Obituaries

Lorraine M. Glass

Lorraine M. Glass, 52, of 30A Country Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center of respiratory failure after a long illness. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Sept. 20, 1954, daughter of Walter Glass...

Ignatius Joseph "Ike" Wojtaszek Jr.

Ignatius Joseph "Ike" Wojtaszek Jr., 69, of 357 Lanseborough Road died Thursday at home after a long illness. He was Cheshire town treasurer for 36 years, retiring May 7. Born in Adams on May...

George R. Olds

George R. Olds, 81, of 70 Champagne Ave. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was the Middlefield fire chief from 1972 to 1987. Born in Westfield on July 23, 1926, son of George...

Clayton S. Cutting, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Clayton Sumner Cutting, 68, of 120 Brooklyn St., died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Wilmington, Vt., on May 27, 1939, son...

Mary Nellie Battory

Mary Nellie Battory, 91, of 53 North Summer St., died on Tuesday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on March 7, 1916, daughter of John and Aniela Ptak Zepka, she attended schools in...

Susan L. Geib, 53

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Susan L. "Sue Ann" Geib, 53, of 386 Houghton St. died Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, at North Adams Commons. Born in Caribou, Maine, on Nov. 11, 1953, daughter of Marilyn...

William Glover Seeley

William Glover Seeley, 74, of 91 Summer St., died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Hartford, Conn., on Sept. 29, 1932, son of Walter and Helen Glover Seeley, he attended schools...

Adolph J. Heideman Jr., 79

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Adolph James Heideman Jr., 79, of 1260 Middle Road, died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on May 3, 1928, son of Adolph Heideman Sr. and...

Raymond James Degere

Raymond James Degere, 77, of 69 Champagne Ave., died Monday at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt. Born in Adams on March 15, 1930, son of Alfred and Yvonne Johnson Degere, he graduated...

Kathryn L. Gagne

Kathryn L. Gagne, 57, of 70 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Friday at home. Born in North Adams on April 25, 1950, daughter of Lynn Champagny Morris and the late John A. Morris, she graduated from Drury...

Nancy Shirley Mogul

Nancy Shirley Mogul, 72, of 345 Central Shaft Road died Tuesday at North Adams Commons, where she had resided since February 2006. Born in Adams on Jan. 4, 1935, daughter of Robert J. Mogul Sr....

Eugene Albert Lapine

Eugene Albert Lapine, 83, of 803 East Main St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Adams on Nov. 4, 1923, son of Charles and Aurora Caron Lapine, he attended schools in North Adams and Clarksburg and...

Alexander Whitman Grieve

Alexander Whitman Grieve, 90, of 33 Highland Ave., died Monday at Williamstown Commons, where he had been a resident for several years. He was a well-known optometrist in the Berkshire...

Marilyn Ann Styczynski

Marilyn Ann Styczynski, 61, of 4603 Abbington Drive, Harrisburg, Pa., died Sunday at Select Specialty Hospital in Camp Hill, Pa. She was a native and longtime resident of Adams. Born on March...

Clifford Billings Granger

Clifford Billings Granger, 68, died Friday at Balsam Mountain Preserve in Sylva, N.C. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 18, 1938, son of the late Fitzhugh and Eleanor Billings Granger, he...

Robert Mitchell Harris Jr.

Robert Mitchell Harris Jr., 72, of 3056 Quayside Court, Apartment 102, Melbourne, Fla., a native of North Adams, died Friday at home. Born on Nov. 9, 1934, son of Robert Mitchell Harris Sr. and...

Edward John Starsiak

Edward John Starsiak, 86, of 17 Pleasant St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on July 11, 1921, son of John and Katherine Midura Starsiak, he attended schools there. A...

James Lewis Martin

James Lewis Martin, 67, of 60 N. Hoosac Road, died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Nov. 9, 1939, son of the late Wesley J. and June Lewis Martin, he attended Drury High...

Edward Henry Landry Sr.

Edward Henry Landry Sr., 89, of 376 Eagle St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 25, 1917, son of Wilfred and Exilia Desjarlais Landry, he attended local...

Robert J. Fryc

Robert J. Fryc, 68, of 49 Summer St. died Tuesday at home of natural causes. Born in Adams on Oct. 8, 1938, son of the late Bernard and Clara Pytko Fryc, he was a 1956 graduate of the former Adams...

Catherine B. Ackley

Catherine B. Ackley, 90, of 35 Adams Road, Meadowvale Apartments, died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Pittsfield on March 11, 1917, daughter of William J. and Sophie Biesiegel Beals,...

Thomas A. Richardson

Thomas A. Richardson, 69, of 94 Commercial St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on July 30, 1938, son of Robert L. and Mary Walach Richardson, he attended local...

Jean D. Melville

Jean D. Melville, 74, of 61 Summer St. died Thursday at home. Born in Boston on July 29, 1933, daughter of Robert and Agnes Murphy Dinsmore, she was educated there, graduating from the Girls'...

Kelly Jean Garrison

Kelly Jean Garrison, 41, of 122 Versailles Ave., died Sunday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in North Adams on July 16, 1966, daughter of Margaret Wilber...

William Nelson Martin

William Nelson Martin, 69, of 150 Ashland St. died Friday at home after a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Aug. 13, 1938, son of the late George and Marion Martin Martin, he graduated from...