Obituaries

Jeannette V. Sworzen, 86

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Jeannette V. (Ziemba) Sworzen, 86, of Adams, died Wednesday evening, January 10, 2018, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. She was born in Adams on August 4,...

Cecilia E. Adams, 103

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Cecilia "Ceil" Evelyn (Martin) Adams, 103, of Wells Avenue, North Adams, Mass., passed away on January 10, 2018, at North Adams Commons, where she had...

George E. Membrino, 86

LEE, Mass. — George E. Membrino, born April 20, 1931, to Pasquale and Angela Pesa Membrino of Fitchburg, Mass., died on Monday, January 8, 2018, peacefully at home. A 1952 graduate of...

Bernice Kinna, 91

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Bernice M. Kinna, 91, of Lanesboro, Mass., passed away on January 5, 2018. Born July 3, 1926 to the late Roy A. and Eda St.John Vincent, she was a 1944 graduate of...

Bonnie Fhagen, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bonnie Fhagen, 71, formerly of Great Barrington passed away Thursday evening, December 21, 2017, at her home on Pecks Road in Pittsfield, Mass. Born on March 13,...

Richard Hines, 82

LENOX, Mass. — Richard D. Hines, 82, formerly of Hubbard Street, Lenox, Mass., passed away on January 5, 2018, at Mount Carmel Care Center. Born January 17, 1935, in Brooklyn, N.Y., he...

Mark E. Ogert, 51

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Mark E. Ogert, 51, of North Adams, died on Saturday, January 6, 2018, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in North Adams on December 16, 1966, son...

David A. LeClair, 59

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — David Allan LeClair, 59, of Pittsfield died suddenly on Thursday, January 4, 2018, at the Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born in North Adams on January 8,...

Louis J. Giovanetti, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Louis Joseph Giovanetti, 92, of Pittsfield died Saturday, January 6, 2018.  He was born on October 4, 1925, in Pittsfield, son of Battista and Angelina Nugai...

Susan M. Derosia, 61

ADAMS, Mass. — Miss Susan M. Derosia, 61, of Adams died on Wednesday, January 3, 2018, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in North Adams on May 4, 1956, daughter of the late Harry...

Ruth A. Bernardi, 95

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Ruth Agnes (O'Neill) Bernardi, 95, of Clarksburg, Mass., died Friday January 5, 2018. She was born in Williamstown on March 13, 1922, a daughter of the late...

James A. Renton, 71

CHESHIRE, Mass. — James A. Renton, 71, of Cheshire, Mass., died Wednesday, January 3, 2018. He was born in Adams, Mass., on March 16, 1946, son of James and Rita Emma (Gageant) Renton....

Thomas J. Wickham, 88

LEE, Mass. — Thomas James Wickham of Lee, Mass., passed away peacefully and surrounded by his loving family at home on January 3, 2018, after a brief illness.  Tom was born March...

Ernest S. Hood Jr., 58

OTIS, Mass. — Ernest S. Hood Jr., 58, of Otis died Monday, January 1, 2018, at BayState Medical Center. Born on August 26, 1959, he was the son of Ernest and Marion Gangloff Hood Sr....

Yvonne ‘Tiny’ McHaffie, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Yvonne "Tiny" (Babeu) McHaffie of North Adams died on January 3, 2018, at Williamstown Commons.  She was born in North Adams on April 3, 1933, a...

Danielle Trottier, 79

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Danielle (Huet) Trottier, 79, of Adams died Tuesday evening, January 2, 2018, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Danielle was born in New York City on June...

Elsie B. West, 96

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Sleeping peacefully, Elsie Barbara Denhardt West passed away January 1, 2018, at Geer Nursing. Born on October 26, 1921, in New York City, she was the daughter of...

Gloria N. Rolland, 95

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Gloria N. Rolland, 95, formerly of 50 Dean Street, died January 2, 2018, at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Williamstown on January 11, 1922, she was the daughter...

Robert Sullivan, 73

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Robert J. Sullivan (Bob/Sully), of 79 Leona Drive, Pittsfield, Mass., passed away on December 31, 2017. Born in Pittsfield on December 16, 1944, he was the son of...

John J. Leahy, 89

DALTON, Mass. — John J. Leahy, 89, of Dalton, Mass., passed away December 31, 2017. Born on August 24, 1928 in Pittsfield, he was the son of the late John P. and Ruth Dewey Leahy. He...

Alice D. Collins, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Alice D. Collins, 84, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away December 28, 2017, at Mount Carmel Care Center in Lenox, Mass. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on February 5,...

Bernard J. Robert, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bernard Joseph Robert, 96, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, December 31, 2017, at his home. He was born in North Adams on January 3, 1921, a son of the late...

Nancy M. Lamb, 70

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Nancy Marie (Fortin) Lamb, 70, of Williamstown, Mass., died on Friday, December 29, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. She was born in North...

James M. Ritter, 64

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James Michael Ritter of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., passed away on December 27, 2017, at the age of 64 in the state of Florida, where he truly enjoyed spending his...

Kevin E. Maquire, 68

LENOX, Mass. — Kevin E. Maquire, 68, formerly of Lenox Dale died Saturday, December 30, 2017, at Springside Nursing Home. Kevin was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on January 13, 1949, to the...