Obituaries

Loretta MacDonald

Loretta MacDonald, 79, of 18 Summit Ave. died yesterday at the home of her sister, Gloria Charron of 855 Massachusetts Ave., following a one-year battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Sept....

Frederick Joseph LaVigne

Frederick Joseph LaVigne, 86, of 96 Cherry St. died Saturday at home. Born in North Adams on Oct. 15, 1920, son of John B. and Julia Andrews LaVigne, he attended the former Mark Hopkins, the...

Stanley F. Koza

Stanley F. Koza, 79, of 12 3rd Ave., Pine Valley Park, died Saturday at North Adams Commons, where he had resided since December. Born in Adams on Oct. 26, 1927, son of Michael and Mary Dziengel...

William G. Garner

William G. Garner, 71, of 345 Barbour St. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 27, 1935, son of William H. and Mildred Therrien Garner, he graduated from...

George Joseph Kolodziejczyk

George Joseph Kolodziejczyk, 48, of 218 Outlook Ave., died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in New Britain, Conn., on March 14, 1958, son of Marja Kowalik...

Williams C. Scott

Williams C. Scott, 80, formerly of Lower Bank, N.J., and Berwyn, Ill., died Jan. 19 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a brief illness. Born in Chicago on May 3, 1926, son of William...

Gertrude Russel Doughty Swartz

Gertrude Russel Doughty Swartz, 92, of 220 South St., formerly of Gladwyne, Pa., died Sunday at home. Born in Detroit, Mich., on Dec. 13, 1914, daughter of E. Crosby Doughty and Gertrude Rutgers...

Beverly J. O'Connor

Beverly J. O'Connor, 84, of 1160 Main St., Leominster, formerly of 30 Arnold Court, died Tuesday at Highlands Long Term Care Center in Fitchburg. Born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., on April 7, 1922,...

John Wallace Robinson

John Wallace Robinson, 73, of 1501 Hancock Road died Saturday at home. Born in Burlington, Vt., on Nov. 6, 1933, son of George W. and Margaret Tudhope Robinson, he attended schools in South Hero,...

Russell E. Demers Jr.

ADAMS, Mass. — Russell E. Demers Jr., 67, of 4 Columbia St., died Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Aug. 26, 1939, son of Elizabeth Birch Grande...

Charles Raymond Weldon Sr.

Charles Raymond Weldon Sr., 76, of 45 Spring St., died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 2, 1930, son of Charles J. and Mildred English Weldon, he attended...

Marjorie Ann Neyland

Marjorie Ann Neyland, 82, of College Street, South Hadley, a native of Williamstown, died Jan. 19 at home. Born on Dec. 12, 1924, daughter of John B. and Catherine Maher Neyland, she graduated in...

Edward E. Guay

Edward E. Guay, 81, of 37276 Edith St. died Friday at home. Born in Adams on May 26, 1925, son of George E. Guay Sr. and Alice LaChance Guay, he attended Cheshire and Lanesborough public...

Delia Davis

Delia Davis, 53, of 175 Mohawk Forrest Blvd. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Jacksonville, Fla., on July 1, 1953, daughter of the late George S. and Evelyn Murray...

Emilie Czelusniak

Emilie Czelusniak, 89, of 3 Myrtle St. died yesterday at Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, Vt. Born in Adams on Nov. 5, 1917, daughter of Joseph and Aniela Furtek Wanat, she moved to...

Marie F. Rohane, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marie Frances Rohane, 86, of 22 Rose Morin Drive, Falmouth, formerly of North Adams, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, at Falmouth Hospital. Born in Stratford, Conn., on...

Dr. Robert D. Henderson

Dr. Robert D. Henderson, 85, formerly of Simonds Road, died Friday at Sweetbrook Care Center, where he had resided since November 1999. Born on his family's Penn-York farm in Winterdale, Pa., on...

Gordon W. Hermon, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gordon William Hermon, 82, of 12 Aztec Drive died Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 11, 1924, son of Gordon and...

Harry Wellington Brown

Harry Wellington Brown, 75, of 140 Riverside Drive died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where he was admitted on Dec. 27. Born in Stratford, N.H., on Nov. 2, 1931, son of Earl...

Dorothy T. LeFebvre

Dorothy T. LeFebvre, 78, of 204 Church St. died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Ann M. Ross, in Averill Park, N.Y., where she had resided for the past three weeks. She served as clerk to...

Rev. Sinclair D. Hart, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —The Rev. Sinclair Danforth Hart, 84, of 260 South St. died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Oct. 8, 1922, son of William C....

Leonora Lucy Axt

Leonora Lucy Axt, 90, of 17 Ide Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Newton, N.J., on Sept. 16, 1916, daughter of Alvah S. and Stella Smith Keen, she graduated from...

Ruth Mae Brenner Crawford

Ruth Mae Brenner Crawford, 82, of 167 North Summer St. died Sunday at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Born in Adams on May 4, 1924, daughter of Frank and Alice Varno Brenner, she attended schools...

Rita B. Hamel Vanasse

Rita B. Hamel Vanasse, 90, of 50 Smith Ave. died early Tuesday morning at North Adams Commons. Born in Lawrence on Oct. 2, 1916, daughter of the late Peter Hamel and Helen Charest Hamel, she...

Gertrude Mae Wittig Armstrong

Gertrude Mae Wittig Armstrong, 81, of 79 Natural Bridge Road died Monday at Sweetbrook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams Nov. 28, 1925, daughter of the late Gustave Wittig and Norma...