Obituaries

Barbara Lynn LaFrance

Barbara Lynn LaFrance, 39, of 18 South St., died Monday at home. Born in North Adams on July 7, 1967, daughter of Raymond E. LaFrance Jr. and Lynda Adams LaFrance Sherman, she attended schools in...

Paul George Paquin

Paul George Paquin, 73, of 91 Emerald Lane, a former 45-year resident of 28 Blackstone Road in the town of Florida, died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Worcester on Oct. 24, 1933, son...

Josephine J. Bober

Josephine J. Bober, 90, of 4 Columbia St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Oswego, N.Y., on May 21, 1916, daughter of Paul and Antonia Kobas Banas, she...

Christopher James Scalise

Christopher James Scalise, 2, of 7 West Walnut St., died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Boca Raton, Fla., on July 26, 2004, he was the adopted son of Wesley and Tammy...

Ernest G. Rondeau, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ernest George Rondeau, 85, of 85 Eagle St., died Wednesday, May 9, 2007, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Nov. 17, 1921, son of Oliver F. and Leonie...

Robert Mittenbuhler

Robert Mittenbuhler, 81, of 30 Keep Hill Road, died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital of cancer. Born in Chicago on Oct. 12, 1925, son of Robert L. and Susan Logan Mitenbuler, he graduated...

Anna Kornas

Anna Kornas, 74, of 115 Summer St., died Sunday at home. Born in Wronki, Poland, on July 4, 1932, daughter of Wojciech and Anna Chojan Kaczmarek, she graduated from high school there in...

Eleanor Myers

Eleanor Myers, 88, of 118 Church St., died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on June 30, 1918, daughter of Carleton B. and Ruby Field Hall, she graduated from the former...

June Lamb

June Lamb, 76, of 21 Fourth Ave., died Tuesday at home. Born in Adams on June 29, 1930, a daughter of Robert and Mabel Alderman Horn, she was a 1949 graduate of the former Adams High...

Paul Roger Burdick Sr.

Paul Roger Burdick Sr., 72, of 11 Haggerty St., died Monday at his home. Born in North Adams on May 23, 1934, son of Lawrence and Helen Reynolds Burdick, he attended North Adams schools. From...

Gerald "Jerry" Bassett

Gerald "Jerry" Bassett, 64, of 174 N. Summer St., died Sunday, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28, 1942, son of Earl and Norma Lewis Bassett, he was educated in Pittsfield...

Albert Joseph Stavaski

Albert Joseph Stavaski, 69, of 2 Fryc Lane, died Thursday at the home of his daughter, Kathleen M. Stavaski of 577 Canaan St., Canaan, N.H., after a long illness. He was a former member and...

Mildred Blanchard, 88

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Mildred Blanchard, 88, of 434 Houghton St., died Sunday, April 29, 2007, at home. Born in Adams on July 17, 1918, daughter of James and Ola Clark, she attended schools in...

Lucille Schorge

Lucille Schorge, 89, of Sugar Hill Assisted Living in Dalton, formerly of 11 Pinnacle Lane, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Jan. 14, 1918, daughter of Edward and...

Thomas Mark Szumowski

Thomas Mark Szumowski, 50, of Ashland Park Apartments, 150 Ashland St., died April 20 at home after a brief illness. Born in Northampton on May 12, 1956, son of S. Thomas and Vera Mielesko...

Howard F. "Rick" Randall

Howard F. "Rick" Randall, 61, of 19 Elder Ave., died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 30, 1945, son of Sarah Jones Lowry Randall and the late Thurman...

William Francis Wilber

William Francis Wilber, 86, of 52 Arnold St., died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Arlington, Vt., on Feb. 10, 1921, son of Winfield S. Wilber and Ethel Ennis Wilber Waite, he attended...

Ella Maria Dunsmore

Ella Maria Dunsmore, 91, of 28 Summit Ave., died Monday at home. Born in North Adams on July 24, 1915, daughter of William and Mabel Barlow Thatcher, she attended local schools and graduated from...

David Warren Swanson Sr.

David Warren Swanson Sr., 89, of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community, formerly of Stoney Ledge Road, died yesterday at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 31, 1917, son of Robert W. and Ruby...

Helen Frances Gomeau

Helen Frances Gomeau, 85, of 10B Franklin Court, died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 28, 1921, daughter of George and Catherine Nestor LePage, she graduated...

Agnes F. Fosser, 75

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Agnes Fay Fosser, 75, of 96 Cross Road, died Monday at home. Born in North Adams on May 30, 1931, daughter of Frank G. and Elsie Neville Henderson, she attended schools...

Beatrice Marguerite Wood

Beatrice Marguerite Wood, 85, of 2407 Sagarmal Court, Dunn Loring, Va., formerly of 51 Melrose St., died Thursday at home. She moved to Virginia to live with her son, Gregory J. Wood, in...

Stephen C. Wojnicki

Stephen C. Wojnicki, 63, of 117 East Hoosac St. died Sunday at home. Born in North Adams on May 3, 1943, son of Stephen and Theresa Scott Wojnicki, he attended local schools. Mr. Wojnicki was...

Ruth Venice McNicol-Herron

Ruth Venice McNicol-Herron, 79, of 82 Walnut St. died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Elizabeth McNicol of 7023 Horizon Circle, Cottonwood Heights, Utah. Born in North Adams on March 22,...

Muriel L. Raimer

Muriel L. Raimer, 72, of 5A Melrose St., died Friday at home. Born in Raymond, Wash., on Feb. 23, 1935, daughter of Alexander and Myrtle Scutvick Orkney, she graduated from Raymond (Wash.) High...