Obituaries

Dorothy Choquette, 92

TYRINGHAM, Mass. — Dorothy Choquette, 92, of Main Road in Tyringham, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. She was born on March 19, 1924, in Sunderland,...

David Walker Sr., 83

LEE, Mass. — David "Ron" Walker Sr., 83, of Lee died Saturday August 6, 2016, surrounded by his family. He was born in Worcester, Mass., on July 21, 1933, the son of the Late...

Vini Lawrence, 82

OTIS, Mass. — Vini Lawrence, 82, of South Main Street, Otis, died Saturday, August 6, 2016, at BayState Medical Center in Springfield. Vini was born January 8, 1934, in Copehagen,...

Robert J. LaPierre, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Joseph Hugh LaPierre, 83, of North Adams passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at the Berkshire Medical Center North. He was born in North Adams on April 11,...

Leslie Brown, 61

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Leslie Brown died of leukemia in Boston on August 5, 2016, surrounded by loving friends and her long term partner Annie Valk.   Brown was a professor of...

Priscilla Coulter, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— Priscilla (Hallock) Coulter, 89, of Williamstown died Sunday, August 7, 2016. She was born in the Village of Goshen, New York, on June 6, 1927, the daughter of the...

Lawrence J. LaValley, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lawrence James LaValley, 68, of Sierra Vista, Ariz., passed away on Aug. 4, 2016, after a brief, but valiant, battle with cancer. He was born on April 1, 1948, in...

Rosemary Bottume, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass.— Rosemary Teresa (Hall) Bottume, 92, of Samson Avenue died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, at her home. She was born in Pittsfield on October 20, 1923, the daughter of the...

Linda S. Buda, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Linda S. Buda, 63, of 150 Ashland St. passed away Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016 at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on March 19, 1953, she was...

Kerry Patrick Hoag, 32

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Kerry Patrick Hoag, 33, of Bennington died unexpectedly in Bennington on Thursday August 4, 2016, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Kerry was born on...

Raymond LaFogg, 79

BECKET, Mass. — Raymond A. LaFogg, 79, of County Road in Becket, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, at Craneville Place Rehabilitation Center in Dalton. He was born March 6, 1937, in Westfield,...

Josephine K. Kleiner, 93

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Josephine Katherine (Schultz) Kleiner, 93, of 105 Friend St., Adams, died Thursday evening, August 4, 2016, at Craneville Place in Dalton. She was born in Adams on...

Robert L. Chesbro, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mr. Robert Lewis Chesbro, 94, of North Adams and a winter resident of Boynton Beach, Fla., died Sunday Aug. 7, 2016, at Williamstown Commons.     He...

Raymond J. Hotte, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Raymond John Hotte, 72, of North Adams died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Middlebury, Vt., on...

Bruno Ziarnik, 93

ADAMS, Mass. — Bruno Ziarnik, 93, of Adams died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, at Sweet Brook of Williamstown Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Center.  He was born in Savoy, Mass., on...

Steven E. Pierce, 51

POWNAL, Vt. — Steven Edward Pierce, 51, of Pownal, Vt., died on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, at Mass General Hospital in Boston. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on April 7, 1965, a son of...

Robert Carswell, 87

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Robert Carswell, former senior partner of Shearman & Sterling and deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury, died peacefully of natural causes on Friday, July 22,...

Laurie J. Lemieux, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Laurie Jean (Brooks) Lemieux, 50, of North Adams died Saturday, July 30, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. She was born in North Adams on...

Rena Eva Clairmont, 88

DALTON, Mass.— Rena Eva Clairmont, 88, of 45 Main St. died at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by those that loved her on Saturday, July 30, 2016. She was born in Pittsfield, Mass.,...

Michael J. McGovern, 34

SAVOY, Mass. — Michael J. McGovern, 34, of 564 Chapel Road passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on January 5, 1982, the son of Lisa McGovern Michalenko,...

Dorothy Rudolph, 95

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dorothy Rudolph of Williamstown died at home on Tuesday, Aug 2, 2016, surrounded by family and friends.   Mrs. Rudolph, known affectionately as Dottie or DeDe...

Dr. Victor Ernst Hill IV, 76

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dr. Victor Ernst Hill IV, the Thomas T. Read Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, at Williams College, died at Berkshire Medical Center on July 23, 2016. He was...

Mary E. Wilk, 22

CHESHIRE, Mass. — The world is less joyful with the passing of Mary Elizabeth Wilk. She left this world on July 30, 2016, to begin her next journey. Her tragic death was the result of...

Michael S. Bobowiec Jr., 74

STAMFORD, Vt. — Michael S. Bobowiec Jr., 74, of Stamford, Vt., died on Thursday, July 28, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness, with his family by his side.  He...

Catherine ‘Kay’ Corsi Clark

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Catherine Mae "Kay" Corsi Clark of Melbourne Place and formerly of North Adams, Mass., died Saturday, July 30, 2016, at her home.   Born in North Adams...