Charles Terry
Sep 1, 2015
Charles Terry, 55, of Sheffield, MA, died Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at his home after a long illness. Mr. Terry, who was a longtime resident of Sheffield, was an engine builder and an avid drag racing fan and pit crew chief for the "Rock & Roll Dragster" team. Charles leaves many friends. He was predeceased by his mother Ardyss Higby...
Elizabeth Hodges
Aug 25, 2015
Archa Beth Hodges died in the arms of her loving family on Tuesday, August 25, 2015. Much beloved, Archa was born in Montreal, Canada, on May 15, 1959. A graduate of McGill University, Archa came to Massachusetts to volunteer at the Kripalu Center in 1991. Here she met and married the love of her life, Abhi Scott Smith, in 1996....
Elizabeth (Betty) Fenn
Aug 25, 2015
Elizabeth (Betty) Fenn died peacefully at home August 25. She was 99 and the oldest known resident of South Egremont, Mass. Born Elizabeth Williams in Hartford CT, she was the daughter of James and Agnes Williams, both from England. As a young girl, Betty honed her talents as an athlete, musician, journalist and actor. She was also an adventurer, as...
Christine Silvernail
Aug 24, 2015
Christine Silvernail, 97, a longtime resident of Baldwin Hill in North Egremont died on August 24, 2015 at Kimball Farms in Lenox. Born in Housatonic, Mass on December 22, 1917, she was the daughter of Thomas S. and Helen Tobey Ramsdell. A graduate of Katherine Gibbs, Christine worked at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City and later for Colonel...
Muriel Rokos
Aug 24, 2015
Mrs. Muriel Rokos, 95, a longtime resident of Undermountain Road in South Egremont died August 24, 2015. Born April 5, 1920 in Garnerville, New York she was the daughter of Frank and Madeline Vilandry Mackey. She was a graduate of Haverstraw High school in Haverstraw, NY and Merchant and Bankers Business School in New York, NY. During World War II...
Paul Van Deusen
Aug 21, 2015
Paul Van Deusen died at Massachusetts General Hospital on August 21, 2015. He grew up in Alford, MA and was 1 of 4 children raised by Alfred S. Van Deusen (Bud) and his wife Eleanor. Paul and the other children attended the one room school house in Alford for grades 1-4. Paul then went to Sheffield Center School and Mount...
Orville B. Brazie
Aug 16, 2015
Orville B. Brazie, 90, of Park Street in Housatonic passed away on August 16, 2015 at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Southfield, MA on October 21, 1924 he was the son of Benjamin and Lilian Smith Brazie. He attended local schools. Orville had an amazing work ethic and was a "Jack of all Trades". He worked wherever his...
Jean Cole Harris
Aug 8, 2015
Jean (Cole) Harris, newspaper reporter and columnist for nearly forty years in Boston, Ma, died at her daughter's home in Housatonic, Ma on Saturday, August 8. Mrs. Harris has lived full time in Anna Maria, Fl, since 1999. She was the wife of Frank P. Harris, who was a reporter at the Boston Globe for over thirty years. He predeceased...
Kenneth R. Tinker
Jul 13, 2015
Kenneth R. Tinker, 56, of Main St., Great Barrington passed away Monday, July 13, 2015 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA. Born June 21, 1959 in Great Barrington he was the son of William and Elizabeth Leffingwell Tinker. He graduated from Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village, CT. Ken worked doing home construction specializing in taping dry...
Shirley E. Drumm
Jul 7, 2015
Shirley Dewkett Drumm, 71, passed away on July 7, 2015 at BMC in Pittsfield after a short illness. Shirley was born in Great Barrington, MA on August 14, 1943. Mrs. Drumm was employed for many years at Simon's Rock and K-Mart, both in Great Barrington. Shirley is survived by her three children, daughter Brenda Raftery, son Richard Drumm, Jr. and...
Thomas Michael Andrus
Jul 2, 2015
NEW MARLBOROUGH - Thomas Michael Andrus, 56, of Hayes Hill Road passed away on Thursday, July 2, 2015 at his home in Mill River. Born on April 24, 1959 in Great Barrington, MA, he was the son of Thomas E. and Patricia Andrus. After graduating High School in 1977, he traveled across the country on his motorcycle. Once back in...
Harriet Rothstein
Jul 1, 2015
Harriet Rothstein, of Egremont, concert pianist, beloved teacher, dies at 78 By Heather Bellow South Egremont Harriet Rothstein, a concert pianist and teacher who spread music, enthusiasm and love wherever she went, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, July 1. Rothstein was born Harriet Elsom in Philadelphia on April 23, 1937 to Dr. Kendall A. Elsom, head diagnostician at the...
Kelly Lee Mercer
Jun 17, 2015
Kelly Lee Mercer, 53, formerly of Great Barrington, MA passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at her home on Third St., in Pittsfield. She was born on February 14, 1962 in Great Barrington, MA, the daughter of the late Harold Mercer and Rose Grahn Rider. She was a graduate of Monument Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington. Ms....
Paul Louis Lasky
Jun 6, 2015
Paul Louis Lasky, 63, of Crosby Street passed away on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at his home. Born on May 4, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois he was the son of the late Sherwin and Margaret DeKany Lasky. He attended local schools and was a graduate of Wright Junior College in Chicago. Mr. Lasky owned and operated Berkshire Millwork Sales in...
Irene B. Moskowitz
May 30, 2015
Irene Baron Moskowitz, 89, of Great Barrington, MA, passed away peacefully at her home on May 30, 2015. Born on June 2, 1925 in Brooklyn, NY, to the late Dr. Israel and Meryl Baron, Irene was a long-time resident of Great Barrington. She worked for many years managing the affairs of the cattle business run by her husband, the late...
Nancy S. Cobden
May 29, 2015
Nancy S. Cobden, 74, of Sheffield Road in South Egremont passed away on Friday, May 29, 2015 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. She was born on June 9, 1940 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She moved to the US with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Svela as a child and attended grammar school in Canaan, CT and...
Dr. Sidney Pinsky
May 26, 2015
SANDISFIELD - It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Sidney Pinsky on Tuesday May 26, 2015. He was born on a farm in Sandisfield, Massachusetts on November 19, 1928 to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants who spoke very little English and who had little formal education. He was the youngest of six children. Sidney's parents were poor...
Ruth Collins Miles
May 21, 2015
Ruth Collins Bulkeley Miles died May 21, 2015. She was born August 17, 1942 in Pittsfield, Mass., the daughter of Barbara Spurr Van Deusen Bulkeley and Morgan Gardner Bulkeley III. She grew up on a farm in Mount Washington, Mass., surrounded by wild animals that had been injured or orphaned, and were under the care of her parents. She attended...
Carol Berliner Ingher
May 21, 2015
Carol Berliner Ingher, 74, of Rockwell Road in Monterey, MA passed away on May 21, 2015 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA. Born on August 27, 1940 in Mount Vernon, New York she was the daughter of the late Jack and Betty "Tessie" Zaretsky Berliner. She was a graduate of Walton High School and Hunter College in New York....
