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....
Dorothea Drake Burnett
Jul 28, 2014
Dorothea Emilynn Drake Burnett died in the early morning on July 28, 2014, at the age of 99 at her home in Southfield, MA. She was born to Harry Burton Drake and Elsie Emilynn Roberts Drake Reynolds on January 11, 1915 in Idabelle, OK. She was an only child. She graduated from Glendale (AZ) High School and from Arizona State...
Mary Walker Wilcox
Jul 27, 2014
Mary Walker Wilcox, 95, a longtime resident of Alford passed away on Sunday, July 27, 2014 at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington. Born in Brooklyn, New York on February 5, 1919 she was the daughter of John and Grace Johnston Moult. She graduated from Adelphi College (now Adelphi University) in 1941. She won several tennis championships in her college years....
Johanna B. Kehn
Jul 22, 2014
JOHANNA B. (MATTES) KEHN Johanna B. (Mattes) Kehn, 94, passed away peacefully at her daughter's home in South Egremont, MA on July 22, 2014 under the compassionate care of HospiceCare in The Berkshires. Born in Erfurt, Germany, Johanna immigrated to America at age 3 with her father Walter Batze and mother Marie Riehmann Batze. She grew up in Albany, NY...
Michael J. Cleary
Jul 18, 2014
MICHAEL J. CLEARY, JR. GREAT BARRINGTON ******************************* Michael J. Cleary, Jr. , 75, died July 18, 2014 at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, MA. Born in Great Barrington on April 16, 1939, he was the only child of Michael and Gladys Funk Cleary. He was a 1957 graduate of the former Searles High School and a U.S. Navy veteran. From...
Cora Virginia Reed Beattie Rawlings
Jul 15, 2014
South Egremont Cora Virginia Reed Beattie Rawlings "Jinny" passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family and friends on July 15, 2014. Born in Stamford, CT on February 21, 1928 to Sidney and Cora Reed, she was educated at Sacred Heart Academy in Stamford graduating in 1946. She moved to Sheffield, MA. in the late 1940's and...
Giuseppe Chighine
Jul 11, 2014
Giuseppe (Joseph) Chighine, 81, formerly of Hartsville died peacefully on July 11, 2014 in Westerly, Rhode Island. He was born on May 15, 1933 in Sardinia, Italy where he was raised. He served in the Italian Army from 1952 - 1954 and then moved to London, England where he met his wife Jessica Campbell. They were married there in 1959...
Carolyn Edwards Bartels
Jun 29, 2014
TOLLAND: Carolyn Edwards Bartels, 74, died peacefully at home in the Berkshires surrounded by her loving family. Born December 9, 1939, to the late Genevieve and Morris Edwards. Living in the Hartford area for over 50 years, Cincinnati is where she called home, always a true "Mid-Westerner"! She loved the Kentucky Derby, the Indy 500, the Cincinnati Reds and the...
Martha C. Downing
Jun 24, 2014
MARTHA CORNISH DOWNING Topsham, Maine-Martha C. Downing age 81 of Hubbard Lane died Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine. Martha was a teacher for many years while living in New Jersey before retiring to Maine in 2005. The Downing's vacationed at their home in South Berkshire County, where there was a long family...
Anne T. Wicke
Jun 18, 2014
ANNE T. WICKE 1917-2014 OTIS - Anne T. Wicke, 96, of Monterey Road, passed away on June 18 at Fairview Hospital. She was born on September 18, 1917 in Flushing, NY, the daughter of Zofia Modzienkowska and Julian Brzozowski. She attended St. Agnes School in College Point, NY and then lived in Beechhurst, NY until moving to the Berkshires in...
Mary P. Andregg
Jun 14, 2014
MARY P. ANDREGG Mary P. Andregg, 87, a former longtime resident of Sheffield and later Great Barrington passed away on June 14, 2014 at Geer Rehabilitation Center in Canaan where she had been a resident since moving to Geer Village in August of 2013. Born April 9, 1927 in Torrington, CT Mary was the daughter of the late Joseph and...
Eric Pepino
Jun 13, 2014
Eric A. Pepino, 23, of Baltimore, Maryland, died unexpectedly on June 13, 2014. Born in San Diego, California on October 25, 1990, Eric was the son of Richard and stepmother Lisa Pepino of Ashley Falls, MA. He attended the former Bryant School in Great Barrington and then Mount Everett Regional High School in Sheffield. While at Mount Everett, Eric was...
