Obituaries

Nicole Lee Lemieux, 34

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Nicole Lee Lemieux, 34, of Clarksburg died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 17, 1978, a daughter of Michael and...

Anna Yan Ji Arabia, 16

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anna Yan Ji Arabia, 16, of Eagle Street, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Family said she faced her rare brain tumor, gliomatosis cerebri, with amazing strength and never let...

Doris Ann Rennell, 84

ADAMS, Mass. - Doris Ann Rennell, 84, of 17 Pleasant St. died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at Williamstown Commons. Born on Vashon Island, King County, Wash., on July 20, 1928, daughter of Harold and...

Joyce C. Sheldon, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joyce Carol Sheldon, 67, of 176 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Utica, N.Y., on June 14, 1945, a...

Lynn Ann Swanson, 55

ADAMS, Mass. — Lynn Ann Swanson, 55, of 166 Orchard St. died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 28, 1957, daughter of Geraldine Crew Barbuto...

Barbara E. Urban, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Barbara Elsie Urban, 94, of Proprietor's Field, 118 Church St., died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at her home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 3, 1918, daughter of Thomas and...

Rose Marie Bard, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rose Marie Bard, 91, of 86 Furnace St. died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Feb. 15, 1921, daughter of...

Guy M. Button, 55

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Guy Matthew Button, 55, of Foucher Avenue died on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield following several months of failing health. Born in...

Frank J. Grassi, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Frank Joseph Grassi, 83, of 86 Catherine St. died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, at the Williamstown Commons. Born in Clarksburg on June 20, 1929, a son of Frank and Giovanna...

Henry J. Bruton, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Henry Jackson Bruton, 91, of 300 Syndicate Road died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in Williamstown after a long illness. He was the John J. Gibson Professor of Economics...

Anthony C. Costa, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony Charles Costa, 82, of 102 Lincoln St. died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 18, 1930, son of Nicola and...

Lawrence P. Folino Sr., 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lawrence Paul Folino Sr., 89, of 69 Harris St. died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on June 17, 1923, son of...

Elizabeth M. Dassatti, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Elizabeth Mary Dassatti, 91, of 82 Furnace St. died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at her home. Born in Monroe Bridge on March 10, 1921, a daughter of Cherubino and Annie Donati...

Frances J. Morris, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frances J. Morris, 80, formerly of 44 Hall St. died Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mary and George Willingham, in Rocky Mount, N.C....

Dorothea Serre, 101

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Dorothea Serre, 101, of 124 Barth St. died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at North Adams Commons. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on April 8, 1911, a daughter of Joseph and Ellen Gustafson...

Shirley H. McAdoo, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Shirley Hazel McAdoo, 86, of 104 Union St. died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at the Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Worcester on Oct. 22, 1926, a daughter...

Patricia Ann Jones, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Patricia Ann Jones, 77, of 22 Aztec Drive died Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Nov. 21, 1935, daughter of Wilson and Celia Bostwick...

Ross J. Barber, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Ross J. Barber, 89, of 1039 North Hoosac Road died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pownal, Vt., on Feb. 9, 1923, a son of Lee and May...

Virginia M. Briggs, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Virginia Marie Briggs, 89, of 93 Cleveland Ave. died Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation in Bennington, Vt. Born in Bennington on Nov. 12,...

Karen M. Merrick, 44

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Karen M. Merrick, 44, of 1422 Massachusetts Ave., died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston after a courageous battle with...

Cecil L. Harvey, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Cecil Lee Harvey, 94, of Buxton Hill Road died peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Washington, D.C., July 9, 1918, the son of Walter H....

Joseph A. Moresi Jr., 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Joseph Anthony Moresi Jr., 86, of 225 Longview Terrace died peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Conn., with his wife...

Kathleen McCarthy, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kathleen Anne McCarthy, 67, of 130 Versailles Ave. died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Sept. 17, 1945, a daughter of James and...

Kenneth R. Brooks, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kenneth Robert Brooks, 84, of 40 College Ave. died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at his home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 24, 1928, a son of Arthur and Eleanor Brown Brooks,...

Richard N. Haley Sr., 81

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Richard Nelson Haley Sr., 81, of 242 Cold Spring Road died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at his home. Born in Williamstown on Jan. 27, 1931, a son of George W. and Mary May...