Obituaries

Margaret E. George, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Margaret Elaine George, 85, of 22 George Ave. died Sunday, March 2, 2014, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Albany, N.Y., on July 20, 1928, daughter of Charles and Sadie...

Camille J. Ziter, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Camille John Ziter, 95, of Daytona Beach, Fla., formerly of North Adams and Williamstown, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, at Halifax Health Hospice in Port Orange, Fla. Born...

Paul P. Matrigali, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Paul Peter Matrigali, 97, of 89 Phelps Ave. died Sunday, March 2, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Dec. 24, 1916, son of Amedio and Anna Zucchero...

Ethel Roy, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ethel Roy, 88, of 65 Kemp Ave. died Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, at North Adams Commons. Born in Sheldon, Iowa on Sept. 28, 1925, daughter of Harry and Clara Debrien Pekelder,...

Gisella L. Blake, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Gisella Louise Blake, 85, of 43 Lois St. died Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Dec. 15, 1928, daughter of Agostino and Josephine...

Shirley W. Blanchard, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Shirley Winifred Blanchard, 88, of 175 Franklin St. died Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, at North Adams Commons. Born in Greenfield on Sept. 25, 1925, a daughter of George...

Mary Alice Williams, 84

ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Alice Williams, 84, of 116 Commercial St. died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 8, 1929, a daughter of William T....

Catherine E. Winn, 85

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Catherine Elizabeth Winn, 85, a longtime resident of Williamstown, died peacefully after a long illness on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at Williamstown Commons, surrounded by...

Jay Peter Walden, 52

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jay Peter Walden, 52, of 589 State Road died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on March 18, 1961 son of Edgar and...

John Noel Raby, 67

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — John Noel Raby, 67, of Smith Ave. died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Dec. 25, 1946, a son of John B. and...

Michael G. Norman, 64

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Michael G. Norman, 64, of 28 Charles St. died Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at his home. Born in North Adams on May 19, 1949, a son of Arthur W. and Irene Rivie Norman, he...

Henry E. Bounds, 65

FLORIDA, Mass. — Henry Eugene Bounds, 65, of 74 Monroe Road died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, at North Adams Regional Hospital after he was stricken earlier in the day. A member of the Florida...

Charles E. Shaylor, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Charles Edward Shaylor, 68, of 25 Bryant St. died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, at his home. Born in Worcester on Oct. 31, 1945, a son of George and Eva King Shaylor, he...

Dr. William L. Sands, 90

MENANDS, N.Y. — Dr. William Leon Sands, 90, of Sage Hill Lane died Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in Boston. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Dr. Irving J. Sands and Cecile R. Sands, prominent leaders of...

James S. Wondoloski, 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - James Stanley Wondoloski, 75, of 10 White Oaks Road died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Greenfield on May 23, 1938, a son of...

Rose E. Girardi, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Rose Elizabeth Girardi, 91, of 281 Walnut St. died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on March 26, 1922 daughter of Luigi and Elizabeth...

Beverly L. Duquette, 72

ADAMS, Mass. - Beverly Lorraine Duquette, 72, of 44 East Jordan St. died Thursday, Feb, 20, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Rowe on Dec. 22, 1941, daughter of Travis Del...

G. John Velyvis, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - G. John Velyvis, 82, of 104 Chenaille Terrace died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, at his home. Born in Vilkaviskis, Lithuania, on Dec. 8, 1931, son of Joseph and Anna Jurksaitis...

John S. Pralat, 70

ADAMS, Mass. — John S. Pralat, 70, of 23 Manners Ave. died Monday afternoon, Feb. 17, 2014, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Adams on May 6, 1943, son of Marian and Julia...

Sylvia Kaigle Kateley, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Sylvia Alice Kaigle Kateley, 85, died on Monday, Feb. 18, 2014, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on June 25, 1928 a daughter of Louis and Alice Wright Chalifoux,...

Mary J. Ruzicka, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Josephine Ruzicka, 94, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, at North Adams Commons, where she had resided since June 12, 2012. Born in the Morsemere section of Ridgefield,...

Susan M. Murphy, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Susan Marie Murphy, 66, of 140 Crest St. died Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on May 9, 1947, daughter of James and Yvonne Martelle Garvie,...

Lillian Rose Budz, 97

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Lillian Rose Budz, 97, of Saulnier Drive died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at her home, supported by her daughters Diane Budz of Williamstown and Carol Budz Blanchard of...

Milton A. Perras, 52

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Milton A. Perras, 52, of 209 Ashland St. died on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at his home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 26, 1962, a son of Madelyn Moreau Perras of North...

Paul G. Allegra, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Paul George Allegra, 87, of 45 Spring St. died Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, at North Adams Commons. Born on Jan. 25, 1927, in Ahmeek, Mich., to Orazio Allegra and Francesca...