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....
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...
