Obituaries

Kenneth J. Rosenburg, 78

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Kenneth Joseph Rosenburg, 78, died on February 17, 2016, at the Vermont Veterans Home. He was born in Williamstown, Mass., on June 3, 1938, the son of Henry Francis...

Virginia B. Schwarzer, 76

PITTSFIELD, Mass — Virginia B. Schwarzer, 76, of 20 Frederick St., formerly of Adams, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in...

George S. Johnson, 69

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — George Sanford Johnson, 69, of North Adams died on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on July 19, 1947, a...

Ralph C. Mason Jr., 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Ralph Clinton Mason Jr., 89, of Northwest Hill Road in Williamstown, died Monday, February 13, 2017, at his home. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on August 2,...

John R. Hamilton, 92

BENNINGTON, Vt. — John Ross Hamilton, 92, a resident of Darien, Conn., passed away February 15, 2017, after a short illness in Bennington, Vt.  Born October 3, 1924 in Winchendon,...

Grant Lennox, 94

LENOX, Mass. — Col. Grant Herbert Lennox, USMC (Retired), P.E., died on Feb 16, 2017, in Lenox at the age of 94.  Grant was born in Elizabeth, N.J., to Arthur Hubert Lennox and...

Elizabeth C. Carnevale, 69

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Elizabeth Carnevale, 69, of Pittsfield, passed away peacefully on February 15, 2017, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield, she was the...

Herbert A. Johnson, 68

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Herbert A. Johnson of Williamstown died on Saturday, February 18, 2017, at Baystate Medical Center.  He was born in Stafford Springs, Conn., on November 24,...

Roger Merrell, 74

LEE, Mass. — Roger H. Merrell, 74, of Lee, Mass., passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 14, 2017. Roger, the son of the late Roger C. Merrell and Jacquelyn Clark Merrell, was...

Agnes C. Alibozek, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Agnes C. (Bednarczyk) Alibozek, 85, of Adams died Wednesday morning, February 15, 2017, at Williamstown Commons.  She was born in Pittsfield on September 19,...

Florence Cramer, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Florence (Sherman) Cramer, 92, of Eatontown, N.J., formerly of North Adams died on Thursday, February 16, 2017, at Arnold Walter Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in...

Cheryl Rieke, 72

LEE, Mass. — Cheryl A. Rieke, 72, died Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at her home on West Park Street in Lee, surrounded by her family. She was born in Pittsfield on January 8, 1945, the...

David A. Hawkins, 75

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — David Allan Hawkins, 75, of Glendale Road died Monday, February 13, 2017. Born February 27, 1941, in Glendale, Mass., in his childhood home, he was the son of...

Wendy S. O’Connor, 51

HOUSATONIC, Mass. — Wendy Sue O’Connor, 51, passed away unexpectedly in her home in Housatonic on Friday, February 10, 2017.  Wendy was born November 16, 1965, in Great...

Mark Kinney, 59

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mark A. Kinney, 59, of Pittsfield, formerly of Lee, died Monday evening, February 13, 2017. He passed under the care of hospice, his loving friends and his family. He...

John W. Godfrey, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — John W. Godfrey, 68, a longtime resident of Pittsfield and resident of Hillcrest Commons for the past 15 months, died Monday, February 13, 2017, at Berkshire Medical...

Gabrielle L. Bevan, 97

DALTON, Mass. — Gabrielle Louise Bevan, 97, of 600 Main St., Dalton, died peacefully on Sunday, February 12, 2017, at Craneville Place of Dalton. Born in Moose Creek, Ontario, Canada,...

Gary B. Scribner, 61

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gary Bradford Scribner, 61, of Edward Avenue, died Sunday, February 12, 2017, at Hillcrest Commons Nursing Home after a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was...

George L. Galli, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — George Louis Galli, 90, of Royal Avenue, North Adams, died Monday, February 13, 2017, at the North Adams Commons. He was born in North Adams on October 11, 1926, a...

Jean T. DiOrio, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jean T. (Mancivalano) DiOrio died peacefully Sunday, February 12, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Pittsfield on October 3, 1936, she was the daughter...

Michael R. Vincent, 67

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Michael Raymond Vincent, 67, of Pittsfield died peacefully Saturday, February 11, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born in Pittsfield on January 6,...

Louis G. Haddad, 89

LENOX, Mass. — Louis George Haddad, 89, of Devonshire Estates, Lenox, husband of the late Anna Norman Haddad, died peacefully on February 9, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  Born...

Howard J. Lescarbeau, 69

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Howard John Lescarbeau, 69, of North Adams died on February 10, 2017, at his home. He was born in North Adams on August 27, 1947, a son of the late Edward Joseph...

Richard J. Peterson, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Richard Jay Peterson, 82, of Williamstown died on Wednesday, February 8, 2017, at Baystate Medical Center surrounded by his loving family.  He was born in...

Donald W. Olds, 55

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Donald W. Olds, 55, of Pittsfield passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at home after suffering from apparent heart failure. A longtime Pittsfield resident, he...