Obituaries

Jose A. Cruz, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - José Antonio Cruz, 68, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, December 1, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on February...

Theresa Nowak, 72

ADAMS, Mass. —  Theresa C. Nowak, 72, of Adams died on Saturday, November 30, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Adams on January 14, 1947, a daughter of...

Isabelle LeClair, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Isabelle R. LeClair, 88, of North Adams died on Saturday, November 30, 2019, at Sweetbrook Nursing Home. She was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on May 23, 1931, to the late Joseph...

Dianne Hein, 73

CLARKSBURG, Mass. —  Dianne Joyce (Lewis) Hein of Clarksburg, Mass., died Friday, November 29, 2019, at her home. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on August 3,...

Howard R. Cruse, 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Howard Russell Cruse, 75 of Williamstown, MA died of cancer Tuesday November 26, 2019 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Birmingham, Ala., on May 2,...

Debbie J. Dix, 65

ADAMS, Mass. —  Debbie (Drury) Dix, 65, of Adams, died peacefully at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield on Saturday, November 23, 2019, with her daughter and granddaughter by her side...

Claire Blair, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Claire (Arnold) Blair, 79, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, November 24, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Stamford, Vt., on September 23, 1940, daughter...

Ralph Frieri, 93

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Ralph J. Frieri, 93, of Adams, died on Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Pittsfield on December 13, 1925, son of the...

Andrew Assante, 85

ADAMS, Mass. - Andrew Assante, 85, of Adams, Mass., died Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 21, 1934, son of John and...

Kevin M. Miller, 30

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Kevin Michael Miller, 30, of Williamstown passed on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at Lahey Clinic in Burlington with his family by his side. Born in North Adams on...

JoAnne Upton, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - JoAnne Camilla (Bettis) Upton, 81, of North Adams, Mass., died on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. She was born in Great...

David A. LaValley, 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - David Anthony LaValley, 65, of North Adams, Mass., died Saturday November 9, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born October 1, 1954, to the late Leo W. LaValley and the late...

Martha E. Stewart, 66

ADAMS, Mass. —  Martha E. (Ciuk) Stewart, 66, of Holyoke, formerly of Adams, died on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at the Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst. She was born in Adams on...

Dorothy Howcroft, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Dorothy Winifred (Johnson) Howcroft, 92, of Williamstown, Mass., died on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams on April 7, 1927 a...

Mary Bellonger, 77

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Elizabeth (Darling) Bellonger, 77, of Sioux Falls, S.D., and formerly of Williamstown, Mass., passed away surrounded by loved ones on Friday, November 8, 2019, at the...

Arlene Zappone, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Arlene Amelia (Raina) Zappone of North Adams, Mass., passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt., at 3...

Pamela Fortin, 69

ADAMS, Mass. —  Pamela T. Fortin, 69, of Adams, died on Friday, November 1, 2019, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams on March 22, 1950, a daughter of the late Albert and...

Warren Wood, 93

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Warren E. Wood, 93, of Clarksburg passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2019, surrounded by his family at Williamstown Commons. He was born in North Adams on January 12,...

Eusebio 'Pete' Serrano, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Eusebio "Pete" Serrano, 85, of North Adams, Mass., died Saturday November 2, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Barranquitas, Puerto...

Douglas M. Queen, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Douglas Murray Queen of Williamstown, Mass., passed away October 31, 2019, at Cascade House, Pittsfield, Mass., after a decade of declining health. The son of the late...

Karen F. Briggs, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Karen F. Briggs, 79, of North Adams, died Sunday, October 20, 2019. She was born to the late Arthur and Rose Lorraine (Murray) VanSteemburg, on January 27, 1940, in...

Anthony Mendel, 82

ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony G. Mendel, 82, of Adams, died on Tuesday, October 29, 2019, following a brief illness. At the time of his passing, Mr. Mendel was a patient at Salem Hospital in...

Julian Lipinski, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Julian F. Lipinski, 92, of Adams passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where he had been admitted a week earlier. He...

James B. Dean, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James B. "Jimmy" Dean, 82, of North Adams, died Tuesday morning, Oct. 29, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on...

Mary A. Murray, 58

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Mary Anne Murray, 58, of Cheshire, Mass., passed away October 27, 2019, at Berkshire Medical Center.  She was born in Pittsfield on April 9, 1961 to Ed and Anne...