Obituaries

Alma M. Millard, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alma M. Millard, 96, of 45 Spring St., Spring Park Apartments, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Pownal, Vt., on Jan. 10, 1917, a...

Catherine V. Talarico, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Catherine Virginia Talarico, 87, of 94 Lincoln St., died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on July 9, 1926, a daughter of Giovanni...

Catherine A. Duprea, 99

ADAMS, Mass. — Catherine A. Duprea, 99, of 170 East Road, died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on June 28, 1914, a daughter of Louis and...

Gioia M. Zappone, 84

ADAMS, Mass. — Gioia Marie Zappone, 84, of 4 Wilfred Ave. died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in North Adams on July 10, 1929, daughter of David and Constance...

Eleanor M. Vivori, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Eleanor Mary Vivori, 88, of 43 Harding Ave. died Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, at her home. Born in Colrain on Oct. 25, 1925, son of Hubert and Mary LaPierre Thibodeau,...

Owen S. Morris Sr., 72

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Owen S. Morris Sr., 72, of Williamstown died Monday, Nov. 4, 2013 at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Adams on Feb. 25, 1941, a son of John and Mary Hughes Morris,...

Verna M. Forand, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Verna Mabel Forand, 90, of 196 Eagle St. died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, at North Adams Commons, where she known by the loving and devoted staff as Gram. Born in North...

Conrad R. Drain, 62

CHESHIRE, Mass. - Conrad Richard Drain, 62, of 45 Fisk St. died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on March 15, 1951, a son of Daniel J. Drain and Irene Wehry Drain Demary, he...

William C. Prevey, 83

DALTON, Mass. â€' William Charles Prevey, 83, of Sugar Hill retirement community, 45 Main St., died Wednesday Oct. 30, 2013, at Craneville Place. Born in North Adams on Nov. 3, 1929, son of...

Hellen Luscia, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Hellen Luscia, 93, formerly of 114 Franklin St., died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Dec. 10, 1919, daughter of Ralph and Mary...

Walter von Schrenck-Szill, 98

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Walter von Schrenck-Szill, 98, of Pleasant Place died on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. Born in Vienna on Nov. 3, 1914, son of Eduard Szill, a colonel in the Royal...

Ernest R. LaCasse, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ernest R. LaCasse, 83, of 557 Church St. died Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Aug. 8, 1930, son of Ernest and Mabel Herzog...

Charles H. Cardinal, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Charles H. Cardinal, 75, of 149 Pleasant St. died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, at North Adams Commons after a long fight with cancer. Born in North Adams on Aug. 26, 1938, son of...

Sophie J. Gwozdz, 83

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Sophie J. Gwozdz, 83, of 308 Fales Road died early Thursday morning, Oct. 24, 2013, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Cheshire on Oct. 17, 1930, a daughter of Jan...

Kenneth J. Morray, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Kenneth Jerry Morray, 93, of Sweetwood Retirement Community, formerly of Richmond, died Oct. 16, 2013, at North Adams Regional Hospital three days after his birthday. Born in...

Mary Ellen Morgan, 44

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Mary Ellen Morgan, 44, of 3 Alan Drive died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Nov. 5, 1968, daughter of George H....

Anne E. Thibert, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anne E. Thibert, 77, of 150 Ashland St. died Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on March 10, 1936, daughter of Arthur and Emaline...

David J. Polumbo, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — David Joseph Polumbo, 76, of 102 Harding Ave. died peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013, at his home, surrounded by his family....

Valentina M. Clermont, 60

NEW ASHFORD, Mass. - Valentina Marie Clermont, 60, of 95 Roys Road died after a courageous battle with cancer on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, surrounded by...

Iris E. Angeli, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Iris Eleanor Angeli, 84, of 189 Stratton Road died Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on June 29, 1929, a daughter of Frank and Emma...

Audrey Dobek-Bell, 68

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Audrey Marie Dobek-Bell, 68, of 110 Trowbridge St., Cambridge, formerly of Williamstown, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. Born in...

Edward G. Sprague, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Edward Gerald Sprague, 84, of 611 State Road died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in North Adams on Jan. 6, 1929, son of Gerald...

Barbara W. Davine, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Barbara Warfield Davine, 87, of 1474 Church St. died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Rutland, Vt., on July 10, 1926, daughter of Fred and...

Bertha Dame Young, 92

HANCOCK, Mass. — Bertha Isabelle Dame Young, 92, of Hancock Road died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, at her home. Born in North Adams on March 9, 1921, daughter of William H. and Harriet Gardner...

Alice Rose Delisle, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Alice Rose Delisle, 92, of North Adams died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Sept. 17, 1921, daughter of...