All Obituaries

Antonio “Tony” Febbroriello, 83, of Goose Pond, Tyringham, passed away on Monday, February 22, 2021, at his home with his family at his side. Tony was born on February 8, 1938, the son of Carmine and Catherine Spadaccini Febbroriello. He was raised and educated in Canaan, CT. Tony received a Bachelor of Science degree from UCONN. He married the former Sandra Kane and they moved to the house he built on Goose Pond in 1964. Mr. Febbroriello worked as a purchasing agent for...

Najat Nejaime, 83, formerly of Tyringham Road in Lee, passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, February 20, 2021 at Fairview Commons where she has resided for the last several years. Najat was born in Beirut, Lebanon on June 1, 1938. She immigrated to the United States in 1984. She married George Nejaime February, 21, 1960; he died January 12, 2017. Mrs. Nejaime was a loving grandmother who enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren. Anyone who had the pleasure...

Sheila M. Hughes passed away unexpectedly and suddenly at BMC on February 16, 2021. She was born in Pittsfield, MA on June 16, 1960, the daughter of John T. Hughes and the late Rosemary B. Hughes, Lee, MA. She will be sadly missed. Sheila loved The Boston Red Sox, politics, and animals, but above all she loved spending time with family and taking Zeva for daily walks. She enjoyed going on vacation and Saturday lunches with special people in her life (Nancy, Carol, Shaunie and...

The Funeral Mass for Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, MIC will be on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, at 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time at the National Shrine of Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA, USA. It will be a private ceremony with limited attendance but it will be live-streamed: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/ The Main celebrant will be Bishop William Byrne of the Springfield Diocese; homilist Fr. Kaz Chwalek, MIC, Provincial Superior. Peace and joy!  

Peter John Hurley, 69, of Mechanicville, New York, passed away peacefully at Berkshire Medical Center, MA, on January 27, 2021. Peter was born on February 23, 1951, in Brighton, MA. He attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA, where he earned his Associate's Degree in Agriculture. He had a true passion for horses and aspired to become a jockey. While that dream did not materialize for health reasons, he became a Thoroughbred Horse Care Provider. He worked with the Boston...

Donald B. Hale died Sunday January 31, 2021 at Berkshire Medical center after a short illness.  He was born Feb. 9, 1929 at the family home in Tyringham, the son of Arnold B. Hale and Elizabeth B. Loring. He was educated in the Tyringham School and Lee High School graduating in 1947.  After working on the family farm he got a job with Walter Stedman learning the building trade.  Eventually he started his own building company until an accident at work rendered him disabled in...

Marita Dick Stratton, beloved family matriarch and lifelong volunteer, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 21, 2021, at 102. Marita was born on June 11, 1918 in Lawrence,MA to Walter and Kathryn Dick. Growing up, music was central to her family life. She played drums in the Worcester Girl Scout’s Drum and Bugle Corps, and played in a band—The Dix Sisters—with her three sisters. She graduated from Bates College in 1939, studying biology on the pre-med track. While...

Raymond Matthew “Skip” Whalen, 80 of Stockbridge, MA passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. Born in Pittsfield on February 24, 1940, he is the son of Joseph and Louise Whalen. Skip worked for a short time as a Stockbridge Policeman, Quality Manager at Nuclear Components and most notably as an OSHA/MSHA Safety Inspector for the Massachusetts Department of Labor for nearly 30 years. While there he resolved many wage and labor disputes and helped make workplace safety a...

John Francis (“Truck”) Cannon, formerly of Lee, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at Mt. Greylock Extended Care in Pittsfield after a long stay due to diabetic complications. Born in Pittsfield on August 25, 1943 to the late Joseph and Margaret Shea Cannon, John attended St. Mary’s the Morning Star School and was a 1961 graduate of St. Joseph’s High School, after which he enlisted in the Marine Reserves. For over 30 years, he was an employee of Beloit...

Brenda Jean Smith, 67, formerly of Walton, NY, passed away on January 12, 2021 at Lee HealthCare in Lee, MA. She was born July 28, 1953, the daughter of the late Ruseta Sethers and Vera Hazen Hunter. She was a graduate of Hancock Central School and worked as a CNA at Park Terrace in Walton, NY prior to moving to Lee in 2011. Mrs. Smith leaves behind her son, David Smith, of Yoder, CO; her daughter, Nicole Thompson, of Annapolis, MD; two grandchildren: Alyssa Thompson and Anthony Weir; and...