Myron Paul Wartella
Jun 3, 2022
Myron P. Wartella, 57, of Great Barrington, MA passed away on June 3, 2022 surrounded by his family at BMC due to complications related to MS. He was born January 5, 1965 in Wilkes Barre, PA to Agnes (Biscotti) Peron and the late Myron M. Wartella. The family moved to the Berkshires in 1966. For the past 18 months...
June Crandall
May 31, 2022
June Isabelle Bliven Crandall, 94, of Otis, MA passed away peacefully in her sleep on May 31, 2022.
The daughter of the late Raymond F. and Irene Dorhamer Bliven, she was born June 27, 1927 in Otis and attended local schools. She was a graduate of Lee High School, class of 1944 and Iowa State University, class...
Charles Compton Wales
May 31, 2022
Charles Compton Wales, 100, a longtime resident of Willard Hill Road died on May 31, 2022 at his home in Stockbridge, MA.
Born May 15, 1922 in Detroit, Michigan he was the son of the late Charles and Erma Compton Wales. He attended local schools and went on to graduate from the United States Naval Academy, class...
Dr. Herbert S. Caron
May 26, 2022
~ Service ~
A graveside service will take place at 12:00 PM on Sunday, May 29, 2022 at Ahavath Sholom Cemetery on Blue Hill Road in Great Barrington, MA.
~ Shiva will be observed ~
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Betty E. Legeyt
May 17, 2022
Betty E. (Salois) LeGeyt passed away peacefully on May 17, 2022 at home with her family.
Betty was born in Lynn MA on July 24th, 1938. The daughter of Frederick C. and Bertha E. Salois. She attended Lynn English High School and then attended Seminary at Boston University. Upon graduation she was assigned to two small rural...
Dr. Thomas Livingstone Jr.
May 13, 2022
Dr. Thomas (Doc) Livingstone Jr. born on July 19th 1949 passed away on May 13th 2022.
Doctor Livingstone was passionate about his dentistry practice and more importantly how he could serve the people who visited his office. He wanted everyone who came in to feel relaxed, comfortable, and part of his dentistry family. For years he took...
Christopher Bamford
May 13, 2022
Christopher Guy Edmond Bamford, beloved author, translator, book collector, scholar, husband, father, grandfather, and friend, died at his Mt. Washington, Massachusetts home on May 13, 2022, surrounded by family. He was 78.
Christopher was Editor-in-Chief Emeritus for SteinerBooks and Lindisfarne Books. A Fellow of the Lindisfarne Association, he lectured and wrote widely on Western spiritual and esoteric...
Harold Hastings
May 2, 2022
Harold Hastings, 75, passed away in Boston on May 2, 2022.
Harold was born November 21, 1946 in Dayton, Ohio, and moved to New York shortly thereafter. Harold’s parents were Julius Hastings, a physical chemist who worked at Brookhaven Labs for most of his career, and Celia Hastings (Moskovitz), an educator.
The oldest of three...
Susan Marie Le Geyt
Apr 30, 2022
Susan Marie Le Geyt, 57, passed away at her home on April 30, 2022.
Born September 19, 1964 in Great Barrington MA, she was the first child of Richard and Betty Le Geyt.
Susan was very passionate about learning and was always open to learning new things any chance she got. She had a special...
Micheline Laguilhomie
Apr 27, 2022
Micheline LaGuilhomie of Stockbridge passed away suddenly April 27. Born in Paris Aug. 29, 1925 to Roger and Lucienne LaGuilhomie, Ms. LaGuilhomie was a teenager in Paris during the German occupation and joined the French Feminine Armed Forces following the liberation of Paris in August 1944. After the war, she often could be found jitterbugging with her friends to...
Jiří (George) Seidl
Apr 26, 2022
Jiří (George) Seidl passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 26. Born in Soběšín, a village in the Czech Republic, on May 5, 1930, he was the son of Eduard and Anna Seidl who ran a hotel and restaurant in the hunting lodge of a nearby castle. Jiří went to Hotel School in Marienbad and later trained at the Grandhotel...
Edward Hunt
Apr 26, 2022
Edward Howard Hunt, 79 years of age passed away at his home in Housatonic MA on April 26 th , 2022. Ed was born January 19, 1943 in Boston, MA and grew up in Cohasset, MA, son of John E Hunt and Ruther Enders Hunt. He graduated from Berkshire School in 1961 and attended Tufts University from 1961-1965 ...
Athanasios (Tommy) Tzelis
Apr 23, 2022
Athanasios (Tommy) Tzelis, 82, of Great Barrington, Massachusetts passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 23, 2022 with his family by his side. The youngest of four children, Tommy was born in the Northwest city of Ioannina, Greece on May 8, 1939 to Evangelos and Aphrodite Tzelis. Tommy joined the Greek army and then the merchant marines where he got...
Roger Suters
Apr 23, 2022
Roger Suters died peacefully on April 23, 2022.
He was born in Philadelphia in 1942 and attended Drexel and Columbia Universities. He retired from IBM after 40 years, and worked with Elder Services of the Berkshires with the MOW program.
His love of music and the Bass, which he shared with his son Jon, brought...
Wendy Taylor Linscott
Apr 19, 2022
Wendy Taylor Linscott, 74, of Egremont, died of complications from cancer on April 19 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. An attorney and passionate local community activist, Wendy had practiced law in Great Barrington since 1980 with her late husband, James McGrew Lamme III. Together they owned and operated the law firm of Lamme & Linscott.
Born...
Constance Mcginn
Apr 18, 2022
“ Connie” M. McGinn, 90, died Sunday evening at her residence in Lee, MA. Born December 17, 1931 to the late Ernest O. Faucher and Antoinette Ducharme Faucher, she was raised in Pittsfield, and then went on to graduate from the former Searles High School in Great Barrington.
Ms. McGinn, once Ms. Milani, held many...
James Nelson Parrish
Apr 12, 2022
James Nelson Parrish, 72, passed away on April 12, 2022 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA.
He was born on August 18, 1949 in Great Barrington MA, the son of Robert R. Parrish and Lila H. Sinclair Parrish.
James attended Searles High School and Cornwall Academy, and enlisted in the U.S Army during the...
Joan Marie Arienti
Apr 9, 2022
Joan Marie Arienti, 86, passed away peacefully on April 9, 2022 at BMC in Pittsfield, MA. She joined this world on May 29, 1935 in Great Barrington, MA, the daughter of Anthony and Blanche (Kolek) Ptak.
Joan mothered 6 wonderful children and worked part time at the Jennifer House for many years. She later worked as a...
Mildred Cortesi
Apr 8, 2022
Mildred (Millie) Cortesi passed away on April 8, 2022 at home surrounded by her loving family.
She was born in Sheffield, MA on August 4, 1929, the daughter of Clarence and Ethel Stanard Martin. She married Gino Cortesi of Falls Village, CT on September 27, 1950 and they were married for 58 years until Gino’s passing on...
Linda Mullany
Apr 2, 2022
Linda Fay Wheeler Mullany passed away on April 2, 2022. Born in Great Barrington on May 12, 1943, she was the daughter of Edith and Truman Wheeler who owned the Wheeler Farm which now is the home to the Great Barrington Historical Society. Linda graduated from Searles High School and Saint Luke’s Nursing School.
Linda married her...
