Obituaries

Sylvia Sarah Joppich

Sylvia Sarah Joppich, 78, of 70 East St. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Patchogue, N.Y., on Aug. 12, 1928, daughter of William and Concettina Tomassone Venero, she...

Werner Bacher

Werner Bacher, 81, of 1150 West Main St. died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. He and his wife, Marina, owned and operated Chimney Mirror Motel. Born in Switzerland on June 20, 1925, son of...

Stanley Janik

Stanley Janik, 94, of 34 Crotteau St. died yesterday, Dec. 15, 2006, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 2, 1912, son of Joachim and Amalia Brach Janik, he attended local schools. A...

Robert James Reardon

Robert James Reardon, 79, of 16 Birchwood Terrace died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 5, 1927, son of Charles and Beatrice Marran...

Anne Lynne Bergeron

Anne Lynne Bergeron, 63, of 73 Nutmeg Lane died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Thursday. Born in North Adams on Aug. 7, 1943, daughter of Arthur and Pearl...

Cecile Margaret Descoteaux

Cecile Margaret Descoteaux, 90, of 49 Phelps Ave. died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on June 20, 1916, daughter of Phillip and Amanda Mousseau...

Celia Barcomb, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Celia Theresa Barcomb, 80, of Village East, 546 Union St., died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 12, 1926,...

James Henry Smith Jr.

James Henry Smith Jr., 80, of 84 Notch Road died Tuesday at the Sweetbrook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Dec. 7, 1926, son of James Henry and Eva Sarah Gauthier Smith, he...

Gisela Lainer

Gisela Lainer, 76, of 227 Franklin Court died Tuesday at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Bielefeld, Germany, on March 22, 1930, daughter of Otto and Wilhelmine Jurgens...

David G. Depew, 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — David George Depew, 75, of 17 May St. died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006, at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 15, 1930, son of George and Rose Major...

Helen Vallencourt

Helen Vallencourt, 76, died Saturday in Steubenville, Ohio, following a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Born Dec. 19, 1929, in Paris, daughter of Quintard and Sally Rayen Leake, she...

Pauline Young

Pauline Young, 92, of 9B Franklin Court died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in Merrimack, N.H., on April 10, 1914, daughter of Charles F. and Bessie Copp Young, she attended schools in...

Rachel Helen Garner

Rachel Helen Garner, 91, of 94 Nutmeg Lane died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Clinton on April 27, 1915, daughter of Albert and Zenaide LaPlante Brooks,...

Anne Rose Gentile

Anne Rose Gentile, 89, of 232 North St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Ozone Park, N.Y., on Sept. 9, 1917, daughter of Emilio and Antoinette Lauri Allocco, she attended schools...

Janet A. Dickinson, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Janet Ann Dickinson, 70, of 41 Brooklyn St. died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006, at home. Born in North Adams on July 7, 1936, daughter of Samuel H. and Eva Seney Dickinson, she...

Elizabeth Couture

Elizabeth Couture, 96, of 12 Country Club Ave. died Saturday at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown. Born in Fall River on Nov. 9, 1910, daughter of Albert and Elizabeth Oldham Harrison, she...

Armand Clermont, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Armand Adrien "Mike" Clermont, 92, of 17 Pleasant St. died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006, at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Oct. 28, 1914, son of Henri and Alexina...

Stanley R. Baker, 82

CLARKSBURG, Mass. â€' Stanley Roy Baker, 82, formerly of 992 River Road, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. He had been a resident of the Vermont...

Susan E. O'Brien, 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Susan Elizabeth "Ducky" O'Brien, 57, of 1110 South Church St. died Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 28, 2006, as a result of an automobile accident on Route 8 in Cheshire. Born...

Lucille Josephine McCormick

Lucille Josephine McCormick, 84, of 36 Porter St. died Friday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on March 31, 1922, daughter of Hugh and Lucy Dene McCormick, she attended schools in...

Roma Marguerite Lewis

Roma Marguerite Lewis, 91, of 19 Enterprise St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on May 31, 1915, daughter of Euclid and Lea Daignault Molleur, she attended schools in...

John P. Leroy

John P. Leroy, 80, formerly of Cheshire, died Nov. 17 at Tabor Hills Health Care Services in Naperville, Ill. Born in North Adams on June 28, 1926, son of John W. and Margaret Purcell Leroy, he...

Samuel H. Edson

Samuel H. Edson, 70, of 1 Bulkey St. died Wednesday at Dartmouth/Hitchcock Medical Center of complications from cancer. Born in Greenwich, Conn., on Jan. 11, 1936, son of Roger C. and Mary Pease...

Alexander J. Grande Jr.

Alexander J. Grande Jr., 82, of 75 Commercial St. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken at home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 15, 1924, son of Alexander J. Grande Sr....

Robert F. Dobbert Sr.

Robert F. Dobbert Sr., 68, of 568 Union St. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Aug. 1, 1938, son of Thomas T. and Jane Yates Dobbert, he graduated from Drury High...