Obituaries

George Shakar, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — George Shakar, 87, of 26 Versaille Ave. died Saturday, March 10, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Aug. 7, 1924, a son of John and Anna Nichols...

Barbara R. Emery, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Barbara R. Emery, 86, of 38 Bryant St. died Sunday, March 4, 2012, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Nov. 7, 1925, a daughter of Herman...

Thelma O'Neil, 97

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Thelma O'Neil, 97, of 76 Mooreland St. died Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pownal, Vt., on March 9, 1914, a daughter of William...

Theodora D. Delisle, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Theodora Delores "Dora" Delisle, 79, of 29 Walker St. died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, at Springside Nursing Home in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on March 4, 1932, daughter of...

Alicia Daniels, 40

FLORIDA, Mass. — Alicia Daniels, 40, of 33 F Mount Anthony Drive died suddenly Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, at home. Born in North Adams on Oct. 29, 1971, daughter of Michael and Kathryn Morris...

Bernard H. Gagne, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Bernard H. Gagne, 72, of 18 Harrison Ave. died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Jan. 10, 1940, son of Bernard and Marceline Fillion...

Mary Anne Canales, 80

HANCOCK, Mass. - Mary Anne Canales, 80, of 2258 Hancock Road died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, at the Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Williamstown on March 9, 1931, a daughter of...

Chad E. Miller, 31

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Chad Edward Miller, 31, of 6 Jackson St. died Sunday morning, Feb. 19, 2012, as the result of an automobile accident. Born in North Adams on Jan. 9, 1981, a son of Victor D....

Edna Ann Cardimino, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Edna Ann Cardimino, 88, of 481 East Main St. died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Stamford, Vt., on July 22, 1923, daughter...

Christopher J. Stanley, 28

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Christopher James Stanley, 28, of 540 River Road died Sunday morning, Feb. 19, 2012, as a result of an automobile accident in North Adams. Born in Bennington, Vt., on April 5,...

Frances Sprague, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frances Sprague, 87, of 3 Spencer Road died Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Aug. 25, 1924, a daughter of...

Rose M. Maynard, 65

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Rose Marie Maynard, 65, of 79 Henderson Road died Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at her home, where she was born on Sept. 2, 1946. Daughter of Samuel Franklin and Frances May Pratt...

Francis C. Gomeau, 85

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Francis Charles "Frank" Gomeau, 85, of 75 Champagne Ave. died Friday, 17, 2012, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in North Adams on Sept. 30, 1926, a son of George and...

Patricia L. Stout, 53

DALTON, Mass. — Patricia Lynn "Patsy" Stout, 53, of River Run Apartments, died early Tuesday morning, Feb. 14, 2012, of heart failure at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in...

Mark L. Daniels, 49

ADAMS, Mass. — Mark L. Daniels, 49, formerly of Adams and Cheshire, died Monday afternoon, Feb. 13, 2012, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Roxbury, where he was a patient...

Kevin J. McKeon, 50

ADAMS, Mass. — Kevin Joseph McKeon, 50, of 8 Godek St. died early Wednesday morning, Feb. 15, 2012, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Sept. 12, 1961, a son of...

Hermon E. Allsop, 79

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Hermon Edward "Skip" Allsop, 79, life-long resident of Williamstown, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on April 20, 1932, son...

Robert Dixon Jr., 93

ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Dixon Jr., 93, of 52 Leonard St., died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 9, 1918, a son of Robert and Elizabeth Todt Dixon, he...

Arlene T. Malloy, 70

ADAMS, Mass. — Arlene "Molly" Theresa Malloy, 70, of 99 Bucklin Road, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Feb. 4, 1942, daughter of...

Tecla Dowd, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Tecla "Tina" Dowd, 81, of Rockaway Park, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, N.Y. Born in...

Joseph F. Gentile, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joseph Francis Gentile, 84, of 88 Walker St. died Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at his home. Born in North Adams on March 5, 1927, son of Michael Gentile and Gertrude Andrews...

Nancy E. Groom, 52

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Nancy Ellen Groom, 52, of Tampa, Fla., formerly of Williamstown, died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, at home. Born at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla., on May 13, 1959,...

William A. St. Pierre, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William A. St. Pierre, 76, of 88 Crest St. died Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Williamstown on Oct. 1, 1935, a son of Ovila...

Arthur R. Holland, 33

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Arthur Robert "Skip" Holland, 33, of 448 Union St. died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in North Adams. Born in Pittsfield on April 9, 1978, son of Tina M. Bushika Holland of Adams and...

Dorothy C. Arabia, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Dorothy Clara Arabia, 86, of 74 Washington Ave. died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Clarksburg on Aug. 8, 1925, daughter of Albert and...