LENOX, Mass. —James "Joe" Healy, 63, died Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center from a heart attack.

Joe was born in Pittsfield on August 14, 1956, the son of Thomas and Margaret Powers Healy. He was educated in Lenox Schools and was a 1975 graduate of Lenox Memorial High School. He worked for the Schweitzer-Mauduit Paper Company in Lee, the town of Lenox as a police and fire dispatcher and custodian, Mead Paper Company and most recently Onyx Specialty Paper in South Lee, where he worked in the Stock Prep Department.

Joe was a former captain of the Lenox Dale Fire Department. He loved all sports, especially the Red Sox and New York Jets. He loved being Irish. He loved to mow his lawn and had the greenest lawn in the Dale. He traveled all over the United Syayes and beyond, most recently to Ireland and Greece.  He loved his extended family: Patrick and Katie, Jack and Claire, Chloe and the best neighbor, Amelia.

Joe is survived by his life partner of 25 years, Cassandra Barry of Lenox Dale; a brother, John P. Healy and his wife Carrie (O'Brien); two sisters, Mary E Healy of Centerville, Mass., and Anne M. Healy of Lenox Dale; his nieces, Kaitlyn (Healy) Kohlenberger and her husband Lee and Jessica A Healy and her fiancé Jacob Lenski; and his great nieces and loves of his life, Jacqueline Bea and Charlotte Grace Kohlenberger.

Funeral notice: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, services for Joe Healy will be at a later date to be announced. Friends wishing may make donations in his memory to the Lenox Fire Department and Lenox Police Department in c/o the Kelly Funeral Home, 3 Main Street, Lee, MA 01238.