Obituaries

Stanley Henry Leja

Stanley Henry Leja, 89, of 44 East Hoosac St. died Thursday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 16, 1917, son of John and Mary Banas Leja, he attended Adams schools....

Valmore S. Cloutier Sr.

Valmore S. Cloutier Sr., 72, formerly of 490 Savoy Road died Thursday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Nov. 8, 1933, son of Valmore R. and Mildred Stone Cloutier, he attended schools...

Yvonne Rita Neville

Yvonne Rita Neville, 88, of 67 Langlois Ave., The Spruces, died Wednesday at her home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 12, 1917, daughter of Homer J. and Mary Kennedy Smith, she attended schools...

Darla J. Ciempa, 59

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Darla Jean Ciempa, 59, of 215 Houghton St. died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006, at her home. Born in Adams on June 13, 1947, daughter of Evelyn Kleiner Ciempa and the late...

Helen O'Hagerty

Helen O'Hagerty, 87, of 75 Commercial St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on March 17, 1919, daughter of Alfred and Angelina Trombley Beauchemin, she graduated from...

Lena Grillone

Lena Grillone, 88, of 85 Langlois Ave. died Tuesday at home. Born in North Adams on June 26, 1918, daughter of Joseph and Marie Famia Blasi, she graduated from Drury High School. Ms. Grillone...

Mario J. Trenti, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mario J. "Mac" Trenti, 88, a retired North Adams police officer, of 52 Perkins St., Gloucester, died Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006, at home. Born in Adams on April 23, 1918,...

Beatrice Cecilia O'Brien

Beatrice Cecilia O'Brien, 92, of 125 Liberty St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Jan. 8, 1914, daughter of Adelord and Marie Simoneau Bresbois, she attended...

Angela M. Abuisi, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Angela M. Abuisi, 89, formerly of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Sunday, Sept. 24, 2009, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since...

Shirlene E. Lehman Nutting

Shirlene E. Lehman Nutting, 80, of 9 Pinnacle Drive died Friday at North Adams Commons. Born in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., on Sept. 20, 1926, daughter of Tracey and Emma Harris Thomas, she attended...

Edward F. Suthers, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Edward Frederick Suthers, 80, of 93 Cleveland Ave., Apt. 34, a former a longtime resident of 46 Cross Road in Clarksburg, Sept. 20, 2006, at North Adams Commons. Born...

Doris H. Gaudette, 91

FLORIDA, Mass. — Doris H. Gaudette, 91, of 31 Phelps Road died Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Clarksburg on Aug. 24, 1915, daughter of Danforth V. and...

Albert Francis Dorwin

Albert Francis Dorwin, 71, of 367 Massachusetts Ave. died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Aug. 12, 1935, son of Francis B. and Edna Estes Dorwin, he...

Linda J. Trudeau

Linda J. Trudeau, 58, of 17 Tilda Hill Road died Friday of cancer at North Adams Commons, where she was admitted Aug. 8. Born in Adams on March 11, 1948, daughter of the late Robert A. Burdick...

Mary Lucy Tenney Barbuto

Mary Lucy Tenney Barbuto, 80, of 166 Orchard St. died yesterday at Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Center, 1561 Cold Spring Road, Williamstown. Born in Old Town, Maine, on June 10, 1926,...

Kenneth Charles Thomas

Kenneth Charles Thomas, 64, of 4 Columbia St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. Born in Adams on Feb. 7, 1942, son of Joseph and Dora Louison Thomas, he...

Jerry Kief

Jerry Kief, 83, of 132 Main St. died Thursday at the Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Centers in Williamstown. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 15, 1923, son of the late Charles Kieverstein...

Donald Wayne Demers

Donald Wayne Demers, 42, of 625 Middle Road died Monday at the North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at his home. Born in North Adams on June 20, 1964, son of C. Kenneth...

Evelyn Owen Bourdon

Evelyn Owen Bourdon, 92, of 79 Nutmeg Lane died Monday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Feb. 19, 1914, daughter of Herbert W. and Rose Owen Collins, she attended local schools and...

Janina Kazmiera Poplaski

Janina Kazmiera Poplaski, 62, of 109 Summer St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Poland on Dec. 29, 1943, daughter of Walter and the late Antonia Kaczmarek Kochanski, she...

Alice Lea Norman

Alice Lea Norman, 62, of 166 Middle Road died yesterday at the North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on June 28, 1944, daughter of the late Lionel Champagne and Glorianna Bachand...

Stanley Walter Polchlopek

Stanley Walter Polchlopek, 82, of 1100 Mohawk Trail died Monday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Born in Dalton on April 6, 1924, son of Albert and Rose Pierowicz Polchlopek, he...

Rodney G. Moore, 57

CLARKSBURG, Mass. Rodney Grant Moore, 57, of 556 West Cross Road died Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at home. Born in Greenfield on Jan....

Rachel Elizabeth Wonkka

Rachel Elizabeth Wonkka, 89, of 4 Columbia St. died Sunday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Adams on Nov. 4, 1916, daughter of Walter G. and Margaret Rupprecht Frese, she was...

Robert Ralph Pitoniak

Robert Ralph Pitoniak, 73, of 125 Friend St. died Tuesday morning at his home. Born in Adams on Sept. 30, 1932, son of the late John and Margaret Blasczak Pitoniak, he graduated from the former...