Obituaries

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...

Lottie A. DeCoigne

Lottie A. DeCoigne, 82, of 202 North Summer St. died Friday at home after a long illness. Born in Adams on Jan. 6, 1924, daughter of John and Mary Kordana Ziemba, she attended local...

Lisa LaBonte Cooney

Lisa LaBonte Cooney, 42, of 12 Leonard St. died Saturday as the result of a motor vehicle accident in New Ashford. Born in North Adams on Aug. 19, 1964, daughter of Lois J. Monette Sweener and the...

Ferdinand S. Baczek

Ferdinand S. Baczek, 82, of 38 Burt St. died Saturday at the home of his daughter, Teresa Menard of Wakefield, where he had been visiting. Born in Adams on Aug. 12, 1924, son of Albert and Agnes...

MacAlister Brown

MacAlister Brown, 82, of 57 Sabin Drive died early Tuesday morning, Nov. 21, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt. Born in Newton on July 7, 1924, a son of Clifford K. and Marion...

Judge Bernard Lenhoff

Judge Bernard Lenhoff, 87, former first justice of Northern Berkshire District Court, of 69 Cobbleview Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Oct....