Obituary notices, week of September 7 through September 13, 2026

This week's column carries notices for two obituaries connecting to Sheffield residents, drawn from postings by Kelly Funeral Home of Lee and Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home of Great Barrington: Manley Robert "Bud" Coon and Bruce I. Panock.

Manley Robert "Bud" Coon, 92, of Lee, formerly of Sheffield, died Tuesday, September 1, 2026. He was born June 7, 1934 in Canaan, Connecticut, grew up in Sheffield, and attended Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Class of 1952. He served as a Morse code interceptor in the U.S. Army. Service information was not included in the source material; see the full obituary for details. Full obituary at Kelly Funeral Home: https://www.kellyfuneralhome.net/obituary/Manley-Coon.

Bruce I. Panock, 75, of Sheffield, died September 5, 2026. He was born May 18, 1951 in the Bronx, New York to Ruby and Annetta Panock, grew up in Fairlawn, New Jersey, and later lived in Manhattan after marrying Ellen Antoville. He and his wife moved to Sheffield upon his retirement. Service information was not included in the source material; see the full obituary for details. Full obituary at Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home, via Legacy.com: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/bruce-panock-obituary?id=62372018.

Notices compiled from Legacy.com, Echovita, Tribute Archive, and Sheffield Patch; this week's qualifying notices came from Kelly Funeral Home of Lee and Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home of Great Barrington.

Compiled from funeral home notices and published obituaries.