Obituaries

Richard Dubie Jr.,76

ADAMS, Mass. - Richard Francis Dubie Jr. 76, of Adams, MA, died Saturday May 25, 2019, at the North Adams Commons following a brief illness. He was born in North Adams on August 16, 1942, a...

Helen A. Soja, 94

ADAMS, Mass. — Helen A. Soja, R.N., 94, formerly of Adams, died Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Adams on July 26, 1924, a daughter of the late John and...

James Robinson, 84

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mr. James A. Robinson, 84, of Adams, died on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in North Adams on August 15, 1934, son of the...

Edwin F. Gajda, 89

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Edwin F. Gajda, 89, of Adams, died Tuesday afternoon, May 21, 2019, at his home. He was born in Adams on August 20, 1929, a son of the late Jacob and Veronica...

Walter John Horton Jr, 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Walter John Horton Jr., 75 of Williamstown, MA, died Friday May 17, 2019, at his home. He was born in Pittsfield, MA, on July 7, 1943 son of Walter John and...

John Skovera

WILIAMSTOWN, Mass. - On Monday May 20, 2019, John Michael Skovera, 71, of Williamstown, died at the Albany Medical Center after a heroic fight for life. John was born on August 1,...

Rose H. Squires, 75

NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt. — Rose Helen Hall Squires, a resident of Buck Hill Road, passed away May 15, 2019, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in North Bennington on August 14,...

Jeremy E. Boody, 34

WINDSOR, Mass. — Jeremy E. Boody, 34, of Windsor, Mass., passed away May 14, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on November 23, 1984, he was the son of Jeffrey A. Boody...

Dorothy Denault, 95

ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy M. (Griffel) Denault of Adams passed away at the age of 95 on May 15, 2019. She was born on September 27, 1923, the daughter of Anna and Paul Griffel formerly of...

David G. Germain, 81

LENOX, Mass. — David G. Germain, 81, of Lenox died Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness with his loving family by his side. Born on February 21, 1938, in...

Mary Ann Ploss, 72

LENOX, Mass. — Mary Ann Ploss, 72, of Chatham, N.Y., died Saturday evening, May 18, 2019, at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, N.Y., after battling cancer. Born on October 6, 1946, in...

Robert G. McPeak, 80

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Robert Gerald "Bob" McPeak, 80, passed away on May 11, 2019, at his home on Pine Street in Stockbridge, Mass. Born on October 4, 1938 in Buffalo, N.Y., he...

Barbara Wooley, 83

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Barbara Joan (Tarsa) "Basch" Wooley, 83, of Adams, died on Thursday, May 16, 2019, at Williamstown Commons with family by her side. She was born in Adams on May...

Paul George Magnifico, 98

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Paul George Magnifico of North Adams, MA died on Thursday May 16, 2019, on his 98th birthday. He was born in North Adams, MA, on May 16, 1921, son of Michael and Rose...

Thomas Edward Moran, 88

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Graveside burial services for Thomas Edward Moran, 88, of Clarksburg, MA, who died on January 8, 2019, will be held on Friday May 17, 2019, at 10:00 AM in...

Beverly DeMarsico, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beverly Jane (Koch) DeMarsico, 80 of Port Orange, FL, and formerly of North Adams, MA, died Monday May 13, 2019, at Bishop's Glen Nursing Home in Daytona Beach. She...

Lee Ketchum, 94

LENOX, Mass. —  Lee Ketchum, 94, of Lenox died Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Long Beach, Calif., on September 7, 1924, to the late...

Robert L. Gacek, 73

SANDISFIELD, Mass. — Robert Louis Gacek, 73, of Sandisfield, Mass., passed away on May 1, 2019, in Great Barrington. Prior to moving to Sandisfield in 2015, he had been a 30-year resident...

Brian A. Tyler, 38

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Brian A. Tyler, 38, of Bragg Street, Canaan, Conn., passed away unexpectedly at his home on May 13, 2019.  Brian was born September 25, 1980, in Great...

Hazel Sacco, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Hazel Lena (Adams) Sacco, 96, of North Adams, MA, and a former longtime resident of Stamford, VT died Wednesday May 8, 2019, at Albany Medical Center. She was born...

Gloria Pickens, 96

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Gloria Lee Pickens, born February 20, 1923, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at her home in Williamstown, MA, surrounded by family and friends. She was born...

Marlene Mikaniewicz, 87

ADAMS, Mass. — Marlene Greilich Mikaniewicz of Adams, MA, has left her earthly existence to join her beloved husband in heaven on May 12, 2019, at her home in Adams. Marlene was born...

William T. Mannix Sr., 64

LEE, Mass. —  William Thomas Mannix Sr., 64, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at his home after a short illness. He was born August 3, 1954, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and...

William A. Cullett Jr., 84

DALTON, Mass. — William Alexander Cullett Jr., 84, of Dalton, Mass., passed away May 7, 2019, at Mount Carmel Care Center in Lenox. He was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on December 21, 1934,...

JoAnn Gelheiser, 74

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mrs. JoAnn M. (Dean) Gelheiser, 74, of Adams, died on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at North Adams Commons. She was born in Adams on March 5, 1945, daughter of the late Joseph...