Obituaries

Patricia Stefanski,78

    Patricia M. (Gahagan) Stolfi-Stefanski 78, of Adams passed peacefully surrounded by her family on Monday February 20, 2023. She was born on January 5, 1945 in Norwalk, CT. a...

Linda Sweeney Hattat, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Linda Sweeney (Hewitt) Hattat, 73, of South Carolina passed away Jan. 24, 2023 at Grand Strand Medical Center in South Carolina.  She was born in North Adams on...

Ralph E. Felix, Jr., 71

CHESHIRE, Mass. —   Ralph E. Felix, Jr., 71, of Cheshire, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Adams on November 9, 1951, a son...

Kathleen "Kay" Flynn,87

Kathleen Ann Madigan Flynn, known as Kay, died Friday at her home in Adams. She was 87. She was born on July 26, 1935, in North Tonawanda, N.Y., to Thomas H. Madigan and Ruth R. (Molumby)...

George H. Haddad

George H. Haddad, of Pittsfield, passed away February 16, 2023, his 87th birthday. Born in North Adams, MA on February 16, 1936, he was the son of Harry and Melvina Joseph Haddad. George was...

Wayne James Howland, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Wayne James Howland, 71 of North Adams, MA died on Thursday February 16, 2023, at Mass. General Hospital in Boston. Wayne was born in North Adams, MA on April 20,...

Jeanne Beatrice Dufraine, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Jeanne Beatrice (Forgette) Dufraine, 77, of Easthampton. We announce the passing of our loving and devoted mother, friend, and to the many lives she touched. She died...

Frederick A. Solari, 92

ADAMS, Mass. —  Frederick Andre Solari, 92 of Bennington, VT and a longtime resident of Adams, MA died on Wednesday February 15, 2023 at Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, with family...

Patricia Roberts, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Patricia (Gattuso) Roberts of North Adams, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. Born on April 1, 1945, in North Adams to the...

William A. Hillard, 77

ADAMS, Mass. — William A Hillard of 13 Crotteau Street , Adams passed away at the Cardiac Unit of BMC, Saturday, Feb.11, 2023. He was born in North Adams ,April 3,1945, the oldest son of...

Francis "Frank" Livesey,93

Florida, MA-  Francis Albert “Frank” Livesey, 93, of Florida, MA died on Sunday, February 12, 2023 at North Adams Commons. Frank was born in Plainfield, CT on May 22, 1929 a son...

Catherine Rose Stoddard, 72

ADAMS, Mass. —  It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Catherine (Cathy) Rose Stoddard, 72, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, on Jan. 18, 2023, at Hartford Hospital...

Robert Kirby, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Robert (Bob) George Kirby, 77 of North Adams, MA. died peacefully on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at the Vermont Veterans’ Home in Bennington, VT surrounded by...

Debra Mirallegro McDaniels, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Debra Marie (Mirallegro) McDaniels, 66, of North Adams, MA died on Friday February 3, 2023 at her home. She was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 19, 1956, a...

James Fisk, 53

James Fisk passed away peacefully at home on February 6, 2023 after a brief but fiercely fought battle with cancer. James was born in Bennington VT on July 16, 1969 a son of the late Gordon and...

DiAnne Vallieres,58

DiAnne Lynne (Jones) Vallieres, 58, of North Adams died on February 6, 2023 at home surrounded by her family. She was born in North Adams on May 1, 1964 a daughter of Richard Plumb and the late Anne...

Donna St.Jock, 70

ADAMS, Mass. —  Donna Ann (Singer) St.Jock of Granville, NY passed away unexpectedly on January 27, 2023 at her daughter’s home in Delaware after experiencing cardiac arrest. She was...

Mary S. Gajda, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Mary S. (Dunaj) Gajda, 91, of Adams, died Friday afternoon, February 3, 2023 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Adams on August 26, 1931, a daughter...

Rene E. Bourdon, 92

ADAMS, Mass. —   Mr. Rene' Eugene Bourdon, 92 of Adams, MA, passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2023, after a short stay at the North Adams Commons, with his family by his side. He...

Richard W. Tarsa, Sr., 79

CHESHIRE, Mass. —   Mr. Richard W. Tarsa, Sr., 79, of Cheshire, died on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on July 27, 1943,...

Geraldine Leamon,80

Geraldine Leamon (née Bland) was born a Yorkshirewoman on December 12, 1941 in Batley, England, to John and Doreen Bland (née Brook), but did not meet her father until 1944 when he...

Augustine J. Crocco Jr., 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Augustine J. Crocco Jr., 75 of North Adams, MA died on Saturday December 17, 2022 at North Adams Commons. He was born in Stuyvesant Falls, NY on August 2, 1947, a...

Shirley Finkelstein, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Shirley Irene (Wood) Finkelstein, 89 of North Adams, MA, died on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at Williamstown Commons. She was born in North Adams, MA on October 25, 1933 a...

Anne Marie Card, 58

WILMINGTON, NC. — On January 19, 2023, Anne Marie Card, a beloved wife, mother, and sister, passed away peacefully in Wilmington, North Carolina, after a long battle with Parkinson's...

Timothy J. McGrath, 66

ADAMS, Mass. —  Timothy John McGrath, 66 of Adams, passed away January 13, 2023 at his home. Born in Adams on February 4, 1956, he was the son of the late John J. and Cynthia Richards...