Obituaries

Joel W. Pierce

Joel W. "Mike" Pierce, 91, of 1100 Mohawk Trail died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Sunday. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Feb. 14, 1911, son of Joel W. and Blanche...

Walter L. Stetson

Walter L. Stetson, 82, of Chestnut Street, Winsted, Conn., formerly of Sandisfield, died Sunday at Adams House Health Care Center in Torrington, Conn. Born in West Hartland, Conn., on Aug. 7,...

Marie T. Wells

Marie T. Wells, 84, formerly of Sheffield, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Antronet J. Clukey of Enfield, Maine. Born in Kinderhook, N.Y., on Aug. 20, 1917, daughter of William and Anna...

Lindsey M. Ferrell

Lindsey Marie Ferrell, 16, of 677 Main St. died Saturday night from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Hinsdale. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 25, 1985, daughter of Roger A. "Jay"...

George L. DeGrenier, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — George Lionel DeGrenier, 85, of Rose Manor, 195 Elberon Ave., died Sunday, March 3, 2003, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Jan. 2, 1917, son of William...

Edmund Wilcox

Edmund Gillette "Bud" Wilcox, 87, of Glendale died Sunday at home. Born in Glendale on March 2, 1915, son of Edmund C. and Charlotte Geer Wilcox, he graduated from the former Williams High School...

Darrell J. Brunet

Darrell James Brunet, 18, of 262 George Schnopp Road died Saturday evening from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Hinsdale. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 22, 1983, son of Kris and...

Casimer Gliwski

Casimer Gliwski, 79, of 4 Simon Ave. died Sunday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 3, 1922, son of John and Katherine Czech Gliwski, he attended St. Stanislaus' School and the...

Adolph C. Dziegiel

Adolph C. "Al" Dziegiel, 79, of 86 North Summer St. died yesterday afternoon at North Adams Commons Health Care Center. Born in Adams on Oct. 17, 1922, son of Stanislaw and Apolonia Kut Dziegiel,...

Victoria Bourassa

Victoria Veronica Bourassa, 94, of 461 State Road died Saturday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Sept. 7, 1907, daughter of John and Frances Sokolowski...

Stokes W. Hall

Stokes W. Hall, 78, of 195 King St. died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Coldwater, Miss., on May 13, 1923, son of Wilson A. and Roberta Howard Hall, he moved to New York as a child...

Rose Marie Sauerborn

Rose Marie Sauerborn, 86, of 63 Northumberland Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on Aug. 20, 1915, daughter of Charles and Mary Barbera Gaetani, she moved to...

Prosper Lussier

Prosper Edward "Brownie" Lussier, 94, of 161 West Shaft Road died Saturday evening at home. Born in Williamsburg on Oct. 29, 1907, son of Prosper E. and Albina Cote Lussier, he moved to North...

Mildred Smith

Mildred Smith, 99, formerly of 39 Willow St., died Thursday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 10, 1902, daughter of Daniel and Catherine Fitzsimmons O'Connell, she...

Mariellen Elger

Mariellen "Patty" Jefferies Elger, 80, of 9 Briarwood Lane died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided in Hinsdale for 20 years before moving to Pittsfield 20 years ago. Born in...

Evelyn C. Thibault

Evelyn Corrine Thibault, 92, formerly of 15 Abbott St., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Place. Born in Adams on Nov. 10, 1909, daughter of Harvey and Corrine Gagne Rabouin, she was a graduate...

Claire E. LaCasse, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Claire Emma LaCasse, 71, of 557 Church St. died Sunday morning, March 3, 2002, at North Adams Commons. Born in Pittsfield on April 14, 1930, son of John and Constance...

Winifred Tassone

Winifred J. Tassone, 82, of Millhouse Apartments, 75 Commercial St., died Wednesday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on April 3, 1919, daughter of William and Ora McConnell Edwards,...

Evannah Donovan

Evannah Lee Donovan, 96, formerly of Kirchner Road, died Wednesday evening at Providence Care Center of Lenox. Born in Adams on Aug. 30, 1905, daughter of John A. and Mary Harrington O'Brien, she...

William J. Kinsella

William J. Kinsella, 84, of 80 Maple Grove Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 4, 1917, son of Charles and Florence Trainor Kinsella, he was a 1935...

Rev. Peter Hickey

The Rev. Peter D. Hickey, 63, a Jesuit and a teacher at Boston College High School, died Monday just before classes. Born in Great Barrington, he graduated from Boston College in 1960. He worked...

James E. Holcomb

James E. Holcomb, 89, of Melbourne Place died Tuesday at the Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided for more than three years. Born in Rogers, Ark., on Aug. 11, 1912, son of...

F. Russell Lyons II

F. Russell Lyons II, 75, of School Street, Ashley Falls, died Feb. 18 at home. Born in New York City on June 23, 1926, son of F. Russell Lyons and Murray Celeste Bartlett Lyons, he attended...

Billy Madewell Jr.

Billy Dean Madewell Jr., 53, of 45 Spring St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Prior to moving to North Adams a year ago, he had resided in Adams and Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on...

Anne H. Moore

Anne H. Moore, 70, of Spring Arbor, Mich., formerly of Sandisfield, died Feb. 18, at home after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 23, 1931, daughter of Willard...