Obituaries

Ivis G. Lewis, 103

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ivis Geraldine (Daniels) Lewis, 103, of North Adams, Mass., died Wednesday, September 26, 2018, at North Adams Commons.  She was born in North Adams, Mass., on...

Mark H. Cross, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mark Horace Cross, 92, of Pittsfield, Mass., died Thursday, September 20, 2018, at his home, surrounded by his loving family.  Born in Adams on April 25, 1926,...

William M. Lennon, 57

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William M. “Mike” Lennon, 57, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2018, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on October 25, 1960, son of...

George Henderson, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — George Thomas Henderson, 95, formerly of Epworth Arms and BerkshireTown Apartments, died Saturday, September 15, 2018, at Mt. Greylock Care Facility. Born in...

Raymond J. Mik Sr., 97

MERIDEN, Conn. — Raymond J. Mik Sr., 97, beloved husband of the late Winifred (Minery) Mik for 70 years, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 4, 2018, at MidState Medical...

Richard E. Sherry, 54

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Edward Sherry, 54, of Apopka, Fla., died Thursday, September 20, 2018, at Hospice of the Comforter in Altamonte Springs, Fla. He was born in North Adams,...

Richard F. Shoestock, 73

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Richard Francis Shoestock, 73, of Lady Lake, Florida, and Adams, went to be with his Lord in Heaven on Wednesday, September 19, 2018, at Sweet Brook Care Center in...

Norma Scott, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Norma (Jordan) Sartori Tower Scott, 86, died on Friday, September 21, 2018, at Sweetbrook Care Facility.  She was born in Clarksburg, Mass., on April 21, 1932,...

Jaclyn Morford, 63

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Jaclyn (Crowley) Morford, 63, of Adams, Mass., died on Monday, September 17, 2018, at North Adams Commons. She was born in Adams on May 25, 1955, a daughter of the...

Nellie R. Mendel, 98

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Nellie R. (Chrostowski) Mendel, 98, of Adams, Mass., died on Friday, September 14, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Pittsfield on...

William D. Wnuk, 68

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. William David Wnuk, 68, of Adams died on Thursday, September 20, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in North Adams. He was born in Adams on January 10, 1950, a son of...

Phyllis E. Carto, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Phyllis Elizabeth Porter Gull Carto, 92, formerly of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away on December 10, 2017, in Boise, Idaho. Phyllis was born in Great Barrington,...

Marvin L. Weiss, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, father-in-law and friend, Marvin Lawrence Weiss of Berlin, Conn., comfortably passed on September 17, 2018, at the VA...

John M. Fuore, 67

LENOX, Mass. — John M. Fuore, 67, for most of his life a resident of Lenox, died Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on July 5, 1951, the son of Phyllis...

Annie Merz, 59

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Annie Merz, 59, beloved owner of renowned boutique clothing company Eagle Ray Traders, passed away September 12, 2018, after a brief, fierce battle with cancer....

Claire Arnold, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Claire (Lambert) Arnold, 89, of North Adams, Mass., died Wednesday, September 19, 2018, at her home.  She was born in Burlington, Vt., on May 21, 1929, a...

Doris Post, 91

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Doris Hazel Post, 91, formerly of Lebanon Springs, N.Y., died Friday, September 14, 2018, at Lee Health Care, where she had resided the last four years. Born in...

Pierre Joseph, 80

HANCOCK, Mass. — Pierre Joseph, 80, died peacefully in Hancock with his family around him on Sept. 14, 2018.  Born in Bsalim, Lebanon, on August 1,1938, he was son of the late...

Helen I. Monitto, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Helen Irene L’Italien Monitto, 84, of 787 Williams Street, Pittsfield, died Thursday, September 13, 2018, at her home. Born in Leominster, Mass., on September...

Ruth I. Yarter, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ruth Irene Yarter, 93, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, September 16, 2018, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on August 6, 1925,...

Dale Ott service

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — A musical memorial for Dale Perkins Ott, 67, of Clarksburg, Mass., who died Tuesday, August 21, 2018, at his home, will be held on Sunday, September 23, 2018, from 1 to 4...

Rita E. Tart, 83

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Rita Elaine Tart (Fiorini), 83, died Monday, September 10, 2018 One of eight children, Rita was born in Boston’s historic North End on June 19, 1935. The sixth...

Barbara J. Wuinee, 80

DALTON, Mass. — Barbara J. Wuinee, 80, of Dalton, Mass., passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 19, 1938,...

Sima Berezkina, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sima Berezkina, 89, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. She was born in Rogachev, Belarus, on June 5, 1929, and was married to her loving husband Boris (deceased 1999) for...

Robert J. Goodell, 43

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Robert J. Goodell, 43, of Clarksburg, Mass., died on Monday, September 10, 2018.   Rob was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, on July 14, 1975, and lived in and grew up...