Obituaries

Roger C. Edwards, 95

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Roger C. Edwards, 95, of Adams, died on Thursday, July 27, 2017, at his home. He was born in Pittsfield on August 21, 1921, a son of the late Charles and Lorna...

Mary Catherine Langlois, 86

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Mary Catherine (Goddard) Bessette Langlois, 86, of Clarksburg, Mass., died Monday July 24, 2017, at Williamstown Commons.   She was born in North Adams, Mass.,...

Beatrice R. Fortini, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beatrice Rose (Perras) Fortini, 89, of North Adams, Mass., died Monday July 24, 2017 at her home. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on April 8, 1928, daughter of...

Sarah L. Lowry, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sarah Leona (Jones) Randall Lowry, 90, of North Adams, Mass., died Monday, July 24, 2017, at North Adams Commons. She was born in Great Barrington, Mass., on...

Edward M. Bailey, 81

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Edward Michael Bailey, 81, of Williamstown, Mass., died Thursday July 20, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on October 17, 1935,...

Francis J. Zappula, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Francis Joseph Zappula, 63, of North Adams, Mass., died Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.   He was born in North Adams, Mass., on...

Richard F. Daniels, 73

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Richard Frederick Daniels, 73, of Williamstown, Mass., died Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on February...

Timothy H. Rice, 64

WINDSOR, Mass. — Mr. Timothy H. Rice, 64, of Windsor, Mass., died early Tuesday morning, July 18, 2017, at Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. He was born in North Adams...

Ruben W. Shay, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Ruben William Shay of Williamstown, formerly of North Adams, died at home on July 16, 2017.  Born in Cologne, Germany, on February 24, 1924, he was the son of the...

Halsey G. McLain, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Halsey Grant McLain, 93, of Williamstown, Mass., died Saturday, July 15, 2017 at Williamstown Commons. He was born on October 30, 1923, in Williamstown, Mass., son...

Bob Circe, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bob Circe, 83, of Yuba City, Calif., died June 19, 2017 at Rideout Hospital.  Born in North Adams, Mass., he was a Yuba Sutter resident for 47 years. He was...

Rosemary A. Andrews, 82

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Rosemary Ann (Garvie) Williams Andrews, 82, of Clarksburg, Mass., died on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at North Adams Commons.  Rosemary was born in North Adams, MA...

Warner L. Smith, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Warner L. Smith, formerly of Williamstown, Mass., died Thursday, July 13, 2017. Warner was born in Nuremberg, Germany, on February 23, 1927. He was the only child...

Angela M. Shartrand, 48

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Angela Marie Shartrand, of Florence, died in her home, Monday, June 26, 2017, at the age of 48. Born in North Adams on April 16, 1969, daughter of Nancy Galli...

Isabel T. Hyndman, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Isabel Thompson Hyndman, 95, of North Adams died Monday, July 10, 2017, at North Adams Commons.   Born in North Adams on July 8, 1922, daughter of David and...

Sylvia C. Shugg, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Sylvia Caesar Shugg, 90, a former longtime resident of Williamstown, died peacefully at home in Orono, Maine, in the early hours of Friday, June 30,...

Elizabeth E. LaPlante, 85

WILLIASMTOWN, Mass. — Elizabeth Ellen LaPlante, 85, of Pines Lodge Park died on Monday, July 10, 2017, at Williamstown Commons.    Born in Williamstown on Dec. 30, 1931, a...

Ronald R. Marony, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ronald Romeo Marony, 92, of North Adams died on Sunday, July 9, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on April...

Herbert H. Palmer, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Herbert Harold Palmer, 88, of Williamstown died Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Oct. 25, 1928, the only child of Harold and Elsa Palmer, he...

Jeanne M. Bogino, 56

HANCOCK, Mass. — Jeanne M. Bogino, 56, of Hancock, Mass., died unexpectedly at Northwestern Hospital in Chicago while traveling for work on June 26, 2017.  She was born in...

Peter A. D'Amico Jr., 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Peter A. D'Amico Jr., 80, of North Highlands, Calif., formerly of North Adams, Mass., passed away June 13, 2017, in North Highlands. Born in North Adams on...

Stanley J. Kopala, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Stanley J. Kopala, 85, of Adams, Mass., died on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center-North Adams. He was born in Adams on April 17, 1932, a son of the...

Douglas V. Pleshaw, 74

ADAMS, Mass. — Douglas V. Pleshaw, 74, formerly of Adams, Mass., died on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at North Adams Commons.  He was born on June 30, 1942, a son to the late Gervin and...

Daniel M. Perras, 60

ADAMS, Mass. — Daniel Milton Perras, 60, of Adams, Mass., died June 23, 2017, at his home.  He was born in North Adams, Mass., on February 26, 1957, a son of Madelyn (Moreau) Perras...

Leo W. Senecal, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Leo William Senecal, 70, former director of Public Works for the City of North Adams, of Woodlawn Avenue, North Adams, Mass., died Monday, June 26, 2017, at Berkshire...