Obituaries

Joseph S. Janiga, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joseph Stanley Janiga, 87, of 45 Hudson St. died Thursday, July 12, 2007, at home. Born in Adams on Oct. 11, 1919, son of Frank and Gertrude Janiga, he was educated in...

Elaine Talcott Whitney

Elaine Talcott Whitney, 83, of 253 Sand Springs Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Oxford, Iowa, on Aug. 31, 1923, daughter of Daniel J. and Grace Danforth...

Frances Eleanor Desautels

Frances Eleanor Desautels, 86, of 35 Broadway, Cohoes, N.Y., a native of North Adams, died Thursday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born on April 6, 1921, daughter of Homer L. Card...

Richard J. Brodalski

Richard J. Brodalski, age 56, of Alpharetta, Ga., died Tuesday after a battle with multiple myeloma. Born in Adams on Nov. 4, 1950, the son of Stanley and Genevieve Brodalski, he graduated from...

Anna Bard

Anna Bard, 82, of 25 Adams Road, formerly of 45 Spring St., North Adams, died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 9, 1924, daughter of John and Blanche Anuszewski Mikaniewcz,...

Claire T. D'Amico, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Claire Theresa D'Amico, 82, of 19 Bracewell Ave., died Sunday, July 8, 2007, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 11, 1925, daughter of William T. and Marion...

David Freeman Goddard

David Freeman Goddard, 53, of 21 Willow St., died Wednesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Aug. 22, 1953, son of the late Freeman and Alice Record Goddard, he...

Gertrude Margaret Cummings Collins

Gertrude Margaret Cummings Collins, 97, a former longtime resident of 31 Marion Ave., died Thursday at Glastonbury Healthcare Center in Glastonbury, Conn. Born in North Adams on May 15, 1910,...

Gail Ann Benoit White

Gail Ann Benoit White, 56, of 215 Richview Ave., died Tuesday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, where she was admitted on June 16. Born in Adams, on July 6, 1950, daughter of Catherine Quirk...

Stacia Ann Kulpa

Stacia Ann Kulpa, 89, of 13 Cross St., died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Dec. 16, 1917, daughter of John and Victoria Wlodyka Wegrzyn, she attended local...

John Brian Kandrach

John Brian Kandrach, 55, of 76 South St. died Sunday, July 1, 2007, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Hudson, N.Y., on Aug. 13, 1951, son of Jacob J. and Elizabeth Balardini Kandrach, he was a...

Lincoln Thomas Keller

Lincoln Thomas Keller, 43, of 60 West Burt St., a longtime Adams firefighter, died Saturday morning at home. He was born in Adams on May 13, 1964, the son of Thomas A. and Jean Nuttelman Keller,...

Murray C. Norcross

Murray C. Norcross, 71, of 1 Evans St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on May 18, 1936, son of Ralph and Naomi Pheulpin Norcross, he attended local...

Irma Tabor

Irma Tabor, 90, of 7 Kittler Ave. died Monday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on April 24, 1917, daughter of Herman and Selma Frommer Klammer, she graduated from the...

Elizabeth Marie Horrigan

Elizabeth Marie Horrigan, 87, of Largo, Fla., formerly of North Adams and Williamstown, died June 22 at Hospice House Woodside in Pinellas Park, Fla. She moved to Largo in 1983. Born in Adams...

Gladys Agnes Benoit

Gladys Agnes Benoit, 85, of 267 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on March 7, 1922, daughter of Joseph C. and Lydia Lefebvre Benoit, she was a longtime...

Phyllis E. Stone, 80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Phyllis Esther Stone, 80, of 113 Main St., died Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on April 22, 1927, daughter of Clarence and Pearl...

Flora Delia Burnette

Flora Delia Burnette, 97, of Treasure Island, Fla., formerly of Adams, died Sunday at Alhambra Health and Rehabilitation Center in St. Petersburg, Fla. Born in Clarksburg on June 14, 1910,...

Charles Henry Rarick Jr.

Charles Henry Rarick Jr., 78, of 10 Apache Drive, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 8, 1929, son of Charles H. Rarick Sr. and Anna Markland Rarick, he...

Alcide Ernest Guisti

Alcide Ernest Guisti, 92, of 103 Main St., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 1, 1915, son of Henry and Rose Mancini Guisti, he attended local schools and was a...

David F. Murphy, 51

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — David Francis Murphy, 51, of 59 Birchwood Terrace died at home on Saturday, June 17, 2007, of cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 30, 1955, son of Eleanor Spring Murphy...

Emanuel H. Cohen

Emanuel H. Cohen, 87, of 5465 Cedar Village Drive, Mason, Ohio, formerly of 75 Biltmore Ave., died yesterday at Hospice of Cincinnati. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Sept. 8, 1919, son of Harry and...

Arthur Alfred Boulerice

Arthur Alfred Boulerice, 84, of 144 Windsor Road, died Wednesday at Williamstown Commons, where he had resided since May 30. Born in North Adams on Sept. 23, 1922, son of Arthur O. and Ethel...

Irene J. Parmelee

Irene J. Parmelee, 87, of 266 Shadowland Cove, a former longtime resident of 125 Onota St. in Pittsfield, died Tuesday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born in Holyoke on July 14, 1919, daughter of...

Dennis D. LaBelle Sr.

Dennis D. LaBelle Sr., 52, of 229 Mohawk Trail, died Tuesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Adams on July 13, 1954, son of the late Arthur W. and Geraldine Windrow LaBelle, he...