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...
Morton Sternberg
Sep 15, 2014
CORRECTION - Service Date The funeral service will be held on Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, 270 State Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230, conducted by Rabbi Robert Ourach. Burial with Military Honors will follow at Ahavath Sholom Cemetery on Blue Hill Road in Great Barrington, MA.
John Terence Krahm
Sep 14, 2014
John died suddenly on Sunday, September 14, 2014, from a cause unknown, but apparently peacefully as he was found resting in the seat of his tractor, having worked the day cutting wood and mowing the lawn at the home he loved in West Stockbridge. John Krahm was born and raised on Long Island, the second child of four. His father...
Joseph Savoy
Sep 12, 2014
Joseph Savoy passed away peacefully at St Peter's Hospice Inn at Albany, New York on the morning of September 12, 2014 at the age of 96. Joe had been a resident at Atria Assisted Living in Guilderland, NY, where he resided with his loving wife of 73 years, Jean. They were previously long time residents of Great Barrington, MA. He...
Leeila G. Taylor
Sep 9, 2014
Leeila G. Taylor, 96, passed away September 9, 2014. Born on March 21, 1918 in Coventry, VT she was the daughter of Maynard and Marjorie Dunn Watson. Her family moved to Massachusetts when she was quite young, she grew up in Monterey and lived in South County most of her life. She married the "Love of her Life", Richard Taylor,...
Birdell Lilly-May Rockwell
Sep 3, 2014
Rockwell, Birdell Lilly-May Carse - It was a lovely fall day on Nov. 2, 1948 when Birdell Lilly-May Carse Rockwell came into the world, and it was a sunny late summer day when she left it on Sept. 3, 2014, just two months shy of her 66th birthday and with family at her side. Birdie, the namesake of her paternal...
Per B. Pedersen
Sep 1, 2014
Per Bjrn Pedersen, 96, of Canaan, Connecticut, died peacefully September 1, 2014, at Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canaan. He was predeceased by his wife of 40 years, Grace Johnson Pedersen, in 1991. Born in Arendal, Norway on October 19, 1917, Per immigrated to the United States in 1925. A veteran of World War II, he enlisted in the...
James M. Bliss
Aug 20, 2014
James M. Bliss, 64, of Alum Hill Road in Ashley Falls passed away on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield following a courageous battle with cancer. Born September 10, 1949 in Mineola, New York he was the son of the late Edward P. Bliss, Sr. and Helen E. Malinauska Bliss. He was a graduate of Webutuck...
John Henry Elimar Peters
Aug 19, 2014
John Henry Elimar Peters, 61, of Main Street in Great Barrington passed away Tuesday evening, August 19, 2014 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born on May 2, 1953 in Queens, New York he was the son of Elimar and Elizabeth Bollmann Peters. While in New York he attended Grace Lutheran Elementary School and then Mount Everett Regional School in...
Hilton R. Whitney, Ph.D.
Aug 12, 2014
Hilton R. Whitney, Ph.D. , 95, died peacefully in his home on August 12, 2014 after a long illness. He was cared for by his daughter and his sons. He was born Nov. 5, 1918 in Gt. Barrington, the son of Raymond and Hazel Whitney of Hartsville. He attended Hartsville Elementary School and graduated from New Marlborough High School in...
Katherine A. Crine
Aug 12, 2014
Mrs. Katherine A. Crine, 84, of Sheffield Egremont Road passed away on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at her home in Sheffield following a courageous battle with cancer. Born on March 5, 1930 in Mattoon, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Harry C. and Helen Guyette Stoner. Katherine married her husband, the late Richard F. Crine, Sr. on September...
Barbara K. Boughton
Aug 10, 2014
Barbara K.Boughton of Glendale, MA died on August 10th in the same way in which she lived: with dignity, grace, and courage. Barbara was born in Brooklyn on January 30th, 1947 to Mildred and Marvin Kahn. She spent most of her adult life here in Berkshire County, MA. It is here where she had a profound impact on this beautiful...
Helen Gross Sierles
Aug 1, 2014
Helen Gross Sierles died in Lenox, Massachusetts, on August 1, 2014 at age 102. Born in New York City, she was the oldest of the seven children of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Selig and Rebecca Fishman. When she was four, the family settled in New Haven, Connecticut, where she grew up, graduated from Hillhouse High School and attended what is now New...
Rev. George Edward Mayer
Jul 29, 2014
Rev. George E. Mayer, died peacefully at home in Great Barrington on July 29th, 2014 after a courageous seven year battle with cancer. He was 71 years old. George was ordained as an ELCA Lutheran Pastor 46 years ago at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Teaneck, New Jersey and began his service at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Baldwinsville, NY....
