Obituaries

Barbara Whitney

Barbara Whitney, 62, of 4220 North Torch Road, Coolville, Ohio, died Thursday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg, W.Va., after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 5, 1943, daughter...

Ruth Margaret Deep

Ruth Margaret Deep, 81, of 35-50 85th St., Jackson Heights, N.Y., died Sunday at City Hospital at Elmhurst in New York. She also owned and operated a guest house in Falmouth Heights during the...

Maureen "Samm" Esposito

Maureen "Samm" Esposito, 61, of 145 Hess Boulevard, Lancaster, Pa., formerly of North Adams, died Thursday at home of cancer. Born in Adams on Jan. 22, 1945, daughter of the late Horace and Celia...

John B. Trela

John B. Trela, 59, of 1711 Wrenford Road, South Euclid, Ohio, a native of Adams, died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. He was visiting relatives in Adams...

Edna Ruby Rabouin

Edna Ruby Rabouin, 99, of 106 Richmond Road died Friday at home. Born in Adams on April 13, 1907, daughter of Herbert H. and Mary Cain Fitzroy, she was a graduate of Charlemont High School and...

Sgt. Maj. Robert Andrew Baribeau

Retired Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Robert Andrew Baribeau, 71, of 630 Savoy Road died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Jan. 28, 1935, son of Leo and Rose St. Germain Baribeau, he graduated from...

Caleb J. Jacobbe, 8

CLARKSBURG, Mass. &mash; Caleb Joseph Jacobbe, 8, of 60 Cross Road died Wednesday,May 10, 2009, at Children's Hospital in Boston after a long battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Feb. 4,...

Linda M. Raimer

Linda M. Raimer, 58, of 393 Swallow Hill Road, Pownal, Vt., formerly of Williamstown, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital of cancer. Born in North Adams on June 14, 1947, daughter of...

Dominic Anthony Perrone

Dominic Anthony Perrone, 96, of 1689 Massachusetts Ave. died yesterday afternoon at Sweetbrook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on June 21, 1909, son of Anacleto and Caterina...

Lewis H. Canedy, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Lewis Homer "Bud" Canedy, 89, of Bickford Extension Avon, Conn., formerly of North Adams, died Sunday morning, May 7, 2006, at Avon Health Center in Avon. Born in North...

Ellen Morrissey

Ellen Morrissey, 98, of 85 Eagle St. died Saturday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Aug. 26, 1907, daughter of Edward Lowe and Jane Moore Lowe, she attended schools in North Adams...

E. Sylvia Morawiec

E. Sylvia Morawiec, 85, formerly of 1 East St., died Friday afternoon at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Civitavechia, Italy on March 14, 1921, daughter of Emilio and Italia...

Ronald H. Bishop

Ronald H. Bishop, 70, of 37 Upton St. died Thursday at home after a long battle with cancer. He was a member of the Historical Society and the Zoning Board, an Adams Free Library trustee and a...

Anthony John "Dog Catcher" Zoito Sr.

Anthony John "Dog Catcher" Zoito Sr., 79, of 33 Forrest St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted on April 25. Born in North Adams on June 23, 1926, son of the...

Bernard F. Lavigne

Bernard F. Lavigne, 64, longtime resident of 29 Alger St. and a resident of Naples, Fla., died Friday afternoon at Naples Community Hospital. Born in Adams on Aug. 15, 1941, son of the late...

Jacqueline Diana Wein

Jacqueline Diana Wein, 79, of 201 Phelps Ave. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on Monday. Born in Springfield on Sept. 2, 1926, daughter of Nathan and Bessie...

Nickolas M. Devio, 26

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Nickolas M. Devio, 26, of 153 Corinth St., died Monday, May 1, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at his home. Born in Pittsfield on...

Stewart K. Morton

Stewart K. Morton, 79, of 5 Clifford Lane died Sunday at Fenwood Manor Nursing Home in Manchester, Conn. Born in Easthampton on Jan. 13, 1927, son of Elmer J. Morton Sr. and Ruth Graves Morton,...

Gertrude Helen Graziola

Gertrude Helen Graziola, 80, of 6B Village East died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 22, 1925, daughter of Andrew and Anna Burnash Durocher, she was a graduate of...

Wanda Stella Scholz Armstrong

Wanda Stella Scholz Armstrong, 87, of 3 Second St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Oct. 23, 1918, daughter of Frank and Katherine Ciolkosz Czarnik, she attended the former Adams High...

Frank Stanley "Stan" Reynolds

Frank Stanley "Stan" Reynolds, 78, of 45 Fred Mason Road died Friday at his store apartment at H.D. Reynolds General Merchandise, 52 Church St. Born in the Farnums section of Cheshire on June 9,...

Mabel Christina Bishop

Mabel Christina Bishop, 84, of 75 Commercial St. died Saturday at North Adams Commons. Born in Williamstown on Dec. 11, 1921, daughter of Clement and Harriet Robare Laliberte, she attended schools...

Thomas Robert Sears

Thomas Robert Sears, 89, of 59 Champagne Ave., formerly of 422 Church St., North Adams, died yesterday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was taken after being stricken earlier in...

Elaine Anne Ellsworth

Elaine Anne Ellsworth, 72, of 241 Mohawk Forest Boulevard died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 24, 1934, daughter of George A. and Sheriban Nahmie Nassif,...

Lucille C. Hanke

Lucille C. Hanke, 85, of 32 Columbia St. died Friday at home. Born in Limekiln, Vt., on Nov. 25, 1920, daughter of Stephen and Katherine Krovack Cravish, she attended Beeman Academy. She moved...