Bernard Danield Litchfield, Jr.
May 20, 2017
Bernard Daniel Litchfield Jr. beloved son, husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, uncle and friend departed this earth May 20, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. Dan was born April 20, 1939 in Sheffield MA to Bernard D Litchfield Sr and Gladys Curtis Litchfield, the youngest of four children. The family later moved to Great Barrington where he attended Searles...
Joan Harmon Brown
May 16, 2017
Joan Harmon Brown, 82, of Corashire Road in Monterey, MA passed away on May 16, 2017 at her home. Born on Dec.26, 1934 at Geer Hospital in Canann, Ct she was the adopted daughter of George Arthur and Julia Reed Harmon who operated cabins and a snack bar in Canaan. She moved to Great Barrington in 1940 with her mother...
Keith Scott Christianson
May 14, 2017
K. Scott Christianson (1947-2017) Scott Christianson, beloved husband of Tamar Gordon and devoted father of Kelly, Emily and Jonah died suddenly on Sunday, May 14, 2017. Scott had a storied career as an author, scholar, journalist, state official and human rights activist, specializing in prison, the death penalty, opioids, forensics, and American history and politics. He is the...
W. Ross Hawkins
May 14, 2017
Mr. W. Ross Hawkins, 80, of Shunpike Road in Sheffield, MA passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2017 at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, MA. Born December 27, 1936 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he was the son of William and Agnes Murray Hawkins. He graduated in 1960 from Bowdoin College in Maine with a BA in European History and a...
David Marco Ibanez
Apr 24, 2017
David Marco Ibanez , 20 , left this world Monday, April 24, 2017 after struggling with the repercussions of his brain injuries.
He was born on December 9, 1996 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He graduated from Mount Everett High School in Sheffield and was applying...
Gillian Seidl
Apr 24, 2017
Gillian Seidl, 78, of Bull Hill Rd, passed away on Monday, April 24th. Born in Kelso, Scotland on March 15, 1939, she was the daughter of the late James and Margaret Pennington Crawford. Gillian graduated from Edinburgh College of Speech and Drama and received a B.A. in art from Skidmore College later in life. Gillian had a great zest for...
David A. Spaniol
Apr 21, 2017
David Alan Spaniol, 65, of Great Barrington died unexpectedly at home on April 21, 2017. He was born in Pittsfield on April 12, 1952 to Walter and Lillian Rockwell Spaniol. He graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1970. He is survived by his wife of 30 years Jacqueline Barnum Spaniol, a daughter Megan E Spaniol, a son Mathew D Spaniol,...
Nancy E. Soudant
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...
Dorothy Theresa Shields
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...
Leon Sarin
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...
Louise M. Halstead
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...
George G. Cronk
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...
Merritt Clinton Rowley
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...
Matilda S. Mann
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...
Willard R. Curtis
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...
Irene I. Weigle
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...
Ada Harcourt Hastings
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...
Nancy Yanoshak
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...
Elaine Scott Gunn
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...
John H. Spencer, Jr.
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...
