Obituaries

ASHLEY FALLS — Joyce A. Bassett, 74, of Ashley Falls died in Great Barrington on Nov. 15, 2020. She was the widow of Kenneth Bassett.  

Joyce was born on Aug. 27, 1946, the daughter of the late Jennie (Cantone) and Archie Wandall.  

She owned and worked at the Sunrise Diner for more than 40 years. 

GOSHEN — David T. Whitford Sr., 80, passed at his home surrounded by his loving family after a brief illness. He leaves his loving wife of 57 years, Jacqueline.  

David was born in Torrington, son of the late Marguerite (Jasmine) and Gail Whitford.

SALISBURY — Maureen Anne (Callahan) Brien, 81, of Prospect Mountain Road, died peacefully on Nov. 2, 2020.

Maureen was born April 25, 1939, in Brooklyn, N.Y. She graduated from St. Vincent Ferrer High School in Manhattan in 1957. 

SALISBURY — Margaret Theresa Bostrup, 88, died peacefully on Nov. 16, 2020, at Noble Horizons. She was the loving wife of the late Earl W. Bostrup.

Margaret was born Feb. 10, 1932, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of the late Anthony and Margaret Berge and the second of six children. 

FALLS VILLAGE — Coach Chinatti, Roland H. Chinatti, 93, of Warren Turnpike Road, died Nov. 10, 2020. He was the loving and devoted husband of the late Dorothy Louise Atterbury Chinatti. From the moment he saw her, Roland knew he would marry Dottie Lou.

SALISBURY — Stephen B. Moldof, a part-time resident of the Amesville Hamlet of Salisbury for 46 years, lost his heroic battle with glioblastoma on Nov. 9, 2020. But his will to live, sense of humor cherished by all who knew him, and love for his son, Luke, and wife, Michaele (“Mike”) Noble, remained unvanquished. 

MILLERTON — Donald James McGinness, 78, a five-year resident of Millerton and a former longtime resident of Dover Plains, died unexpectedly on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, at his home in Millerton. 

GOSHEN — Zay (McColl) Foster of Milton, Conn., and Jekyll Island, Ga., died on Nov. 10, 2020, in Goshen at the age of 81. 

Daughter of the Rev. James Rodger McColl and Frances Wamsley McColl, she was born on Dec. 28, 1938, in Champaign, Ill.