Obituaries

Rosemary Hilton, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Rosemary (Davis) Hilton, 88, of Adams died on Saturday, January 11, 2020, at Williamstown Commons. Rosemary was born in Great Barrington, Mass., on January 26, 1931, to the...

William Powers, 80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - William Gough Powers, 80, of Williamstown, Mass., died Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, Mass. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on...

Gary Bernardo, 69

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Gary Francis Bernardo, 69, of North Adams, peacefully left this world on Tuesday, January 14, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a long illness. Gary was...

Scott Moran, 48

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Scott Michael Moran, 48, of North Adams, Mass., died Monday, January 13, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Scott was born in North Adams on...

Bernard Gomeau Sr., 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Bernard James "Bernie" Gomeau, affectionately known as "BoBo," 84, of North Adams, Mass., died Wednesday January 15, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center in...

David D. Adams Jr., 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. David D. Adams Jr., 76, of North Adams died Friday, January 10, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on March 21, 1943, a son of the...

Donald J. Racette, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Donald James Racette, 87, of North Adams, Mass., died Saturday, January 11, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on August 2, 1932 son of...

John R. Anderson, 88

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. John R. Anderson, 88, of Adams died Friday evening, January 3, 2020, at Craneville Place in Dalton. He was born in Quincy, Mass., on April 27, 1931, a son of the late...

Nancy A. Chicoine, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Nancy A. Chicoine, 86, of North Adams passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at the North Adams Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in North Adams on July 1,...

Stacy L. Pelletier, 44

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Senior Master Sergeant Stacy Lyn (Zwiercan) Pelletier, USAF (Ret.), 44, of Aurora, Colo., died Thursday, January 2, 2020, at Parker Adventis Hospital in Parker, Colo. She was...

June McConnell, 91

. June Frances (Knowlton) McConnell (91) of North Adams, passed away early Wednesday morning, January 1st at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield with family by her side. She was born in June...

Larrie Ann Noyes, 78

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Larrie Ann "Mimi" Noyes, 78, died on January 2, 2020. Mother of four, grandmother of eight and great-grandmother to several several great-grandchildren, she was a...

Joseph Szewczyk,74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Joseph C. Szewczyk, 74 years young, died peacefully on Saturday, January 4, 2020, surrounded by his BFAIR caregivers and loved ones. Joe was a gentle giant and a gentleman. He...

Julia V. Kowalski, 95

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Julia Veronica (Demby) Kowalski passed away after a short illness on January 3, 2020, at the age of 95 years and 10 months. She was surrounded by her family at the time of...

Jane Simon, 94

ADAMS, Mass. - Jane Helen (Gorman) Simon, 94, formerly of Adams, passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Saturday December 28, 2019, in Plymouth, Mass. Jane was born on December 1,...

Dr. Edwin Hopton,89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Dr. Edwin Hostetter Hopton of Williamstown, Mass., died on Sunday, December 15, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born on May 9, 1930, in Lancaster, Pa., Ed was the son of...

Harry Beverly Sr, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Harry Louis Beverly Sr., formerly of Williamstown, died peacefully after a long illness on Tuesday, December 31, 2019, at the home of his son Joseph in Williamstown surrounded...

Bobby Riddell, 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Robert Dunlop Riddell III of North Adams, Mass., passed away on Friday, December 27, 2019, following a courageous, year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Bobby left this...

John O'Connor

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - John Thomas O'Connor, 79, of Williamstown, Mass., died peacefully on Friday, December 20, 2019, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt., with his wife and daughters...

William A. Salvatore, 84

CHESHIRE, Mass. — William Anthony Salvatore, 84, of 28 Second Avenue, Cheshire, died Christmas Day, December 25, 2019, at his home, surrounded by his daughters. Born in Pittsfield on May 15,...

Loretta B. Hoye-Logan, 66

ADAMS, Mass. — Loretta Barbara "Lori" Hoye-Logan, 66, of the Spanaway area of Tacoma, Wash., formerly of Adams, passed away suddenly Saturday night, Dec. 21, 2019, from...

Mary Saunders, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Mrs. Mary H. (Marony) Saunders, 86, of North Adams died on Tuesday, December 31, 2019, at her home. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 18, 1933, a...

Mary Jane Leab, 81

CHESHIRE, Mass. - Mary Jane (Lyon) Leab, 81, of Cheshire, Mass., died Monday, December 30, 2019, at her home, surrounded by loved ones. She was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on August 25, 1938,...

Robert Kennedy, 94

ADAMS, Mass. — Robert E. Kennedy passed away peacefully on December 21, 2019, with his daughter by his side. A longtime resident of Adams, he lived in Florida since 2005. He was born on Nov...

Katie Jean Hayes, 33

ADAMS, Mass. — Katie Jean (Bleau) Hayes, 33, of Adams, Mass., passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2019, in Adams. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on July 8, 1986, daughter of Stephen...