Mr. Stuart A. Dalheim

Stuart Arthur Dalheim, 91, of Lenox, died on Monday, April 7, 2025. Born in Staten Island, NY, on October 31, 1933, son of the late Alvin and Selma Bleiman Dalheim, he graduated from Curtis High School. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry and a Master of Science in Paper Chemistry from the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University. Later, he completed an MBA in Management at Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute. He met his wife of 68 years, Zoë Balamoti, who was also a student at Syracuse, at a dance when Zoe’s date did not show up. Following graduation, they moved to Washington, DC where Stuart spent his military service working in a prosthetics lab at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. For the majority of his career, Stuart worked as a paper chemist. He began his career at West Virginia Pulp and Paper in Roanoke, VA where his daughters, Diana and Laura, were born. The family moved to Chillicothe, OH, where Stu began a job with the Mead Corporation and where a third daughter, Karen, was born. Mead then transferred Stuart to Lee, MA where a son, Stu was born. In Lee, at Mead Corporation, Stu was Technical Director. He was last employed by Crane and Company, where he retired as the Vice President of Research and Development and Quality Control, after 18 years of dedicated service. During this time, Stu headed the team which developed the security thread, which is embedded into the US currency paper made at Crane, as an anti-counterfeiting measure necessary due to the advent of sophisticated color copiers. Stu was an avid hiker, camper, golfer and bridge player. He retired at 62 and learned bread making and furniture making, volunteered at the Berkshire Botanic Garden, became a master gardener, and served for many years on the Lee Conservation Commission, some of the years as its chair. A great reader of history, he served as president of the Berkshire Historical Society. Stu and Zoë went on several Habitat for Humanity housebuilding trips to Central America with a group from the Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire, where they have been active members for many years. Stuart is survived by his wife of 68 years, the former Zoë Balamoti, whom he married Feb 15, 1957. He leaves behind four children: Diana Thomas of Bellevue, WA (Donald Thomas) and grandchildren Emilie and Zoe; Laura Dalheim (Larry Rouslin) of Brooklyn, NY and grandchildren Henry and Sylvie; Karen Dalheim (Ron Baker) of Washington, DC; Stuart R Dalheim (Linda Walters) of Silver Spring MD and grandchild, Silas. Besides his parents, Stuart was predeceased by brother Leroy Dalheim, MD, and sister Joan Kosan, PhD Funeral Notice: There will be a celebration of life later in the Spring. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory can be made to the Appalachian Mountain Club https://www.outdoors.org/donate/donate-form/ , Berkshire Natural Resources Council https://www.bnrc.org/donate, or the Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire https://www.uumsb.org/connection/give/

Mr. Stuart A. Dalheim

October 31, 1933 - April 7, 2025