Obituaries

M. Zowd Joseph

M. Zowd Joseph, 84, of 252 Wells Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a short illness. Born in Utica, N.Y., on Aug. 5, 1921, daughter of John and Ida Abraham Peters, she...

Rita M. Sweeney, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rita Marion Sweeney, 88, of 93 Cleveland Ave., Berkshire Landings, died Thursday, July 27, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 9, 1918,...

Eleanor M. Muir, 78

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Eleanor M. Muir, 78, of Sweetwood Retirement Community died Wednesday, July 26, 2006, at home. Born in New Bedford on May 19, 1928, daughter of Francis and Johanna...

Russell Edward Yarter

Russell Edward Yarter, 71, of 448 Union St. died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Feb. 1, 1935, son of Edward and Orvilla Baker Yarter, he graduated from Drury High...

Raymond Samuel Seymour

Raymond Samuel Seymour, 83, of 116 Bonair Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Nov. 9, 1922, son of Samuel and Mary Louise Lemoine Seymour, he attended...

Ruth Pindick

Ruth Pindick, 87, of 75 Central Ave. died Wednesday at home. Born in Dayton, Ohio, on Oct. 5, 1918, daughter of Myer Smith and Dora Berenson Smith Myers, she moved to the Boston area at an early...

Ruth Crystal Laliberte

Ruth Crystal Laliberte, 87, of 64 Notch Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Aug. 11, 1918, daughter of William L. and Agnes Stranaghan Tangley, she...

Patricia Ann Bushey

Patricia Ann Bushey, 77, of 37 Arnold Place, died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on June 18, 1929, daughter of Walter and Julia Todt O'Brien, she attended the former...

Richard M. Kleiner, 40

ADAMS, Mass. — Richard M. Kleiner, 40, of 49 Richmond Lane died Sunday, July 23, 2006, as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on North Summer Street. Born in Cocoa...

Norman S. Haas Sr.

Norman S. Haas Sr., 76, of 75 Commercial St. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Petersburgh, N.Y., on April 16, 1930, son of Marvin T. and Mary Thomas Haas, he moved to...

Mary W. Davis

Mary W. Davis, 85, formerly of 49 Jamieson Heights, died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where she had resided since March 2005. Born in Michigan, Ohio, on Aug. 17, 1920, daughter of...

Judith Marie Putnam

Judith Marie Putnam, 62, of 33 Porter St. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Hudson, N.Y., on Jan. 25, 1944, daughter of the late Edmond and Minnie Phillips Berry, she was a...

Genevieve A. Nuvallie, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Genevieve Alice Nuvallie, 73, of 14 Marietta St. died Saturday, July 22, 2006, at home. Born in North Adams on April 26, 1933, daughter of Alice Grennon Pisano and the...

Elaine Fortier

Elaine Fortier, 71, of 891 North State Road died Wednesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Nov. 14, 1934, daughter of John N. and Stella Starsiak Decker, she moved to...

Martha B. Beall

Martha B. Beall, 84, of 140 Scott Hill Rd., formerly of Kenilworth and Evanston, Ill., died Tuesday at the Sweetbrook Health Care Centers in Williamstown. She was born in Rochester, N.Y., on Oct....

John Benjamin Howland Sr.

John Benjamin Howland Sr., 80, of 21 Pine Lodge Park died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital where he was admitted on Friday, June 30. Born in Brandon, Vt. on June 14, 1926, son of Wendell...

Maurice R. Bushee, 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass, — Maurice Raymond "Cricket" Bushee, 57, of 40 Chase Ave. died Tuesday evening, July 18, 20116, at the emergency room of North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was taken...

Bruno Raymond Dubis

Bruno Raymond Dubis, 93, of 22 Belvedere Terrace, Yarmouth Port, a native of Adams, died Wednesday at Mayflower Place Nursing Center in West Yarmouth after a battle with cancer. Born on June 1,...

Mrs. Joan Patricia ( Nichols) Bushika

Mrs. Joan Patricia ( Nichols) Bushika, 77, of 23 Goodrich Street, North Adams, Mass died Sunday July 9, 2006 at the North Adams Regional Hospital. She was born in North Adams, Mass on February 25,...

Arlene Josephine Kendrick

Arlene Josephine Kendrick, 95, of 86 Cleveland Ave. died early yesterday morning at the Mt. Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Dec. 24, 1910, daughter of...

Bernard D. Morris

Bernard D. Morris, 78, of 52 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Sunday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Born in North Adams on March 13, 1928, son of the late Arthur J. Morris and Aurora St....

Barbara Wagner

Barbara Wagner, 67, of 173 Church St. died Saturday at home after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Cambridge on Jan. 18, 1939, daughter of Frederick V. and Martha Wall Nissen. Her...

Michael J. Mach Jr., 22

ADAMS, Mass. - Michael Joseph Mach Jr., 22, of 12 Manners Ave. died Saturday, July 8, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on July 14, 1983, son of Michael J. Mach Sr. and...

Helen C. Casuscelli

Helen C. Casuscelli, 94, of 20 Sperry Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on June 17, 1912, daughter of Ferdinando Scerbo and Maria Scerbo Scerbo, she attended schools in North...

Russell Battis

Russell Battis, 83, of 165 West Road, formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday at his daughter's home at 31 Summer St., Adams. Born in Clarksburg on Aug. 6, 1922, son of Purcell John and Agnes Helen...