Obituaries

Irma (Alma) Montagna, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Irma L. "Alma" Montagna, 96, of 130 Harding Ave. died Sunday, May 22, 2011, at Williamstown Commons following a brief illness. Born in 1915, daughter of Angelo and...

Lillian H. Williams, 97

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Lillian H. Williams, 97, of 35 Adams Road, died Sunday, May 22, 2011, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Aug. 13, 1913, a daughter of August and...

Charles R. Portz, 73

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Charles Robert Portz, 73, of New Ashford Road, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at home after a long illness. Mr. Portz was a professor of sociology as well as a...

Richard A. Chenail, 71

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Richard Arthur Chenail, 71, of 877 Simonds Road, longtime Berkshire County businessman, died Monday, May 16, 2011, at home. Born in Williamstown on May 17, 1939, son of...

Mary D. Lamphier, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mary D. Lamphier, 82, of 925 Cleveland St., Greenville, S.C., formerly of Williamstown, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, in Greenville. Born in Williamstown, daughter of...

John H. Choquette Sr., 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - John Henry Choquette Sr., 89, of 68 Cherry St. died Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at his home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 20, 1922, a son of Noel and Edwilda Lefevre Choquette, he...

Dagmar Bubriski, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dagmar Bubriski, 84, Northern Berkshire community activist, commentator, columnist, radio host, gadfly and energetic proponent of civic engagement, died of complications...

Earl L. Green, 95

BOYCE, Va. - Earl L. Green, 95, of 1401 Kennel Road, died Sunday, May 8, 2011, at the home of Kevin Green and David Thaxton. He was born in Williamstown, Mass. on June 14, 1915, the son Earl and...

Exzelia R. Beer, 80

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Exzelia Ruth Beer, 80, of 1100 Middle Road, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. She was born in North Adams on Feb. 18, 1931, daughter of Joseph and...

Foster C. Jones, 51

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Foster C. Jones, 51, of 629 Daniels Road, died Sunday, May 8, 2011, at his home. Born in Adams on Oct. 15, 1959, son of Alden S. Jones Jr. and of Patricia Mahar Jones, he...

Harold T. McAdoo, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Harold Thomas McAdoo, 87, of 104 Union St. died Friday, May 6, 2011, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Saugus on Oct. 25, 1923, a son of Howard and...

Lorraine A. Andrew, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lorraine Ann Andrew, 79, of 88 Hawthorne Ave. died Friday, May 6, 2011, in the critical-care unit of Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on...

Dorothy A. Rushbrook, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Dorothy Angela Rushbrook, 84, of 50 Berkshire Drive, died Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at her home. She was born in North Adams on Dec. 11, 1926, a daughter of John and Matilda...

Karem J. Tash, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Karem John Tash, 85, of 27 Wall St. died Thursday, May 5, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on April 14, 1926, a son of Anthony John and...

Harold A. Bilger, 78

STAMFORD, Vt. — Harold Alphonse Bilger, 78, of Mill Road died Monday, May 2, 2011, at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. Born in Tolland on Aug. 2, 1932, oldest of the two sons of...

William O. Barbeau, 71

HANCOCK, Mass. - William O. Barbeau, 71, of 2161 Hancock Road, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center, surrounded by his family. Mr. Barbeau was born in Adams on July 10, 1939,...

Edward L. Cote, 76

FLORIDA, Mass. - Edward Louis Cote, 76, of 69 Moores Road died Thursday, April 28, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Feb. 17, 1935, son of Armand and Emma...

Gloria A. Pedrin, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Gloria Ann Pedrin, 85, of Bridge Street died Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in North Adams on April 15, 1926, daughter of Vincenzo and Annie...

Richard B. Torrey, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Richard B. Torrey, 84, of 58 Luce Road died on Friday, April 8, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Williamstown on Feb. 2, 1927, a son of Chauncey E. and...

Donald K. Bishop, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Donald K. Bishop, 85, of 1095 Mohawk Trail, a former longtime resident of Stamford, Vt., died Monday, April 25, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on...

Roland M. Duteau, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Roland M. Duteau 82, of 37 Mountainview St., died Saturday, April 23, 2011, at home. He was born in North Adams on Sept. 10, 1928, son of Anna Mason Duteau and the late Omer...

Howard A. Tanner, 79

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Howard Albert Tanner, 79, of Clarksburg died Wednesday, April 20, 2011, after being stricken while working on his farm, doing what he loved best. Mr. Tanner was a longtime...

Shaun T. Moran, 28

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Shaun T. Moran, 28, of Clarksburg died Monday, April 18, 2011, at his home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 24, 1982, son of Michael and Karen McKinney Moran of Clarksburg, he...

Marie Clark, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Marie Clark, 86, of 118 Church St., died on Monday, April 18, 2011, at Sweetbrook Care Center. She was born in Pownal, Vt., on July 23, 1924, to Franklin and Myrtle Myers...

Dorothy Dickinson, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Dorothy Dickinson, 83, of 767 Reservoir Road died on Monday, April 18, 2011, at Bay State Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Dec. 22, 1927, a daughter of...