Obituaries

Betsy Carchedi, 68

DALTON, Mass. — Betsy Machale Carchedi, 68 of Dalton, passed away Nov. 6, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 17, 1952, she was the daughter of Gerald and Sylvia...

Carol Kennedy, 75

WASHINGTON, Mass. — Carol Irene Ritsert Kennedy age 75 of Washington died suddenly at home Nov. 5, 2020. Carol was born Dec. 1, 1944, in Manhattan, N.Y. to Caroline and George Ritsert. She...

Patricia Stanard, 70

LEE, Mass. — Patricia A. Stanard, 70, of Lee, passed away Saturday morning with her family at her side. Pat was born Aug. 9, 1950, the daughter of the late Paul Nichols and Margaret Nutting...

Josephine Burdon, 92

ADAMS, Mass. —  Josephine Burdon, 92, of Adams, died Monday morning, November 9, 2020, at her home. She was born in Poland on May 31, 1928, the daughter of Mary Burdon. She attended...

Betsy Carchedi, 68

DALTON, Mass. —  Betsy Machale Carchedi, 68 of Dalton, passed away Nov. 6, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 17, 1952, she was the daughter of Gerald and...

Wayne Giles, 66

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Wayne A. Giles, 66, of School Street, Cheshire, died Tuesday evening, Nov. 3, 2020, at his home. Born in Adams on February 9, 1954, the son of Walter and Blanche Rokita...

Jean Leonardi, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jean Elizabeth (Ryan) Leonardi, 95, of Bow, N.H. formerly of Pittsfield, went home to be with our Lord on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. She was born on Aug. 6, 1925 to James...

Martha Corbett, 99

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Martha "Ginny" Corbett died on Monday, Nov. 2 2020 in Pittsfield.  She was born on April 6, 1921, in Cleveland, Ohio to Florence Mackenson and Herman...

Charles J. Belch, 63

ADAMS, Mass. —  Charles Joseph “Chuck” Belch, 63, of Adams, died Friday, November 6, 2020 at Berkshire Medical Center, North Adams. He was born in Adams on October 15, 1957, a...

William 'Inky' Malloy Sr., 70

CHESHIRE, Mass. —  William "Inky" Malloy Sr., 70, of Cheshire, died on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield with his wife by his side. He was...

Andrew D. Ledger, 58

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Andrew D. Ledger, 58, of Saco, Maine, formerly of Williamstown, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, at home.  Born North Adams on May 20, 1962, son of Hazel...

Duane Hillis, 74

LENOX, Mass. — Duane F. Hillis, DVM, 74, of Lenox, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, surrounded by his family at Berkshire Medical Center after a short battle with heart failure and cancer. Duane...

Eleanor Shiels, 93

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Eleanor R. Shiels, 93, died on Oct. 30, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield due to a short battle with COVID-19. Eleanor (fondly known as...

Skip Kent, 75

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Skip Kent, 75 of Pittsfield, passed away Nov. 1, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on February 7, 1945, he was the son of the late Harvey O. and Helen...

Jorja Flaherty, 34

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Jorja Irene Flaherty, 34, passed away peacefully on Nov. 1, 2020, at her home with her family by her side, after a ferocious battle with breast cancer. Jorja wrote her...

Brian Goines, 59

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Brian Dewitt Goines, 59, of Pittsfield, transitioned to be with the Lord on Oct. 29, 2020, after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on June 19, 1961, the son of Oliver...

Francis Merrigan, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Francis "Frank" Merrigan, 95, died at home, surrounded by family, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. He lived a long and happy life and will be lovingly remembered...

Henry Granger, 83

NORTH EGREMONT, Mass. — Henry D. (Hank, Bo, Poppa, HennyPop) Granger, of North Egremont, and Venice, Fla., died peacefully at home on Nov. 2, 2020, after a quiet and courageous battle with...

Marcia Eddy, 77

Marcia Ann (Dumoulin) Eddy, 77, of Clarksburg, MA died on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at North Adams Commons in North Adams, MA. She was born in North Adams, on January 23, 1943 a daughter of the late...

Nicole Samia, 40

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Nicole Marie Samia, 40, was born Nov. 19, 1979, in North Adams. Nicole graduated near the top of her class from Drury High School in 1998 and attended St. Anslem’s...

Rev. Geoffrey Deeker, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  The Rev. Geoffrey John Deeker, CSS, in residence at St. Joseph's Church, was born to eternal life on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Dalton. He was 86 years old, a...

William Milligan, 86

ALFORD, Mass. — William F. Milligan, 86, of Alford, Massachusetts, died Oct. 28, 2020, while under hospice care in his home in Alford following a brief illness.  Born on March 5, 1934,...

Donald Steeber, 87

Donald Edgar Steeber departed this life on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020.  He was born on June 23, 1933, in Summit, N.J.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Myrtle Evelyn Loder Steeber...

Paul Abderhalden, 58

LEE, Mass. — Paul F Abderhalden, 58, Iron Worker from Lee, passed away unexpectedly Oct. 26, 2020. Paul was the proud son of the late Edward C (Abby) Abderhalden, also an Iron Worker and...

George Ferris ,82

Longtime Businessman and Barber, George Louis Ferris, 82, of North Adams, MA died on October 30, 2020 as a result of an automobile accident. He was born in North Adams, MA on July 15, 1938, a son of...