Obituaries

Jeanne M. Steuer, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Jeanne M. (Noel) Steuer, 87, of Williamstown died peacefully Sunday, August 14, 2016, surrounded by her children, at Williamstown Commons. In her final days, she was...

Francis A. Martel

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Francis A. Martel, 70, of 266 Houghton St., North Adams, died Thursday, August 5, 2016, at his home. He was born in Westfield, Mass., on March 26, 1946, a son...

James F. Richardson Sr., 78

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — James Foster Richardson Sr., 78, of Williamstown and formerly of Rye, N.Y., died on Friday, August 5, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. He was...

Richard Demagall, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Demagall, 80, of North Adams died Saturday, July 30, 2016, at his beloved home. He was born in Mount Pleasant, Pa., on May 16, 1936, son of Joseph and...

Peter J. Grillone, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Peter Joseph Grillone, 94, of North Adams died on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 at North Adams Commons, surrounded by his loving family. Born on May 18, 1922, in...

Richard P. Tworig, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Peter “Dick” Tworig, 80, of North Adams died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Williamstown on March 3,...

Robert J. LaPierre, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Joseph Hugh LaPierre, 83, of North Adams passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at the Berkshire Medical Center North. He was born in North Adams on April 11,...

Leslie Brown, 61

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Leslie Brown died of leukemia in Boston on August 5, 2016, surrounded by loving friends and her long term partner Annie Valk.   Brown was a professor of...

Priscilla Coulter, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— Priscilla (Hallock) Coulter, 89, of Williamstown died Sunday, August 7, 2016. She was born in the Village of Goshen, New York, on June 6, 1927, the daughter of the...

Lawrence J. LaValley, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lawrence James LaValley, 68, of Sierra Vista, Ariz., passed away on Aug. 4, 2016, after a brief, but valiant, battle with cancer. He was born on April 1, 1948, in...

Linda S. Buda, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Linda S. Buda, 63, of 150 Ashland St. passed away Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016 at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on March 19, 1953, she was...

Josephine K. Kleiner, 93

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Josephine Katherine (Schultz) Kleiner, 93, of 105 Friend St., Adams, died Thursday evening, August 4, 2016, at Craneville Place in Dalton. She was born in Adams on...

Robert L. Chesbro, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mr. Robert Lewis Chesbro, 94, of North Adams and a winter resident of Boynton Beach, Fla., died Sunday Aug. 7, 2016, at Williamstown Commons.     He...

Raymond J. Hotte, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Raymond John Hotte, 72, of North Adams died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Middlebury, Vt., on...

Bruno Ziarnik, 93

ADAMS, Mass. — Bruno Ziarnik, 93, of Adams died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, at Sweet Brook of Williamstown Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Center.  He was born in Savoy, Mass., on...

Laurie J. Lemieux, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Laurie Jean (Brooks) Lemieux, 50, of North Adams died Saturday, July 30, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. She was born in North Adams on...

Dorothy Rudolph, 95

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dorothy Rudolph of Williamstown died at home on Tuesday, Aug 2, 2016, surrounded by family and friends.   Mrs. Rudolph, known affectionately as Dottie or DeDe...

Dr. Victor Ernst Hill IV, 76

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dr. Victor Ernst Hill IV, the Thomas T. Read Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, at Williams College, died at Berkshire Medical Center on July 23, 2016. He was...

Mary E. Wilk, 22

CHESHIRE, Mass. — The world is less joyful with the passing of Mary Elizabeth Wilk. She left this world on July 30, 2016, to begin her next journey. Her tragic death was the result of...

Scott A. Daub, 45

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Scott Allen Daub, 45, of North Adams died Sunday July 31, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center.   He was born in North Adams, Mass., on March 9, 1971, son of Leon...

Alan P. Gigliotti, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alan Peter Gigliotti, 76, of Hudson, Mass., died Sunday, July 31, 2016 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on September...

Dr. Don Quinn Kelley, 70

HANCOCK, Mass. — Dr. Don Quinn Kelley, 70, of Hancock and New York City, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, in Springfield, Mass., surrounded by his wife, daughter, and...

Gary A. Superneau, 54

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Gary Allen Superneau, 54, of Cheshire died Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at his home. Born in North Adams on November 18, 1961, the son of Ronald G. and "Sue"...

Holley A. Mitchell, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Holley Ann (Collette) Mitchell, 63, of North Street, North Adams, died Sunday, July 17, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center after a brief illness.  She was born...

David H. Bailey, 77

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — David Howard Bailey, 77, of Clarksburg died July 28, 2016, at his home surrounded by his loving family.  He was born in Lee on January 11, 1939, a son of the...