Obituaries

Doris M. Cook, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Doris M. Cook, 94, of 50 Ashland St. died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 14, 1918, a daughter of Clarence...

Kenneth R. LaPlante, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Kenneth Raymond "Red" LaPlante, 93, of Williamstown died Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Skowhegan, Maine, on Oct. 19, 1818, a son of Albert...

Waldron W. Chesney, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Waldron W. Chesney, 83, of 285 New Ashford Road died Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, at his home. Born in Pittsfield on July 13, 1929, a son of Malcolm and Helen Waldron Chesney, he...

Anthony J. Stack, 68

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Anthony J. "Tony" Stack, 68, of 135 Middle Road died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born Middletown, Conn., on June 21, 1944, son of Anthony...

Christine M. Martin, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Christine M. Martin, 63, of 11 Navajo Drive died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Aug. 20, 1949, daughter of Gerard...

Roselyn J. Vincelette, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Roselyn J. Vincelette, 89, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. A longtime resident of Williamstown, she had most recently resided at Spruces...

Jessica A. Coury, 30

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Jessica Anne Coury, 30, of 31 Belmar Drive died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on March 22, 1982, daughter of Curtis Coury of Adams and...

Chief Joseph. J. Zoito Jr., 88

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. - Retired Williamstown Police Chief Joseph. J. Zoito Jr., 88, of 5 Glenns Road, died peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield with his loving...

Virginia M. Farinon, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Virginia Mary Farinon, 90, of 118 Church St. died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in North Pownal, Vt., on Oct. 15, 1921, daughter of Clarence...

Anita M. Passardi, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anita May Passardi, 81, of 185 Veazie St. died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Feb. 15, 1931, daughter of Arthur Parent and...

Mary P. Angeli, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Patricia Angeli, 82, of 40 Frederick St. died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Jan. 11, 1930, daughter of Michael and...

Doree Marceau, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Doree Marceau, 91, of North Adams died on Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on March 8, 1921, a daughter of Justyn J. and Anelia Kosieroski...

Michael R. DeMarsico II, 20

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Army Spc. Michael Robert DeMarsico II, 20, of North Adams was killed in action on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, while serving his country in Operation Enduring Freedom in...

Walter V. Sawicki, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Walter V. Sawicki, 90, of Cocoa, Fla., and a longtime resident of 64 College Ave. died Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, at the Wuesthoff Medical Center in Rockledge, Fla.,...

Ruth O. Bernardo, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Ruth Olive Bernardo, 92, of 45 Spring St. died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 9, 1920, a daughter of Earl Franklin...

Marjorie J. Bump, 80

ADAMS, Mass. — Marjorie J. Bump, 80, of 75 Commercial St. died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Thompsonville, Conn., on July 29, 1932, daughter...

Mildred Tatro Bleil Deneault, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mildred Bernice Tatro Bleil Deneault, 94, of 150 Ashland St. died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Nov. 17,...

Anthony B. Falco, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony B. Falco, 80, of 19 Apache Drive died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 1, 1932, a son of Donato and...

Patricia Chilson, 76

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Patricia Chilson, 76, of 35 Adams Road, Meadowvale Apt B8, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, surrounded by her loving family....

Henry E. Irace, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Henry Ernest Irace, 91, of 33 Lyman St. died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Oct. 17, 1920, son of Luigi and...

Jay L. Strange, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Jay L. Strange, 83, of College Avenue died peacefully at home, on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, of natural causes, surrounded by his family. Born in North Adams on March 27, 1929,...

Ralph R. Beer, 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ralph Robert Beer, 61, of 34 Greenleaves Drive, Hadley, formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. Born in North...

Harriet E. Wetherby, 64

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Harriet E. "Harve" Wetherby, 64, of Colebrook, N.H., died Wednesday morning, July 25, 2012, at Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook after a period of declining...

Robert Wylde, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Wylde, 83, of Morgan Hill, Calif., died on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. Born in Webster on Jan. 7, 1928, son of Frank and Hazel Ostberg Wylde, he received his...

Wilfred W. Avery, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Wilfred W. Avery, 94, of 225 Adams St., Brooklyn, N.Y., died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in Brooklyn. He was the husband of the late Phyllis Burghardt Douglass of...