Richard S. Shaw
Mar 3, 2018
Richard. S. Shaw, 79, passed away on March 3, 2018 after a long illness. He was born on September 26, 1938 in Great Barrington, MA and was the son of the late Forest and Grace Stevens Shaw. A native of the Berkshires, he graduated from the former Searles High School with the class of 1957. After high school, Richard...
Francis "Ike" Roraback
Feb 26, 2018
Francis (Ike) Roraback, 83, of Blue Hill Rd. in Great Barrington, died peacefully in his home on February 26, 2018 surrounded by his loving family.
Ike is survived by his loving wife, Barbara (Graham) of 49 years, his son, Jeffrey Roraback of Great Barrington and his daughter Jennifer Cassaday, and her husband Jeffery, of Mesa, Arizona. Ike...
Robert J. Gingras
Feb 25, 2018
Robert J. Gingras, 52, passed away at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA. on February 25, 2018. Born on January 4, 1966 in Sharon, CT., he was the son of the late Marguerite and Jean “Guy” Gingras. He was the youngest of his three siblings. He was educated in local schools and graduated from Mt. Everett Regional High School. For...
Ruth A. Gillette
Feb 16, 2018
Ruth A. Gillette, 92, of Miller Avenue, Sheffield passed away February 16, 2018 at Geer Nursing with her family beside her. She had been a resident there since September.
Born in Springfield, on January 25, 1926, she was the daughter of Mabel Boice LaDoux Tibbetts and Raymond LaDoux. Her early education was at Mittineague School in West...
Carol Robinson Mallory
Feb 14, 2018
Carol L. (Robinson) Mallory of Great Barrington passed peacefully from this life after a long battle with cancer on February 14 at home with her family at her side. She was born on January 23, 1949 in Troy, NY, the daughter of Marian E. (Geerholt) Robinson and the late Howard O. Robinson. She spent her early life in that area...
Sylvie Potashner
Jan 30, 2018
Sylvie Potashner, 39, died peacefully on January 30, 2018 with her partner Seth Kershner at her side after a two-and-a-half-year struggle with gallbladder cancer. Sylvie was born on August 30, 1978 in Montreal and at two weeks of age moved to West Hartford, CT. She graduated from Simon’s Rock College and The University of Connecticut School of Social Work and...
Elsie D. West
Jan 1, 2018
Sleeping peacefully, Elsie Barbara Denhardt West passed away January 1, 2018 at Geer Nursing.
Born on October 26, 1921, in New York City, she was the daughter of David and Barbara Denhardt. Thru a beloved Sunday School Teacher, she spent summers in Sheffield caring for young children. She graduated from the former Sheffield High School in 1939...
Grayson Luc Pellegrino
Dec 30, 2017
( link to Kerry K. Hamill's Memorial page ) On Saturday, December 30, 2017, we lost two beautiful people, Kerry Kathleen Hamill, age 40 and Grayson Luc Pellegrino, age 3 ½ years, tragically in a motor vehicle accident in Bedford, NY. They resided in Lee, MA at the time of their deaths. Kerry’s wife Lauren Pellegrino, survived...
Kerry Kathleen Hamill
Dec 30, 2017
(link to Grayson L. Pellegrino's Memorial page ) On Saturday, December 30, 2017, we lost two beautiful people, Kerry Kathleen Hamill, age 40 and Grayson Luc Pellegrino, age 3 ½ years, tragically in a motor vehicle accident in Bedford, NY. They resided in Lee, MA at the time of their deaths. Kerry’s wife Lauren Pellegrino, survived the...
Hazel E. Brewer
Dec 29, 2017
Hazel Brewer, 98, passed away on December 29, 2017 at Geer Health Care in Canaan, CT. Born in North Egremont, MA on November 15, 1919, she was the daughter of Henry and Hattie Murphy Brewer. She attended local schools and was a 1937 graduate of Searles High School. She later attended Van Der Hayden Hall in Troy, NY. For many...
