Obituaries

Beatrice R. O’Brien, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Longtime healthcare provider Beatrice Rose (Green) O’Brien, RN, 85, formerly of North Adams, Mass., died on August 25, 2017, at Lawrence General Hospital,...

Phyllis M. Bullett, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Phyllis Marie (Sanguinet) Bullett, 83, of North Adams passed away surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, August 23, 2017, at Albany Medical Center in Albany,...

Paul R. Sherman, 79

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Paul R. Sherman, 79, of 140 Melbourne Road, Pittsfield, passed away Wednesday, August 23, 2017, at Melbourne Place surrounded in the loving presence of his...

Elizabeth M. Foster, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Elizabeth M. Foster, 92, of 51 Michael Drive passed away at home on Saturday, August 19, 2017, with her loving family by her side.  A longtime Dalton resident,...

Ronald W. Bannick, 78

PERU, Mass. — Ronald W. Bannick, 78, of 13 Causeway Road in Peru, passed away on Friday, August 18, 2017, at home.  Born on August 22, 1938, in Pittsfield, he was the son of the...

Stephen Shaw, 74

DALTON, Mass. — Stephen W. Shaw, 74, of 600 Main St. passed away at home on August 18, 2017.  Born in Chateauguay, N.Y., on August 10, 1943, he was the son of the late Leonard and...

Robert A. Wells, 48

EGREMONT, Mass. — After many long and difficult battles, Robert A. Wells has been reunited with his brother, CWII Stephen Wells and the Lord our Father, on August 16, 2017.  We cry...

Anita Maffuccio, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Anita Maffuccio passed peacefully in her home of natural causes on August 19, 2017, with her family by her side. She was full of vigor and life up to only a few days...

Leo J. Lamore Jr., 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Leo Joseph Lamore Jr., 87, of North Adams, Mass., died on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.  He was born in North Adams,...

Anita G. Macchi, 73

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Mrs. Anita G. Hitchcock Macchi, 73, of Sheffield, Mass., and Venice, Fla., passed away August 21, 2017, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston following a brief...

Judith Ann Maynard, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Judith Ann Maynard, 68, of North Adams died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a brief illness.    Born in North...

Nancy Ann Nichols, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Nancy Ann Nichols, 87, of North Adams, died peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, surrounded by her loving family.    Born in Williamstown on June 4,...

John B. Sheahan, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — John Bernard Sheahan, 93, of Williamstown, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017.    Born in Toledo, Ohio, on Sept. 11, 1923, he was the first of three sons of...

Albert Theriault Jr., 78

BECKET, Mass. — Albert E. Theriault Jr. of Becket, died Friday, August 11, 2017, at his home.  He was born in Fall River, Mass., on October 3, 1939, the son of Blanche and Albert...

Rose Graziani, 101

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Rose Marie Graziani, 101, of 100 Main Street, Cheshire, died Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at her home. The oldest resident of Cheshire, she was soon to be honored by the...

Maria E. Longo, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Maria E. Longo, 93, formerly of Pittsfield and Dalton, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at Olathe-Health Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas.   She was...

Dorothy Bliss, 101

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dot Bliss passed away on August 19, 2017, in Williamstown Commons Nursing Home. She was 101 years old.  Born Dorothy May Davison on May 2, 1916, she was the...

Eleanor M. Hall, 91

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Eleanor Mae Hall, 91, of Stockbridge, Mass., passed into God's arms August 16, 2017. Born July 22, 1926 in Great Barrington, she was the daughter of Clifford...

Charles A. Youse, 80

READSBORO, Vt. — Charles (Chuck) A. Youse of Readsboro, Vt., died at home on Tuesday, August 15, 2017, after a long battle with cancer. He was 80 years old. He is survived by his loving...

Francis E. Durant, 87

ADAMS, Mass. — Francis E. Durant, 87, passed away Thursday evening, August 10, 2017, at the Williamstown Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Adams on August 13, 1929, son...

Marjorie Griffith, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Marjorie J. Griffith, 86, a former Pittsfield resident, passed away August 15, 2017, in Nashua, N.H. She was the wife of the late James A. Griffith. Funeral...

Catherine Azubalis, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Catherine Marie Azubalis, 92, of 8 Lyric Street, Pittsfield, formerly of 70 Hillcrest Avenue, Pittsfield, died Saturday, August 12, 2017, at Berkshire Medical...

Carol Shea, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Carol Mercedes Shea, 84, of Montgomery Avenue passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2017. She was born on January 26, 1933, in Pittsfield, the daughter of the late...

Cheryl Ann Costine, 74

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Cheryl Ann (Perry) Costine, 74, of Williamstown, formerly of North Adams, died on Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Mass. She...

Nancy W. Heady, 88

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Nancy W. Heady, 88, died peacefully on August 14, 2017, at Fairview Hospital. Born on Groundhogs Day, February 2, 1929, in Montague, Mass., she was the...