Obituaries

Bryce M. Lescarbeau, 21

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bryce Michael Lescarbeau, 21, of 178 Chantilly Ave. died on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center's Satellite Emergency Facility. Born in North Adams on...

Eldor G. Brazeau, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Eldor Gerard "Pete" Brazeau, 88, formerly of Sterling Drive, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, lovingly surrounded by his...

Kenneth D. Superneau, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Kenneth D. Superneau, 89, of 11 Hall St. died, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born in North Adams on Jan. 28, 1925, a son of Ernest...

Florence M. McKane, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Florence Mary McKane, 96, of 247 Eagle St. died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, at Cape Heritage Nursing Home in Sandwich. Born in North Adams on Aug. 8, 1918, daughter of Henry and...

Deborah Saddlemire-Hull, 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Deborah Jean Saddlemire-Hull, 57, of North Adams died Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, at her home. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Nov. 30, 1957, she was the daughter of William Dundan and of...

Constance A. Sweet, 69

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Constance A. Sweet, 69, of Sloan Road died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. Born on in Ludlow on Feb. 14, 1946, daughter of Frank and Jane Zaranek Meloveck, she spent her...

John J. Dougherty, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John J. Dougherty, 89, of Quincy, formerly of North Adams, died peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, at Falmouth Hospital, after battling pneumonia. Born in Everett...

Harold L. Moreau, 95

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Harold Louis "Joe" Moreau, 95, of 91 Bachand Ave. died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, at the Soldiers' Home in Chelsea. Born in North Adams on Nov. 12, 1919, son of Edward J....

Joseph A. Sacco Jr., 65

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Joseph A. Sacco Jr., 65, of Clarksburg died Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 12, 1949, son of Joseph A. and...

Barbara J. Coody, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Barbara Jane Coody, 83, of 70 Frederick St. died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, at her home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 26, 1931, daughter of Walter and Irene Jones Richardson,...

Joseph J. Zasloff, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Joseph J. Zasloff, 89, of McCauley Lane died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, from a brain hemorrhage caused by a fall. Mr. Zasloff was a professor emeritus of political science at...

Mary Ann Beinecke, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Mary Ann Beinecke, 87, of Waldoboro, Maine, formerly of Williamstown, died peacefully on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Born in Manitowoc, Wisc. on March 5, 1927, daughter of Julius...

Andrew F. Gigliotti, 88

ADAMS, Mass. — Andrew Francis Gigliotti, 88, of Port Orange, Fla., and formerly of 64 East St., died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at Bishop's Glen Nursing Home in Holly Hill, Fla. Born in North...

Susan M. Taskin, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Susan Myerson Taskin, 92, of 101 Chenaille Terrace died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, at Williamstown Commons after a short illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 16, 1922,...

Margaret M. Farley, 100

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Margaret Marie Farley, 100, of North Adams and more lately of Northampton, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, at Loomis House Nursing Care Facility in Holyoke. Born in North Adams...

Loretta Mae Rarick, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Loretta Mae Rarick, 83, of North Adams died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Dec. 18, 1930, a daughter of Clifford and Mary Duverney...

Walter S. Davis, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Longtime North Adams Police Officer Walter Stewart Davis, 78, of 44 Veazie St. died Saturday, Nov 29, 2014, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born in...

Katherine Akers, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Katherine Akers, 90, of Sweetwood Retirement Community died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, at home in Williamstown. Born in Titusville, Pa., on Nov. 28, 1923, the fourth and...

Viola M. Brondoni, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Viola Marie Brondoni, 88, of 189 State St. died Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Feb. 4, 1926, daughter of Felix and Catherine...

Chad M. Boulger, 31

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Chad Matthew Boulger, 31, of 230 North Hoosac Road died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at his home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 20, 1983, son of Michael F. and Debra M....

Fay E. Beer, 87

FLORIDA, Mass. - Fay E. Beer, 87, of Drury died on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, at her home. Born in Florida on Sept. 9, 1927, a daughter of Adrian and Tressie Burdick Poirot, she attended schools in...

Ann Marie Burdick, 50

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Ann Marie Burdick, 50, of Simonds Road died Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, at her home. Born in North Adams in 1964, a daughter of Jean Boynton Burdick-Langlois of Williamstown and...

Catherine E. Southgate, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Catherine E. Southgate, 94, of North Adams, died peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, surrounded by her family at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided for the past...

Virginia Weinland, 102

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Virginia Weinland, 102, of Williamstown, formerly of Chappaqua, N.Y., died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Born in Cincinnati in 1912, daughter of to Thomas Lightfoot Pogue...

Thomas A. Rancatti, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Thomas Alfred Rancatti, 66, of 100 Lincoln St. died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Born in North Adams on Aug. 21, 1948, a son of Charles and Norma...