Obituaries

Diane L. Exford, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Diane Louise Exford, 68, of North Street died on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Nov.  16, 1947, a...

Mary R. Hartman, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Rose Hartman, 91, of North Adams and West Yarmouth, died Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on June 8, 1924, daughter of Camillo...

Gail Cook, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gail Cook, 68, of North Adams died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Oct. 5, 1947, a daughter of Henry and Gladys Foster St. Pierre,...

Margaret L. Palmer, 80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Margaret L. "Bunny" Palmer, 80, of Adams Road died Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in 1935, daughter of...

Antoinette C. Caccavo, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Antoinette Constance Caccavo, 96, of Hanover, formerly of North Adams, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. Born in North Adams on Aug. 24,...

Margaret E. Senecal, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Margaret Emily Senecal, 66, of Woodlawn Avenue died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the North Adams Campus of Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 10, 1949,...

Nancy E. Weyers, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Nancy Ellen Weyers, 82, of Williamstown, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at Centers for Living and Rehab in Bennington, Vt. Born in North Adams on Jan. 8, 1934, daughter of...

Mary T. Smith, 97

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mary Terese Smith, 97, a former longtime resident of North Adams and Williamstown, died peacefully on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at The Community Hospice House in Merrimack,...

Michael J. Spencer, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael Joseph Spencer, 50, of North Adams died Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on June 10, 1965, a son of Emily...

Michael V. Malloy, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael Victor Malloy, 72, of North Adams died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at his home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 18, 1943, a son of Robert and Harselia Lefaive Malloy,...

John A. Casuscelli Sr., 53

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John Arthur Casuscelli Sr., 53, of Reeves Street died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. Born in North Adams on May 28, 1962, son of Elizabeth Racine Casuscelli Crosier of North...

Joan S. Gniadek, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joan Simone Gniadek, 70, of East Main Street died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, at Williamstown Commons after a long battle with cancer and congestive heart failure. Born in...

Rita Lively, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Rita Lively, 89, formerly of Danforth Street, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in Adams on Oct. 23, 1926, daughter...

Joan C. Manners, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Joan Carlisle Manners, 82, of 99 Longview Terrace died on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Hackensack, N.J., on March 8, 1933, daughter of James...

Dorothy M. Racette, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Margaret Racette, 86, of North Adams died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on May 29, 1929, daughter of Arthur and Genevieve Boyer...

John F. Andrews, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John F. Andrews, 95, of North Adams, died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Feb. 13, 1921, son of Frederic and...

Anthony W. Czarnecki Jr., 47

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony Walter Czarnecki Jr., 47, of Comanche Drive died Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in North Adams on April 25,...

Howard F. Donovan Jr., 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Howard Frederick Donovan Jr., 83, of Mohawk Trail died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, at his home. Born in North Adams on July 3, 1932, a son of Howard and Vivian Wright Donovan,...

John Bua, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — John Bua, 92, of Apremont Street died Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Chicago on April 10, 1923, son of Salvatore and Lena Corrente...

John C. Alexander, 66

FLORIDA, Mass. — John Clark Alexander, 66, of Tilda Hill Road died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 2, 1949, son of John and Helen Clark Alexander, he attended...

Frederick Lovern, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frederick Lovern, 74, of Union Street died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, after a long illness. Born in Northampton on Oct. 12, 1941, he...

Barbara M. Crawford, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Barbara Marie Crawford, 82, of Eagle Street died peacefully on Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Dec. 5, 1933, the...

Joyce M. Walsh, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Joyce May Walsh, 84, of Cole Avenue died on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on Sept. 12, 1931, a daughter of Henry E. and Harriet...

Najib 'Pat' Davis, 100

ADAMS, Mass. — Najib Thomas "Pat" Davis, 100, of Adams, died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in New York Mills, N.Y., on May 11, 1915, son of Said and Amelia...

Joan H. Crosier, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joan H. Crosier, 82, of George Avenue died Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on March 23, 1933, daughter of Robert and...