Obituaries

Rolland Roy, 98

Rolland Francis Roy, 98, of Pownal, VT died on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at his home. He was born in North Adams, MA on June 20, 1922 a son of the late Calix “Chick” Roy and Edith...

Irene Robitaille, 92

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Irene M. Robitaille passed peacefully on Nov. 15, 2020, after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on Aug. 12, 1928, she was the only child of Mildred and...

Irwin Moiseff,78

Irwin Moiseff 78, of Pittsfield, MA. died Monday November 16, 2020 at his home. He was born in Williamsburg, NY on March 3, 1942 a son of the late Louis and Rose (Grass) Moiseff. Irwin graduated from...

William Dyer, 83

OTIS, Mass. — William (Bill) Herbert Dyer died Nov. 15, 2020, at home surrounded by his family after a long fight with an autoimmune disease.  Bill was born June 11, 1937 in Springfield...

Violet Torchia, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Violet Genevieve (Mancini) Torchia, 89 of North Adams, MA died Tuesday November 17, 2020 at the home of her son in Becket, MA. She was born in North Adams, MA on...

John Ryder, 89

MONTEREY, Mass. — John "Jack" Alan Ryder, 89, formerly of Monterey, died Nov. 7, 2020, of complications due to old age.  He was born to Tom and Clara (McAvoy) Ryder, Jan. 13,...

Wayne Hassan, 56

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Wayne Michael Hassan, 56, of Pittsfield died on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 17, 1964, he was the son of Kenneth Hassan and the late...

William Callaghan, 85

DALTON, Mass. — William was born in Dalton, Massachusetts, the son of Maurice J. and Alice (Carrigan) Callaghan. He lived for many years in the Hartford, Conn. area. He was employed by...

Amyna Scace

PITTSFIELD, Mass. —  Amyna Lylac Scace, 6-week old daughter of Kayla M. Phillips and James R. Scace, passed away Nov. 11, 2020. She was born on Sept. 29, 2020, in Pittsfield. Besides...

Billie Phillips, 29

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Billie Jeanne Phillips, 29, of Pittsfield, passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 10, 2020. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 16, 1991, to Rose M. Tremblay and the late William B....

Jean M. Lemoine, 91

ADAMS, Mass. —  Jean M. (Ernst) Lemoine, 91, passed away at home on Friday, Nov. 13, with her family by her side. Jean was born in Adams on June 20, 1929. The daughter of Fred and Irene...

Emily Breen, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  We are saddened and heartbroken to announce the sudden passing of our mother, Emily Anne Breen, on Sunday, November 15, 2020. Emily was born on September 28,...

Irene Ottoson, 97

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Irene R. (Czyryca) Ottoson age 97 passed away on November 6, 2019 and was buried on Dec. 20, 2019, in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.   She...

William Hermanski, 71

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William Raymond Hermanski, 71, of Pittsfield, passed away from an unexpected illness on Nov. 12, 2020, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on August 31, 1949, he was the son...

Eric John Engel, 35

RICHMOND, Mass. —  Eric John Engel, 35, of Richmond, MA, lost his life on November 12 after a long struggle with substance use disorder. Eric was loved by more people than he could have...

John A. Hartwig, Jr., 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —   Mr. John Alfred Hartwig, Jr., 68, of North Adams, died on Monday, November 9, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Adams on September 28,...

Eugene Daley, 83

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Eugene Ira Daley, 83, of Pittsfield, passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Born in Canaan, Vt. on Sept. 26, 1937, he was the...

Theresa Tooley, 68

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Theresa Dorothy Tooley, 68 of Pittsfield, passed away Nov. 12, 2020, at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 21, 1951, to the late Frank...

Judith Gallant, 74

ADAMS, Mass. — Judith Ann Gallant, 74, of Adams, passed away Nov. 10, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in Northampton on June 5, 1946, to Francis and Barbara Hines...

Rosemary Hall. 90

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Rosemary D. Hall, 90, of Bradenton, Fla. passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center of natural causes, surrounded by her loving family. She was the...

William Murach,89

William F. “Pete” Murach, 89 of Adams, MA died on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at the Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, MA. He was born in Adams, MA on August 8, 1931, a...

William Bell, 93

LENOX, Mass. — William "Bill" Bell, Jr. died peacefully on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington.  The eldest son of William F. Bell, Sr. and Edna Craig...

Kenneth P. Gamache, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Kenneth Paul Gamache, 90, the former chief of police for the city of North Adams, died Wednesday November 11, 2020 at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in...

William Hunt, 87

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — William "Bill" Hunt left this earthly life on Nov. 9 after a long illness. He passed away peacefully at home.  Son of Russell and Florence Hunt, Bill...

Sarah Schuler, 87

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Sarah "Sally" Waibel Schuler passed away peacefully at the Landing at Laurel Lake on Nov. 11, 2020. She was an elementary teacher for many years in the...