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...
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...
