Obituaries

Kevin E. Maquire, 68

LENOX, Mass. — Kevin E. Maquire, 68, formerly of Lenox Dale died Saturday, December 30, 2017, at Springside Nursing Home. Kevin was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on January 13, 1949, to the...

Minor H. Haskell, 80

LENOX, Mass. — Minor H. Haskell, 80, of Lenox died suddenly on Friday, December 29, 2017. Minor was born in Springfield, Mass., on April 28, 1938, to the late Minor and Stella Watson...

Edmund ‘Moose’ Ziaja, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Edmund Martin “Moose” Ziaja, 91, of Adams died on Sunday, December 31, 2017, at his home. He was born in Adams on August 10, 1926, a son of the late Martin...

John P. Macksey, 59

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John Patrick Macksey, 59, of North Adams, Mass., died on Saturday, December 30, 2017.  He was born in North Adams on September 6, 1958, a son of Barbara...

Joshua A. Sargent, 29

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joshua Aron Sargent, 29, of North Adams, Mass., died Monday, January 1, 2018, at his home surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with cancer. He...

Easterbelle Clark, 93

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Easterbelle Clark, 93, of Cottage Street, Great Barrington, died peacefully at home December 27, 2017, surrounded by her family.  She was born, the...

Sylvia Tonoli

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Sylvia Tonoli died December 25, 2017.  She is survived by her sisters, Bruna Tinney and Angela Roraback; her caregivers, Cindy and Bob Louis, all of...

Richard E. Turner, 72

LENOX, Mass. — Richard E. Turner, 72, of Lenox died Sunday, December 24, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center with his family by his side. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on April 30, 1945, to...

Earle S. Rathbun Jr., 85

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Earle Stanley Rathbun Jr., 85, of Lanesborough passed away December 22, 2017.  Born in Pittsfield, September 17, 1932, he was the son of the late Earle S. and...

David L. Mitchell, 59

BECKET, Mass. — David Louis Mitchell, 59, of Becket, passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack at home on Christmas Day, December 25, 2017. David was born May 17, 1958, the son of the...

May B. Collins, 95

SOUTH LEE, Mass. — May B. Collins, 95, died Saturday evening, December 23, 2017, at her daughters home in South Lee surrounded by her family. She was born on May 18, 1922, in Manchester,...

Elaine M. Will, 67

SAVOY, Mass. — Elaine M. Will passed away on December 22, 2017, at the age of 67.  Elaine was born on May 26, 1950 in Adams, Massachusetts, to parents Alphonse and Helen...

Tiffany E. Bednarz, 29

ADAMS, Mass. — Miss Tiffany E. Bednarz, 29, of Adams died on Wednesday, December 20, 2017.  She was born in North Adams on December 3, 1988, daughter of Victoria (Jones) Gagne and...

Thomas Smith, 69

RENSSELAERVILLE, N.Y. — Thomas Hoose Smith, 69, from Rensselaerville, N.Y., passed peacefully on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at Berkshire Rehabilitation Center in Sandisfield, Mass. He...

Karen Ross, 61

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Karen Bru Ross, 61, of Park Street, Great Barrington, passed away on Christmas Day, December 25, 2017, surrounded by her family after a brief battle with...

Dianne Bridges, 71

LENOX, Mass. — Dianne Cooper Bridges, 71, of Tucker Street in Lenox, Mass., died peacefully in Great Barrington on December 24, 2017. Dianne was born in Great Barrington, Mass., on...

Parker G. Oppermann, 83

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Parker G. Oppermann, 83, a longtime resident of Great Barrington, passed away early Tuesday morning, December 26, 2017.Parker and his wife Anne had been residents...

Tom B. Olsen, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Tom Blake Olsen, 88, of North Adams died on Monday, December 25, 2017, at his home. He was born on July 22, 1929, in Ferguson, Iowa, a son of the late Thomas &...

Aaron B. Silsby, 33

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Aaron Benjamin Silsby, 33, of North Adams died on Saturday, December 23, 2017, at his home. He was born in North Adams on March 12, 1984, a son of Sheila Marie...

Robert S. Sprowson, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Stephen "Sprouty" Sprowson, 50, of North Adams died Sunday, December 24, 2017, surrounded by his loving family after a long illness. He was born in...

Lawrence H. Kronick, 61

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Lawrence H. Kronick passed away peacefully at his home with his immediate family by his side after a long, courageous fight with pancreatic cancer on Friday evening...

Marcella Rauscher, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Marcella (Hewitt) Rauscher, 82, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017, after a brief illness at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Marcella was born...

Francis G. Thomas, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Francis G. Thomas of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away peacefully on December 20, 2017.  He was 95 years old. Frank was a hard-working, modest, meticulous man, much...

Brian Donovan, 51

LEE, Mass. — Brian Thomas Donovan, 51, of 620 Laurel Street, Lee, died Wednesday, December 20, 2017, at Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation at Laurel Lake. Born in Pittsfield on October...

Susan A. Bristol, 67

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Susan Ann (LaCasse) Bristol passed away on December 18, 2017, due to complications from cancer, a battle she fought with strength and stubbornness until the very...