Obituaries

Anna M. Lafave, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Anna Margaret Lafave, 92, of 35 Adams Road died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on Feb. 1, 1920, daughter of Alvah and Mary Humphrey...

Nancy L. Carpenter, 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Nancy L. Carpenter, 61, of 221 Corinth St. died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center as the result of an automobile accident the same day in...

Bernard R. Lively, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Bernard Roland Lively, 84, of 19 Danforth St. died Friday, July 27, 2012, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Heath on Dec. 9, 1927, son of Roland A. and Marie-Reine...

Kathleen J. Winters, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Kathleen Jean Winters, 67, of 150 Ashland St. died Saturday, July 28, 2012, at her home. Born in Peekskill, N.Y., on Jan. 16, 1945, a daughter of Reginald and Emanuela Carano...

Timothy L. Toole, 62

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Timothy Lawrence Toole, 62, of 30 Francis St. died Friday, July 20, 2012, at his home. Born in Oakland, Calif., on April 1, 1950, son of John H. and Lucille Nelson...

Zelda J. Barbuto, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Zelda Jane Barbuto, 71, of 44 B St. died Saturday, July 28, 2012, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on March 2, 1941, daughter of Robert and Irma Campedelli...

Edward A. Recchia, 93

ADAMS, Mass. — Edward Anthony Recchia, 93, of 18 Edward Ave. died Saturday, July 28, 2012, in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 28, 1918, a son of Lorenzo and Antoinette D'Arcangelo...

Marion V. Sherman, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Marion Violet Sherman, 92, of 75 Commercial St. died Monday, July 23, 2012, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Clarksburg on Dec. 22, 1919, a daughter of Bertrand Lionel and...

Geraldine M. Murphy, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Geraldine Mary "Gerry" Murphy, 89, of 282 State Road died Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at North Adams Commons. Born in Clarksburg on Sept. 20, 1922, daughter of Edward and...

John S. Oleson, 62

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - John Sigfried Oleson, 62, of Old Mill Road, died Friday, July 20, 2012, at home. Born in Pittsfield on March 7, 1950, son of John O. and Phyllis Brookman Oleson, he...

Mildred E. Smith, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mildred Elizabeth Smith, 95, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, beloved matriarch of the Smith and Dowling families, died Saturday, July 21, 2012, at Williamstown...

Dorothy E. Hill, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Evelyn Hill, 85, of 150 Ashland St. died Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Gardner, Maine, on May 30, 1927, daughter of Ernest...

Gary S. Noel, 52

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gary S. Noel, 52, of 150 Ashland Street, Apt. 414, died Friday, July 13, 2012, after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Dec. 22, 1959, a son of Leon Noel and...

Felice A. Catotti, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Felice A. Catotti, 83, of the Atrium in Gainesville, Fla., died Monday, July 9, 2012, at North Florida Regional Hospital in Gainesville after a brief illness. Born in...

Richard P. Lesure, 77

ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Paul Lesure, 77, of 47 Mill St. died Sunday, July 15, 2012, at his home, surrounded by his family. Born in North Adams on June 20, 1935, the son of William E. Lesure...

Helen Renzi, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Helen Renzi, 88, of Williamstown died Saturday, July 14, 2012, at her home. A longtime educator, Mrs. Renzi was principal and superintendent of schools in Williamstown....

Robert M. Fowler, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Martin Fowler, 71, of 66 North St. died Friday, July 13, 2012, at his home after a long illness. Born in Williamstown on June 2, 1941, he was the son of Elmer M....

Thomas J. Malloy, 75

ADAMS, Mass. — Thomas James Malloy, 75, of 10 Charles St. died on Monday, July 9, 2012. Born in Adams on May 4, 1937, a son of James and Rita Cross Malloy, he attended schools in Adams....

James M. Porio, 52

ADAMS, Mass. — James Michael "Poncho" Porio, 52, of 27 Spring St., died Monday, July 2, 2012, at his home. Born in Adams on Aug. 26, 1959, a son of Jeremiah Porio and Dorothy Wnuk Porio, he...

John L. Murray, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John L. Murray, 90, of 150 Ashland St., died on Monday, July 2, 2012, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on July 14, 1921, a son of John W. and Alice Russett...

C. Richard Gould, 76

ADAMS, Mass. — C. Richard "Dick" Gould, 76, of 31 East Road died on Sunday, July 8, 2012, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was the longtime veterans' agent for the city of North...

Irwin Shainman, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Irwin Shainman, 91, Williams College professor of music emeritus and a co-founder and former president of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, died early Sunday morning,...

Eileen F. Grieco, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Eileen Florence Grieco, 75, of 1033 Massachusetts Ave. died Friday July 6, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 5, 1937, daughter of...

Calvin L. Ritcher, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Calvin Lester Ritcher, 78, of 61 Willow Dell died Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at Blair House in Worcester. Born in Clarksburg on March 6, 1934, son of Elroy and Ada Braman...

Sandra J. Ware, 51

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Sandra J. Ware, 51, of 105 Horrigan Road died Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Nov. 19, 1960, the daughter of...