Obituaries

Angela L. Shetron, 37

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Angela L. Shetron passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2020, after a long battle with addiction. She was born in Pittsfield on June 6, 1982. She attended Mount Greylock...

April N. Castonguay, 48

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — April Nicole Castonguay, 48, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away April 30, 2020, at her home.  Born in Pittsfield on October 9, 1971, she was the daughter of Paul...

John O. Forward Jr. 

DALTON, Mass. —  John O. Forward Jr. passed away on May 2, 2020, at Craneville Place in Dalton, due to a long battle with cancer, diabetes, Parkinson's and recently with...

RosaLea Chapman, 76

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — RosaLea Chapman, 76, formerly of Root Place in Pittsfield, passed away at Springside Nursing Home on April 26, 2020. Born in Tacoma, Washington, on October 8, 1943,...

Claire I. Burbank, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Claire I. Burbank, 87, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away April 25, 2020, at Craneville Place in Dalton with her loving husband at her side. Born in North Adams,...

Marcel G. Breault Sr., 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Marcel George Breault Sr., 86, of Pittsfield passed away April 24, 2020, at Springside Nursing Home. He was born in Lyndonville, Vt., on April 25, 1933, to the late...

Austin R. Shaw, 25

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Austin Reed Shaw, 25, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away April 18, 2020, due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Austin was predeceased by his mother,...

Joyce E. Harwood, 94

DALTON, Mass. — Joyce Elisabeth (Ledger) Harwood, 94, formerly of Wilbraham, Mass., died peacefully on April 20, 2020, at Sugar Hill Assisted Living in Dalton, Mass. She was born in...

A. Bruce Wroldson, 84

DALTON, Mass. — Mr. A. Bruce Wroldson, 84, of Dalton passed away peacefully April 21, 2020, at home.  Born in Adams on October 24, 1935, Bruce was the son of Mary Katherine Hosier...

Ruth A. Lewis, 86

DALTON, Mass. — Ruth A. Lewis, 86, lifelong resident of Dalton, Mass., passed away April 23, 2020, at the home of her daughter Kathleen. She was born in Pittsfield on April 14, 1934, to...

Ruthann E. Mason, 75

DALTON, Mass. — Ruthann E. (Croughwell) Mason, 75, of Dalton passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2020, with her favorite daughter, Melissa, by her side. Born on November 12, 1944, in...

John A. Stengle, 73

RICHMOND, Mass. — John A. Stengle, 73, of Richmond passed away peacefully on April 18, 2020. John was born in Cambridge, Mass., to the late Charles A. and Dorothy Scheid Stengle. He...

Gladys E. Shepard, 94

RICHMOND, Mass. — Gladys E. (Betty) Litchfield Shepard, 94, of Pilgrim Street, Richmond, Mass., died Monday, April 6, 2002, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. Born in...

Daniel L. Blakeney, 81

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Daniel Leroy Blakeney, 81, passed away on April 11, 2020. Born on August 1, 1938, in Great Barrington, Mass., he was the son of Sterling Freeland Blakeney and...

Andrew L. Coletsos, 52

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Andrew Lonie Coletsos, 52, former construction worker and landscaper turned social services worker — and always available adviser to all — died April 4,...

Raymond W. Milukas Sr., 93

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Raymond W. Milukas Sr., 93, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away April 5, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on September 30, 1926, he was the son of...

James C. Cannon, 73

LENOX, Mass. — James Charles Cannon of Lenox, Mass., passed away April 7, 2020, on his 73rd birthday, at Kimball Farms Nursing Facility. Born on April 7, 1947, he was the son of Howard...

Richard Salvadore, 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Richard Salvadore, 72, of 36 South Onota St., Pittsfield, died Saturday, April 11, 2020, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on June 2, 1947, the son of Angelo D. and...

Theodore E. Sheldon, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Theodore E. Sheldon, 71, of Pittsfield, Mass., passed away March 29, 2020, after a long illness.  Born February 2, 1949, in Cromwell, Conn., he was the son of...

James 'Joe' Healy, 63

LENOX, Mass. —James "Joe" Healy, 63, died Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center from a heart attack. Joe was born in Pittsfield on August 14, 1956, the son of Thomas...

Edward N. Peters

LENOX, Mass. — Edward Norman Peters, 76, of Lenox died Monday, April 6, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center.   Born in Providence, R.I., on December 4, 1943, the son of Manuel L. and...

James B. Wells, 94

LENOX, Mass. — James Bud Wells, 94, was called to mercifully take his place among family and friends who have passed before him. Bud died peacefully at home on April 6, 2020.   He...

Janis L. Therrien, 66

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Janis L. Therrien, 66, passed away on March 22, 2020. She was born on January 11, 1954, in Pittsfield, the daughter of Vincent Therrien of Milton, Fla., and the late...

Norma N. Goldberg, 90

LENOX, Mass. —Devoted, beloved wife for 62 years of the late Melvin Goldberg, Norma N. Goldberg, 90, passed away March 26, 2020, in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. She was the cherished mother...

Norma R. McDermott, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Norma Rita McDermott, 88, formerly of 26 Wilson St., Pittsfield, Mass., passed away March 23, 2020, at Springside Nursing Home. Born in Pittsfield on November 13,...