George E. Emerson, Jr,
Dec 25, 2016
George E. Emerson Jr., 85, of Canaan, NY passed away December 25, 2016 at his home following a brief illness. George was born July 14, 1931 to George E Emerson Sr., and Emma Belle Niver in Pittsfield, MA. He was educated in local schools. He joined the United States Marine Corp in 1951. He was promoted to the rank of...
John W. Warren, Jr.
Dec 15, 2016
John W. Warren, Jr., 73, of Maple Avenue in Sheffield passed away December 15, 2016 at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born January 4, 1943 he was the son of the late John W. and Alice Warren. Mr. Warren was a finish carpenter and foreman for 30 years. He was also a self employed carpenter. John’s hobbies were varied. He...
Patricia "Pat" Hines
Dec 13, 2016
Patricia "Pat" Hines, 88, passed away at home on December 13, 2016. Pat and husband, Jack, lived in Great Barrington before moving to Florida in 1988 and to Texas in 2012. Aside from her passion of delivering babies into the world the love for her kids, grandchildren, and great grand children was unconditional. The miles separating she and Jack from...
Raymond W. Alexander
Nov 21, 2016
Raymond William Alexander, 76, of South Egremont, MA died November 21, 2016 of World Trade Center linked Cancer. Born May 24, 1940 to Ann and Raymond S. Alexander in Flushing, Queens he grew up in Port Washington, Flushing and Whitestone, Queens. Ray was an Altar boy at St. Mel’s RC Church in Whitestone Queens. He graduated in 1958 from St....
Paul Frazer Moritz, Jr.
Nov 17, 2016
Paul Frazer Moritz, Jr., passed away peacefully at his home from complications due to ALS on Thursday, November 17, 2016. Paul was the son of Paul Frazer Moritz, Sr. and Cathalene Bakker Moritz of Sheffield, MA. Born in Great Barrington on March 13, 1952, Paul moved with his family to Suffield, CT where he grew up and attended Suffield Academy. ...
Donald Leroy Wilson
Nov 16, 2016
Donald Leroy Wilson, 75, most recently of Housatonic, MA, passed away on Wednesday November 16, 2016 at Berkshire Medical Center with family by his side after a year-long battle with cancer. He was born in Great Barrington, MA, son of the late Mattie B. Wilson and Otis E. Wilson. A well-known face throughout Southern Berkshire County, Donald was known as...
Carolyn Mower Burns
Nov 16, 2016
Carolyn Mower Burns, 69, passed away after a short illness at her home in West Stockbridge on Wednesday, November 16th, surrounded by her family and friends. Born in Hollywood, California on July 23, 1947, to James and Ida (Bell) Mower, Carolyn grew up in Stockbridge. She attended the Stockbridge Plain School, and graduated high school from the Buxton School in...
Robert "Bob" Rush
Nov 15, 2016
Robert Arthur Stanley “Bob” Rush passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at his home. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of Irving and Estelle Greenstein Ruchamkin. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from the Wharton School of Business in 1962. Bob married his wife of fifty two years Elaine Fraid in Montreal,...
Elizabeth M. "Betty" Chapin
Nov 13, 2016
Elizabeth “Betty” M. Chapin, 87, of Bridgeview Lane in Sheffield peacefully passed away November 13, 2016 at her home. Born Jean Elizabeth Melvin, on December 27, 1928 in Glasgow, Scotland, she was the daughter of David and Ann Hardy (Scott) Melvin. She was a graduate of Bryant School and the former Searles High School in Great Barrington, MA. Betty retired...
Virginia Freudenberger
Nov 13, 2016
Virginia Freudenberger, aka “Grandma Ginny” and the oldest resident of Stockbridge, of Main Street Stockbridge, MA died peacefully on November 13, 2016. She was born December 22, 1915 in Brooklyn, NY, to Rudolph A. Rung (Vienna, Austria) and Anna E. Noechel (Rochester, NY). A graduate of Hempstead High School and DeMott’s Business School, she was employed at Equitable Life Insurance...
