Obituaries

Susan Barbara Chalifoux, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Susan Barbara (Carlton) Chalifoux, 81, formerly of North Adams, MA, died peacefully on Sunday, August 23, 2026, in Scranton, PA. She was born in North Adams on...

Barbara Jean Bullett, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Barbara Jean (Sanders) Bullett, 83, of Williamstown died on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at Berkshire Medical Center with family at her side. Born in North Adams, MA...

Francis Edward Pierce Jr.,

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Francis Edward Pierce, Jr., known to family and friends as Fran, passed away at his home on August 15, 2026, in Port Orange, Florida, at the age of 70. Fran was...

Carolyn A. Shaw-Dushaney, 80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —  Carolyn A. Shaw-Dushaney, a devoted mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, and lifelong lover of the natural world, passed away on August 25, 2026, at the age of...

Elaine A. "Tootie" Littlejohn McAndrews, 70

CHESHIRE, Mass. —  Elaine A. “Tootie” Littlejohn McAndrews, born in Pittsfield, MA, on March 7, 1956, passed away August 17, 2026, while visiting Bermuda, where she found her...

James O. Kenney, 95

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —   James O. Kenney, 95, husband of the late Shirley Granger Kenney, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2026 at Cottingham Hospice House in South Carolina. The Kenneys...

Shirley M. Michael, 81

ADAMS, Mass. — Shirley Mildred (Dimitropolis) Michael, of Adams, died on Saturday, August 29th 2026 surrounded by her family. She was born in Adams, Massachusetts on May 21, 1945, a daughter...

Edward Laurin LaCosse Sr, 60

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Edward Laurin LaCosse Sr., 60, of North Adams, died at his home on Monday, August 24, 2026. He was born in Pittsfield on August 28, 1965, the son of Richard Joseph...

Shirley P. Dill, 101

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Shirley (Patterson) Dill, 101, of Adams, died Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at North Adams Regional Hospital. She was born in Dalton on January 21, 1925, a daughter of the...

Ronald E. Lagowski, 75

SAVOY, Mass. — Mr. Ronald E. Lagowski, 75, of Savoy, died Sunday evening, August 23, 2026 at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was born in Adams on September 28, 1950, a son of the late...

Barbara D. Bennett, 86

ADAMS, Mass. —   Mrs. Barbara (Doherty) Bennett, 86, of Adams, died Friday afternoon, August 21, 2026 at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Adams on January 5, 1940, daughter...

Rachaele Melillo, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Rachaele Gina Martin Melillo, 91, died on August 15, 2026, in Hendersonville, NC. Born in North Adams, MA on June 17, 1935, she was the daughter of Virginia Maria...

Carol (Sturtevant) Andrews, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Carol May (Sturtevant) Andrews, 85 of North Adams, MA died Sunday August 16, 2026, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams, MA on November 9, 1940, a...

Beth Fuller Putnam, 72

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Beth Fuller Putnam, 72, died on August 6, 2026.  But that sentence tells you almost nothing about her, so here's what does. You could usually hear Bethie...

Christopher Adam Letalien, 41

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —   Christopher Adam Letalien, 41 of North Adams, MA died on Friday August 14, 2026, at Bay State Medical Center in Springfield, MA. He was born in North Adams, MA...

Jeanette Sherman, 85

CLARKSBURG, Mass. —  Jeanette Rose (Masson) Sherman, age 85 of Clarksburg, MA, passed away on August 14, 2026 at North Adams Regional Hospital. She was born in North Adams, MA, on April...

Veronica Sprague, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Veronica Rose (Boschetti) Sprague, 95, of North Adams, passed away on Thursday, August 13, 2026, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on July 2, 1931, she was...

Denise A. Krutiak, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Denise Alice (Pisano) Krutiak, 70, of North Adams, passed away on Thursday morning, August 13, 2026, at her home surrounded by her loving family after a long and...

Kathleen Sadzinski, 66

ADAMS, Mass. —   Kathleen Ann Sadzinski, 66, of Adams, died on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, at North Adams Commons. She was born in Adams on December 27, 1959, daughter Beverly...

Stewart Gordon Jones, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Stewart Gordon Jones, 93, of Venice, Florida and Bolton Landing, New York, died peacefully on August 2, 2026 at his home on a lake he loved with his wife of 55 years...

Cheryl Jane Carpenter-Briggs, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —   Cheryl Jane Carpenter Briggs, 75, of North Adams, MA died Wednesday August 12, 2026, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Boston, MA, on May 19, 1951, a...

Donna L. Murdock, 75

CHESHIRE, Mass. —   Mrs. Donna L. (Hayes) Murdock, 75, of Cheshire, died on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Oceanside, NY on June...

Bruna Margaret Vivori, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Bruna Margaret (Piantoni) Vivori, 94 of North Adams died Monday August 10, 2026 at North Adams Commons. She was born on January 20, 1932 a daughter of the late...

David Louis Rowett, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  David Louis Rowett, 75, of North Adams, MA. died Monday August 10, 2026, at North Adams Commons. He was born in North Adams on December 21, 1950, in North Adams a...

Fred Arthur Martin, 88

CHESHIRE, Mass. —  Fred Arthur Martin, 88, of Cheshire, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on Aug. 3, surrounded by family during his final days. Those who knew Fred often said that...