Joyce Barrow
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...
Anita G. Macchi
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...
Donald Coons
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...
Robert A. Wells
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,...
Eleanor Mae Hall
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...
Michelle Laplante Romanowicz
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...
Nancy W. Heady
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...
Bella Gorin
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...
Richard "Dick" Krzynowek
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,...
Tasha R. Polizzi
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...
Barbara Ann Lamanno
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...
Eileen Kehoe Rada
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...
Sunny Schwartz
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...
Coralice P. Michaelyan
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...
Maureen Ellen Hosford
Jul 21, 2017
Maureen Ellen Hosford of Southfield, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 21, 2017, surrounded by her loving family.
Born on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1949, in Elizabeth, N.J., she was the daughter of Frank and Dorothy (Doris) Brannigan Shields.
Andrew S. Levine
Jul 19, 2017
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Andrew Seth Levine of Stockbridge, MA and Bonita Springs, FL. Andy is survived by his wife of 53 years, Toby; his daughters Amy Levine and Caren Pelletier (Michael), grandson Jordan Pelletier, sister Minna Immerman, nieces Gaby and Suzanne Immerman (Mehdi), uncle Ted Bennett, and many cousins. Andy was a graduate...
John H. Beckwith, Sr.
Jul 19, 2017
John H. Beckwith, Sr., “Bootsie”, 80, of Great Barrington, MA died July 19, 2017 at Fairview Hospital. A native and lifelong resident he was born in Great Barrington, MA on July 10, 1937, the son of the late Dewey and Hazel Taggart Beckwith. He was a 32 year member of the Great Barrington Police Department and served as a selectman...
Kurt G. Kruger
Jul 17, 2017
Kurt G. Kruger was the modern day equivalent of a Renaissance man. He was an accomplished composer and musician, an author of poetry and prose, a linguist, and a designer and builder of exquisite furniture. In recent months, he was passing on his extraordinary skills as a woodworker to his nineteen- year-old-son John who worked by his father’s side learning...
Alf Bjorn Pedersen
Jul 14, 2017
Alf Bjorn Pedersen, 97, long time resident of Monterey, died peacefully July 14, 2017, at Grandview Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama. He was predeceased by his wife of 58 years, Lena Kinne Pedersen, in 2012. Born in Arendal, Norway on March 27, 1920, Alf immigrated to the United States in 1925. A veteran of World War II, he enlisted in the U.S....
Raymond J. Dorazio
Jul 12, 2017
Raymond J. Dorazio, 73, of Lenox Rd. West Stockbridge passed away peacefully on July 12, 2017, after a valiant battle. Ray was born on August 21, 1943 in Bridgeport, CT to John and Elizabeth Dorazio. He served in the Air Force from 1960 to 1968 as a small arms instructor and a member of the Air Force Competition Rifle Team....
