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...
Steven G. Pothul
Feb 16, 2015
Steven G. Pothul, 49, of Egremont Road in Sheffield passed away on Monday, February 16, 2015 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident this past July. Born in Pittsfield, MA on August 7, 1965 he was the son of Hazel Hudson Pothul and the late Edward A. Pothul. The family lived...
Dennis Carl Marcus, Md
Feb 13, 2015
Dennis C Marcus, MD - Adult and Child Psychiatrist of New Marlborough died Friday, February 13, 2015 at Massachusetts General Hospital after a long illness. He was surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his wife Leslie Marcus of New Marlborough, and three sons, Gustin Marcus of Los Angeles, California, Jesse Marcus of Washington DC, and Colin...
Eli G. Katz
Feb 12, 2015
Eli G. Katz, 80, of Hollywood, FL and Lenox, MA died Feb. 12TH in Lenox providing a legacy of love, friendship, caring and respect to be carried forth by his family and all those who knew him. Born on January 6, 1935 in Newark, New Jersey, son of Solomon and Zelda (Girion) Katz. Eli graduated of Weequahic High School (1953)...
Sean Trevor Storti
Feb 7, 2015
Sean Trevor Storti, 40, of Hartsville-New Marlborough Road passed away on Saturday, February 7, 2015 as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born in Great Barrington on September 10, 1974 he was the son of Louis "Joe" Storti, Jr. and Diane "Didi" Salzmann Storti. He graduated from Mount Everett Regional High School, class of 1992, after...
Allen S. Rubin
Feb 5, 2015
Allen S. Rubin, 74, of Joseph Drive in Pittsfield passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2015 while at his winter home in Boynton Beach, Florida. Born July 22, 1940 in Yonkers, New York he was the son of David and Anna Goodman Rubin. He attended the former Searles High School in Great Barrington. Allen was a member of the U.S....
David (Doc) Blanchard
Jan 30, 2015
David (Doc) Blanchard, 78, passed away January 30, 2015 at his home in Stockbridge after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Ruth, three sons D. Michael Blanchard and wife Patti of Stockbridge, Henry Blanchard of Stockbridge, and Christopher Blanchard South Carolina, a daughter Julie Patton and husband Jimmy of California, a sister Nancy Kauffman and husband Chuck...
Marjorie "Peggy" Hainer
Jan 28, 2015
Marjorie "Peggy" Hainer, 63, went to be with her Lord Jesus early Wednesday morning, January 28, 2015 at The Reformed Presbyterian Home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she had been a resident for the past two and a half years. She will be missed dearly by her sister Betty Burger and her family. Born August 2, 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she...
Arthur R. Mathieu, Sr.
Jan 14, 2015
Arthur R. Mathieu, Sr. of Boardman Street in Sheffield passed away Wednesday morning January 14, 2015 at his home just 3 days shy of his 72nd birthday. Born January 17, 1943 in Willimantic, Connecticut he was the son of Carl Mathieu and Louise Strickland Mathieu Ball. A veteran of the Vietnam War Arthur served in the U.S. Marine Corp from...
Karen Dietrich Campetti
Jan 12, 2015
Karen (Dietrich) Campetti, 62, went with the Lord Monday, January 12, 2015 surrounded by her family and friends. Born in Albany NY, March 30, 1952, daughter of the late Evelyn and James Dietrich of Stockbridge Ma, Karen was a fiercely independent woman with a sense of humor like no other. It was her ability to find humor in any and...
Alice Elizabeth Proulx Mcnally
Jan 7, 2015
Alice Elizabeth Proulx McNally passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, January 7, at the age of 93 year. She was a resident of Kimball Farms Nursing Home since October 2014. Prior to that, she lived at Pine Hill Assisted Living in Lenox, MA, from 2004 - 2014. Alice was born in Buffalo, NY, on October 25, 1921 to...
Edward Anthony Pothul
Jan 5, 2015
Edward Anthony Pothul, 74, of Lime Kiln Road in Sheffield passed away unexpectedly on Monday, January 5, 2015 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. A native and lifelong resident of the area Edward was born in Great Barrington on June 14, 1940, the son of Marcel and Sadie Murach Pothul. He attended schools in Housatonic and Great Barrington. Mr. Pothul...
Roberta Lucy Wheeler
Jan 4, 2015
Roberta "Bobbie" Wheeler, 90, a longtime resident of Great Barrington passed away on January 4, 2015 at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. On January 16, 1924, Roberta was the 3rd generation of Wheelers to be born on Hollenbeck Avenue, in Great Barrington, the town that has been home to at least seven generations of the Wheeler family. After...
