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....
Alexander Hryckvich
May 19, 2015
Alexander Hryckvich, 89, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. A native and lifelong resident of Sandisfield, Alexander was born April 18, 1926 the youngest of four children of Frank and Mary Hryckvich. He was a veteran of WW II and a member of the American Legion. He worked as a logger who...
Myrtle M. Twing
May 19, 2015
Myrtle M. Twing, 95, a longtime resident of Mill River passed away on May 19th at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington where she had been a resident for the past several years. Born in Falls Village, Conn on July 28, 1919, she was the daughter of Albert and Nellie Doty French. Myrtle spent a large portion of her life working...
Evelyn Marie Casivant
May 19, 2015
Evelyn Marie Casivant, 83, of East Stahl Road passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, May 19, 2015 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Astoria, New York on August 29, 1931 she was the daughter of Henry and Helen Miller Fuller. Along with her family Evelyn moved to Three Mile Hill in Great Barrington in 1942. She graduated...
Natalie W. Goranson
May 17, 2015
Natalie Weymouth Scholes Goranson, of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, beloved wife of Donald Otto Goranson, passed away peacefully on May 17, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA, at 85 years of age. Natalie was born in Fitchburg, MA, on November 13, 1929, to Norman and Ruth Scholes. She was an only child and devoted daughter, who cared tenderly for...
Mildred Jan Sasso
May 13, 2015
Mildred Sasso, 100, of East Street in Great Barrington passed away May 13, 2015 at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born June 14, 1914 in Brooklyn, New York she attended Erasmus High School in Brooklyn. In 1935 Mildred eloped with the boy next door, Joseph L. Sasso, Jr., witnesses where Agnes Dunn and James Murphy. Joseph was a camper at...
James F. Barbieri
May 11, 2015
James F. Barbieri, 82, of Division Street died early Monday, May 11, 2015 at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. A native and lifelong resident James was born in Great Barrington on November 6, 1932, the son of Lawrence and Rose Ella "Ruth" Walker Barbieri. He was educated in local schools. James began working on the family farm and saw mill...
Diane "Dedee" Warner
May 4, 2015
Diane L. "DeDee" Warner, 59, of Seekonk Road in Great Barrington passed away Monday, May 4, 2015 after a courageous five month battle with cancer. Born November 20, 1955 in Hudson, New York she was the daughter of Betty Coons Bouteiller and the late Robert C. Robertson. She attended Monument Mountain Regional High School and was a graduate of Taconic...
Dimitrios Kouloganes
May 1, 2015
Dimitrios "Jimmy" Kouloganes, age 78, died peacefully at home in Great Barrington MA, surrounded by family, Friday May 1, 2015. Dimitri was born on September 4th, 1936, in Pellana Greece, son of Panyiota and Panayioti. After graduating from the Gymnasium of Sparti, he immigrated to Stamford, CT and joined his father working to bring the family to America. Dimitri was...
Rev. Joseph S. Forte
Apr 23, 2015
Rev. Joseph S. Forte, 77, the longtime pastor of the Macedonia Baptist Church in Great Barrington and spiritual leader passed away on Thursday afternoon, April 23, 2015 at his home on Wyantenuck Street in Housatonic. Born on February 9, 1938 in Efaula, Alabama he was the oldest of six children born to Woodrow Forte and Dorothy Franklin Forte. Rev. Forte...
Marvin Mirochnick
Apr 21, 2015
Marvin Mirochnick, 92, a former resident of Sandisfield, MA passed away April 21, 2015 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. For the past four years Marvin has lived in Weymouth, MA to be closer to his family. Born December 19, 1922 he was the son of Abraham and Jennie Mirochnick. He was a veteran of World War II having...
Judith E. Rahm
Apr 11, 2015
Judith E. Rahm, 71, a longtime resident of Division Street, more recently of Bernard Gibbons Drive passed away Saturday, April 11, 2015 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. A native and lifelong resident, Judith was born April 27, 1943 in Pittsfield, MA, the daughter of the late Henry and Eleanor (Arnold) Tremblay. She attended the former Searles High School in...
James Patrick Silk
Apr 9, 2015
James P. Silk, 55, owner and longtime operator of Silk's Variety in Sheffield died unexpectedly on Thursday, April 9, 2015. Jim was born in Springfield, MA on December 28, 1959 to the late Betty and Bill Silk. He was a graduate of Mount Everett Regional High School. His greatest joy was his children Lauren and Patrick. He was an avid...
Clare I. Lester
Apr 7, 2015
Clare I. Lester, 70, of Pittsfield, passed away peacefully at Berkshire Medical Center on April 7, 2015 after an illness. Born in Great Barrington, MA on March 22, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Ina Reed Lester. She lovingly cared for her mother at home for many years before her death. Clare graduated from the former...
