Obituaries

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...

Mary Bastow, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mrs. Mary Katherine Burke Bastow, 78, of 156 Fort Hill Avenue, Pittsfield, and formerly a longtime resident of 46 Melrose Avenue in the Lakewood section of Pittsfield,...

D. Denny Amlaw Jr., 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — D. Denny Amlaw Jr., of Pittsfield, passed away on December 18, 2017, at age 87.  Born in Pittsfield on July 29, 1930, the son of the late Dennis Amlaw, Sr., and...

Gary M. Clemons

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gary M. Clemons of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away on December 18, 2017.  He was the son of John Clemons and Betty Wesley Clemons of Pittsfield. Gary worked...

Joseph F. Puleri Sr., 84

LEE, Mass. — Joseph F. Puleri Sr., 84, died at his home in Lee on Sunday, December 17, 2017, surrounded by his family. He was born in Lee on June 10, 1933, the son of Frank and Mary...

Walter E. Bator Jr., 83

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Mr. Walter Edward Bator Jr., 83, of Cheshire died on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at his home. He was born in Adams on August 15, 1934, a son of the late Walter and...

Paul F. Meaney Jr., 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Paul Franic Meaney Jr., 75, of North Adams, Mass., died on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. He was born in North Adams,...

Gail F. Cote, 59

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On Monday, December 18, 2017, Gail Freda Cote, beloved daughter of Normand E. and Ethel G, (Slater) Cote, went from the loving arms of her earthly family to be in the...

Robert F. Kirchner Jr., 89

DALTON, Mass. — Robert Francis Kirchner Jr., “Kirch”, 89, of Dalton, Mass., passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017.  He was born in Forrestville, Connecticut on May 17,...