Obituaries

Philip J. Fosser, 81

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Philip J. Fosser, 81, of 96 Cross Road died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Mr. Fosser was the town's police chief for many years and...

Gloria A. Gajda, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gloria A. Gajda, 88, formerly of North Adams and Bayonet Point, Fla., died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Sedgewood Commons in Falmouth, Maine. Born in North Adams on...

Paul C. Cook, 90

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Paul C. Cook, 90, of 427 West Road died Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on July 7, 1920, a son of Charles and Alma...

Reno L. Maselli, 86

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Reno Louis Maselli, 86, of 592 North Houghton St. died Sunday, March 27, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Clarksburg on Jan. 12, 1925, son of Modesto and Elide...

Alice E. Monette, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alice Edna Monette, 91, of 14 West Shaft Road, died Sunday, March 27, 2011, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Lynn on Sept. 9, 1919, daughter of...

Laurence P. Jones, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Laurence Plummer Jones, 95, of North Adams died Sunday, March 27, 2011, at home after a brief illness. Born in Dennysville, Maine, on Feb. 27, 1916, the fifth of nine...

Rev. Theodore M. Atkinson Jr.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Rev. Theodore Mayo Atkinson Jr. of Berkshire Drive died Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown after a time of declining health. The...

Gordon B. McWilliams, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Gordon B. McWilliams, 82, of 138 Bulkley St. died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at home after a long illness. Born in New York City on May 1, 1928, son of Dr. Norman B....

Thomas W. Leavens Sr.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Thomas William Leavens Sr., 97, of 41 Hall St. died Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Smithfield, R.I., on July 29, 1913, son of Thomas N. and...

James J. Hyndman, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James John Hyndman, 74, of 1095 Mohawk Trail, died Thursday morning, March 24, 2011, at North Adams Commons, where he was admitted last week. Born in North Adams on...

Joan M. Murray, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joan Marie Murray, 75, of 400 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, Conn., former of North Adams, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at Seabury Nursing Home in Bloomfield. Born in North...

Peter J. Toromino Jr., 37

ADAMS, Mass. — Peter Joseph Toromino Jr., 37, of 23 Columbia St. died Sunday, March 20, 2011, at home. Born in North Adams on March 7, 1974, son of Peter J. Toromino Sr. and Deborah Lester...

Irma Krizack, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Irma Krizack, 93, of Sweetwood Retirement Community died Sunday, March 20, 2011, at home. Born in Baltimore in 1917, she was the youngest of seven children of Hyman and...

Herman J. Romero, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Herman J. Romero, 82, of Williamstown and Raleigh, N.C., died Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at home in the arms of his wife, following a heroic battle with prostate...

Michael F. Callahan, 89

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Michael Francis Callahan, 89, of 300 Village Lane and formerly of 60 George Ave., North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, March 20, 2011, at home. Born in Williamstown, Mass., on...

Margaret Anthony, 90

ADAMS, Mass. - Margaret "Irish" Anthony, 90, of 13 West Road died on Monday, March 14, 2011, at home surrounded by her family. Born in Adams on Feb. 4, 1921, daughter of Thomas F. Haggety Sr. and...

Rose Marie Volpi, 96

ADAMS, Mass. — Rose Marie Volpi, 96, of 384 Old Columbia St., died Tuesday evening, March 15, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in West Stockbridge on Jan. 6, 1915, a daughter of Stefano...

Verne R. Gould Jr., 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Verne Raoul "Bud" Gould Jr., 77, of 117 Glen Ave. died Friday, March 18, 2011, at home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 15, 1933, son of Verne R. Gould Sr. and Eva Champagne...

Willard W. Barber, 87

ADAMS, Mass. - Willard W. Barber, 87, of 51 North Summer St. died Friday, March 18, 2011, at the home of his daughter in Bennington, Vt. Born in Adams on Nov. 24, 1923, a son of Ovila J. and...

Dorothy A. DiLorenzo, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Ann DiLorenzo, 82, of 23 Barth St. died Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at home, surrounded by her family. Born in North Adams on May 17, 1928, daughter of Francis and...

Joan M. Belanger, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joan Marie Belanger, 70, of 82 Lincoln St. died Monday, March 14, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 8, 1941, daughter of Vivian Brown Belanger...

Pearl A. Sharples, 89

ADAMS, Mass. — Pearl A. Sharples, 89, of 4 Columbia St. died Saturday, March 12, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness. Born on Nov. 11, 1921, in Pittsfield,...

Joan F. Clarke, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Joan F. Clarke, 88, of Brewster, died Friday, March 11, 2011, at Sweet Brook Care Centers after a prolonged illness. She was the mother of Annie Gerrity of...

Arthur R. Lyons, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Arthur Richard Lyons, 89, of Staten Island, N.Y., formerly of Williamstown, died Tuesday, March 7, 2011, at Seaview Rehab Center on Staten Island. Born in Williamstown...

Helen F. Fairs, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Helen Francis Fairs, 91, of 73 Kemp Ave. died Monday, March 7, 2011, at Melbourne Assisted Living in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on July 7, 1919, to Robert and Emma...