Obituaries

James R. Baker, 67

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — James R. Baker, 67, of 342 West Road died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Jan. 15, 1941, son of Russell and Doris...

Ruth E. Cairns, 76

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Ruth E. Cairns, 76, of Division Street died Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, at home. Born in Great Barrington on May 16, 1932, daughter of Harry F. and Edith Armstrong Rahm,...

Hallam W. Turton Jr., 90

GREAT BARRINGTON â€' Hallam W. "Turt" Turton Jr., 90, of Silver Street died Friday evening, Oct. 10, 2008, at Fairview Hospital. Born in Bellows Falls, Vt., on Oct. 11, 1917, son of Hallam W....

John E. Stanton Sr., 76

NEW MARLBOROUGH — John E. "Jack" Stanton Sr., 76, of Mill River Great Barrington Road died Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008, as a result of an accident while he was mowing the lawn at a residence near...

Lillian A. Gatland, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN - Lillian A. Gatland, 94, of Sweetwood Retirement Community died Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, at home. Born in Center Harbor, N.H., on Nov. 27, 1913, she was the daughter of George and...

Orville H. Thornall, 90

NEW MARLBOROUGH — Orville Hamilton Thornall, 90, of Peter Menaker Road died Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Metuchen, N.J., on June 19, 1918, son of...

Archer A. Jones Jr., 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Archer Albridge Jones Jr., 83, of 58 Bachand Ave., died Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, at Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt. Born in North Adams on April 16, 1925, son...

Lillian P. O'Brien, 88

NORTH ADAMS — Lillian P. Trahan O'Brien, 88, of 22 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Feb. 27, 1920,...

Robert A. Burdick Jr., 64

NORTH ADAMS — Robert Albert Burdick Jr., 64 of 10 Comanche Drive, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Topeka, Kan., on June 3, 1944, son of...

Gordon L. Beebe, 83

STOCKBRIDGE — Gordon L. Beebe, 83, of Mohawk Lake Road, Glendale, died Sept. 21, 2008, at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Great Barrington on May 2, 1925, the son of Bernard...

Walter E. Mattson Jr., 70

GREAT BARRINGTON — Walter E. Mattson Jr., 70, of High Street died Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Great Barrington on Jan. 20,...

Elfrieda Sassen, 92

ALFORD, Mass. â€' Elfrieda Sassen, 92, of East Road died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Estonia on Oct. 4, 1915, she grew up there and emigrated to...

Nathan Horelly, 90

GREAT BARRINGTON â€' Nathan Horelly, 90, of Ramsey Avenue died Tuesday morning, Aug. 26, 2008, at Laurel Lake Nursing Center in Lee. A Great Barrington native born on June 5, 1918, he was the...

Sol Zaret, 91

GREAT BARRINGTON — Sol Zaret, 91, of Great Barrington died Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, under hospice care, surrounded by family. Born on Aug. 22, 1917, he graduated from Brooklyn (N.Y.) College,...

George R. McKenna, 93

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. â€' George Raymond "Ray" McKenna, 93, of Great Barrington Road died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008, at Fairview Commons Nursing Center in Great Barrington, where he was admitted a...

Louise W. Stevens, 85

SHEFFIELD — Louise W. Stevens, 85, of Egremont-Sheffield Road died Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center after a long illness. Born in Albany, N.Y., on...

David McCandless Jr., 85

GREAT BARRINGTON - David McCandless Jr., 85, of Alford Road died Tuesday, Aug.12, 2008, at Fairview Hospital, surrounded by friends and family. Born in Elizabeth, N.J., on Jan. 10, 1923, the son...

Veronica F. Makarski, 92

GREAT BARRINGTON — Veronica F. Makarski, 92, formerly of Housatonic, died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008, at Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in South Deerfield on March 3,...

Robert Macy Jr., 65

SHEFFIELD â€' Robert Macy Jr., 65, of Berkshire School Road died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, at home. Born in Valdosta, Ga., on March 27, 1943, son of Helen L. Taylor Macy of Great Barrington and...

Jean Frengs, 87

SHEFFIELD - Jean Frengs, 87, of Hewins Street died Wednesday evening, Aug. 6, 2008, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Chiswick, England, on May 18, 1921, daughter of Ernest A. and...

Elizabeth G. Resnik, 81

STOCKBRIDGE â€' Elizabeth "Liz" Gellhorn Resnik, 81, of Sergeant Street died Saturday, July 26, 2008, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, following a stroke. Born in Pasadena, Calif., on...

Priscilla E. Pelliciotti, 80

GREAT BARRINGTON — Priscilla Eunice Pelliciotti, 80, of Prospect Street, Housatonic died Saturday, July 26, 2008, at home under hospice care, surrounded by her immediate family. Born in...

Theresa M. McGinnis, 66

NORTH ADAMS â€' Theresa Mary McGinnis, 66, of 1100 Mohawk Trail died Saturday, July 26, 2008, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on June 20, 1942, a daughter of John Stanley and...

Anna L. Toniatti, 87

NORTH ADAMS â€' Anna L. Toniatti, 87, of 5 Hunt St., Bennington, Vt., a former longtime resident of North Adams, died Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at Centers for Living and Rehabilitation in...

Mary T. Biasin, 77

GREAT BARRINGTON — Mary T. Biasin, 77, of 15 Cottage St. died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on March 3, 1931, daughter of Michael and Kathyrn Kot,...