All Obituaries

On Saturday, September 7, 2019, Carolyn B. Cromack of Colrain MA, loving wife and mother of five children, passed away at the age of 85. Carolyn was born on April 30, 1934 in Greenfield, MA to Wayne and Margaret (Lovejoy) York. She attended Arms Academy in Shelburne Falls, MA and graduated in 1952. On June 19, 1954, she married Richard Cromack. Richard and Carolyn were very active in the community, volunteering for various civic boards and organizations. Carolyn was preceded in...

Charles R. “Bobby” Unaitis, 88, of 331 Colrain Rd., died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. He was born on the family farm on July 5, 1931 and was still living there prior to his stay at Baystate. He was a graduate of Greenfield High School in the class of 1950. Bobby was a US Army veteran having served in the Korean war. In his younger years he worked for his brother Tony Unaitis in the excavating business. He was a Teamster, Local 404 for 20...

Dennis Arthur Thatcher, 61, Passed away August 27, 2019 after a three (3) year fight with cancer.  Born on September 17, 1959 in Northampton, MA. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Theresa Anne (Snape) Thatcher. His Sisters and husbands: Denise (Thatcher) Sessions & Jay; Arleen (Thatcher) Snape and Frank.  Also Aunts, Uncle, Nieces, nephews and great nephews and nieces.  He is also survived by his Fire Department Family and friends. He was predeceased by his...

Margaret E. (Grogan) Palmeri, 69, was called safely home on Monday, August 19, 2019. She passed into eternal life at home surrounded by her family. Meg was born in Greenfield on July 19, 1950 a daughter of Donald L. and Catherine (Daly) Grogan. She was a graduate of Greenfield High School, class of 1968 and Greenfield Community College, class of 1970. She was a recipient of the GCC Distinguished Alumni Award during the 50th Anniversary of GCC in 2012. Meg had served as the Clerk Magistrate...

Bonnie M. (Crafts) Brown, 67, of 4 Shattuckville Road, died Sunday, August 18 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.  She was born in Greenfield, July 22, 1952, the daughter of Minnie Crafts. Bonnie married her husband Donald on October 26, 1974. She was a homemaker. Bonnie enjoyed summers at Salisbury Beach and also enjoyed shopping, baking and cooking.  She especially enjoyed time with her family and grandchildren. Survivors besides her husband include 3 sons Donny (Kellie...

Christine Josephine (Krlic) Swan of Bernardston died on Saturday July 20, 2019  after a month long illness.  She was born on December 4, 1948 in the village of Brugga in the state of Carinthia, Austria to her loving parents Musan and Cecelia Krlic.  Christine, her parents, and two younger sisters immigrated to the United States in 1955 seeking economic opportunity and freedom in the aftermath of World War II.  The family settled in Orange, Massachusetts where...

Barbara E. Purington died with love and care from her family on July 10, 2019 at her beloved home, Woodslawn Farm, on Wilson Hill in Colrain, MA at the age of 92.  She was born on August 7, 1926 in Rowe, MA to Albert and Cynthia (Boyd) Page, the oldest of 4 children. She was known by most people as “Bunny,” a nickname given to her by her father when she was very young. A child of the Depression years, Bunny and her family moved many times wherever work for her father and...

Thursday, July 4th, 2019, Joseph A. Delisle, was unexpectedly called home at the age of 34.  Born February 24, 1985, in Greenfield, MA, to Pamela Delisle (deceased) and Joseph Mitchell, Jr.  Joey was the youngest of three siblings.  He is survived by his wife, Rachel, and six beautiful children; Xavier, 17, Hailie, 13, Meriah, 11, Joseph, 9, Vaidah, 6, and Carter, 4.  He also leaves behind two sisters, Sabrina Gale, 42, and Diana Muniz-Walls, 41, as well as numerous...

Shirley Height Dolby, the Matriarch of the Dolby family, went to fly with the cardinals on Sunday, June 23 rd. She left this earth holding the hands of two of her daughters and the hearts of the rest of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.  She was just 2 months shy of her 95th birthday.  Shirley was born in Meridan CT on August 23, 1924 and later moved to Great Barrington, MA.  She graduated from Searles High school where she met the love of her life,...

Mary Faith Allen, 69, formerly of the Greenfield area, died on June 17, 2019 in Daytona Beach. Mary was born in Greenfield, MA on March 13, 1950 the daughter of Gordon and Faith (Gilmore) Allen. She grew up in Northampton and attended schools there as well as at Mohawk Trail Regional High School. Mary received an Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Greenfield Community College as well as a Bachelor’s degree from UMass University Without Walls with a...