Obituaries

Apr 17, 2017

Nancy E. Soudant, 54, passed away on April 17, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born on March 28, 1963 she was the daughter of George and Marlene Kellogg Soudant. A lifelong resident of South Egremont, Nancy attended Mt. Everett Regional High School and graduated with the class of 1981.  She later attended Mt. Holyoke College and...

Apr 16, 2017

Dorothy “Doris” (nee Brannigan) Shields, 99, passed away peacefully Easter Sunday, after a brief illness, surrounded by her loving family. Born on June 22, 1917 in Plains, PA. she was the daughter of Christopher and Anna Hogan Brannigan. She married the love of her life Francis A. Shields on March 6,1942 who predeceased her in 1963. She was also predeceased...

Apr 14, 2017

Leon Sarin of Great Barrington MA, formerly of Willimantic CT, died peacefully at home on April 14, 2017 after a long illness. Born 1929 in Worcester MA, he was the son of Harry and Ida Sarin, both of whom immigrated from Russia in the early 1900's. He grew up in New Britain CT and obtained undergraduate and graduate degrees in...

Apr 3, 2017

Louise Mudge Halstead passed away peacefully at home on April 3, 2017, at the age of 91. Louise was born November 18, 1925 in German Flats, NY.  Her parents Erwin and Florence (Minton) Mudge predeceased her as well as her husband, Irv H. Halstead, and son, Gary D. Halstead. Louise was very ambitious.  She graduated from Gowanda High School in...

Apr 1, 2017

Mr. George G. Cronk “Busie”, 87, a longtime resident of Polikoff Road in Ashley Falls passed away on April 1, 2017 at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington, MA. A native and lifelong resident, he was born in New Marlborough, MA on October 22, 1929, the son of Samuel and May (Pruyn) Cronk.  He graduated from local schools. George enlisted in...

Mar 31, 2017

Merritt C. Rowley, formerly of Housatonic, MA, passed away on Friday, March 31, 2017 at Kindred Laurel Lake, Lee, MA at the age of 99. He was born on October 9, 1917 in Canaan, CT. His formative years were spent growing up on a dairy farm operated by his parents Samuel E. Rowley and Waity May Ball on Duke Hill...

Mar 30, 2017

Mrs. Matilda S. Mann, 87, of Castle Hill Avenue in Great Barrington died March 30, 2017 at Fairview Commons Nursing Center in Great Barrington. Born September 27, 1929 in Woodbury, New Jersey she was the daughter of the late Paul and Agnes Flitcraft Schwertly.  She was educated in local schools and received her Bachelor’s degree from Trenton State University in...

Mar 29, 2017

Willard R. Curtis, 85, of Clayton Road in Ashley Falls, MA passed away on March 29, 2017 at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington, MA. A native and lifelong resident, Willard was born in Canaan, CT on April 22, 1931 to the late Laura Coon Curtis and C. Orville Curtis. Willard worked in construction and drove truck for Watta Crete and...

Mar 29, 2017

Irene Isabelle Weigle, 55, of Hayes Hill Road in New Marlborough died March 29, 2017 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Irene was born in Great Barrington, MA on November 15, 1961, the daughter of deceased parents, Arthur Anstett and Helen Pixley Anstett.  She was raised and lived in the Village of Mill River.  It was there she raised her...

Mar 18, 2017

Ada Harcourt Hastings of Lenox, Massachusetts died on March 18, 2017 at the Kimball Farms Nursing Center after a long illness.  She was the wife of George B. Raymond of Lenox. She was born on October 22, 1932 in Dayton, Ohio.  Daughter of Alice (Jay) and V. Wilshire Harcourt.  Her grandparents were Marguerite (Soleliac) and John Clarkson Jay and Lily...

Feb 25, 2017

Dr. Nancy A. Yanoshak, 68, died peacefully at home on February 25, 2017, after a sixteen-year struggle with cancer, with her loving spouse of 21 years Sandra S. Smith at her side.  A professor of history, Nance taught at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, MA, for over thirty years. Besides history, she taught gender studies and critical...

Feb 25, 2017

Mrs. Elaine Scott Gunn, 86, of Lake Buel Road in Great Barrington, MA passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017 at the home of her son in Dallas, TX. Elaine was born in Hagerstown, MD on August 14, 1930 to Norman Lee Scott and Laura Robinson Scott. The youngest of seven children, she had five sisters, Lillian, Hazel, Catherine, Dorothy and...

Feb 19, 2017

On Sunday, February 19, 2017, John Haines Spencer, Jr. passed away. And the world will never be the same.

Born September 15, 1936 to John Haines Spencer and Pauline Simmons Spencer, Jack was raised in Adams, Massachusetts. After graduating from Williston Prep School and Amherst College, he received a Masters in Education from...

Feb 13, 2017

David Allan Hawkins, 75, of Glendale Road died Monday, February 13, 2017. Born February 27, 1941 in Glendale, Massachusetts in his childhood home he was the son of Viriginia Hawkins and William Kenneth Hawkins. He graduated from the former Williams High School and joined the Air Force. After completing basic training David went on to travel overseas to England where...

Feb 13, 2017

Grace R. Swiatek age 91, formerly of Sunderland, MA died Monday, February 13, 2017 while staying in Ashley Falls, MA with her son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Deborah Swiatek. Grace was born in Northampton, MA on January 1, 1926, the seventh child of Stanley and Rose Lisewski.  She grew up working on the family farm in Whately and remained at...

Feb 10, 2017

It is with great sorrow that we announce that Wendy Sue O’Connor, 51, passed away unexpectedly in her home in Housatonic on Friday, February 10, 2017.

Wendy was born November 16, 1965 in Great Barrington, MA to Frederick and Judith Schneider. From the moment she came into the world,...

Feb 1, 2017

John “Andy” Johnston, Age 90, died Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at Fairview Commons. Born December 27, 1926 in Mill River, Massachusetts, the son of John and Elizabeth Morrison Johnston.  He attended New Marlborough High School and served in the U.S. Army from March 1945 to December 1946, stationed in the Western Pacific for 14 months as part of the Americal...

Jan 30, 2017

Alvin M. Alson, 94, died Monday evening, January 30, 2017 at Laurel Lake Nursing Center in Lee, MA. Alvin Alson was born in New York, NY on July 19th, 1922 to Katie and Dave Alson. Raised in Manhattan, NY, he liked to say, “I came out of the womb when Tutankhamen came out of the tomb.” Alvin’s first love was...

Jan 29, 2017

Clarence Sylvester Gunn, Jr. died peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017.  He was 96 years old.  For the past 2 years, he had been a resident at the Fairview Commons Nursing Home in Gt. Barrington.  Mr. Gunn had been a lifelong member of the A.M.E. Zion Church on Elm Ct. He leaves behind his beloved wife of...

Jan 26, 2017

With great sadness, we announce the passing of June Alice (Roger) Williamson on January 26, 2017, in the arms of her loving husband Charles, at their home. June was born on June 29, 1947 in Great Barrington to the late Sara K. and Leamon M. Roger. June lived a wonderful life with her husband Charles D. Williamson and the couple...