Obituaries

Frances E. Green

Frances E. Green, 93, formerly of 118 Church St., died Dec. 5 at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where she had resided since 2005. Born in North Adams on Aug. 5, 1914, daughter of John F. and Helen...

Leila M. Ferris

Leila M. Ferris, 87, of 96 Lincoln St. died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Waterbury, Conn., on July 12, 1920, daughter of Abraham and Martha Haddad Ferris, she...

Dorothy Rita Zoito

Dorothy Rita Zoito, 86, of 97 Wells Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Commons following a long illness. Born in North Adams on Feb. 26, 1921, daughter of Clifford E. and Mabel Ryan Brosseau, she...

Zipporah McClendon, 16

NORTH ADAMS - Zipporah Jean McClendon, 16, of 775 West Shaft Road, died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in Boston on Nov. 29, 1991, daughter of Samuel and Lynda...

Benjamin J. Kupiec Jr.

Benjamin J. Kupiec Jr., 71, of 105 Bracewell Ave., died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on March 26, 1936, son of Benjamin J. and Bernadette Guild Kupiec, he attended local...

Angelo Rocco Stracuzzi

Angelo Rocco Stracuzzi, 80, of Richmond Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on March 17, 1927, son of Joseph and Antoinette Intelisano Stracuzzi, he was educated in...

Jean C. Gagne, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jean Christine Gagne, 74, of St. Joseph's Court, 85 Eagle St., died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, at home. Born in North Adams on April 3, 1933, daughter of George E. and...

William J. Morandi

William J. Morandi, 78, of 38 Veazie St. died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Sept. 22, 1929, son of Joseph and Yvonne Devio Morandi, he attended local...

Arlene E. Edmonds, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Arlene Edith Edmonds, 71, of 297 River St. died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on June 23, 1936, daughter of Homer and...

Theodore Szafranski

Theodore Szafranski, 86, of 2 West Kittler Ave., died Tuesday at North Adams Commons Care Center. Born in Adams on May 11, 1921, son of Martin and Agnes Jamros Szafranski, he graduated from St....

Veronica Murphy

Veronica Murphy, 79, of 36 Cobbleview Road died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New York City on Feb. 27, 1928, daughter of Richard and Veronica Simmons Hickey, she attended schools...

Walter Francis Kuczynski

Walter Francis Kuczynski, 86, of San Francisco, a former resident of Adams, died Saturday at Lawton Health Care Center in San Francisco. Born in Fall River on Sept. 18, 1921, son of Boleslaus C....

Mary Rose Bethard Ryan

Mary Rose Bethard Ryan, 94, of 51 Mount Williams Drive, died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 16, 1913, daughter of Daniel and Rose Goodman Twomey, she graduated...

Christine Vera Mullette

Christine Vera Mullette, 92, of Tilda Hill Road died Saturday at North Adams Commons. Born in the town of Florida on Jan. 25, 1915, daughter of Olaf S. and Gerda Anderson Oleson, she attended...

Alan Joseph Morris

Alan Joseph Morris, 53, of 16 Freeman Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 13, 1954, son of Alice Dennett Morris and the late Arthur J. Morris...

Steven M. Burns

Steven M. Burns, 53, of 23 Temple St. died of cancer Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Turners Falls on April 28, 1954, son of the late James J. Burns III and Dorothy...

James F. McCarthy, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - James Francis McCarthy, 93, of 150 Crest St., died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 8, 1914, son of Arthur and Marion...

Arthur F. "Sonny" Williams Sr.

Arthur F. "Sonny" Williams Sr., 73, of Hancock Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center. He served as a Hancock selectman for more than five years, as town constable for many years and as the...

Donald James Meiklejohn

Donald James Meiklejohn, 91, of 72 Benlise Drive died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Aug. 16, 1916, son of Thomas and Ada Squire Meiklejohn, he...

Helen Grace Roberts LaCross

Helen Grace Roberts LaCross, 82, of 4 Columbia St. died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on March 4, 1925, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Caron Maynard, she moved to North...

Bernadette M. Barbeau, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bernadette Marie Barbeau, 71, of 81 Holbrook St. died Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 16, 1936, daughter of Frank E....

Levi M. Andrews Jr.

Levi M. Andrews Jr., 76, of 4 Columbia St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Aug. 12, 1931, son of Levi M. Andrews Sr. and Anna Levesque Andrews, he was educated in...

Catherine Ethel Lewis

Catherine Ethel Lewis, 58, of 1489 Cain's Road, Auburn, Ga., formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday at home. Born in North Adams on Feb. 2, 1949, daughter of the late William E. and Ruth Post...

Florence Lefebvre

Florence Lefebvre, 80, of 254 State Road died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Aug. 14, 1927, daughter of Thomas and Edna Morin Robert, she attended the former Notre...

Elizabeth Ferris, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Elizabeth "Betty" Ferris, 91, of 95 Kemp Ave. died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on April 13, 1916, daughter...