Obituaries

Karen A. Caron, 56

ADAMS, Mass. —   Karen A. (Franceschini) Caron, 56, of Adams, died on Friday, October 16, 2020 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. She was born in Pittsfield on August 17, 1964,...

JoAnn Zarnoch, 71

LEE, Mass. — JoAnn Zarnoch, 71, of Lee, formerly of Merrick, Long Island, passed away at home from the effects of Lewy Body Dementia.  JoAnn grew up in Freeport, N.Y., the daughter of...

Alice Hale, 94

TYRINGHAM, Mass. — Ms. Alice Hale, 94, passed away on Oct. 10, 2020. Alice was born Sept.2, 1926, the daughter of Arnold B. and Elizabeth Loring Hale. She was raised in Tyringham and she was...

Richard Hutchinson, 67

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard L. "Hutch" Hutchinson, 67, of Pittsfield, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, at his home. Born in Pittsfield July 19, 1953, the son of Lawrence R. and Edna...

Richard Weiskel, 69

HINSDALE, Mass. — Richard Charles "Dick" Weiskel, 69, of Hinsdale, passed away Oct. 12, 2020, at Hillcrest Commons after a lengthy illness. He was born in Lynn on March 15, 1951,...

Richard Dietlin, 34

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Richard "Yum Yum" Dietlin, Jr., 34, of Cheshire, passed away Oct. 8, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center after a tragic motorcycle accident. Born in Pittsfield on...

Maria Caccaviello, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  On Oct. 13, 2020, Maria Caccaviello passed away after a long inspiring battle against cancer surrounded by the love of her family and devoted...

James Roy, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — James E. Roy, 91, of 12 Water St. in Adams, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, at the Springside Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams...

Daryl Roy, 73

CLARKSBURG, Mass. —  Daryl Lee Roy, 73, of Clarksburg, MA, died on October 18, 2020, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington after a long battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease)....

Walter J. Wilusz, 88

ADAMS, Mass. —Mr. Walter J. Wilusz, 88, of East Road, Adams, died Friday, October 16, 2020, at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on September 11, 1932, the only child of...

Thomas Langnickel, 64

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Thomas James Langnickel, 64 of Davie, Fla., passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Known to many as T-Bone, Tom was born on July 23, 1956 to Marjorie...

Susan J. Raimer, 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Susan Jane (Beverly) Raimer, 75, formerly of Williamstown died on Sunday October 11, 2020 at her daughter’s home in Paris, Kentucky. was born on February...

Ruth Meier, 87

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Ruth Helene Meier, of Great Barrington, died peacefully on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at Kimball Farms Nursing Home in Lenox after a brief illness.  She was born...

B. Antoinette Bozek

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mrs. B. Antoinette “Toni” (Bourque) Bozek, 96, of Adams, died peacefully on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at Berkshire Place in Pittsfield where she had resided for...

Tanner Murray, 23

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Tanner Allen Murray, 23, of Pittsfield passed away unexpectedly Oct. 11, 2020. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 19, 1997, he was the son of Tracy Lefebvre Lindsey and the late...

Elizabeth Murdock, 89

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Elizabeth R. (Beaucage) Murdock, 89, of Pittsfield passed away peacefully on Oct. 10, 2020. Born in Pittsfield on June 1, 1931, she was the daughter of Evangeline and...

Nadeem Deeb, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mr. Nadeem (Ned) J. Deeb, 87, of Pittsfield, passed away peacefully at home on Oct.  9, 2020.  Ned is survived by his wife, Maxine (Rivers) Deeb and four...

Arthur Bourassa, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Arthur Joseph Bourassa, Jr., 80, of Pittsfield passed away Oct 8, 2020, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in North Adams on Oct 1, 1940 son of the late...

Elizabeth Ellsworth, 84

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Ellsworth, 84, of Belton, S.C., formerly of Dalton passed away Sept. 29, 2020. Born in Pittsfield on July 26, 1936, she was the daughter...

Cheryl Sawyer, 69

DALTON, Mass. — Cheryl Diane Sawyer, 69, of Dalton, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct.14, 1950, the daughter of Warren A. and Stella...

Thomas Garrity, 84

LEE, Mass. — Thomas R. Garrity was born in Glasgow, Scotland on Dec. 22, 1935, the 11th child of Michael Garrity and Catherine Moffatt. He immigrated to Lee in May 1956 with only his carpenter...

Russell Fadding, 82

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Russell E. Fadding, 82, passed away peacefully at home on Oct.  9, 2020, with his family at his side. Russell was born in West Stockbridge on March 14, 1938, to...

Thomas Cadorette, 75

LENOX, Mass. — Thomas James Cadorette, 75, of Lenox died Wednesday, Oct. 7 at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Tom was born in Pittsfield on Feb.  26, 1945, to the...

Thomas Sullivan, 71

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Thomas P. Sullivan, 71, longtime golf pro at Wyantenuck Country Club died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, after being struck by a fallen tree.  Tom was inducted into the...

Claire Munger, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Claire E. Munger, 95, of Pittsfield died Wednesday, Oct. 7 at her home in Pittsfield surrounded by her loving friends. Born on May 7, 1925, in Pittsfield, to the late...