Obituaries

Sep 21, 2017

Rev. Dr. Charles E. Deitz died September 21, 2017 at the Geer Nursing facility in Canaan CT. Born on May 27, 1920, Pastor Deitz was a 1942 graduate of Hartwick College where he met his wife of 72 years, Marjorie. He attended Gettysburg Seminary before graduating in 1945 and beginning his Lutheran ministry in Germantown, NY. In 1947 he began...

Sep 18, 2017

Christine M. Lombardi, 32, of Sheffield MA, died on September 18th leaving behind her parents, Ralph Lombardi of Sheffield, Jane Hiza and her husband, Frank of Southfield, brother Michael Lombardi of Morro Bay California, sister Melissa Durrin and her nephew River Durrin of Heath, MA and her beloved dog, Louie. Christine attended both Mount Everett and Monument Mountain high schools...

Sep 18, 2017

Blanche "Aunty Bea" Bennett, 91, a longtime resident of Ashley Falls, MA passed away on September 18th. Born October 4, 1925 she was the daughter of the late Hazel and Rupert Stevens. Aunty Bea worked for the Postal Department as clerk and then Postmaster for over 30 years in the Ashley Falls Post Office.  She also worked at Maplewood Fabrics,...

Sep 6, 2017

Mary Malonis, 87, died Wednesday, Sept 6, 2017, at home with her family after a valiant battle with cancer.

Mary was born July 29, 1930 in Lynn, MA to Mary Huggins and William Archer Huggins.  Mary attended Lynn schools and graduated from Lynn English High School and Lynn Hospital School of Nursing with a RN degree.   She...

Sep 2, 2017

Richard T. Armstrong, 88, caring husband to his wife, Jayne, for 56 years and a wonderful father to his daughter, Jayne-Marie and son, Richard B., passed away on Saturday, September 2, 2017 at Geer Village in Canaan, CT. Born in Great Barrington, MA on January 1, 1929, he was the son of Philip S. and Jessie Barber Armstrong.  He and...

Aug 24, 2017

Rev. Dr. John Wightman passed away at home August 24, after a long and spirited fight with cancer. John was born in 1936 in Greeley, Colorado. He graduated from Carleton College, then was called to the ministry and studied at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He interned at Tokyo Union Church in Japan. He was ordained in 1962...

Aug 24, 2017

Joyce passed away peacefully of natural causes at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox, MA on August 24, 2017 at age 89. The eldest of four children of Belle and Jacob Gitelman, Joyce Shyra Gitelman was born and raised in Rochester, New York.  She was immersed in the arts at an early age, with intensive studies of both classical...

Aug 21, 2017

Mrs. Anita G. Hitchcock Macchi, 73, of Sheffield, MA and Venice, FL passed away August 21, 2017 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston following a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident Anita was born in Great Barrington, MA on May 23, 1944, one of six children of the late Wallace and Matilda Trierweiler Hitchcock.  She was a graduate...

Aug 17, 2017

Donald Almon Coons of Springfield, MA. passed away on August 17, 2017 at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. Born on April 4, 1938 in Worcester, MA., he was the son of the late C. Wesley and Dorothy Degnan Coons. He was educated in Worcester and Springfield schools and was later employed at Westvaco Envelope Co. as a machine operator.  He...

Aug 16, 2017

After many long and difficult battles, Robert A. Wells has been reunited with his brother, CWII Stephen Wells and the Lord our Father on August 16, 2017.  We cry for Robert, for the torments he endured and the broken hearts of his family. A lover of both music and automobiles, Robert is survived by his parents John and Elizabeth Wells,...

Aug 16, 2017

Eleanor Mae Hall, 91, of Stockbridge MA passed into God's arms August 16, 2017. Born July 22, 1926 in Great Barrington she was the daughter of Clifford and Pearl Hanes Brochu. Eleanor worked as an R.N. for 43 years throughout Berkshire County. She is survived by her daughter Patricia Immediato and her son Norman Hall. As well as five grandchildren...

Aug 16, 2017

Michelle LaPlante-Romanowicz, 40, formerly of Oak Street in Sheffield passed away on August 16, 2017 in Great Barrington. Born on November 8, 1976 in New Britain, CT, she was the daughter of Gary and Janice Hausenbauer LaPlante. Michelle was a dedicated mother.  Her greatest joy in life came in the form of her son Alex. She was a cat lover...

Aug 14, 2017

Nancy W. Heady, 88, died peacefully on August 14, 2017 at Fairview Hospital. Born on Ground Hogs Day, February 2, 1929 in Montague, MA she was the daughter of the late Edward and Kathleen O’Connell Wyman. As a young child, she was raised by her grandparents Fred and Mary Wyman in Turners Falls, MA due to the fact that her...

Aug 14, 2017

Bella Gorin passed away, peacefully, at 104 years of age at the Kimball Farms Nursing Center in Lenox, MA on Monday, August 14, 2017. She was the much-loved and respected mother of Phyllis Gorin Epstein and the late Dr. Malcolm Gorin, mother-in-law to Linda Gorin and the late Edward Epstein, sister to Irving Bialer, Lora Tucker, and the late Claire...

Aug 12, 2017

Richard “Dick” Krzynowek, 70, of Baldwin Hill in Egremont, MA died on Saturday, August 12, 2017 after a 20 year battle with Parkinson’s Disease that rarely slowed him down. A native and lifelong resident, he was born in Great Barrington, MA on December 16, 1946 the son of Eleanor Benway Cross and the late Stanley Krzynowek.  He attended local schools,...

Aug 9, 2017

Tasha R. Polizzi, 72, of Great Barrington died August 9, 2017 after a brave battle with cancer.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 20, 1944 she was the eldest daughter of Raymond and Helen (Rodgers) Bauer. She attended Brentwood High School in Pittsburgh, and later moved to Manhattan after being discovered by Geoffrey Beene.

Tasha...

Aug 5, 2017

Mrs. Barbara Ann Lamanno, 76, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away early Saturday morning, August 5, 2017 at her home. Born in Noroton, Connecticut on June 4, 1941 she was the daughter of Frank and Jeannette Lineburgh Selas.  She was a graduate of Darien High where she was a member of the acapella glee club, the choir, was...

Aug 5, 2017

Eileen Rose (Kehoe) Basile Rada, “Lenna”, 73, a longtime resident of Flushing, New York passed away on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at her home in New Marlborough, MA. Born October 28, 1943 in New York, NY she was the daughter of Walter John Kehoe and Marcella Christina Fallon Kehoe. She is survived by her eldest sibling Walter Joseph Kehoe and...

Aug 3, 2017

Mrs. Sunny Schwartz, 90, formerly of Stockbridge, MA, Great Barrington, MA and Boyton Beach, FL died August 3, 2017. She was born March 13, 1927 in Brooklyn, NY, daughter of Benjamin and Bess Slutzky Garfunkel. She is survived by her two sons Rick Schwartz and wife Gail,  Joel Schwartz and wife Jane, and her daughter Lorri Goldberg, her sister Ellen...

Jul 31, 2017

Coralice (Coree) Potter Michaelyan, 92, of Great Barrington died on July 31, 2017 at Fairview Hospital after a long illness surrounded by her beloved children and friends. A resident of Great Barrington since 1955, she was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1925 to Milton and Hester Potter. She is survived by her beloved children, Raine Hall Rawlins and husband Alan...