Obituaries

Amelia V. Cronin, 103

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Amelia V. Cronin, 103, a native of North Adams, died on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, with her daughter, Mary Cronin-Whitney, at her side at Roberts Health Centre in North...

Jennie May McGuire, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jennie May McGuire, 70, of 150 Ashland St. died on Dec. 22, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Laconia, N.H., on June 27, 1945, a daughter of Aime...

Marjorie P. Haley, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Marjorie Patricia Haley, 82, of 242 Cold Spring Road died, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, at Sweet Brook Health Care Center. Born in Williamstown on Oct. 18, 1933, a daughter of...

Kathryn E. Wood, 97

ADAMS, Mass. — Kathryn E. Wood, 97, of 9 Kittler Ave., died early Wednesday morning, Jan. 6, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., on Sept. 23, 1918, a daughter of...

Sally King Cramer, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Sally King Cramer, 91, a longtime Williamstown resident, died Saturday, Jan 2, 2016, in Broken Arrow, Okla. Born in Springfield in 1924, she was the fourth of eight...

Lucille Lewis Jarvis, 99

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lucille Rose Lewis Jarvis, 99, of North Adams, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 5, 1916, daughter of Henry W. and Lucy...

Opal A. Norcross, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Opal Adeline Norcross, 96, of North Adams, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on June 22, 1919, daughter of Frank and Blanche...

Catherine F. Shepard, 95

ADAMS, Mass. — Catherine Frances Shepard, 95, of Adams, died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Nov. 22, 1930, daughter of George and Julia Kearns Conroy, she...

Stanley J. Owczarski, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Stanley John Owczarski, 68, of North Adams, died suddenly Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015, at his home. Born in North Adams on July 7, 1947, son of Stanley John Owczarski Sr. and...

Stacia Carlton, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Stacia Carlton, 93, formerly of North Adams, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, at the St. Teresa's Nursing Care Center in Manchester, N.H., where she resided at Bishop...

Nancy Alice Blay, 79

ADAMS, Mass. — Nancy Alice Blay, 79, of Columbia Street died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, at her home.   Born in North Adams on June 21, 1936, daughter of Walter F. and Christine Sherman...

Shirley E. Millis, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Shirley Elizabeth Millis, 88, of Malta, N.Y., and formerly of North Adams, died Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, at the Home of the Good Shepard in Ballston Spa, N.Y. Born in Adams...

Marguerite L. Fournier, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marguerite Lucienne Fournier, 96, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Nov. 27, 1919, daughter of Arthur and Adeline Rougeau...

Warren R. Wright, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Warren Raymond Wright, 79,  died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Oct. 20, 1936, son of Thelma R. Wright Phillips, he was...

Gloria J. Morris, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gloria Jane Morris, 73, of North Adams, died on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center's emergency satellite facility. Born on Dec. 17, 1941, a daughter...

William A. Miner, 64

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — William Alan Miner, 64, of Williamstown, died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Rochester, N.Y., on Nov. 14, 1951, son of Paul Benjamin...

Victor J.T. Girardi, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Victor John Thomas Girardi, 88, of Mount Williams Drive, died on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015. Born in North Adams on Nov. 22, 1927, son of John and Catherine Leonesio Girardi,...

Catherine Strype, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Catherine Strype, 91, formerly of Williamstown, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, at Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Oct. 29, 1924, a...

Marion Patashnick, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marion Patashnick, 96, of Longmeadow, died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, at Leavitt Family Jewish Home there. She was a former longtime resident of North Adams. Born in North...

Anthony E. Canale, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony Eugene Canale, 63, of Franklin Street died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, at his home.   Born in North Adams on May 29, 1952, son of Anthony John and Ada Arrighini...

Leon LaMere, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Leon LaMere, 74, of 9 Marion Ave. died on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness. Born in Easthampton on Jan. 12, 1941, a...

Emma M. Volff, 79

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Emma Margaret Volff, 79, of 398 Houghton St., died on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Born...

Richard L. DeMayo, 78

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Richard Louis DeMayo, 78, of Bonnie Lea Farm, 511 North St., died Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Williamstown on Sept. 10,...

Dorothy Gerry, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy "Dot" Rumbolt Gerry, 89, of Liberty Street died peacefully on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Feb....

Scott A. Toppin, 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Scott A. Toppin, 61, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died at his home on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, of brain cancer. Born in North Adams on July 14, 1954, son of James Toppin of Apache...