Anne Rae Hyatt
Dec 7, 2017
Anne Rae Thomson Hyatt passed away on December 7, 2017 at her home.
Born on November 27, 1934, in White Plains, NY, she was the daughter of George and Christine Young Thomson. At an early age, her family moved to Sheffield where Anne graduated from Sheffield High School.
In 1955 Anne married Arthur Hyatt in...
Shirley Bachetti
Dec 6, 2017
SHEFFIELD, MA. Shirley Bachetti, 89, passed away on December 6, 2017 at Baystate Medical Center of pneumonia. Shirley was born on September 16, 1928 to Harold and Lena Greene and remained a lifelong resident of this area. She was married to Bruno Bachetti, of Sheffield, who predeceased her in 1990. Together they owned and operated Bachetti’s Exxon/Mobil Service Station in...
Joan E. " Betty" Vigneron
Nov 30, 2017
Joan Elizabeth "Betty" Vigneron passed away November 30th at home in Great Barrington, MA where she was a longtime resident since 1957. She was predeceased by her husband of fifty-one years, Dr. E. Morgan Vigneron M.D., her sister Teresa Fulton of Briarcliff, NY, and brother Stanley Nowak of Barrington, RI. Betty is survived by her three sons: David of Stockbridge,...
Robert Van Deusen
Nov 27, 2017
SHEFFIELD, MA. -Robert J. VanDeusen
Robert VanDeusen, 85, passed away at his home on November 27, 2017.
Born in Gt. Barrington on August 15, 1932, he was the son of the late Harry E. and Myrtle Mansir VanDeusen.
Mr. VanDeusen enlisted in the U.S. Navy in August of 1950 at the beginning of...
Joy A Eichstedt
Nov 21, 2017
Joy Ovitt Eichstedt, 75, of North Easton, MA and former resident of Southfield, MA passed away on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. Joy was born in Hudson, NY on October 26, 1942, the daughter of the late Edna Lucy (King) and the late Ronald Ovitt of Sheffield, MA. Joy was formerly married to Peter J. Eichstedt Sr. of Sheffield, MA. graduated...
Edward J. Van Wagner
Nov 11, 2017
Edward Joseph Van Wagner of Martindale, N.Y. passed away peacefully on Nov. 11, 2017 due to complications brought on by his lung disease. During his brief hospitalization he was surrounded by his beloved family and many wonderful friends. He was preceded by his parents Jay and Alice Van Wagner, his son Ted Edward Van Wagner. He is survived by two...
Alice L. Wilmot
Nov 10, 2017
Alice Louise Wilmot, 91, of 101 West Center Road, West Stockbridge, died at home of natural causes early on the sun-lit morning of November 10, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. Alice was the beloved wife of Robert S. Wilmot and cherished mother of Sandra, Richard, and J. Thomas. She was a Berkshire resident for 40 years, but throughout her...
Ruth Emma Verones
Nov 9, 2017
ALFORD- Ruth Verones died on November 9, 2017 at Fairview Commons in Gt. Barrington. Born on May 22, 1927 in Gt. Barrington, she was the daughter of Howard and Ida Dewkett Drumm.  She was raised in Alford and attended the one room Alford School House then later graduated from Searles High School.
Philip C. Boardman
Nov 6, 2017
Philip C. Boardman, a lifetime resident of Hewins Street, Sheffield, passed away November 6, 2017, surrounded by his loving family and friends. Death occurred due to a recently discovered cancer, as well as many prior serious illnesses. Born Nov. 14, 1938 he was the son of the late Edgar Boardman and Eleanor Moulton Boardman of Sheffield. Philip grew up working...
Linda B. Day
Nov 1, 2017
Linda Busse Day, of Stockbridge MA, died peacefully on November 1, 2017 at Mt. Carmel Care Center in Lenox. Born in the Bronx, NY, she was the daughter of the late Ewald & Christine Bueshing Busse who were both German immigrants. She grew up in Elmont, LI and Huntington, CT and graduated from Shelton High School (CT) in 1960. She...
Laura Jean Polzella
Oct 24, 2017
Laura Jean Polzella, 63, of Sheffield, passed away peacefully on October 24, 2017 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Southington, CT on December 21, 1953, she was the daughter of Lawson and Betty Anderson Polzella. She attended both high school and college in Connecticut.
She moved to the Berkshires many years ago to make a home with her...
Patrick Owen Burns
Sep 28, 2017
Patrick Owen Burns of Sheffield MA, a native New Yorker and resident of Brooklyn Heights for over 50 Years, died on Thursday, September 28 at the age of 80, from complications of Parkinson Disease. Born in 1937 to Edward D. and Anne Gallagher, of Fieldston, New York, Patrick grew up in the city and then attended Dartmouth College, after Dartmouth...
David T. Kaplan
Sep 27, 2017
David T. Kaplan, of Kennsington, MD, died Wednesday, September 27 of cancer. Born on April 28, 1951, the son of the late Lillian Westerman and Carl Kaplan and the late Ben Westerman (step-father), he graduated from Hudson High School in Hudson, NY. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree from Drew University in botany and a master’s degree from University of Massachusetts,...
Thomas B. Guidi
Sep 25, 2017
Thomas B. Guidi, 75, longtime resident of Great Barrington, MA and Rotunda West, FL passed away on September 25, 2017 of a hemorrhagic stroke while on vacation in Texas. Born to Harold A. and Marion E. Curtiss Guidi on April 21, 1942, in Great Barrington, he graduated from Mt. Everett High School in 1960, before proudly serving our country in...
Charles E. Deitz
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...
Christine M. Lombardi
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...
Blanche Bennett
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,...
Mary Malonis
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...
Richard T. Armstrong
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...
John G. Wightman
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...