Parker G. Oppermann
Dec 26, 2017
Parker G. Oppermann, 83, a longtime resident of Great Barrington passed away early Tuesday morning, December 26, 2017. Parker and his wife Anne had been residents of Lenox since 2013. Born at the family home in Interlaken, MA on March 8, 1934, Parker was the youngest of 12 children of Norman and Mabel Metzler Oppermann. He attended local schools and...
Karen Bru Ross
Dec 25, 2017
Karen Bru Ross, 61, of Park Street, Great Barrington passed away on Christmas Day, surrounded by her family after a brief battle with cancer. Born on August 4, 1956 in Plainfield, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Henrietta Bru, of Allentown, PA. She is survived by her husband of 33 years, Thomas M. Ross of Great...
Jared A. Tagge
Dec 24, 2017
Jared Allen Tagge, 31, formerly of Lenox, MA passed away on December 24, 2017 in Hong Kong. He had been living in Shenzhen, China for the past 5 years.
Born on July 21, 1986 in Baton Rouge, LA, he was the son of James and Risë Babin Tagge of Stockbridge, MA.
In...
Diane Cooper Bridges
Dec 24, 2017
Dianne Cooper Bridges, 71, of Tucker Street in Lenox, MA died peacefully in Gt. Barrington on December 24, 2017. Dianne was born in Gt. Barrington, MA on November 27, 1946 to Mollie Brickman Cooper and Eli Cooper. She attended Housatonic Grammar School, Searles High School, and received a BFA from Syracuse University in 1968.
Bonnie Fhagen
Dec 21, 2017
Bonnie Fhagen, 71, formerly of Great Barrington passed away Thursday evening, December 21, 2017 at her home on Pecks Road in Pittsfield, MA. Born on March 13, 1946 in New York, New York she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Bella Lerner Fhagen. She attended local schools and was a graduate of Taft High School in New York....
Thomas Hoose Smith
Dec 19, 2017
Thomas Hoose Smith, 69 from Rensselaerville, NY passed peacefully on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Berkshire Rehabilitation Center in Sandisfield, MA. He is survived by his daughter Chasity (John) McGivern of Knox, NY son Che Smith of Berne, NY, and his former wife Cheryl Schmidt. He also leaves 5 grandchildren, John Todd McGivern from Knox, NY, Thomas Che, Amanda, Patrick...
Robert Patrick Mackenzie
Dec 14, 2017
Robert Patrick MacKenzie of New Marlborough, died at home of natural causes on December 14, 2017, surrounded by his loving family.
Bob was born on February 14th, 1952 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Pittsfield MA. Bob grew up on his family owned farm, Spruce Hill farm, in New Marlborough. Bob graduated from Mt Everett High School, and...
Joan C. Carter
Dec 12, 2017
Joan Carter of South Egremont died just as she had lived, with sophistication, style, serenity and a sense of inner peace, surrounded by friends of her long lifetime, after an unexpected infection which followed successful surgery. Our Joan was born in White Fish, Montana and raised in Carmel, California by her mother, Phyllis Carter, and her adoring stepfather. As...
Barbara L. Walther
Dec 12, 2017
Barbara L. Davis Walther, 70, of Monterey Road in Otis, MA died December 12, 2017 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.
SERVICE : Everyone is invited to a memorial service to celebrate Barbara’s life on Friday, July 27, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home in Great Barrington, MA. Burial will be...
Phyllis Elizabeth Porter Gull Carto
Dec 10, 2017
Phyllis Elizabeth Porter Gull Carto, 92, formerly of Pittsfield, MA passed away on December 10, 2017 in Boise, ID. Phyllis was born in Great Barrington, MA. on May 15, 1925. She was raised in Pittsfield and attended school there. She then worked at Eaton Paper for many years until moving to Arizona. Before leaving Pittsfield, she married her first husband...
