Obituaries

John T. Allen, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  John T. Allen died on September 2, 2026 at his home in Williamstown, MA. He was born on December 22, 1938 in North Adams, MA to the late Robert S. Allen and Irma...

Robert E. Mazzantini, 71

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Robert E. Mazzantini, 71, of Adams, died Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was born in Adams on December 17, 1954, a son of the late...

Jayquan A. Williams, 18

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jayquan Alan “Jay” Williams, 18, of North Adams, died unexpectedly on September 2, 2026. He was born in North Adams on June 28, 2008, a son of Tina...

Peter Montgomery, 76

Peter Shaw “Possum” Montgomery, 76, of North Adams, died Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born July 10, 1950, in North Adams, MA, the son of the late...

Joseph James Kirvin, 70

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Joseph James Kirvin, 70, of Pittsfield died on August 29, 2026 at Berkshire Medical Center. Joseph was born in Pittsfield, MA on August 29, 1956, a son of the late Dr....

Alfred "Bud" Dickinson, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Alfred Roger Dickinson fondly known as Bud passed away on September 1, 2026. Bud was born on March 31,1939 in North Adams. A beloved husband, father, grandfather, and...

Susan Barbara Chalifoux, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Susan Barbara (Carlton) Chalifoux, 81, formerly of North Adams, MA, died peacefully on Sunday, August 23, 2026, in Scranton, PA. She was born in North Adams on...

Barbara Jean Bullett, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Barbara Jean (Sanders) Bullett, 83, of Williamstown died on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at Berkshire Medical Center with family at her side. Born in North Adams, MA...

Francis Edward Pierce Jr.,

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Francis Edward Pierce, Jr., known to family and friends as Fran, passed away at his home on August 15, 2026, in Port Orange, Florida, at the age of 70. Fran was...

Carolyn A. Shaw-Dushaney, 80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Carolyn A. Shaw-Dushaney, a devoted mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, and lifelong lover of the natural world, passed away on August 25, 2026, at the age of...

Elaine A. "Tootie" Littlejohn McAndrews, 70

CHESHIRE, Mass. —  Elaine A. “Tootie” Littlejohn McAndrews, born in Pittsfield, MA, on March 7, 1956, passed away August 17, 2026, while visiting Bermuda, where she found her...

James O. Kenney, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —   James O. Kenney, 95, husband of the late Shirley Granger Kenney, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2026 at Cottingham Hospice House in South Carolina. The Kenneys...

Shirley M. Michael, 81

ADAMS, Mass. — Shirley Mildred (Dimitropolis) Michael, of Adams, died on Saturday, August 29th 2026 surrounded by her family. She was born in Adams, Massachusetts on May 21, 1945, a daughter...

Edward Laurin LaCosse Sr, 60

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Edward Laurin LaCosse Sr., 60, of North Adams, died at his home on Monday, August 24, 2026. He was born in Pittsfield on August 28, 1965, the son of Richard Joseph...

Shirley P. Dill, 101

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Shirley (Patterson) Dill, 101, of Adams, died Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at North Adams Regional Hospital. She was born in Dalton on January 21, 1925, a daughter of the...

Ronald E. Lagowski, 75

SAVOY, Mass. — Mr. Ronald E. Lagowski, 75, of Savoy, died Sunday evening, August 23, 2026 at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was born in Adams on September 28, 1950, a son of the late...

Barbara D. Bennett, 86

ADAMS, Mass. —   Mrs. Barbara (Doherty) Bennett, 86, of Adams, died Friday afternoon, August 21, 2026 at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Adams on January 5, 1940, daughter...

Rachaele Melillo, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Rachaele Gina Martin Melillo, 91, died on August 15, 2026, in Hendersonville, NC. Born in North Adams, MA on June 17, 1935, she was the daughter of Virginia Maria...

Carol (Sturtevant) Andrews, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Carol May (Sturtevant) Andrews, 85 of North Adams, MA died Sunday August 16, 2026, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams, MA on November 9, 1940, a...

Beth Fuller Putnam, 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Beth Fuller Putnam, 72, died on August 6, 2026.  But that sentence tells you almost nothing about her, so here's what does. You could usually hear Bethie...

Christopher Adam Letalien, 41

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —   Christopher Adam Letalien, 41 of North Adams, MA died on Friday August 14, 2026, at Bay State Medical Center in Springfield, MA. He was born in North Adams, MA...

Jeanette Sherman, 85

CLARKSBURG, Mass. —  Jeanette Rose (Masson) Sherman, age 85 of Clarksburg, MA, passed away on August 14, 2026 at North Adams Regional Hospital. She was born in North Adams, MA, on April...

Veronica Sprague, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Veronica Rose (Boschetti) Sprague, 95, of North Adams, passed away on Thursday, August 13, 2026, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on July 2, 1931, she was...

Denise A. Krutiak, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Denise Alice (Pisano) Krutiak, 70, of North Adams, passed away on Thursday morning, August 13, 2026, at her home surrounded by her loving family after a long and...

Kathleen Sadzinski, 66

ADAMS, Mass. —   Kathleen Ann Sadzinski, 66, of Adams, died on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, at North Adams Commons. She was born in Adams on December 27, 1959, daughter Beverly...