Obituaries

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...

Michael Robert Gagne

Michael Robert Gagne, 59, of 70 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Sunday morning at the emergency room of the North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was taken after being stricken at home. Born in North...

Carter Brown Owen

Carter Brown Owen, 45, of 20 Miner St. died Friday at home of natural causes. Born in Cumberland, Md., on Aug. 8, 1961, son of Glenn Brown Owen Dobbs and the late Archibald A. Owen III, he moved...

Emilio Anthony "Slim" Ariazi

Emilio Anthony "Slim" Ariazi, 86, of 352 Houghton St. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center, where he was admitted two weeks ago. Born in North Adams on June 6, 1920, son of the late Joseph...

Nancy Hart Markgraf

Nancy Hart Markgraf, 72, of 104 Forest Road, died at North Adams Regional Hospital on Saturday. Born in West Cornwall, Conn., on March 12, 1934, daughter of C. Whittelsey and Doris Shurtleff...

Orville Clayton Benoit Sr.

Orville Clayton Benoit Sr., 65, of 85 Eagle St., died Saturday at Williamstown Commons following a battle with lung cancer. Born in Florida on Nov. 27, 1940, son of the late Leo Arthur Benoit Sr....

Louise May "Lulu" Webb

Louise May "Lulu" Webb, 90, of 118 Church St. died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Barre, Vt., on May 18, 1916, daughter of David and Emma Cadwell Vania, she moved to Hartford, Conn.,...

Julia Landry, 83

ADAMS, Mass. — Julia Landry, 83, of 40 Commercial St. died Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Sept. 13, 1922, daughter...

Vivian A. Dupuis

Vivian A. Dupuis, 88, of 93 Johnson St. died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Madison, Wis., on June 11, 1918, the eldest of the eight children of Frederick N. and Anna...

Robert L. Collins

Robert L. Collins, 62, of 13 Murray St. died Wednesday evening, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in West Stockbridge on Oct. 8, 1943, son of the late Francis and Mabel Fiehrer Collins, he...

M. Eileen Walshe

M. Eileen Walshe, 99, formerly of 26 Franklin St., died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided for seven years. Born in North Adams on June 27, 1907, daughter...

John Walter "Obie" O'Bryan

John Walter "Obie" O'Bryan, 63, a 30-year resident of 53 E. Main St., Cheshire, died Monday, Aug. 21, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness. Born in West Rutland, Vt.,...

John N. Mach Sr., 81

ADAMS, Mass. - John Nathan Mach Sr., 81, of 10 Manners Ave. died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Adams on Aug. 17, 1925, son of Paul and Josephine...

Carleigha "Pumpkin" Lichaa

Carleigha "Pumpkin" Lichaa, 25, of 17 Murray St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a short illness. Born in New York on Aug. 4, 1981, daughter of Louis and Paula Smith Kelsey,...

Mary Frances Cummings

Mary Frances Cummings, 95, of 807 Cordova Greens, Largo, Fla., and formerly of 73 Elmwood Ave., died Sunday at Emeritus Oaks Retirement Facility in Silver Dale, Wash. Born in West Springfield on...

Jules G. Jeanfaivre Jr.

Jules G. Jeanfaivre Jr., 67, formerly of 37 Enterprise St., died Friday at Holyoke Rehabilitation Center in Holyoke. Born in Adams on Aug. 29, 1938, son of the late Jules G. Jeanfaivre Sr. and...

Valmore F. Charron

Valmore F. Charron, 68, of Apartment 1, 42 Meadow St., North Adams, died Wednesday Aug. 9, 2006, at his home. He was born in North Adams, on Aug. 20, 1937, a son of Francis Charron and Rose...

Valmore F. Charron

Valmore F. Charron, 68, of 42 Meadow St., Apartment #1, died yesterday at his home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 20, 1937, son of the late Francis Charron and Rose Thibert Charron, he attended...

Hirsh Altusky

Hirsh Altusky, 91, of Cold Spring Road died Saturday at home. Born in Poland on Nov. 3, 1914, son of Abraham and Ann Gewirtzman Altusky, he was educated there. A Holocaust survivor, Mr....

Robert Donald Tremblay

Robert Donald Tremblay, 51, of 240 East Drive, Copiague, N.Y., a native of Adams, died Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, N.Y., after a courageous battle with cancer....

Marion Lucy Pierce

Marion Lucy Pierce, 94, of 14 Hilbert St. died late Tuesday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Richford, Vt., on March 2, 1912, daughter of John W. and Rose L. Pelkey Gardner, she...