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...
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....
