Obituaries

Robert M. Tyler, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Robert Marquis Tyler, 94, of 74 Park Ave. died Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Lafayette, N.Y., on Feb. 14, 1916, son of Elwyn and L. Jessie...

Jessica A. Brackett, 24

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jessica Ashley Brackett, 24, of North Adams died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2010, at home, surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in North...

Omar Shapli, 70

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Omar Shapli, 80, of North Hoosac Road died peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield with his wife, Tryntje Shapli, at his side. Born...

Robert R. Eichorn, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Richard Eichorn, 72, of 22 Classic Ave. died Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at home. Mr. Eichorn was an...

Alyce Moon Noble, 99

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Alyce M. Moon Noble, 99, of 30 Mount Williams Drive died Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Nov. 17, 1911, a daughter of Thomas and Alice...

Robin M. LaFrance, 56

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Robin M. LaFrance, 56, of 55 Charlene St. died Monday, Dec. 27, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on July 17, 1954, a daughter of June...

Donald J. Carver, 70

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Donald James Carver, 70, of 162 River Road, died Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 at County Memorial Hospital in Washington Court House, Ohio. Born in Dalton on May 25, 1940, son of...

Richard A. Racette Sr., 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Richard Armand Racette Sr., 82, of 80 Gallup St. died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at his home. Born in North Adams on Feb. 20, 1928, son of Arthur J. and Mildred H. Carsno...

Phyllis I. Foisy, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Phyllis Irene Foisy, 87, of 16 Milton Drive died Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on March 17, 1923, a daughter of Napoleon and...

Rose Vareschi, 99

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Rose Vareschi, 99, of 150 Ashland St., died Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, at North Adams Commons. Mrs. Vareschi was born in North Adams on April 10, 1911, daughter of Gregorio and...

Russell F. Noel Jr., 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Russell Francis Noel Jr., 84, of 1481 Massachusetts Ave. died peacefully Tuesday evening, Dec. 14, 2010, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born in North Adams...

Rachel Canedy, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rachel Canedy, 92, of 85 Eagle St. died Monday, Dec. 13, 2010, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on May 27, 1918, daughter of Antonio and Rosaria Pullano...

Randy R. Kemp, 55

ADAMS, Mass. - Randy Robin Kemp, 55, of Palatka, Fla., formerly of Adams, died Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center in Palatka. Born in Adams on Dec. 22, 1954, son of...

Judith A. Denning, 69

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Judith Ann Denning, 69, of North Adams died peacefully Friday evening, Dec. 10, 2010, of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, at North Adams...

James R. Miller Sr., 67

FLORIDA, Mass. - James R. Miller Sr., 67, of 163 Mohawk Trail died Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010, at 787 Simonds Road, Williamstown, where he was staying with his son and daughter-in-law. Born in...

Ruth Weinstein Wishnek, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Ruth Weinstein Wishnek, 90, of 227 Sand Springs Road died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2010, at her home. Born in Cleveland on Sept. 19, 1920, daughter of Adolph and Julia Freireich...

Edward A. Clermont, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Edward Arthur "Jack" Clermont, 86, of 63 Phelps Ave. died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Adams on Oct. 17, 1924, son of Henri and Alexina...

Mary L. Parisien, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Louise Parisien, 76, of 586 Barbour St., died Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers surrounded by her family, after a brief illness. Born in...

Peter D. Foote, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Peter Daniel Foote Sr., 77, of 435 Walnut St., died Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010, at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was born in North Adams on Jan. 18, 1933, son of Edward...

Ronald C. Loring, 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ronald Carmen Loring, 61, of 154 Liberty St., died April 21, 2009, at his home. Born in North Adams on May 9, 1947, a son of Michael E. and Elaine E. Alderman Loring,...

Charles B. Haley, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Charles B. Haley, 88, of 1048 Hopper Road died Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Williamstown on May 24, 1922, a son of George W. and Mary...

Beatrice M. Hill, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beatrice Mary Hill, 92, of Village East, Mohawk Trail died Monday, Dece. 6, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Dec. 21, 1917, a...

Richard Hoar, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Richard "Dick" Hoar, 83, of 179 Cold Spring Road died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. He was the longtime chairman of the Williamstown Board of...

Domenica A. Grande, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Domenica Ann "Minnie" Grande, 91, formerly of 55 Brooklyn St., died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, at North Adams Commons, where she had resided for four years. Born in North...

Joseph C. Wood, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Joseph Clayton Wood, 77, of Nyssa, Oregon, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, at the Boise (Idaho) Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Sept. 20, 1933, a son of...