Obituaries

Gale A. Grande, 77

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Gale A. (Durant) Grande, 77, of Adams died Wednesday evening, August 31, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Adams on April 13, 1939,...

Theresa Mille, 67

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Theresa "Terry" Mary (Kozak) Mille, 67, of Adams died on Monday, August 29, 2016. She was born in Adams on March 8, 1949, a daughter of the late Walter and...

Stanley J. Ziemba Jr., 81

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Stanley J. Ziemba Jr., 81, of Adams died on Friday, August 26, 2016, at the Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. He was born in Adams on May 26, 1935, a son of the late...

William D. Jayko, 55

CHESHIRE, Mass. — William David Jayko, (a.k.a "Snake"), 55, of Cheshire passed away at Berkshire Medical Center on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016.  Born in Pittsfield on February...

Esther V. Tanguay, 86

ADAMS, Mass. — Esther V. Tanguay, 86, of 104 North Summer St. passed away Thursday, August 25, 2016, at her home. Born in Adams on November 11, 1929, she was the daughter of the late...

Andrew L. Les, 63

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Andrew L. Les, 63, of Adams died on Monday, August 22, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on November 19, 1952, a son of the late...

Thomas P. Mazza, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— Thomas Peter Mazza, 70, of North Adams died Thursday, August 25, 2016, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. He was born in North Adams on September 17, 1945, son...

Kane W. Robillard, 10 months

ADAMS, Mass. — Kane William Robillard, the 10-month-old son of Jeffrey and Erica (LaCosse) Robillard, died Thursday, August 18, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in North Adams. Kane...

Doris L. Wood, 87

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Doris L. Wood, 87, of Clarksburg passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams, Mass., on October 14, 1928, she was the daughter...

Thomas W. Belanger Jr., 77

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Thomas William Belanger Jr., 77, of Adams, died Thursday morning, August 18, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. He was born in Warren, Vt., on March 21. 1939, son of...

Helen I. Koch, 98

ADAMS, Mass. — Ms. Helen Ida Koch, 98, of Adams died Wednesday morning, August 17, 2016, at her home. She was born in Adams on May 12, 1918, daughter of the late Adolph Koch, Jr. and...

Josephine Granger, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Josephine Anne (Dudek) Granger, 92, of Adams died early Tuesday morning, August 16, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams on January 3, 1924, a...

Edward E. Roberts, 74

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Edward Ernest Roberts, 74, of 20 South Willow St., Adams, died Monday evening, August 15, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Pittsfield...

Deborah L. Giard-Bell, 56

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Deborah Lee Giard-Bell, 56, of Adams died on Sunday, August 14, 2016, at her home. She was born in Troy, N.Y., on January 9, 1960, daughter of the late Clovis and...

Gwendolyn A. Bushika, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gwendolyn Ann (Jones) Bushika, 84, of North Adams and formerly of Stamford, Vt., died Thursday, August 18, 2016, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. She was...

Marie R. Coleman, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marie Rita (Scavo) Coleman, 81, of Ormond Beach, Fla., died Monday, August 15, 2016, at Brookdale Ormond Beach-West in Ormond Beach. She was born in Springfield,...

Jeanne M. Steuer, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Jeanne M. (Noel) Steuer, 87, of Williamstown died peacefully Sunday, August 14, 2016, surrounded by her children, at Williamstown Commons. In her final days, she was...

Francis A. Martel

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Francis A. Martel, 70, of 266 Houghton St., North Adams, died Thursday, August 5, 2016, at his home. He was born in Westfield, Mass., on March 26, 1946, a son...

James F. Richardson Sr., 78

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — James Foster Richardson Sr., 78, of Williamstown and formerly of Rye, N.Y., died on Friday, August 5, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass. He was...

Richard Demagall, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Demagall, 80, of North Adams died Saturday, July 30, 2016, at his beloved home. He was born in Mount Pleasant, Pa., on May 16, 1936, son of Joseph and...

Peter J. Grillone, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Peter Joseph Grillone, 94, of North Adams died on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 at North Adams Commons, surrounded by his loving family. Born on May 18, 1922, in...

Richard P. Tworig, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Peter “Dick” Tworig, 80, of North Adams died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Williamstown on March 3,...

Robert J. LaPierre, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Joseph Hugh LaPierre, 83, of North Adams passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at the Berkshire Medical Center North. He was born in North Adams on April 11,...

Leslie Brown, 61

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Leslie Brown died of leukemia in Boston on August 5, 2016, surrounded by loving friends and her long term partner Annie Valk.   Brown was a professor of...

Priscilla Coulter, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— Priscilla (Hallock) Coulter, 89, of Williamstown died Sunday, August 7, 2016. She was born in the Village of Goshen, New York, on June 6, 1927, the daughter of the...