Obituaries

Hattie E. Clark

LEE, Mass. — Hattie E. Clark, 86, of Cone Avenue, Lee, passed away Saturday, September 30, 2017, at her home with family by her side. Hattie was born on October 3, 1930, the daughter of...

Lawrence J. Whalen, 52

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lawrence (Larry) James Whalen, 52, of North Adams died on Friday, September 22, 2017, at home. He was born on December 31, 1964 in Chicopee, Mass., the son of James...

Lillian A. Godbout, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lillian A. (Goyette) Godbout, 92, of North Adams, Mass., died on Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at the North Adams Commons.  She was born in North Adams, Mass., on...

Marian K. Falcon, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marian Katherine (Scott) Falcon, 83, of North Adams passed away on Monday, October 2, 2017, at Wingate of Norton in Norton, Mass. After a long battle with health issues,...

Agnes C. Wasuk, 98

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Agnes C. Wasuk, 98, formerly of Lakewood Village on Lakewood Drive, passed away on September 30, 2017, at Sweetbrook Rehabilitation & Nursing of Williamstown, where...

Kenneth R. Dinofrio, 68

DALTON, Mass. — Kenneth R. Dinofrio, 68, of 28 Mill St., passed away on Saturday, September 30, 2017, at Craneville Place of Dalton, where he had resided for the past year.  Born on...

Kevin F. Broderick, 51

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Kevin F. Broderick, 51, of 87 Lyman St. passed away on Friday, September 29, 2017, at North Adams Regional Hospital after suffering from apparent heart failure while at...

Charles R. Moran, 70

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Charles R. Moran, 70, of Clarksburg, Mass., died on Thursday, September 28, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. He was born in Clarksburg, Mass.,...

David T. Kaplan, 66

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — David T. Kaplan, of Kennsington, Md., died Wednesday, September 27, 2017, of cancer.   Born on April 28, 1951, the son of the late Lillian Westerman and...

Patrick O. Burns, 80

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Patrick Owen Burns of Sheffield, Mass., a native New Yorker and resident of Brooklyn Heights for over 50 years, died on Thursday, September 28, 2017, at the age of 80,...

Loretta A. Morey, 93

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Loretta Anita (Brazeau) Morey, 93, of Adams died Friday afternoon, September 29, 2017, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in North Adams on July 4, 1924, a...

William E. Michaels, 83

CHESHIRE, Mass. — William E. Michaels of Cheshire joined his wife to make their new home in Heaven on September 27, 2017. He passed at home in the arms of his loving family after a short...

Donald F. Gaffey, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Donald F. Gaffey, 84, of North Adams, Mass., died on Friday, September 29, 2017, at North Adams Commons.  He was born in North Adams, Mass., on October 5, 1932,...

Jason T. Baumes, 30

NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt. — Jason Taylor Baumes, 30, of North Bennington, Vt., passed away on September 24, 2017.  Jay was a kind, gentle and loyal son, brother and friend. He was born...

James L. Kelly, 60

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — James Lawrence Kelly, 60, of Glendale died Sunday afternoon, September 24, 2017, as a result of an automobile accident. James was born in Pittsfield on June 1, 1957,...

Patricia Kelly, 79

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Patricia Kelly, 69, of Glendale passed away on Sunday afternoon, September 24, 2017. On February 4, 1948, Pat was gifted to the world in Pittsfield, Mass. She was...

Geraldine Haring, 72

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Geraldine E. (Meehan) Haring, 72, of Adams, Mass., died on Monday, September 25, 2017, at North Adams Commons.  She was born on North Adams on November 15, 1944,...

Josephine Daly, 93

DALTON, Mass. — Josephine Isabelle Daly, 93, formerly of Pleasant Street, Dalton, died Sunday, September 24, 2017, at Berkshire Place in Pittsfield. Born in Windsor, Mass., on April 9,...

Helen Cimini, 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Helen M. Cimini, 63, of 28 Clinton Avenue, passed away at home on Saturday, September 23, 2017, to be with her God who she loved, and to be with her son, the late...

Mary Aylor, 94

LENOX, Mass. — It is with great sadness that the family of Mary R. Aylor announces her passing on Saturday, September 23, 2017, at the age of 94.  Mary Kathleen Rasinski (Aylor) was...

Jack Willey, 87

DALTON, Mass. — Jack Lee Willey, 87, formerly of Braham, Minn., and El Paso, Texas, died Thursday, September 21, 2017.  Jack is survived by his wife, Virginia A. (Hegman) Willey of...

Joseph R. Leahey, 83

LENOX, Mass. — Joseph R. Leahey, 83, of Lenox died Thursday, September 28, 2017, at his home. Joe was born on April 3, 1934, in Lee, Mass., to the late Thomas C. and Mary Malloy Leahey....

Rev. Dr. Charles E. Deitz, 97

HILLSDALE, N.Y. — Rev. Dr. Charles E. Deitz died September 21, 2017, at the Geer Nursing facility in Canaan, Conn. Born on May 27, 1920, Pastor Deitz was a 1942 graduate of Hartwick...

Irene M. Drobiak, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Irene Marie Drobiak, 91, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday September 24, 2017, at her home. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on August 1, 1926 daughter of John...

Emma E. Blair, 94

HANCOCK, Mass. — Emma Elizabeth (Whitman) Blair, 94, of Hancock, Mass., died on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, at Williamstown Commons. She was born on September 18, 1923, in Hancock,...