Obituaries

Howard R. Cruse, 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Howard Russell Cruse, 75 of Williamstown, MA died of cancer Tuesday November 26, 2019 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Birmingham, Ala., on May 2,...

Jean M. Barbas, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jean Marie Barbas, 89, passed away peacefully on November 24, 2019. She was born in Pittsfield on April 17, 1930, a daughter of the late Arthur and Mary Beaulieau...

Debbie J. Dix, 65

ADAMS, Mass. —  Debbie (Drury) Dix, 65, of Adams, died peacefully at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield on Saturday, November 23, 2019, with her daughter and granddaughter by her side...

Claire Blair, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Claire (Arnold) Blair, 79, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, November 24, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Stamford, Vt., on September 23, 1940, daughter...

Mary E. Mack, 66

DALTON, Mass. — Mary Elizabeth Finnegan Mack, 66, of 31 Edgemere Road, Dalton, died Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on August 14, 1953, a...

Kristin M. Pickford, 51

PEABODY, Mass. — Kristin M. Pickford, 51, of Osborne Street in Peabody, Mass., died unexpectedly at her home on Saturday, November 16, 2019. She was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on August 8,...

Mary A. Mulcahy, 80

OTIS, Mass. — Mary Alice Mulcahy, a resident of Otis for 30 years, passed away on November 18, 2019. Mary Alice was born January 14, 1939. She worked at the Kolburne School for many...

Ralph Frieri, 93

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Ralph J. Frieri, 93, of Adams, died on Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Pittsfield on December 13, 1925, son of the...

Andrew Assante, 85

ADAMS, Mass. - Andrew Assante, 85, of Adams, Mass., died Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 21, 1934, son of John and...

Margaret A. Wheeler, 86

LENOX, Mass. — Margaret Ann Wheeler, 86, of Lenox, died Friday evening, November 15, 2019, at her home. Born in Pittsfield March 22, 1933, the daughter of James and Mary Hanley Watt, she...

Marguerite A. Wodarski, 88

LENOX, Mass. — Marguerite Agnes Wodarski, 88, of Lenox, Mass., passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019. The beloved matriarch of her extended family, her warmth and sense of humor will be...

Kevin M. Miller, 30

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Kevin Michael Miller, 30, of Williamstown passed on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at Lahey Clinic in Burlington with his family by his side. Born in North Adams on...

Michael S. Tatro, 63

STAMFORD, Vt. - Michael Stanley Tatro, 63, of Stamford, Vt., died Sunday, November 17, 2019, while hunting near his home. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on February 4, 1956, son of the late...

JoAnne Upton, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - JoAnne Camilla (Bettis) Upton, 81, of North Adams, Mass., died on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. She was born in Great...

Pauline 'Polly' Condron, 98

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. - Pauline 'Polly' Condron, 98, passed away peacefully surrounded by her adoring family on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Polly was born on August 5, 1921, in Montreal, Canada,...

William M. Hilton Jr., 65

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — William M. Hilton Jr., of Sheffield, Mass., son of William M. Hilton Sr. and Marjorie Hilton, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2019, at his home surrounded by loving family...

David A. LaValley, 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - David Anthony LaValley, 65, of North Adams, Mass., died Saturday November 9, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born October 1, 1954, to the late Leo W. LaValley and the late...

Lorinda Mazur, 72

RICHMOND, Mass. — Lorinda Ackley Mazur, 72, died peacefully Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at her home in Richmond with her loving family by her side. Lorinda was born on September 24, 1947,...

JoAnn M. Gilbert, 72

RICHMOND, Mass. — JoAnn Marie Gilbert, 72, of Richmond, Mass., passed away November 8, 2019, at her home. She was born in Pittsfield on March 27, 1947, to the late Joseph and Eva Perry...

Sherwood T. Cooley, 90

LENOX, Mass. — Sherwood T. Cooley (Sherry), 90, of Lenox died Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center with her loving, devoted daughter by her side. Sherry was born...

Donald K. Moulthrop, 92

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Donald K. Moulthrop, 92, passed away November 12, 2019, with his loving family at his side. Donald was born in Lyndonville, Vt., on February 4, 1927, son of Raymond...

Martha E. Stewart, 66

ADAMS, Mass. —  Martha E. (Ciuk) Stewart, 66, of Holyoke, formerly of Adams, died on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at the Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst. She was born in Adams on...

Dorothy Howcroft, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Dorothy Winifred (Johnson) Howcroft, 92, of Williamstown, Mass., died on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams on April 7, 1927 a...

Donald J. Kelley, 85

BENNINGTON, Vt. - Dr. Donald Jerome Kelley, 85, died peacefully on Saturday, November 9, 2019, with family by his side. He was born in North Adams on March 1, 1934, a son of the late Jerome and...

Mary Bellonger, 77

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Elizabeth (Darling) Bellonger, 77, of Sioux Falls, S.D., and formerly of Williamstown, Mass., passed away surrounded by loved ones on Friday, November 8, 2019, at the...