All Obituaries

          Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend Lola Cuevas left this world on December 2, 2023, at the high-spirited age of 90 years old.           Born on August 21, 1933, to Nicholas and Jenny Scanzillo, Lola was a first-generation Italian American. She graduated from the class of 1950 at Jamaica Plain High and was a lover of winning spelling bees and roller skating. A roller rink was where...

Thomas Hurlbut of Pittsfield, MA passed away peacefully at home on November 27, 2023 at the age of 98. As a young family man Tom served many years on the North Adams Fall Foliage Parade Committee. He was an avid trout fisherman and in addition to his family, he loved the Deerfield River with all his heart. He was a longtime and very active member of First Baptist Church in Pittsfield, serving on many, if not all of its boards and committees. Upon retirement from a long career at...

Peter Scott Simmons, Jr, 53, of Pittsfield, formerly of Lee, passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at Berkshire Medical Center.   Peter was born May 14, 1970 to Peter S. and MaryAnn Coles Simmons, Sr. He was raised and educated in Lee. Those left behind to cherish Peter’s memory are his mother, MaryAnn; his three children: Molly (Zack), Haley, and Keegan; his sister, Kelly DeVarennes Hebler and her husband, Charles; his brother, Craig and his partner, Rachel...

Mrs. Esther R. Yetz, 95, of Lee, passed away at the Landing at Laurel Lake on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Esther was born in Lee, October 1, 1928, the daughter of Andrew and Angeline Pompi Sbrozzi. She was raised and educated in Lee. Esther married Russell J. Yetz on June 18, 1949.  Her husband passed away March 1, 2003. In addition to raising her daughters, Mrs. Yetz was the bookkeeper for her husband's Lenox Amoco Service Station for many years. Mrs. Yetz was a communicant of...

James Salice “Jimmy”, 70 passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family after a brief but courageous battle with Brain Cancer. Born in Pittsfield July 7, 1953, Jimmy was a beloved husband, brother, father, and grandfather. Jimmy was predeceased by his mother Mary Giarolo Salice, his father J. Victor Salice and his brother Tommy Salice. Jimmy is survived by his loving wife of 40 years, Sandy Tart Salice, who stood by his side through thick and thin. He is also survived...

Daniel P. Schwartz, M.D., of Stockbridge, MA, was an educator of psychiatry and psychoanalysis. He died on October 31, 2023, the day he turned 98. Born and raised in Minneapolis, MN, the middle child of Louis Benjamin Schwartz and Anna Kleinman Schwartz.  Schwartz served in both the European and Pacific theaters in WWII. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine in 1952. His psychiatric training was at the Yale School of Medicine where he...

Paul Joseph Lusignan, 82, of 80 Tamarack Rd, Lee Ma died October 30, 2023 at BMC due to complications from COVID. Born May 8, 1941 in Pittsfield, MA, son of Edmond and Ida Lusignan. He was a 1960 graduate of Pittsfield High and served in the US Navy from 1958 to 1962. He was employed by Kimberly Clark (later Schweitzer-Mauduit) where he moved up the ranks to supervisor. He retired in 2000 after 38 years. Mr. Lusignan was an avid photographer and poet and shared his creations with all of...

Widely admired New York media lawyer, and passionate champion of artistic expression, Ken Norwick, died Monday, October 30th at the age of 82 at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, MA. Born September 14, 1941, to Irving and Lillian Norwick, Ken grew up in the Bronx where he attended James Monroe High School. Ken excelled at academics and went on to earn his A.B. degree from Syracuse University in 1962 and his J.D. degree in 1965 from the University of Chicago Law School where...

Rosemary Allan, 98, of Sandisfield, passed away at home on Sunday, October 29, 2023. Rosemary was born in East Lee on November 8, 1924, the daughter of Charles Millard and Inza Emmond Harland. She was a 1942 graduate of Searles High School in Great Barrington. A lifelong Berkshire County resident, she lived in Sandisfield since 1946. After high school, Rosemary served in the United States Womens Army Corp. She worked at the New Boston Nursing Home for over 40 years, retiring in 2001 at the...

Mr. Richard O. “Hoppy” Loring, 85, of Tyringham, passed away on Thursday, October, 26, 2023 at Berkshire Medical Center, with family at his side. Hoppy was born November 11, 1937, the son of Harry and Olive Miner Loring. He was raised in Tyringham and educated locally.  After he graduated high school he joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He married the former Dorothy Crandall in 1955. She passed away this past June. Hoppy was greatly involved in the Town of Tyringham...