Obituaries

Joan D. Codding, 74

ADAMS, Mass. — Joan D. Codding, 74, of Adams died Monday, June 24, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 29, 1945, the daughter of Maurice and Dorothy Wing Clere, she...

David Vallette, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — David Andrew Vallette of North Adams, Massachusetts, formerly of Cranford and Winfield Park, New Jersey, joined his family in heaven on Friday, June 21, 2019. Known...

Patricia Goman, 78

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mrs. Patricia (Racette) Goman, 78, of Adams, died on Monday, June 24, 2019 at Albany Medical Center. She was born in North Adams on December 13, 1940, a daughter of the...

Leony H. Hooks, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Leony H. Weijers Copeland Hooks, 89, passed away on June 20, 2019. Leony was born on February 9, 1930, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and when she passed was enjoying...

Dr. Mitchell Burgin, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dr. Mitchell J. Burgin, 94, of Brooksby Village Drive, Peabody, and formerly of Williamstown, MA, died on June 21, 2019, at Kaplan House, Danvers, MA. He was born...

Gary Burro, 64

ADAMS, Mass. — Gary Alan Burro, 64, died on June 17, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Adams, MA, on December 24, 1954, a son to the late Angelo J. and Edna (Champney)...

Rita Paoletti, 97

DRURY, Mass. — Rita Isabelle (Barcomb) Paoletti, 97 of Drury, MA, died peacefully on Thursday, June 20, 2019, at North Adams Commons. She was born in North Adams, MA, on April 3, 1922,...

Gregory A. Beliveau, 75

ADAMS, Mass. —  Gregory Arthur Beliveau, 75, of 13101 Velma Place NE, Albuquerque, N.M., died on Saturday, June 1, 2019, at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque. Born in Adams on Sept....

Elizabeth 'Betsy' Rancourt, 74

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Elizabeth Anne "Betsy" Clermont Rancourt, RN, 74, of Williamstown, died unexpectedly Friday, June 14, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center, surrounded by...

Richard Trudeau, 82

ADAMS, Mass. —   Mr. Richard H. Trudeau, 82, of Adams, died on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at Williamstown Commons. He was born in Westfield on August 27, 1936, son of the late Edward...

Marion Hazel Crawford, 93

Marion Hazel (Belding) Crawford, 93 of North Adams, MA died Monday June 17, 2019. Born in North Adams on November 13, 1925, daughter of Charles G. and Elizabeth A. (Rougeau) Belding, she attended...

Orella Hartwig Blanchette, 100

ADAMS, Mass. — Orella Hartwig Blanchette passed away peacefully Friday morning, June 14, 2019. Born in Adams on April 12, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Adelard and Hilda Lamoureux...

Eileen Tisdale, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Eileen Patricia (O'Neil) Tisdale, 75, of North Adams died June 13, 2019. She was born in North Adams on September 6, 194,3 a daughter of the late Thomas and...

Ella S. Tower, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ella Susan (Robinson) Tower, 88 of North Adams, MA, died Saturday June 15, 2019 at North Adams Commons. She was born in North Adams, MA, on January 13, 1931 daughter of...

Evelyn Schoen, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Evelyn Gertrude "Chummy" (Honan) Schoen, 93, of Williamstown died Monday June 10, 2019, at her home. She was born in Naugatuck, CT, on May 19, 1926, the second of...

Howard L. Chesbro, 81

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Howard L. Chesbro, 81, passed away on the evening of Thursday, June 13, 2019, at Baystate Medical Center Springfield after a brief illness. Howard was born on March 16,...

Thomas I. Prokopowicz, 86

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mr. Thomas I. Prokopowicz, 86, of Adams, died on Saturday, June 15, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Susquehanna, PA, on July 16, 1932,...

Edmund Howland, 53

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Edmund J. Howland Jr., 53, of North Adams, MA, died on Monday, June 10, 2019 at his home. He was born in Rutland, VT, on October 6, 1965, a son of the...

Susan Toye-Gaudreau, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Susan Marie (O'Neill) Toye-Gaudreau, 67, of North Adams, MA, died Saturday June 8, 2019, at her home. She was born in North Adams, MA, on September 11,...

Arthur W. Schmidt, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Arthur Wayne Schmidt, 74, of North Adams, MA, died Saturday June 8, 2019, at his home. He was born in North Adams, MA, on June 15, 1944, the son of Arthur Augustus and...

Dorothy Counter, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Dorothy Margaret (Dow) Martin Counter, 97, of North Adams, MA, died on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in North Adams, MA, on October 21,...

Carol Rancourt, 68

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Carol Ann (LaPlante) Rancourt, 68, of 1165 North Hoosac Road, Williamstown, died on Sunday June 9, 2019, at North Adams Commons. She was born in North Adams on September 6,...

Matthew J. Wilk Jr., 73

ADAMS, Mass. — Matthew J. Wilk Jr., 73, of Adams, died early Friday morning, June 7, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on Jan. 27, 1946, son of the...

Debra M. Boulger, 59

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Debra Marie Therrien Boulger of Williamstown lost her battle with cancer on Thursday, June 6, 2019. She was born on May 24, 1960, daughter of Ernest and Mary...

Dr. Martien A Mulder, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dr. Martien A Mulder of Williamstown, Mass., and Clayton, N.Y., passed away on Sunday, June 2, 2019. He was born May 10, 1936, in Utrecht, The Netherlands, to...