Obituaries

Josephine M. Vaught, 104

STAMFORD, Vt. —  Josephine Marie Vaught, formerly of Mystic, Ct., died in Stamford, Vt., on February 22, 2019. She was born November 28, 1914 to Italian immigrant parents in North...

Barbara Ann Dowling, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Barbara Ann (Skiffington) Dowling, 79 of North Adams, MA, passed peacefully Thursday February 21, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in North Adams, MA, on...

Dr. Renee Nuni Fuller, 89

FLORIDA, Mass. – Dr. Renée Fuller passed away at her home in Florida on January 2, 2019, at the age of 89. Dr. Fuller was born on April 14, 1929, in Mannheim, Germany and came to the...

Jerome T. Lindabury, 71

HINSDALE, Mass. —  Mr. Jerome Thomas Lindabury, 71, of Hinsdale, Mass., passed away Thursday, February 21, 2019, surrounded by his family, following an exhaustive 35-year battle with...

Brigetta Whalen, 51

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Brigetta Ella-Mae "Gigi" (Seely) Whalen, 51, of North Adams, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, at her home. She was born in Hopkinton on Sep. 6, 1967, daughter of...

John M. Swift Sr., 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John "Jack" Maynard Swift Sr., 77, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, surrounded by family. He loved story-telling, sports, politics,...

Geneeva LeSage, 21

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Geneeva Lillian LeSage, 21, of North Adams died on Friday, February 15, 2019. She was born in North Adams on August 25, 1997 a daughter of Angie LeSage and Matthew...

Rose M. Cimini, 105

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - After 105 years of laughter and kindness, Rose M. Cimini went to heaven on February 15, 2019. She transitioned peacefully in anticipation of being with God, her beloved...

George Patterson Jr., 85

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — George Patterson Jr., 85, of Williamstown, MA., died Tuesday February 19, 2019 at Williamstown Commons. He was born in North Adams, MA on February 8, 1934, son of...

Peter F. Esposito, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Peter Francis Esposito passed away peacefully early Wednesday morning, February 20, 2019, at his home in North Adams surrounded by family. He was born in North Adams,...

Anne E. Farr, 85

LENOX, Mass. — Anne E. Farr, 85, of Lenox died Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at Lee Health Care after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 18, 1933, to the late Henry and Elizabeth...

Muriel L. Edmonds, 78

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Muriel L. Edmonds entered into eternal rest on Sunday, February 10, 2019, at the Springside Rehabilitation and Nursing Center after a brief illness. Muriel was born on...

Robert G. Smith, 45

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Robert G. Smith, 45, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away February 10, 2019. Born in Beeville, Texas, on November 6, 1973, he was the son of Sandra Fassell Wood and...

Paul Kastrinakis, 46

LEE, Mass. —  Paul John Kastrinakis, 46, originally of Lee, Mass., passed away on February 7, 2019, at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Annadale, Va., from a severe bacterial infection. Paul was...

Raymond F. Pieczarka, 84

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. —  It is with sadness that the family of Raymond F. Pieczarka of Great Barrington, Mass., announces his passing in the early morning hours of February 18, 2019, at...

William T. Fox, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — William (Bill) Templeton Fox, 86, passed away peacefully on February 12, 2019, in Williamstown, MA, with his family by his side. Born on November 15, 1932 in Chicago,...

Michael J. Kleiner, 47

ADAMS, Mass. —  Michael J. Kleiner, 47, of Adams died Friday evening, February 15, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.  He was born in Rochester, N.Y., on December 7,...

Edmund J. Germanowski, 95

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Edmund J. Germanowski, 95, of Adams died Sunday evening, February 17, 2019, at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield.  He was born in Adams on July 13, 1923, a son of the...

Theresa Garofano, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Theresa (Betourney) Garofano, 96 of North Adams, MA, died on Monday, February 18, 2019 at her home. She was born in North Adams, MA, on January 21, 1923, a...

Ellison L. Finney, 89

STAMFORD, Vt. — Ellison Lawrence Finney, 89 of Stamford, VT, died on Saturday, February 16, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Bennington, VT, to Leroy and Marion Blood Lawrence...

Frank H. Rowley, 83

OTIS, Mass. — Frank H. Rowley, 83, died Saturday morning, February 16, 2019, at his home in Otis surrounded by his family. Born on November 10, 1935, at his family home in Sandisfield,...

Rian Harford, 45

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Rian Harford was born on December 4, 1973. He died on February 11, 2019, but not before leaving a lasting impact on many.  He was raised in Lanesborough and...

Mark D. Zappula, 46

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Mark David Zappula, 46, of Cheshire, MA, died unexpectedly on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at his home from complications due to Multiple Sclerosis. He was born in...

Mary A. (Dooling) Molloy, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary (Dooling) Molloy, 96, of 166 Kemp Avenue, North Adams, passed into the loving hands of God on February 15, 2019. A lifelong resident of North Adams, Mary, born on July...

Marie T. Green, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marie Therese (Keller) Green, 89, formerly of North Adams, died Thursday, February 14, 2019, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt. She was born...