Obituaries

Timothy H. Rice, 64

WINDSOR, Mass. — Mr. Timothy H. Rice, 64, of Windsor, Mass., died early Tuesday morning, July 18, 2017, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. He was born in North Adams...

Alf B. Pedersen, 97

MONTEREY, Mass. — Alf Bjorn Pedersen, 97, longtime resident of Monterey, died peacefully July 14, 2017, at Grandview Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. He was predeceased by his wife of 58 years,...

Nannette Dunn, 96

LEE, Mass. — Nannette “Nan” Dunn, 96, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Kimball Farms NCC. For 57 years she was the beloved wife of William J....

Stephen Cozzaglio, 86

LEE, Mass. — Stephen A. Cozzaglio, of 60 Davis St., Lee, died Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Stephen was born February 11, 1932, in North Adams, the son of...

Betty Lou Lucchese, 87

LEE, Mass. — Betty Lou Lucchese, 87, of Lee died Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at Fairview Commons surrounded by her family. Betty Lou was born on February 26, 1930, in Bradenton, Fla., the...

Ruben W. Shay, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Ruben William Shay of Williamstown, formerly of North Adams, died at home on July 16, 2017.  Born in Cologne, Germany, on February 24, 1924, he was the son of the...

Ernest Shaw, 71

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Ernest R. Shaw, 71, of 28 Swamp Road in Lanesborough passed away on Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on June 7, 1946 in Adams, he was the...

Halsey G. McLain, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Halsey Grant McLain, 93, of Williamstown, Mass., died Saturday, July 15, 2017 at Williamstown Commons. He was born on October 30, 1923, in Williamstown, Mass., son...

Bob Circe, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bob Circe, 83, of Yuba City, Calif., died June 19, 2017 at Rideout Hospital.  Born in North Adams, Mass., he was a Yuba Sutter resident for 47 years. He was...

Rosemary A. Andrews, 82

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Rosemary Ann (Garvie) Williams Andrews, 82, of Clarksburg, Mass., died on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at North Adams Commons.  Rosemary was born in North Adams, MA...

Warner L. Smith, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Warner L. Smith, formerly of Williamstown, Mass., died Thursday, July 13, 2017. Warner was born in Nuremberg, Germany, on February 23, 1927. He was the only child...

Bernard McDonough, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bernard Gerald McDonough, 82, of 108 East Housatonic Street, Apartment #7, Pittsfield, passed away on Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in...

Daniel Hines, 68

PERU, Mass. — Daniel Marion Hines, 68, of Peru, Mass., died Monday, July 10, 2017, at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital. Dan was born October 15, 1948, in Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia, the...

Daniel W. Walden, 67

DALTON, Mass. — Daniel W. Walden, 67, of 181 High St. passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center after a courageous battle with leukemia. Born on September 18,...

Leda Dewkett, 90

LEE, Mass. — Leda E. Dewkett, 90, of Church Street, Lee, passed away peacefully at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington on July 8, 2017. Leda was born in Lee on April 11, 1927, the...

Richard Biasin, 72

TYRINGHAM, Mass. — Richard Paul Biasin, 72, of Tyringham died Thursday, July 6, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Richard was born in Pittsfield,...

Raymond J. Dorazio, 73

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Raymond J. Dorazio, 73, of Lenox Road, West Stockbridge, passed away peacefully on July 12, 2017, after a valiant battle. Ray was born on August 21, 1943, in...

Angela M. Shartrand, 48

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Angela Marie Shartrand, of Florence, died in her home, Monday, June 26, 2017, at the age of 48. Born in North Adams on April 16, 1969, daughter of Nancy Galli...

Mary Jane Pignatelli, 63

LENOX, Mass. — Mary Jane Pignatelli, 63, of Lenox, died Sunday, July 9, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, surrounded by her family, after a courageous battle with...

Isabel T. Hyndman, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Isabel Thompson Hyndman, 95, of North Adams died Monday, July 10, 2017, at North Adams Commons.   Born in North Adams on July 8, 1922, daughter of David and...

Sylvia C. Shugg, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Sylvia Caesar Shugg, 90, a former longtime resident of Williamstown, died peacefully at home in Orono, Maine, in the early hours of Friday, June 30,...

Emma Drew, 94

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Emma Drew, 94, of Stockbridge died peacefully on Sunday, July 9, 2017, at her daughter's home in West Stockbridge.     Born in Sandwich on Feb. 20,...

Elizabeth E. LaPlante, 85

WILLIASMTOWN, Mass. — Elizabeth Ellen LaPlante, 85, of Pines Lodge Park died on Monday, July 10, 2017, at Williamstown Commons.    Born in Williamstown on Dec. 30, 1931, a...

Ronald R. Marony, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ronald Romeo Marony, 92, of North Adams died on Sunday, July 9, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on April...

David A. Smith, 39

LENOX, Mass. — David Albert Smith, 39, died suddenly at his home in Lenox on Friday, July 7, 2017.   Born in Norwich, Conn., on June 15, 1978, son of the late James Everett...