Obituaries

Grace L. Scarfone, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Grace Louise Scarfone, 87, of 484 Barbour St. died Friday, May 1, 2015, at Mount Marie Health Care Center in Holyoke. Born in North Adams on April 9, 1928, a daughter...

Mary V. Fulginiti, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary V. Fulginiti, 97, of 118 Liberty St. died Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Aug. 10, 1917, daughter of Joseph and Marianna...

Gerald Luscier, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Gerald Luscier, 83, of North Hoosac Road died on Monday, April 27, 2015, at the Berkshire medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Oct. 30, 1931, a son of...

Carol Joyce Ogert, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Carol Joyce Ogert, 77, of Rockland Road, North Scituate, died Friday, April 24, 2015, at Woodpecker Hill Health Center in Greene, R.I. Born in North Adams in 1938, a daughter...

Alba Ramona Oliva, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Alba Ramona Oliva, 84, of 1570 Massachusetts Ave. died Sunday, April 26, 2015, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Santa Ana, Honduras, on Feb. 28, 1931, daughter of Mercedes and...

Simone Marie Chouinard, 99

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Simone Marie Chouinard, 99, formerly of 138 East Quincy St. died Monday, April 27, 2015, at Heritage Hall in Agawam. Born in Napierville, Quebec, on Aug. 31, 1915,...

Joan Goldener Mann, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Joan Theresa Goldener Mann, 87, of 113 Longview Terrace died Saturday, April 25, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Providence, R.I., on Jan. 8, 1928, daughter of...

Beverly Ann Gibeau, 69

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beverly Ann Gibeau, 69, of North Adams died Thursday, April 23, 2015, at her home. Born in North Adams on Feb. 13, 1946, a daughter of Nelson and Eva Niles Briggs, she...

Nellie Mary Ferris, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Naheela "Nellie Mary" Ferris, 96, of 35 Olds St. died Thursday April 23, 2015, at the home of her daughter, Lorraine Brown of North Adams. Born in North Adams on April...

Gloria A. Norman, 60

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Gloria A. Norman, 60, of 28 Charles St. died on Thursday, April 23, 2015, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Miami on Feb. 22, 1955, a daughter of George and Irene Fisk...

Shirley M. Lincoln, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Shirley M. Lincoln, 80, of North Adams died on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on March 21, 1935, a daughter of...

Thelma E. LaPier, 81

HANCOCK, Mass. — Thelma E. LaPier, 81, of Hancock Road died on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Stephentown, N.Y., on April 29, 1933, a...

Norman N. Perenick, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Norman Nicholas Perenick, 88, of North Adams, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. Born in North Adams on July 7, 1926, he was the oldest of five children of Salvatore and...

Rita A. Baker, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Rita Angela Baker, 95, of Windsor, Conn., formerly of North Adams, died peacefully on Saturday, April 18, 2015. Born in North Adams on Feb. 15, 1920, though she always...

Donna Cooper-Goodell, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Donna Lee Cooper-Goodell, 76, of North Adams died Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at her home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 5, 1939, daughter of Nelson and Edith Estes Shaw, she...

Edna Mae Williams, 96

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Edna Mae Williams, 96, of 81 Brooks Heights died at home on Mercy Sunday, April 12, 2015, after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Aug. 13, 1918, daughter of John T....

Linda P. Roberts, 62

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Linda Priscilla Roberts, 62, of 323 West Main St. died Sunday, April 12, 2015, at home. Born in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on June 30, 1952, daughter of Homer Bertrand and of Helen...

Charlotte D. Chalfonte, 98

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Charlotte Dillon Chalfonte, 98, formerly of North Adams, died on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided for more than two years. Born in...

Katherine E. Woodcock, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Katherine Elizabeth Woodcock, 67, of North Adams died Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Feb. 12, 1948, daughter of John...

Jeanette M. Dillon, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jeanette Marie Dillon, 86, of 259 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Chicopee on Aug. 14, 1928, a...

Barbara McKeon, 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Barbara McKeon, 65, died on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Dec. 20, 1949, a daughter of Harry and Rose Gardner...

Robert W. Borowski, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert W. "Bob" Borowski, 84, of Port Charlotte, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died Friday, April 3, 2015. Born in North Adams on July 23, 1930, he was the son of...

Russell F. Bradley Jr., 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Russell Fredrick Bradley Jr., 50, of Feeding Hills, died away peacefully on Sunday, April 5, 2015, at Heritage Hall in Agawam. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 26, 1964, son...

Shirley H. Briggs, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Shirley Hope Briggs, 84, of 26 Foucher Ave. died on Saturday, April 4, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Clarksburg on March 4, 1931, a...

Wayne D. Bennett, 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Wayne D. Bennett, 57, of Franklin Street died Thursday, April 2, 2015, at the Northern Berkshire campus of Berkshire Medical Center North. Born in North Adams on May 5,...