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...
Edith R. Cappadona
Mar 31, 2015
Edith (Edie) Cappadona, 80, of Sheffield MA, wife of Richard Cappadona passed away on March 31, 2015. Born in Springfield, MA on February 6, 1935 she was the daughter Lucille Gulotta Carasone, who is currently 99 years old, and the late Jack Maynard. Edie graduated from Stuyvesant High School in NYC. She worked for the city telephone company, was a...
Ann Rodrigues Barry
Mar 26, 2015
Ann Barry, 56, a former longtime resident of Sheffield and Great Barrington passed away peacefully Thursday, March 26, 2015 at her home in Southwick, MA with her family at her side. Born in Great Barrington, MA on October 5, 1958 she was the daughter of Louis and Mary Whalen Rodrigues. Ann attended the former Bryant School in Great Barrington before...
David J. Schoenfarber
Mar 21, 2015
David J. Schoenfarber, 69, of Hartsville-New Marlborough Road passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2015. Born November 6, 1945 in New York, New York, David was the son of Herman and Lillian Perry Schoenfarber. He attended local schools and graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in business as well as attending Brooklyn Law...
Betty Louise Duryea
Mar 21, 2015
Betty Louise Duryea, 87, a native and lifelong resident of South Egremont passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2015. Born at Turner Farm on September 30, 1927 she was the daughter of William and Louise Baldwin Turner. She was a 1945 graduate of the former Searles High School. She drove a school bus for 42 years for the Southern Berkshire...
Joan E. Polesak
Mar 17, 2015
Joan E. Polesak, 80, of Green River Road in Alford passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at Kimball Farms Assisted Living Center in Lenox. Born on June 25, 1934 in Queens, New York she was the daughter of George and Elinor Reeves. She was a graduate of Newtown High School in Long Island, New York. Joan moved to the...
Bonnie M. Bailey
Mar 16, 2015
Bonnie M. Bailey, 89, a longtime resident of Interlaken Crossroad in Stockbridge passed away on Monday, March 16, 2015 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born on February 18, 1926 in Hutchinson, Kansas she was the daughter of Roy E. and Nellie Nelson McCoy. She was a graduate of North High School in Wichita, KS. Bonnie married her husband, the...
William Ross
Feb 22, 2015
William Carter Ross, "Bill," a long-time resident of Great Barrington, died February 22, 2015 at the age of 87. One of eight children and father of nine, Bill was born and raised in Pittsfield where he attended public schools and met the love of his life, Elizabeth, "Betty," Elworthy whom he married in 1948. As a young man he served...
