Obituaries

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...

Angel P. Hnatonko

Angel P. Hnatonko, infant daughter of Jason M. and Brandy L. Sumner Hnatonko, of 30 Grove St., Adams, died in utero Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Within the womb, Angel appeared to...

Viola May Harvey

Viola May Harvey, 91, of 611 Middle Road died Tuesday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Stamford, Vt. on May 29, 1915, daughter of Adelord Gelinas and Josephine Scarbo Gelinas,...

Dorothy Mae Davis

Dorothy Mae Davis, 89, of 59 North County Road, died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 8, 1916, daughter of Aldei and Vina DeCoigne Cyr, she attended schools in Adams....

Ruth Eleanor Goodrich

Ruth Eleanor Goodrich, 68, of 39 Elm St. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 24, 1937, daughter of the late Eugene J. Goodrich Sr. and Gladys Fulton Goodrich, she lived in...

Antoinette Marguerite Simonelli

Antoinette Marguerite Simonelli, 89, a longtime resident of 13 Marietta St., died Thursday at Sweet Brook Nursing Home in Williamstown. Born in Castel Marrone, Italy, on Jan. 3, 1917, daughter of...

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...