughlin

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael Coughlin died on February 27, 2018, at BMC-North Adams.  He attended school in North Adams and graduated from Drury High School in 1961. He attended...

Timothy Rattigan, 55

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Timothy Patrick Rattigan, 55, of Boylston Street, Pittsfield, Mass., passed away February 28, 2018. He was born December 27, 1962 to Edward J. Rattigan and the late...

Joan Tucker, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Joan Quinn Tucker passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at her home at Linden Ponds in Hingham, Mass., surrounded by her loving family.  Born in North...

Ralph W. Underwood Jr., 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ralph Walter Underwood Jr., 90, of North Adams, Mass., died Monday, March 5, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass.  He was born in North Adams,...

Pearl A. Mullett, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Pearl Annette Mullett, 80, of North Adams died peacefully Sunday, March 4, 2018.   She was born in the Town of Florida on April 16, 1937, a daughter of the late...

John ‘Jack’ Delisle, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John “Jack” Alan Delisle, 77, of North Adams died on Sunday, March 4, 2018.  He was born in North Adams on July 1, 1940, a son of the late Henry...

Susan A. Sherman, 62

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Susan Ann (Clairmont) Sherman, 62, of Sterling Drive in North Adams, died peacefully on Sunday, March 4, 2018. She was born in North Adams on June 7, 1955, a...

Ersilia J. Passardi, 83

READSBORO, Vt. — Ersilia Jacqueline “Jackie” Passardi, 83, of Monroe Bridge, Mass., died on Monday, March 4, 2018. She was born in Tandil, Argentina, South America, on...

Francis Roraback, 83

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Francis (Ike) Roraback, 83, of Blue Hill Road in Great Barrington, died peacefully in his home on February 26, 2018, surrounded by his loving family.   Ike...

Robert J. Gingras, 52

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Robert J. Gingras, 52, passed away at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Mass., on February 25, 2018. Born on January 4, 1966, in Sharon, Conn., he was the son of the...

Ray O. Bentley, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Ray O. Bentley, 91, formerly of North Adams and Adams, died Saturday afternoon, March 3, 2018, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt. He was born in...