Obituaries

Henry J. Bruton, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Henry Jackson Bruton, 91, of 300 Syndicate Road died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in Williamstown after a long illness. He was the John J. Gibson Professor of Economics...

Anthony C. Costa, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony Charles Costa, 82, of 102 Lincoln St. died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 18, 1930, son of Nicola and...

Lawrence P. Folino Sr., 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lawrence Paul Folino Sr., 89, of 69 Harris St. died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on June 17, 1923, son of...

Elizabeth M. Dassatti, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Elizabeth Mary Dassatti, 91, of 82 Furnace St. died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at her home. Born in Monroe Bridge on March 10, 1921, a daughter of Cherubino and Annie Donati...

Frances J. Morris, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frances J. Morris, 80, formerly of 44 Hall St. died Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mary and George Willingham, in Rocky Mount, N.C....

Dorothea Serre, 101

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Dorothea Serre, 101, of 124 Barth St. died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at North Adams Commons. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on April 8, 1911, a daughter of Joseph and Ellen Gustafson...

Shirley H. McAdoo, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Shirley Hazel McAdoo, 86, of 104 Union St. died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at the Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Worcester on Oct. 22, 1926, a daughter...

Patricia Ann Jones, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Patricia Ann Jones, 77, of 22 Aztec Drive died Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Nov. 21, 1935, daughter of Wilson and Celia Bostwick...

Ross J. Barber, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Ross J. Barber, 89, of 1039 North Hoosac Road died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pownal, Vt., on Feb. 9, 1923, a son of Lee and May...

Virginia M. Briggs, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Virginia Marie Briggs, 89, of 93 Cleveland Ave. died Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation in Bennington, Vt. Born in Bennington on Nov. 12,...

Karen M. Merrick, 44

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Karen M. Merrick, 44, of 1422 Massachusetts Ave., died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston after a courageous battle with...

Cecil L. Harvey, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Cecil Lee Harvey, 94, of Buxton Hill Road died peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Washington, D.C., July 9, 1918, the son of Walter H....

Joseph A. Moresi Jr., 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Joseph Anthony Moresi Jr., 86, of 225 Longview Terrace died peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Conn., with his wife...

Kathleen McCarthy, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kathleen Anne McCarthy, 67, of 130 Versailles Ave. died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Sept. 17, 1945, a daughter of James and...

Kenneth R. Brooks, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kenneth Robert Brooks, 84, of 40 College Ave. died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at his home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 24, 1928, a son of Arthur and Eleanor Brown Brooks,...

Richard N. Haley Sr., 81

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Richard Nelson Haley Sr., 81, of 242 Cold Spring Road died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at his home. Born in Williamstown on Jan. 27, 1931, a son of George W. and Mary May...

Wallace E.J. Caron, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Wallace Euclid Joseph Caron, 85, formerly of 1585 Massachusetts Ave., died peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, following a...

Mildred J. Caprari, 94

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Mildred Jeannette Caprari, 94, of Clarksburg died Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield after a brief illness. Born on the family farm...

Regina Cormier, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Regina Cormier, 80, of 90 Lincoln St. died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at North Adams Commons. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on Dec. 25, 1932, daughter of Gustive and Alice...

Helen R. Burzimati, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Helen Rita Burzimati, 91, of 168 Houghton St. died Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 25, 1921, daughter of Lorenzo and...

Sunda J. Baker, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sunda Joan Baker, 76, of 150 Ashland St., died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at Kindred Hospital in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Sept. 11, 1936, daughter of Thomas C....

Joseph R. Kashmann, 89

STAMFORD, Vt. — Joseph Robert Kashmann, 89, of Main Road died on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at North Adams (Mass.) Commons after an extended debilitating illness. Born in Hartford, Conn., on Oct....

Francis J. Vitro, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Francis John Vitro, 87, of 121 Jerome Drive, Cambridge, N.Y., died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in North Adams on...

Bonnie J. Kennedy, 42

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Bonnie Jean Kennedy, 42, of Miami Beach, Fla., and formerly of Williamstown, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, at her home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 18, 1970, a...

Olive G. Dragotta, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Olive Grace Dragotta, 93, of 17 Watson St. died Thursday Jan. 3, 2013, at North Adams Commons. Born at home in the city's Blackinton section on Sept. 16, 1919, daughter...