Loet Velmans
Nov 11, 2016
Loet Velmans, 93, a longtime resident of Sheffield, MA, died Friday at his home. Velmans was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. As a teenager, he helped to commandeer a small boat and narrowly escaped the Nazi invasion of Holland in 1940. From England, he made his way to the Dutch East Indies, enlisted in the Dutch Free Army and was...
Edward Epstein
Oct 30, 2016
Edward Epstein, husband of the love of his life for 58 years Phyllis, much-loved and respected father of Sheryl (Jonathan) Knapp of Ridgefield, CT, Jeff (Gorana) of Miami, FL, and Brian (Elizabeth) of Schenectady, NY, and Grandfather/Papa of Louisa, Madeline, Caleb, Ethan, Mallory, Anabel, Quincy, and Lee, brother of Stanley (Harriet), passed away peacefully and with integrity, surrounded by his...
Elizabeth M. Harvey
Oct 29, 2016
Elizabeth M. Harvey, 81, of West Stockbridge, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on July 8, 1935, she was the daughter of Edmund and Blanche Skrok Rathbun. A lifelong resident of the Berkshires, Elizabeth was educated in local schools and attended the former Searles High School. She worked at Bicron...
Taylor James Pixley
Oct 14, 2016
Taylor James Pixley, 72, died October 14, 2016 at Fairview Commons. Born on April 12, 1944 in Great Barrington, Ma he was the son of Gordon and Edith Cottrell Pixley. He attended local schools after which he worked for the Pittsfield Milk Exchange. He then accepted a job with Marshal Gaston Construction. Taylor enjoyed working construction and began his own...
Virginia S. Markham
Oct 13, 2016
Virginia S. Markham, 84, of Home Road in Sheffield passed away early Thursday morning, October 13, 2016 at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born June 14, 1932 in Otis, MA she was the daughter of Laurence and Clara Langdon LaRock. She attended local schools and went on to graduate from the former St. Luke’s Nursing School with a license as...
Richard F. Dellea
Sep 28, 2016
Richard F. Dellea, 80, of Church Street in Great Barrington passed away peacefully at home with his loved ones after a courageous battle against cancer September 28, 2016. Born June 8, 1936 in Alford, MA he was the son of Richard and Gertrude Wheeler Dellea. Richard was a dairy farmer on the Dodd’s Farm in Hillsdale NY. He was a...
Ruth Anna Ruthel
Sep 26, 2016
Ruth Anna Ruthel, 91, of Humphrey Street in Gt. Barrington, died September 26, 2016 at her home. Born July 27, 1925 in Berlin Germany, she was the daughter of Joseph and Mathilde Grill Newole. She was educated in Germany and moved to this country in the early 1950’s. She married her husband Hellmuth Ruthel on February 6, 1954 in Pittsfield...
Gloria J. Warren
Sep 13, 2016
Mrs. Gloria J. Warren, 58, of Clayton Road passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at her home in Ashley Falls surrounded by her family. Born July 18, 1958 in Torrington, Connecticut she was the daughter of Richard Fife and the late Sandra J. Fallon. She was a graduate of Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village, CT. Gloria’s greatest...
Christopher T. Carroll, Sr.
Sep 6, 2016
Christopher Thomas Carroll Sr., a longtime resident of Scituate, Massachusetts, died on Sept. 6, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, following a long illness. He was 77. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 5, 1938, to Joseph and Rose Carroll, Christopher moved with his family to Scituate in 1982, where he lived until 2015. For many years, he ran his own sales...
Susan Jane Pevzner
Aug 13, 2016
Susan Jane Pevzner, 66, of Haley Road in Great Barrington passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her children on Saturday August 13, 2016. Born September 8, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York she was the daughter of Marilyn Mamroth Glucksman and the late Henry Glucksman. At the age of 13 Sue moved with her family to Stockbridge where she graduated...
