Obituaries

Elsie I. LaPlante, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Elsie Irene LaPlante, 93, of 142 Riverside Drive, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in North Adams on June 5, 1921, daughter of Eskiel and...

Gertrude Fields, 96

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Gertrude Fields, 96, of 118 Church St., Proprietor's Field, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Canada on Feb. 16,...

David L. Brown, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - David Linden Brown, 75, of North Adams, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Dexter, Maine, on Feb. 9, 1940, son of Donald W. and...

Irene D. Soja, 88

ADAMS, Mass. — Irene D. Soja, 88, of 23 East St. died Sunday evening, March 8, 2015, at her home. Born in Adams on April 5, 1926, a daughter of John and Anna Kuna Soja, she attended St....

Phyllis Groves King, 78

ADAMS, Mass. — Phyllis Groves King, 78, of 1 Berkshire Square died on Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on April 29, 1936, a daughter of...

Stanley A. Dzierga, 93

ADAMS, Mass. — Stanley Andrew Dzierga, 93, of 43 Meadow St., died on Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Dec. 27, 1921, a son of Andrew...

Ernest H. DelDebbio, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ernest Henry DelDebbio, 82, of 225 State St. died Sunday, March 8, 2015, at the Berkshire Medical Center Emergency Facility in North Adams. Born in North Adams on Aug....

Warren G. Randall, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Warren G. Randall, 84, of Union Street died Sunday, March 8, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on July 29, 1931, he was a son of Warren...

Annette C. Leveque, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Annette C. Leveque, 83, of 191 Ashland St. died Friday March 6, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born on May 10, 1931, in Cornwall, N.Y., a daughter of...

Norman M. Gaudreau, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Norman Marc Gaudreau, 85, of 74 Lincoln St. died Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at his home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 6, 1929, a son of Osias and Albia Babeu Gaudreau, he...

James L. Whitney, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - James Lawson "Skip" Whitney, 82, of 5 Whitman St. died Sunday, March 1, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on May 24, 1932, son of Sceva E....

James Y. Hart Sr., 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - James Yuman "Snooky" Hart Sr., 92, of 65 Hall St., died at home on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, surrounded by his loving family and caregivers, Ellen and Barbara. He was a longtime...

Mary A. Sullivan, 98

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Agnes Sullivan, 98, of North Adams died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on May 21, 1916, a daughter of...

Ruth T. Brewer, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Ruth Theresa Brewer, 82, of Luce Road died on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Nov. 5, 1932, a daughter of Ernest...

James V. Betti, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - James Vincent Betti, 86, of 16 Dorothy's Way died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Oct. 31, 1928, a son of Benjamin F. and Mary Louise...

Florence Wineberg, 94

ADAMS, Mass. - Florence Wineberg, 94, of Orchard Street died peacefully Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, in her home, surrounded by her family. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., daughter of Samuel and Sophie...

Florence Wineberg, 94

ADAMS, Mass. - Florence Wineberg, 94, of Orchard Street died peacefully Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, in her home, surrounded by her family. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., daughter of Samuel and Sophie...

Eunice M. St. Hilaire, 88

ADAMS, Mass. — Eunice Marguerite St. Hilaire, 88, of 5 West St., died Wednesday evening, Feb. 18, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center's Emergency Satellite Facility in North Adams after a fire in...

William R. Mazzu, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William R. Mazzu, 73, of 418 Church St. died peacefully on Tuesday Feb. 17, 2015 Born in North Adams on May 18, 1941, a son of Pasquale and Mary Giacco Mazzu, he...

William H. Tatro Jr., 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William Henry Tatro Jr., 79, of 40 Mill St. died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on his mother's birthday, Feb. 7,...

Mitchell A. Braman, 59

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mitchell Alfred Braman, 59, of 27 Hudson St. died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at his home. Born in North Adams on March 24, 1955, son of Walter and Phoebe Roberts Del...

Lucille J. Bowser, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Lucille Jane Bowser, 89, formerly of Green River Road, died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Reading on July 4, 1925, daughter of Sherburne...

Steven Forrest, 68

ADAMS, Mass. - Steven Forrest, 68, of Edmunds Street died Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, at home of cancer. Born Aug. 28, 1946, he lived in the Boston area until moving from Brookline to North Adams in...

Isabelle M. Grillone, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — Isabelle Mary Grillone, 91, formerly of 75 Commercial St., died peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, at Williamstown Commons after a long, full life. Born in Harbour Grace,...

Jean M. Downey, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jean M. Downey, 91, of Franklin Street died peacefully Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, in her home, surrounded by her loving family Born in North Adams on Jan. 25, 1924,...