Obituaries

Rev. Monsignor Benjamin J. Franzinelli, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Monsignor Benjamin J. Franzinelli, KHS, 94, of Las Vegas died Thursday, May 26, 2016.  He was born July 7, 1921, in North Adams. Msgr. Franzinelli was ordained...

John Levanos, 89, Owner of Jack's Hot Dog Stand

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — John Levanos, 89, of Clarksburg, a longtime North Adams business owner, died Saturday, May 28, 2016, surrounded by his family. He was born in North Adams on April 25,...

Karen Crandall memorial service

PETERSBURG, N.Y. — A memorial service celebrating the life of Karen L. (Klein) Crandall will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 11, 2016, at Petersburg United Methodist Church, 12 Head of...

Harriet Haynes, 75

LEE, Mass. — Harriet Haynes, born H. Cecilia Hawkins in Dorchester, Mass., on March 3, 1941, died peacefully in her home in Lee on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. She was 75 and had bravely endured a...

George G. Bodnar, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — George Gerald Bodnar, 70, of Roberta Road died Monday, May 23, 2016 at Albany Medical Center. He was born in McKeesport, Penn., on January 7, 1946, the son of the...

Rita A. Wandrei, 86

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Rita A. (Pelletier) Wandrei, 86, of 4 Columbia St., Adams, died Wednesday evening, May 25, 2016, at Williamstown Commons.  She was born in Salem, Mass., on May...

Scott H. Fielding, 59

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Scott Hunt Fielding, 59, of Pittsfield died Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at his home.  He was born in Pittsfield on October 19, 1956, a son of the late Norman Everett...

Virginia M. Field, 93

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Virginia M. Field, 93, a lifelong resident of Cheshire, died Monday, May 23, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Cheshire on March 12, 1923, the...

Roger L. Cole, 79

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Roger L. Cole of Ocala, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died on Sunday, May 1, 2016, at Munroe Regional Hospital after a short illness. Roger was born in Pittsfield on...

Maria A. Silva, 88

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Mrs. Maria Albertina Silva, 88, of 71 Briggs Drive, Cheshire, passed peacefully on Sunday morning, May 22, 2016, at her home, in the company of her family. She was...

Maureen E. Goodreau, 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Maureen Elizabeth Goodreau passed away peacefully May 20, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center, surrounded by her children and loving family. She was 57 years of...

Anita T. Molleur, 95

ADAMS, Mass. — Anita Theresa (Mulcahy) Molleur, 95, of Adams died Sunday, May 22, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on July 12, 1920, daughter of...

Lorraine MacKay, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lorraine (Marceau) MacKay, 90, of North Adams died Saturday, May 21, 2016, at the Williamstown Commons. She was born in North Adams on May 1, 1926, a daughter of the...

George J. Naventi, 92

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — George J. Naventi, 92, of Moscow Road in West Stockbridge died Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at the Laurel Lake Center in Lee.  He was born in Lee on December...

Darlene Roberts, 64

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On May 19, 2016, the angels came for our beautiful and beloved Darlene Roberts, who passed away at her home. She was a kind and loving soul who loved her pet dogs, Tugs...

Marie 'Marge' Lampron, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marie Marguerite “Marge” R. (Choquette) Lampron, 90, of Wells Avenue, North Adams, died on Tuesday May 17, 2016, at her home.   She was born in...

Florence E. Baldessarini

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Florence Esther Baldessarini, "Tootsie,” passed peacefully on Monday, May 16, 2016, at the Wesley Health Care Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. She was...

'Siggy' Segalla

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Albert "Siggy" Segalla, 93, of North Adams died Sunday, May 15, 2016, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.  He was born in Pittsfield on...

Robert J. Saulnier, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert John Saulnier, 78, of North Adams died Monday, May 16, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in North Adams. He was born in North Adams on April 30, 1938, son of...

Patricia A. Callander, 68

ADAMS, Mass. — Patricia Ann (Gleba-Pikul) Callander, 68, of 17 Pleasant St., Adams, died Friday morning, May 13, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Adams...

Lyle Jones

RICHMOND, Mass. — Lyle Jones of Richmond died Monday, May 9, 2016, at Baystate Medical Center with his family surrounding him. Lyle was born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada and came to...

Harry M. Cohen, 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Harry Milton Cohen, 65, of North Adams died May 12, 2016, at North Adams Commons.  He was born in North Adams on November 30, 1950, a son of the late Milton and...

Judith A. Coughlin, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Judith Ann (Danaher) Coughlin, 82, of Berwyn, Pa., died on Friday, April 15, 2016, at Paoli Hospital, Pennsylvania.  She was born in North Adams, Mass., on...

Irene J. Caplan, 97,

DALTON, Mass. — Irene Jordan Caplan, 97, a native of Birmingham, Ala., died on May 13, 2016, at Craneville Place in Dalton, where she resided since 2008. Mrs. Caplan was formerly a resident...

Leonard J. Foisy Sr., 88

ADAMS, Mass. — Leonard J. Foisy Sr., 88, of 20A Harding Ave., passed away Monday, May 9, 2016, at his home.  Born in North Adams on June 17, 1927, son of the late Hector and Delia...