Obituaries

Marjorie H. Valotta, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Marjorie Helen Valotta, 84, of 74 Lincoln St. died Monday, July 13, 2009, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 25, 1924, a daughter of William...

Constance Lanoue Briola, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Constance Rose Lanoue Briola, 95, of 33 Lyman St. died Sunday, July 12, 2009, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 29, 1913, she was the fourth child and...

Alice G. Kawa, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Alice Grace Kawa, 83, of 43 Navajo Drive died Sunday, July 12, 2009, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in North Adams on April 21, 1926, daughter of Joseph and Alice...

Donald G. DeGrenier, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Donald G. DeGrenier, 67, of 41 Canedy Lane died Sunday, July 12, 2009, at home, surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on July 19,...

Harry C. Sheehy Jr., 80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Harry C. Sheehy Jr., 80, of 352 North Hoosac Road died Thursday, July 2, 2009, at home after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan....

James V. Walsh, 62

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — James V. Walsh, 62, of 26 Hall St., died Monday, June 29, 2009, at North Adams Regional Hospital of complications from lung cancer. Born in Adams on Feb. 27, 1947, son...

Robert A. Harrington, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Robert A. "Bobby" Harrington, 77, of Las Vegas, a native of North Adams, died in Las Vegas on Thursday, April 23, 2009, with his daughters by his side. Born Sept. 5,...

Michael A. Massari, 51

READSBORO, Vt. — Michael Andrew Massari, 51, of 313 Tunnel St. died Saturday, June 27, 2009, at home. Born in North Adams on May 20, 1958, son of Silvano and Jean Hubley Massari of...

Kenneth Russell, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kenneth Russell, 92, of 778 South Church St. died Friday, June 26, 2009, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on July 23, 1916, son of Ernest and Bernice Davis...

Roger J. Fachini, 65

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Roger John Fachini, 65, of 189 Stratton Road died Thursday, June 25, 2009, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center following a cardiac incident on Friday, June 19, while on the...

Flora M. Rivard, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Flora May Rivard, 84, of 45 Hall St. died Thursday, June 25, 2009, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 2, 1925, daughter of Charles and Ethel Surr McLagan,...

Alfred P. Marchio, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Alfred Philip Marchio, 89, of 35 Adams Road died Saturday, June 20, 2009, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 6, 1919, son of Philip and Maria...

Loretta F. Garand, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Loretta Florence Garand, 93, of 102 Lincoln St. died Saturday, June 20, 2009, at North Adams Regional Hospital, following a short illness. Born in Napierville, Quebec,...

Claire M. Jennings, 95

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Claire M. Jennings, 95, of 35 Adams Road died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at home. Born in North Adams on April 15, 1914, a daughter of James and Katherine Learning...

Carolyn Blanquart, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Carolyn Blanquart, 84, a former city resident, died Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Berkshire Medical Center in Springfield. She had been residing a Springside of...

Mary E. Bua, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Elinor Bua, 82, of 100 Woodlawn Ave. died Sunday, June 14, 2009, at North Adams Regional Hospital, surrounded by her family. Born in North Adams on April 1, 1927,...

Richard E. Dean Jr., 61

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Richard Edward Dean Jr., 61, of 85 Bachand Ave. died Friday, June 12, 2009, at his home. Born in North Adams on Feb. 21, 1948, a son of Pauline Foy Dean and the late Richard...

Donald J. Westall, 62

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Longtime Berkshire County businessman and civic leader Donald J. Westall, 62, died Wednesday morning, June 10, 2009, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center after being stricken...

Irene Hawthorne, 104

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Irene Hawthorne, 104, of 41 Windom Terrace died Wednesday,June 10, 2009, at home. Born in Canada on May 22, 1905, daughter of Orion and Mary Senecal Lavariere, she came...

Gerda R. Bushika, 74

FLORIDA, Mass. â€' Gerda Rebecca Bushika, 74, formerly of Tilda Hill Road, died Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Conn. Born in North Adams on Dec. 25, 1934, to Eugene and...

Rita A. Jones, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rita A. Jones, 92, formerly of North Adams, died Friday, May 29, 2009, in San Antonio. Born in North Adams, daughter of late City Councilor Angelo Siciliano and Mary...

Alfreda Coulter, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alfreda "Freda" Coulter, 83, of Eagle Street died early Monday morning, June 8, 2009, at home. Born in Adams on Feb. 18, 1926, daughter of Henry and Ida Grenier, she...

Winifred T. Lefebvre, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Winifred T. "Winnie" Lefebvre, 92, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Sunday, June 7, 2009, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Forest City, Pa., on April 7,...

Henry F. Lescarbeau, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Henry F. Lescarbeau, 84, of 76 Cherry St. died peacefully surrounded by his family on Saturday, June 6, 2009, at Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital. Born in Clarksburg on Feb....

John H. Quinn, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' John H. "Jack" Quinn, 88, of 146 Berkshire Drive and Sarasota, Fla., died at home in Williamstown, on Thursday, June 4, 2009. Born in Williamstown on Dec. 28, 1920,...