Obituaries

Grace Banister, 45

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Grace G. Banister, 45, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away April 6, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center.  She was born December 5, 1972, in Pittsfield, the daughter...

Chelsea J. Hurley, 21

BECKET, Mass. — Chelsea Jennifer Hurley, 21, died Sunday, April 8, 2018, due to injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Born in Great Barrington on May 16, 1996, the daughter of...

Cecilia Mitchell, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Cecilia Seddon Mitchell, 89, died Sunday, April 8, 2018, after a brief illness.  Mrs. Mitchell was born on November 4, 1928. Mrs. Mitchell was educated in the...

Filip Blechinger, 82

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Filip Paul Blechinger, 82, of 59 Roselyn Drive, Pittsfield, passed away peacefully April 4, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center with his wife and family at his side. He...

Belinda L. Tracy, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Belinda Lorraine (Hughes) Tracy, 63, of North Adams, Mass., passed peacefully on Sunday, April 1, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. She was...

Joan M. Trimarchi, 74

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mrs. Joan Marie (Clermont) Trimarchi, 74, of Williamstown, Mass., formerly of Adams, died on Thursday, April 5, 2018, at Williamstown Commons.  She was born in...

John Dowling Sr., 63

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John A. Dowling Sr., 63, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away April 3, 2018.  He worked for 20 years at BCAC as the operator of the food pantry; prior to this, he...

Hannah G. Browne, 26

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Hannah G. Browne, 26, was overcome by her 14-year battle with Mae Thurner’s Syndrome, mental illness and addiction on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. She fought long and...

Stephen K. Moser Sr., 70

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Stephen Kilton Moser Sr., 70, of Oakboro, N.C., and formerly of Cheshire, Mass., died Monday, April 2, 2018, in Albemarle, N.C. He was born in Adams, Mass., on October...

Thomas R. Welch, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Thomas Roach Welch, 90, of North Adams, Mass., died peacefully on Thursday, April 5, 2018, at his home.  He was born in North Adams, Mass., on August 3, 1927, a...

John J. DeMarco, 91

POWNAL, Vt. — John Joseph DeMarco, 91, formerly of Pownal, Vermont, died Thursday, April 5, 2018, in Manchester, Maine.  He was born in North Adams on March 15, 1927, a son of the...

Barbara E. Sakaske, 90

LEE, Mass. — Barbara E. Sakaske, 90, of 9 Riverfront Road died Friday morning, March 30, 2018, at Lee Health Care at Laurel Lake. Born in Westfield on July 24, 1927, the daughter of...

Vivian R. Hopper, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Vivian Ruth Hopper, 93, fondly known as Shorty, passed away peacefully March 31, 2018, in her home in Pittsfield, surrounded by her loving family. She was born April...

Donna M. Marsh, 62

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Donna Marie (Duprat) Marsh passed away peacefully the morning of April 2, 2018, at the age of 62, surrounded by her loving family members after embarking on a long and...

Elliott Krancer

EGREMONT, Mass. — Elliott Krancer of Egremont died Tuesday, April 3, 2018.   Funeral notice: Graveside services will take place Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at 11:30 a.m. at Knesset...

Thomas B. Bourn, 26

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Thomas Bradley Bourn, 26, of Williamstown, Mass., died on Saturday, March 31, 2018, at his home.  He was born on February 8, 1992, in Stuttgart, Germany, a son...

James R. Prince Sr., 81

LENOX, Mass. — James Richard Prince Sr., 81, died Monday April 2, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by his loving family.  Mr. Prince was born on January 23, 1937, in...

Robert W. Law, 64

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Robert W. Law, 64, of Kellogg Road, Sheffield, died on April 1, 2018. He was born in Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York, on November 1, 1953, the son of James G. Law...

Richard F. Snow, 78

SOUTH EGREMONT, Mass. — Richard F. Snow "Snowy," 78, died peacefully in his sleep on March 30, 2018.   A lifelong resident of Great Barrington, Dick and beloved wife Jan...

Bonnie Lea Woodard, 59

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Bonnie Lea Woodard, 59, of Christian Hill Road passed away on Saturday, March 31, 2018. Born on October 28, 1958, in Great Barrington, Mass., she was the...

Katherine LaFlamme, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Katherine “Eva” Alvira Laurin LaFlamme, 89, of 46 Deborah Ave., Pittsfield, and previously of Ocala, Florida, passed away peacefully March 28, 2018, at Mt....

Sheila Wessel, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sheila Barry Wessel, 77, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away Thursday, March 22, 2018, with her devoted husband, Michael Wessel, and her two beloved daughters by her...

Jean Davis, 93

RICHMOND, Mass. — Jean Vreeland Davis, primarily a homemaker, died peacefully on March 29, 2018, surrounded by her family.  Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., on July 12, 1924, she was the...

Robert J. Diodati Sr., 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Robert Joseph Diodati Sr. passed away at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at the Sweet Brook Nursing Home, where he resided since February of 2009. He was 94 years...

Bertha K. Howard, 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bertha K. Howard, 93, of Pittsfield, passed away March 27, 2018, at Kimball Farms Nursing Facility in Lenox. She was born November 17, 1924, in Pittsfield, Mass., to...