Obituaries

Lucy Rita Kenney

Lucy Rita Kenney, 91, of 46 Quincy St. died Wednesday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on Tuesday March 7th. Born in North Adams on June 13, 1914, daughter of the...

Anthony A. Wojcik, 53

ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony A. Wojcik, 53, of 7 North Summer St. died Wednesday morning, March 8, 2006, at his home following a long battle with cancer. Born on July 2, 1952, son of the late...

Robert Allen Pedercini Sr.

Robert Allen Pedercini Sr., 70, of 150 Ashland St. died Wednesday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 28, 1936, son of Owen Pedercini and Elizabeth Rarick...

Donald Arthur Mahoney

Donald Arthur Mahoney, 77, of 73 Bracewell Ave. died Tuesday morning at his home. Born in North Adams on July 24, 1928, son of the late Arthur and Naomi Dufrain Mahoney, he attended local...

Barbara J. Dowsey

Barbara J. Dowsey, 63, of Westfield, formerly of North Adams and Pittsfield, died Monday at Noble Hospital in Westfield. Born in Chester on Jan. 16, 1943, daughter of Gilbert and Elsie Chaffee...

Kelly Anne Crosier, 43

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kelly Anne Crosier, 43, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Wednesday morning, March 8, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on...

Rose D. Zieminski Stefanik

Rose D. Zieminski Stefanik, 88, of Clinton Crest and Dundee, N.Y., formerly of Adams, died Tuesday at the Homestead Nursing Home in Penn Yan, N.Y. Born in Adams on April 22, 1917, daughter of...

Alice A. Rowley, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alice Ann Rowley, 71, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Tuesday, March 7, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 27, 1934,...

Frank M. Maroni, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frank M. Maroni, 84, of 26 Greene Ave. died Monday, March 6, 2006, at home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 4, 1922, son of Joseph and Gertrude Vicari Maroni, he attended...

John J. Wisnewski

John J. Wisnewski, 85, formerly of Greenfield, died Sunday at Franklin Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was the father of Barbara A. Mallet of Cheshire. Born in Greenfield on March...

David W. Shewczyk

David W. Shewczyk, 20, of 1 Cedar Drive, Latham, N.Y., died Sunday in a snowmobile accident. He was a former resident of Adams. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Feb. 2, 1986, son of John "Jack" Shewczyk...

David W. Foote

David W. Foote, 68, of 7 Nelson St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 16, 1937, son of the late Edward and Mildred Hamilton Foote, he was a 1957 graduate...

Patricia A. Dean

Patricia A. Dean, 72, of 518 White Oaks Road died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Williamstown on April 6, 1933, daughter of Andrew and Helen Archambeault Nutting, she was a 1952...

Dorothy Hickey

Dorothy Hickey, 90, of Woodcock Road died yesterday at Crescent Manor Care Centers in Bennington, Vt. A licensed nursing home administrator, Mrs. Hickey purchased the main house of the former...

Barbara E. Vanderburgh

Barbara E. Vanderburgh, 67, of 109 Sullivan St. died Thursday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 21, 1939, daughter of the late G. Peter and Leona Porter Anderson, she attended...

Donald W. Wright Sr., 64

ADAMS, Mass. - Donald W. Wright Sr., 64, of 206 Columbia St. died Saturday, March 4, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital as a result of an alimentary canal disruption. Born in North Adams on...

William Richard Kuczynski

William Richard Kuczynski, 76, of 18 Water St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Fall River on Sept. 6, 1929, son of Boleslaus and Bertha Nowak Kuczynski, he moved...

Helen V. Lanoue

Helen V. Lanoue, 96, of 65 Gallup St., North Adams, died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Nov. 20, 1909, daughter of John and Sofia Kochanek Walczak, she attended schools in North...

Jessica "Jay" Miner Burnett Pike

Jessica "Jay" Miner Burnett Pike, 93, formerly of 48 Windom Terrace, died Sunday morning at the Belle Reve Nursing Home in Milford, Pa., where she had resided for the last few years. Born in Savoy...

Phyllis J. (Heath) Twombly

Phyllis J. (Heath) Twombly, 64, of 25 College Ave., North Adams, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, at home. Born in Rutland, Vt., on June 10, 1941, she was the daughter of Carlisle and Evelyn (Van...

Paul S. Blanchette

Paul S. Blanchette, 80, of 1 Berkshire Square died Friday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Springfield on July 4, 1925, son of Arthur and Anna Smith Blanchette, he came to Adams...

Mary Ellen McMahon, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mary Ellen McMahon, 89, of 118 Church St., Proprietor's Field, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006, at Williamstown Commons. Born in the Blackinton section of North Adams on...

Eugene B. Scerbo

Eugene B. Scerbo, 86, of 460 Walker St. died Friday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital where he was admitted earlier in the day. Born in North Adams on July 23, 1919, he was a son of...

Virginia Elizabeth Giroux

Virginia Elizabeth Giroux, 59, of 384 East Main St., died Tuesday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on July 24, 1946, daughter of the late Harvey A. Giroux and...

Mandell L. Smith

Mandell L. Smith, 67, of 90 Windigo Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Orange, Fla., on Feb. 1, 1939, son of MacDonald and Norma Hinds Smith, he attended Williamsburg schools...