All Obituaries

James J. Martin, 51, of Redlands St., in Springfield, died on Monday, November 18, 2019 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Jim was born in Hartford, CT on March 6, 1968 the son of Lionel and Doris (L’Heureux) Martin. He lived in Greenfield for a number of years and attended Greenfield High School. Jim was employed as a paint sales associate, most recently with Springfield Paint and before that with Sherwin-Williams. In his free time Jim was an amateur radio...

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Mrs. Louise Ruth (Galvin)Urban on Friday, November 8th at the age of 93. She died at the home of her daughter in Bellingham, MA while under hospice care. Mrs. Urban was born to John P. and Edith (Patterson) Galvin on May 31, 1926 in Colrain, MA. She was raised on Christian Hill in Colrain and graduated from Arms Academy in 1944. She was the youngest of a close knit Irish family and family remained her greatest joy throughout life. Aside...

Betty Ann Christenson, formerly Dewey, nee Hanson, passed away peacefully on November 8, 2019 at the age of 89, in the loving presence of her children and grandchildren. Betty was born and raised in Worcester, MA by her parents, Bror and Lillian Hanson, and lived in Ashfield for the last 50 years of her life.  She had many creative talents, but her greatest passion was painting, which she spent hours doing every day, often on her porch overlooking Apple Valley.  Many locals would...

Charlemont- Mary L. (Fitzgerald) Bellows, 88, formerly of Heath Stage Terrace, died Monday November 4, 2019 at Buckley Health Care Center in Greenfield. Previously she had lived at the Weldon Apartments on High St. in Greenfield. Mary was the daughter of Louis Fitzgerald and Louise (Grueling) Fitzgerald. She was raised and grew up in Buckland. Prior to her retirement she worked for many years at WESCO Electric in Greenfield and then at Mayhew Steel for many years. Mary loved animals,...

Jeremy E. McIntosh, 46, of Ashfield Rd., died at home unexpectedly on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. He was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on Sept. 22, 1973 the son of Delton and Annette (Mittrucker) Drown. He grew up in Nevada prior to moving to the area with his mother. He was a graduate of Mohawk Trail Regional High School and attended G.C.C. He was a loving husband, father, brother, son, and uncle. Jeremy and his business partner Floyd White opened Pygmalion Tattoo in March of 2002. He was a...

Marion Alice (Stone) McCloud, age 90, of Shelburne Falls, MA passed away on Oct. 28, 2019. At the time of her passing she was a resident at Buckley Health Care Center in Greenfield, MA. She died peacefully, her niece and goddaughter Gloria Jean (Coutu) Purinton was by her side. Marion was born in Adams, MA on November 19, 1928, the daughter of Alford and Ernestine (Urban) Stone. She graduated from Arms Academy High School in Shelburne Falls and married Everett McCloud in 1948. They were...

Marion A. (Stone) McCloud, 90, formerly of Shelburne Falls, died Monday October 28, 2019 at the Buckley Health Care Center in Greenfield. Marion was born in Adams, MA on November 19, 1928 the daughter of Alford and Ernestine (Urban) Stone. She was a long time communicant of St. Joseph's Church in Shelburne Falls. Survivors include her five children; sons Jerry McCloud and his partner Lynn Welcome of Gill, MA, Jeffrey McCloud and his wife Bonnie of Lisbon, NH and Joel McCloud of...

Cynthia A. “Cindy” (Cromack) Smith, 65, passed away at home surrounded by her family on Thursday, October 24, after a three-year battle with cancer. She will be dearly missed by her entire family: her beloved husband of 38 years, Allan Smith; son Nathan and his wife Marjorie “Maggie” (Shearer), and their two sons Rhett and Garth, of Colrain; and daughter Jennifer Smith and her partner Stephen Fernie, of Arlington, VA. She is also survived by her in-laws Carolyn and...

Richard Burrows 90 of 45 Ashfield Rd passed away Monday morning 9/21/2019 at the Buckley Nursing Home in Greenfield following a short period of illness.  Dick was born 7/11/29 in Brattleboro Vt. to Pliny and Lucy (Weatherhead) of Vernon Vt.  He attended school in Vernon and Brattleboro and graduated from Brattleboro High School.  He was one of five siblings, three older brothers William, John, and Pliny Jr all WWII overseas vets and one baby sister Marilyn (Pat) Burrows who...

Richard L. “Dick” Seebeck, 82, died at home Saturday evening, Oct. 5, 2019, surrounded by his family. Dick was born in Queens, NY on March 4, 1937 the son of Frederick G. and Charlotte (Gebauer) Seebeck. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the US Army and was a member of the Paratroopers during the Korean war. He was honorably discharged in 1957. He started his career for the National Science Foundation in the Artic, working with the US Weather Bureau from 1960 to 1964....