Obituaries

William Frances Garneau

William Frances Garneau, 92, formerly of Colonial Gardens, and a longtime resident of Wellington Avenue, died Thursday at Westview Nursing Home in Dayville, Conn. Born in Adams on July 16, 1914,...

Kenneth Charles Thomas

Kenneth Charles Thomas, 64, of 4 Columbia St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. Born in Adams on Feb. 7, 1942, son of Joseph and Dora Louison Thomas, he...

Jacqueline C. Powers

Jacqueline C. Powers, 52, of Kenwood Street died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness. Born on May 14, 1954, in Great Barrington, daughter of the former...

Jerry Kief

Jerry Kief, 83, of 132 Main St. died Thursday at the Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Centers in Williamstown. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 15, 1923, son of the late Charles Kieverstein...

Mary D. Handley

Mary D. Handley, 94, formerly of Berkeley, Calif., died Monday at Sugar Hill Senior Living Community, where she had resided for the past year and a half. Born in Middletown, Ohio, on Aug. 7,...

Irma M. Derivan

Irma M. Derivan, 95, formerly of Highview Drive, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she has resided since August 1996. Born in the town of Florida on Dec. 15, 1910, daughter of Joseph and...

Donald Wayne Demers

Donald Wayne Demers, 42, of 625 Middle Road died Monday at the North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at his home. Born in North Adams on June 20, 1964, son of C. Kenneth...

Evelyn Owen Bourdon

Evelyn Owen Bourdon, 92, of 79 Nutmeg Lane died Monday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Feb. 19, 1914, daughter of Herbert W. and Rose Owen Collins, she attended local schools and...

Bernice C. Skiba

Bernice C. Skiba, 93, of Providence Care Center, formerly of Troy, N.Y., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. She moved to Pittsfield with her daughter, Gina McGovern, and then to the...

Janina Kazmiera Poplaski

Janina Kazmiera Poplaski, 62, of 109 Summer St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Poland on Dec. 29, 1943, daughter of Walter and the late Antonia Kaczmarek Kochanski, she...

Alice Lea Norman

Alice Lea Norman, 62, of 166 Middle Road died yesterday at the North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on June 28, 1944, daughter of the late Lionel Champagne and Glorianna Bachand...

Daniel "Dan" Christopolis

Daniel "Dan" Christopolis, 84, of 38 Livingston Ave. died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Newark, N.J., on Aug. 5, 1922, son of Constantine and Theodora Karatzia...

Virginia Beatrice Sacco

Virginia Beatrice Sacco, 89, formerly of 76 Turner Ave., died Wednesday at the home of her niece, Judith Sacco-Coleman of Overlook Drive in Sandwich, where she had resided for the past year. Born...

Eileen E. Rozon

Eileen E. Rozon, 78, of 625 Lakeway Drive died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Rochester, N.Y., on April 4, 1928, daughter of William and Evelyn Campbell Carrigan, she moved to...

Bernice C. Skiba

Bernice C. Skiba, 93, of Providence Care Center, formerly of Troy, N.Y., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. She moved to Pittsfield with her daughter, Gina McGovern, and then to the...

John R. Fadding

John R. Fadding, 47, of Pine Street, Housatonic, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on Aug. 13, 1959, son of Archibald Fadding Jr. and Jennie Bevens Fadding, he...

May M. Thayer

May M. Thayer, 85, of 395 West Housatonic St. died Monday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center, where she had resided since July 2005. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 29, 1920, daughter of Allan J....

Stanley Walter Polchlopek

Stanley Walter Polchlopek, 82, of 1100 Mohawk Trail died Monday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Born in Dalton on April 6, 1924, son of Albert and Rose Pierowicz Polchlopek, he...

Rodney G. Moore, 57

CLARKSBURG, Mass. Rodney Grant Moore, 57, of 556 West Cross Road died Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at home. Born in Greenfield on Jan....

Bryan Craig Livsey

Bryan Craig Livsey, 47, of 72-C Jackson Road died yesterday at home after a battle with melanoma. Born in Adams on Oct. 19, 1958, son of Marion Waterman Livsey Rathbun and the late Donald T....

Charles Edward Geoffrion

Charles Edward Geoffrion, 82, of Fredericksburg, Va., formerly of Lanesborough, died Tuesday at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg. Born in Adams on Aug. 21, 1924, son of Louis and Louise...

Rachel Elizabeth Wonkka

Rachel Elizabeth Wonkka, 89, of 4 Columbia St. died Sunday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Adams on Nov. 4, 1916, daughter of Walter G. and Margaret Rupprecht Frese, she was...

Nizio Nugai

Nizio Nugai, 75, formerly of 348 Newell St., died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where he resided since September 2004. Born in Pittsfield on April 23, 1921, son of Sebastian and Adelaide Vittina...

Donna Marie Bierbower

Donna Marie Bierbower, 58, of Salisbury Road died Monday at home following a brief illness. Born in Hartford, Conn., on Nov. 22, 1947, daughter of Lionel and Mary Uliano Mann, she attended...

Donna M. Adams

Donna M. Adams, 58, of 20 Riverview Homes died Tuesday of a stroke at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 30, 1948, daughter of Reno N. and Grace Tassone Pellegrino, she attended...