Obituaries

Arlene Zappone, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Arlene Amelia (Raina) Zappone of North Adams, Mass., passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt., at 3...

Pamela Fortin, 69

ADAMS, Mass. —  Pamela T. Fortin, 69, of Adams, died on Friday, November 1, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams on March 22, 1950, a daughter of the late Albert and...

Cynthia Scott, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - On Sunday, November 3, 2019, Cynthia Loyola (Rabidoux) Scott, a resident of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away at the age of 70 at Mount Carmel nursing home in Lenox, Mass., after a...

James W. MacArthur, 92

LEE, Mass. — James W. MacArthur, 92, of Lee died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at The Landing of Laurel Lake after a long illness. Born on May 22, 1927, in New York City to the late James and...

Warren Wood, 93

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Warren E. Wood, 93, of Clarksburg passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2019, surrounded by his family at Williamstown Commons. He was born in North Adams on January 12,...

Eusebio 'Pete' Serrano, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Eusebio "Pete" Serrano, 85, of North Adams, Mass., died Saturday November 2, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Barranquitas, Puerto...

Peter Reisewitz, 80

LENOX, Mass. — Peter Reisewitz, 80, of Lenox passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. Peter was born in Koenigberg, Germany, on September 21, 1939, to the late Walter and...

Douglas M. Queen, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Douglas Murray Queen of Williamstown, Mass., passed away October 31, 2019, at Cascade House, Pittsfield, Mass., after a decade of declining health. The son of the late...

Karen F. Briggs, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Karen F. Briggs, 79, of North Adams, died Sunday, October 20, 2019. She was born to the late Arthur and Rose Lorraine (Murray) VanSteemburg, on January 27, 1940, in...

Anthony Mendel, 82

ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony G. Mendel, 82, of Adams, died on Tuesday, October 29, 2019, following a brief illness. At the time of his passing, Mr. Mendel was a patient at Salem Hospital in...

Julian Lipinski, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Julian F. Lipinski, 92, of Adams passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where he had been admitted a week earlier. He...

Peter A. Castegnaro Jr., 79

LENOX, Mass. — Peter A. Castegnaro Jr., 79, died Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center with his loving family by his side. Born on November 10, 1939, in Pittsfield, Mass.,...

David Lyle Boschetti, 51

David Lyle Boschetti, 51 of Bennington, VT died Wednesday October 30, 2019 at Southwestern VT Medical Center. He was born in North Adams, MA on June 29, 1968 a son of David Alan Boschetti and the...

James B. Dean, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James B. "Jimmy" Dean, 82, of North Adams, died Tuesday morning, Oct. 29, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on...

James M. Candee Sr., 69

EGREMONT, Mass. — James Michael Candee Sr., 69, a lifelong resident of Egremont, died Oct 25, 2019.  After being honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corp, James was a...

Sally L. Charter, 73

LENOX, Mass. — Ms. Sally L. Charter, 73, of Lenox, formerly of South Lee, died Saturday, October 26, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Sally was born August 24, 1946, the daughter of the...

Theresa I. King, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Theresa Isca King, 68, of 208 Springside Avenue, Pittsfield, died Saturday, October 26, 2019, at her home surrounded by her loved ones.  Born in...

Mary A. Murray, 58

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Mary Anne Murray, 58, of Cheshire, Mass., passed away October 27, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center.  She was born in Pittsfield on April 9, 1961 to Ed and Anne...

Ruth Giroux, 94

BENNINGTON, Vt. - Ruth Rose (Brooks) Giroux, 94 of Bennington, Vt., and formerly of North Adams, Mass., died Monday October 28, 2019, at Crescent Manor in Bennington. She was born in...

James Carlow, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. James Carlow, 85, of Adams, died on Friday, October 25, 2019 at Williamstown Commons with his loving daughter Kim by his side. He was born in Adams on October 10, 1934, a...

David Ross Johnson, 46

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. —  David Ross Johnson, 46, passed away on Saturday, October 26, 2019, as a result of colon cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was born in...

Weston Zarek, 23

CHESHIRE, Mass. —  Weston Leigh Zarek, 23, of 113 Church Street, Cheshire, died unexpectedly October 23, 2019. He was born July 5, 1996 in North Adams, Massachusetts. Weston was a...

Jeffrey Wilkinson, 41

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Jeffrey Michael Wilkinson, 41, of North Adams, Mass., died on October 22, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass., after a brief illness. He was born in North...

James M. McKay, 76

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — James M. McKay, devoted husband, father and grandfather, passed away on October 24, 2019.   James was born January 26, 1943, to the late John and Anna McKay of...

Denise Mekdeci, 62

ADAMS, Mass. —  Denise Marie (Rolland) Mekdeci, 62, of Adams, died on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in North Adams. She was born in Adams on November 22,...