Obituaries

Stella Bernat

Stella Bernat, 88, formerly of 5 Edmund St., died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Oct. 9, 1918, daughter of Peter and Hanora Ostrobinski Zgrzebniak, she attended local schools....

Edwin Luczynski

Edwin Luczynski, 80, of 37 Crandall St. and Fort Pierce, Fla., died Thursday at the Consulate Rehab Center in Vero Beach, Fla. Born in Clarksburg on Dec. 15, 1926, son of John and Leona Furtek...

Albert Edward Scherr III

Albert Edward Scherr III, 85, of 300 Petersburg Road died March 28 at home. He was a former chairman of the town Finance Committee Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on Nov. 26, 1921, son of Albert E....

Peter Romeo Cerveira Bianchi

Peter Romeo Cerveira Bianchi, 15, of 429 Lanesborough Road, died at home on Friday evening. Born in Pittsfield, Jan. 8, 1992, son of John and Lynda Cerveira Bianchi, he was a sophomore at St....

Rachel J. Wright LaBonte White

Rachel J. Wright LaBonte White, 69, of 7 West St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Oct. 10, 1937, daughter of Joseph and Anna Pinsonneault Pigeon, she attended...

Henry Alfred Nichols

Henry Alfred Nichols, 85, of 136 Sand Springs Road, died yesterday at Sweet Brook Health Care Centers. Born in Williamstown on April 6, 1921, son of Henry R. and Ethel Moore Nichols, he graduated...

Ruth Sears Sumner, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Ruth M. Sears Sumner, 80, of 18 1/2 Washington Ave. died Friday, March 30, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Dec. 7, 1926, daughter of Louis...

Edward J. Stefanik

Edward J. Stefanik, 81, of 23 Anthony St., died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 19, 1925, son of Andrew and Anna Glod Stefanik, he graduated from St. Stanislaus'...

James Steven Varellas

James Steven Varellas, 66, of 7 Grandview Terrace, a longtime businessman, died Wednesday at home. Born in Sparta, Greece, on Jan. 23, 1941, son of Stavros and Stavroula Masganas Varellas, he...

Antoinette Pietras

Antoinette Pietras, 88, of 5 Gilead St., died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Dec. 30, 1918, daughter of Raphael and Rosalie Choiniere Moreau, she attended...

E. Mildred Patryn

E. Mildred Patryn, 91, of 3 Harding Ave., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Danielson, Conn., on June 4, 1915, to Antoni and Mary Dziewanska Kordana, she came to this area as a child...

Leonard Joseph Fields III

Infant Leonard Joseph Fields III was stillborn March 4 at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was the son of Leonard J. Fields Jr. and Robin Warner Dewey, who died Saturday from complications...

Robin Marie Dewey

Robin Marie Dewey, 25, of 1 Noble Place, died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital from complications related to pregnancy. On March 4, she delivered a stillborn son, Leonard Joseph Fields...

Victor John Bednarz

Victor John Bednarz, 73, of 16 Smith St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Aug. 16, 1933, son of Victor S. Bednarz and Julia Hoczela Bednarz Ciuk, he graduated from the former Adams High...

Anne Marie Markarian, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Anne Marie Markarian, 91, of 1080 Simonds Road, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at her home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 18, 1915, daughter of Patrick J. and Mary...

Anita V. Kuczynski, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Anita Villa Kuczynski, 76, of 8 Spring St., died Sunday, March, 18, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 31, 1930, daughter of Lyman A. and...

William B. Whitney, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - William Bryant Whitney, 84, of 360 Reservoir Road, died Sunday, March 18, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Mr. Whitney was a partner at the former Whitney's Drug Store...

Angelina A. Damiano, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Angelina A. Damiano, 95, of 78 Apple Ridge Road, West Springfield, formerly of North Adams, died Sunday, March 18, 2007, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born...

Robertine Grace Melle

Robertine Grace Melle, 81, of 84 West Main St. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Ware on Jan. 26, 1926, daughter of Albert and Antoinette Lapré St. Onge, she attended...

Helen E. Koloc, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Helen E. Koloc, 87, of 101 Harris St., died Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 5, 1919, daughter of Frederick D. and Louise Eaton Eldridge,...

Marion Doris Babeu Williams

Marion Doris Babeu Williams, 73, formerly of 61 Carson Ave., died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Nancy Wojnicki, at 350 Kemp Ave., North Adams. Born in North Adams on March 18, 1933,...

Theodore L. Shogry Sr., 77

WINDSOR, Mass. — Theodore Louis Shogry Sr., 77, of 23 Monyhan Road, died Monday, March 5, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 3, 1929, son of Louis...

Dennis J. Murphy

Dennis J. Murphy, 47, of 41 Seminole Drive, Wheel Estates Mobile Home Park, died Friday at home. Born on May 16, 1959, in Pittsfield, son of Donald F. and Carolyn Wilcox Murphy, he had resided in...

Lillian F. Heiss

Lillian F. Heiss, 103, formerly of 118 Church St., died Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Centers where she had resided since 2002. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 1,...

Veronica Crockwell, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Veronica May Crockwell, 82, of 45 Spring St., Spring Street Apartments, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at North Adams Commons. Born in Gardner on May 28, 1924, daughter...