Obituaries

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...

Victoria Zabawa, 84

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Victoria (Piekos) Zabawa, 84, of Southampton died on Monday, June 3, 2019. Born August 23, 1934, in Cheshire, Mass., to Jan and Karolina (Bulsa) Piekos, she attended...

Howard Levitz, 72

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Howard Jay Levitz, 72, of Williamstown died Sunday, May 26, 2019, at his home. He was born in the Bronx, N.Y., on April 24, 1947, son of Albert and Rita...

Arline Sheldon, 99

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Arline Marjorie Sheldon, 99 of Williamstown, MA, died Thursday, May 30, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in North Adams, MA, on May 7, 1920, daughter of...

Richard Dubie Jr.,76

ADAMS, Mass. - Richard Francis Dubie Jr. 76, of Adams, MA, died Saturday May 25, 2019, at the North Adams Commons following a brief illness. He was born in North Adams on August 16, 1942, a...

Helen A. Soja, 94

ADAMS, Mass. — Helen A. Soja, R.N., 94, formerly of Adams, died Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Adams on July 26, 1924, a daughter of the late John and...

James Robinson, 84

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mr. James A. Robinson, 84, of Adams, died on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in North Adams on August 15, 1934, son of the...

Edwin F. Gajda, 89

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Edwin F. Gajda, 89, of Adams, died Tuesday afternoon, May 21, 2019, at his home. He was born in Adams on August 20, 1929, a son of the late Jacob and Veronica...

Walter John Horton Jr, 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Walter John Horton Jr., 75 of Williamstown, MA, died Friday May 17, 2019, at his home. He was born in Pittsfield, MA, on July 7, 1943 son of Walter John and...

John Skovera

WILIAMSTOWN, Mass. - On Monday May 20, 2019, John Michael Skovera, 71, of Williamstown, died at the Albany Medical Center after a heroic fight for life. John was born on August 1,...

Jeremy E. Boody, 34

WINDSOR, Mass. — Jeremy E. Boody, 34, of Windsor, Mass., passed away May 14, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on November 23, 1984, he was the son of Jeffrey A. Boody...

Dorothy Denault, 95

ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy M. (Griffel) Denault of Adams passed away at the age of 95 on May 15, 2019. She was born on September 27, 1923, the daughter of Anna and Paul Griffel formerly of...

Barbara Wooley, 83

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Barbara Joan (Tarsa) "Basch" Wooley, 83, of Adams, died on Thursday, May 16, 2019, at Williamstown Commons with family by her side. She was born in Adams on May...

Paul George Magnifico, 98

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Paul George Magnifico of North Adams, MA died on Thursday May 16, 2019, on his 98th birthday. He was born in North Adams, MA, on May 16, 1921, son of Michael and Rose...

Thomas Edward Moran, 88

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Graveside burial services for Thomas Edward Moran, 88, of Clarksburg, MA, who died on January 8, 2019, will be held on Friday May 17, 2019, at 10:00 AM in...

Beverly DeMarsico, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beverly Jane (Koch) DeMarsico, 80 of Port Orange, FL, and formerly of North Adams, MA, died Monday May 13, 2019, at Bishop's Glen Nursing Home in Daytona Beach. She...

Hazel Sacco, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Hazel Lena (Adams) Sacco, 96, of North Adams, MA, and a former longtime resident of Stamford, VT died Wednesday May 8, 2019, at Albany Medical Center. She was born...