Obituaries

Virgil A. Righi, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Virgil A. Righi, 93, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, and a former longtime resident of Readsboro, Vt., died Tuesday, April 2, 2014, at his home. Born in Dare, Austria, on...

Maura J. Oleskiewicz, 51

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Maura J. Oleskiewicz, 51, of Bracewell Avenue died Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Born in North Adams on Jan. 5, 1963, daughter of Richard E. and Jean Eustis Davis, she...

Diane T. Scott, 54

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Diane Theresa Scott, 54, of 174 West Shaft Road died Thursday, April 3, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 7, 1959, daughter of Frank...

Pauline A. Dean, 95

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Pauline A. Dean, 95, formerly of 81 Bachand Ave., died Monday, March 31, 2014, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in North Adams on Nov. 13, 1918, daughter of Eugene and...

Janet Wallace Ley, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Janet Wallace Ley, 83, of Sweetwood of Williamstown, 1611 Cold Spring Road, died peacefully on Monday, March 31, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in New...

Martha C. Choquette, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Martha Clara Choquette, 90, of 68 Cherry St., died Monday, March 31, 2014, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in St. Jean de Richelieu, Quebec, on July...

Jean L. Lamore, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jean Louise Lamore, 78, of 1320 South Church St. died Saturday, March 29, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Nov. 4, 1935, daughter...

Edward C. Geissler Jr., 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Edward Charles Geissler Jr., 85, of 10 Iroquois Drive died Friday, March 28, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Wethersfield, Conn., on May 5,...

Robert F. Morrow Jr., 64

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Robert Francis Morrow Jr., 64, of 34 Henderson Road died Friday, March 28, 2014, at his home. Born in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on July 8, 1949, son of Robert F. and Theo Marie...

Theresa Norcross, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Theresa Doris Norcross, 91, of 546 Union St. died Thursday, March 27, 2014, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on June 18, 1922, daughter of Arcade...

Peter M. Miles, 69

WHITINGHAM, Vt. - Peter Michael Miles, 69, of 2592 Burrington Hill Road died Friday, March 21, 2014, at his home. Born in North Adams, Mass., on Oct. 11, 1944, son of Frances Dupre Miles of...

Judith M. Pedercini, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Judith M. Pedercini, 75, of 40 Gunther St. died Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on May 27, 1938, a daughter of...

Peter Charbonneau, 62

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Peter U. Charbonneau, 62, of 710 Hancock Road died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Born in Douglas, Ariz., on Dec. 24, 1951, the son of Ulysses and Manon...

Patricia M. Groves, 58

POWNAL, Vt. — Patricia M. Groves, 58, of Swallow Hill Road died Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at her home, surrounded by family and friends. Born in Adams on May 19, 1955, a daughter of Arthur...

Barbara Pringle, 86

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Barbara Pringle, 86, of 56 Fairview Heights died Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at her home. Born in North Adams on Feb. 24, 1928, a daughter of Leo and Helen Mach Peters, she...

Elizabeth M. Wells, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Elizabeth M. Wells, 73, of 80 Prospect St. died Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in North Adams on March 9, 1941, daughter of Francis Tallarico...

George Pistorius, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — George Pistorius, 92, of Williamstown and Prague, Czech Republic, died Saturday, March 15, 2014, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Prague on March 19, 1922, son of...

E. John Reinke, 98

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — E. John Reinke, 98, of Sweetwood Retirement Community died Monday, March 17, 2014, at North Adams Regional Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Born in New Haven,...

Richard J. Scullin Jr., 85

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Richard James Scullin Jr., 85, of Stone Hill Road died peacefully on Saturday, March 15, 2014, at home. Born in Boston on Oct. 5, 1928, son of Richard J. Scullin Sr....

Grace A. Tremblay, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Grace Alice Tremblay, 86, of North Adams died Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., on May 20, 1927, daughter of Frank and Sara...

Samuel H. Laitman, 80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Samuel H. "Sandy" Laitman, 80, of Hopper Road died Thursday, March 13, 2014, at his home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., son of Edwin M. and Berdie Herzlinger Laitman, he attended...

Ruth Mary Adams, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ruth Mary Adams, 70, of Apache Drive died Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Jan. 30, 1944, a daughter of Frederick and...

Lawrence E. Moreau, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Lawrence Edward Moreau, 85, of Londonderry, N.H., and formerly of North Adams and Lowell, died Monday, March 10, 2014, at the Merrimack Valley Hospice House surrounded by his...

Deborah Ann Pierce, 56

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Deborah Ann Pierce, 56, of 95 Cleveland Ave. died on Friday, March 7, 2014, as a result of an automobile accident. Born in North Adams on March 21, 1957, a daughter of...

Clarence Levesque, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Clarence "Clarkie" Levesque, 80, of 150 Ashland St. died Friday, March 7, 2014, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on May 2, 1933, a son of Napoleon and...