Obituaries

Richard Ziarnik, 66

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mr. Richard L. Ziarnik, 66, of Adams died on Friday, December 6, 2019, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Adams on April 1, 1953, a son of Rosemary...

Henry 'Hank' Tomkowicz, 89

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mr. Henry A. “Hank" Tomkowicz, 89, of Adams died on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center's satellite facility in North Adams. He was...

Michael Monti, 58

BECKET, Mass. — Michael "Mik" Monti, 58, died unexpectedly on Dec. 3, 2019. He was born on April 18, 1961. We wanted to summarize the life of Mik in this obituary but struggled...

Paul Monette, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Paul Edward Monette, 74, of 38 Angeli St., North Adams, died Thursday, December 5, 2019, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in North Adams on June 15,...

Celia Wilk, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — Celia B. (Lipinski) Wilk, 91, passed away on Friday, December 6, 2019, at Wingate Nursing Home of Sudbury, where she lived the past seven months. She was born in Adams on...

Betty A. Graham, 91

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Betty A. (Barnum) Graham, 91, died peacefully on December 6, 2019, following an evening of being surrounded by family and her closest friend. A life-long...

Patricia C. Edelstein, 83

MONTEREY, Mass. — Patricia C. Edelstein, a longtime resident of Monterey, Mass., passed away on November 30, 2019, at Kimball Farms Nursing Facility at the age of 83. Born on September...

Jeannette Boucher, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Jeannette (Lafave) Boucher, 95, of 68 Mohawk Forest Blvd died on Friday, December 6, 2019, at North Adams Commons. She was born in Florida, Mass., on May 15, 1924, to the...

John P. Kushenbach, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - John Philip Kushenbach, 90, of Williamstown, Mass., died Saturday, November 30, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Chicago, Ill., on March 5, 1929, son...

William C. Grant Jr., 95

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - William Chase Grant Jr., 95, fondly known as “Mzee” (Swahili for revered elder), died peacefully in his home on November 28, 2019. He was surrounded by his...

Theresa Morocco, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Theresa L. Pisano Morocco, 96 of North Adams, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 10, 1923, she was the daughter...

Marjorie L. Deitz, 96

HILLSDALE, N.Y. - Marjorie Lucille Deitz, 96, formerly of Hillsdale, N.Y., died November 26, 2019, in Northbridge, Mass. Born on March 5, 1923, in Wilson, N.Y., Marjorie was the second of two...

Daniel R. Sullivan, 83

LEE, Mass. — Daniel Read Sullivan, 83, died Thursday, November 28, 2019, at his home in Lee. He was born on August 25, 1936, in Pittsfield, Mass., the son of Thomas and Martha Read...

Charles F. Fenton Jr., 93

LENOX, Mass. — Charles ("Charlie") F. Fenton Jr. died peacefully on November 28, 2019, at Pine Hills Assisted Living at Kimball Farms in Lenox, Mass. Charlie had been a...

Nello Zerbato, 89

LEE, Mass. — Nello Zerbato, 89, of Lee died December 3, 2019, peacefully at Berkshire Medical Center. Nello was born in Pittsfield on September 14, 1930, and was the son of Angelo and...

Catherine Deloye, 90

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Catherine Danylieko Deloye, 90, of 93 Summer Street, Lanesborough, died Friday, November 29, 2019, at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on October 14,...

John J. Macchi Jr., 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John Joseph Macchi Jr., 95, of 27 Mountain Drive, Pittsfield, and a longtime resident of Englewood, Florida, died Friday, November 29, 2019, at his daughter’s...

Alberta Stickles, 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alberta "Bertie" Stickles, 90, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away at home surrounded by her family on Sunday, December 1, 2019.  Born in Philmont, NY,...

Susan Passmore, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Susan Passmore, 70, of Turner Falls, Mass., passed away December 1, 2019.  She was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on March 18, 1949 to Elmer and Mary Londergan...

Selma Hawkins, 77

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Ms. Selma Hawkins, 77, of Fairview Terrace passed away on December 2, 2019, at home. The daughter of the late David and Dorothy Beebe Hawkins, Selma was born...

Dr. Jared M. Emery, 79

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Dr. Jared Maurice Emery, 79, died in Great Barrington, Mass., on November 29, 2019.  Born March 4, 1940, in St. Johnsbury, Vt., to Myrtle May and Charles...

Patricia Plue, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Patricia VanAlstyne Plue, 80, of Pittsfield passed away on Tuesday evening, Dec. 3, 2019, losing a determined two-and-a-half-year battle with stage four pancreatic...

Chester T. Ciuk

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Chester Thomas Ciuk, 96, of Adams died on Monday, December 2, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on April 25, 1923, a son of...

Robert A. Delisle, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Robert Armand Delisle, 90, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, December 1, 2019. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on April 2, 1929, son of Armand Delisle and Violet...

Jose A. Cruz, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - José Antonio Cruz, 68, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, December 1, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on February...