Alma C. Allen
Nov 24, 2014
Mrs. Alma Allen, 97, of Water Street in Lee passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2015. Born March 14, 1918 in Richmond, MA she was the daughter of Lazzaro and Rosa Gondelli Bona. She attended schools in West Stockbridge and later went to the Banford Academy, a hairdressing school in New York City. Mrs. Allen worked for several years as...
Sallie Doores Vansant
Nov 14, 2014
Sallie Jo Doores VanSant, 61, of North Plain Road passed away on Friday, November 14, 2014 at her home in Housatonic. Born January 21, 1953 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana she was the daughter of Mary Jean and Jack Doores. Sallie grew up in New Jersey and spent three years in Surrey, England when her father was posted there. She spent...
Dorothea Alice Miller
Nov 9, 2014
Dorothea A. Miller, 84, died November 9, 2014 at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. The 10th of 12 children of Norman Vincent and Mabel Sarah (Metzler) Oppermann, she was born in the Interlaken section of Stockbridge on February 15, 1930. She attended schools in Stockbridge and Pittsfield and was a 1948 graduate of Pittsfield High School. Following graduation,...
Jonathan Edward Ross
Nov 6, 2014
Jonathan "Jon" Edward Ross, a long-time resident of Great Barrington, died unexpectedly on November 6, 2014 in Pittsfield following a long illness. He was 45. One of nine children, Jon was born in Pittsfield and grew up in Great Barrington. He attended Monument Mountain Regional High School and was an all-around handyman having worked throughout Berkshire County in a variety...
Kenneth Craig Hall
Nov 6, 2014
K. Craig Hall, 61, passed away November 6, 2014 at home surrounded by his family following a well fought battle with lung cancer. Born in San Francisco, California on July 12, 1953 he was the eldest child of Kenneth Mason and Manuela Viviana "Vivian" (Mora) Hall. His early years were spent in California and in 1958 moved to his...
Mary Romano
Nov 6, 2014
Mary Romano, 99, passed away on November 6, 2014 at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. She had been a resident at Fairview Commons Nursing Home for the past several years. Mary moved to Great Barrington 10 years ago to be closer to her family. Born on February 6, 1915 in Corona, New York she was the daughter of Vincenzo and...
Paul S. Batacchi, Sr.
Nov 6, 2014
Paul S. Batacchi, Sr., 89, of South Main Street in Sheffield passed away early Thursday, November 6, 2014 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. A native and lifelong resident of Sheffield, Paul was born August 24, 1925 the son of John and Maria Polastri Batacchi. He attended the former Sheffield Center High School. A veteran of World War II Paul...
Trinity Renee Raifstanger
Nov 5, 2014
Trinity R. Raifstanger, 39, Green River Valley Road, Alford, MA peacefully entered heaven's gates early Wednesday morning, November 5, 2014. Trinity fought a courageous one and a half year battle with melanoma cancer while displaying tremendous grace, courage and inspiration. Born on March 12, 1975 in Pittsfield, MA, she was the daughter of James F. Finn and Paula J. (Benham)...
Susan Marie O'Connor
Nov 4, 2014
Susan Marie O'Connor passed away unexpectedly on November 4, 2014 at her home. Born December 23, 1963 in Gt. Barrington, she was the daughter of Marie Priore O'Connor and Denis O'Connor. Sue was educated locally and was a graduate of Mt. Everett Regional High School in Sheffield and also attended Columbia Green College in Hudson, NY, Northwestern College in Winsted,...
Alice O. Howell-Andersen
Oct 28, 2014
Alice O. Howell, just shy of age 92, died Tuesday, October 28, 2014. A resident of Monterey for the past 33 years, she was born in Cambridge, MA on November 13, 1922 to Reginald Orcutt and Penelope King Orcutt. She spent her childhood living in hotels and boarding schools throughout Europe, visiting 37 countries and meeting interesting people that inspired...
Rudolph Lloyd Hoeltzel
Oct 24, 2014
Rudolph Lloyd Hoeltzel of Stockbridge, MA died peacefully on October 24, 2014 of complications from cancer. He passed away at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by his immediate family. He was born in 1934 in Washington, DC to Lloyd Claus Hoeltzel, a government worker, and Frederika Critchett Hoeltzel, a researcher at American University. He graduated from Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale,...
Alta L. Skorput
Oct 22, 2014
Alta L. Skorput, 97, formerly of West Stockbridge, Mass passed away peacefully in Venice, FL on October 22, 2014. Alta and John resided in Venice, FL for the last twenty six years where she made numerous friends. Alta was born on November 6, 1916 in Perth Amboy, NJ, the daughter of the late George and Anna Larson. She attended Perth...
Nola Watson Lawrence
Oct 16, 2014
Nola Watson Lawrence peacefully departed this life on October 16, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA. She was born in Camden, Alabama on March 6, 1925. She was educated in Alabama public schools. In 1948, Nola relocated from Camden, Alabama to Great Barrington where she found work as a live-in domestic. Shortly thereafter, her fiancé, Elarge Lawrence, moved to...
Marie Deangelis Carr
Oct 11, 2014
Marie (DeAngelis) Carr, 88, of Southfield, Massachusetts, wife of the late Edwin H. Carr Sr., passed away peacefully surrounded by family on October 11, 2014 at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Marie was born January 31, 1926 in Poughkeepsie, NY. Marie and Ed worked tirelessly and selflessly to raise 7 children. When Ed passed away 35 years ago,...
Erik Schutz
Oct 11, 2014
Erik Schutz, 77, died on October 11, 2014 at his home on County Road in Sheffield after a courageous fight with cancer. He was born December 23, 1936 in Flushing, Queens. His parents, Ferdinand and Valborg, emigrated from Denmark. When Erik was a teenager the family moved from Flushing to New Marlborough where they purchased and renovated a beautiful farm...
David D. Siegel
Oct 9, 2014
David Donald Siegel died on October 9, 2014 at his home in North Egremont, MA, after a series of health problems. He was born on October 18, 1931, in Brooklyn, NY. David attended New York City public schools and was a bright but unmotivated student at Brooklyn College, where he majored in Romance Languages. He received a draft notice on...
Marion E. Oleen
Sep 25, 2014
SHEFFIELD-Marion E. Oleen, 72, passed away on September 25, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family. Born on November 11, 1941, Marion was the daughter of the late Philip and Alice Peterson Eckert She and her husband George were married on September 25, 1965 in Hempstead, NY. She and George moved to the area more than 32 years ago...
Pliny Wesley Hunt
Sep 23, 2014
Pliny Wesley Hunt, 74, of Furnace Road in Stockbridge died Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield following a courageous 2 year battle with cancer. Born September 29, 1939 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts he was the son of the late Leon Wesley Hunt and Gertrude "Louise" Brown Hunt. He was a graduate of the former Williams High School...
Angus Richard Macdonald
Sep 18, 2014
Mr. Angus Richard "Dick" MacDonald, 88, passed away peacefully Thursday, Sept 18, 2014 at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox surrounded by his family. He was born on November 14, 1925 in San Diego, CA, to Lyman Angus and Fay Browne MacDonald. Angus led a full life as a pillar of his family and communities. He graduated senior President...
Irwin E. Adler
Sep 18, 2014
Irwin E. Adler, 84, of Lee, Massachusetts, died on Thursday, September 18. He was born in Passaic, New Jersey, on June 5, 1930, and graduated from Passaic High School and Rutgers University. He had a successful textile manufacturing business, Allied Elastic Braid Corporation, in New York and New Jersey, for more than thirty years. Irwin began coming to the Berkshires...
