Obituaries

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...

Ursula K. Krueger Godyn

Ursula K. Krueger Godyn, 84, of 44 Arnold Place, died Sunday evening at North Adams Commons, where she was admitted on Feb. 6. Born in Elmshorn, Germany, on Oct. 26, 1921, she was a daughter of...

Christine M. Schutz

Christine M. Schutz, 79, of 57 Summer St. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Cape Charles, Va., on Feb. 1, 1927, daughter of Joseph and Barbara Frank Etz, she attended schools...

Antoinette Marie "Nini" Sacco

Antoinette Marie "Nini" Sacco, 92, formerly of St. Joseph's Court, Apartment D-8, 85 Eagle St., died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers, 1561 Cold Spring Road, Williamstown. Born in North Adams on...

Pastor Milford H. Knights

Pastor Milford H. Knights, 80, of 1100 Mohawk Trail died Thursday at home. An ordained minister, he was pastor of the Florida and Savoy Baptist churches, retiring in 1986. Born in North Adams...

Andre E. Martell Sr.

Andre E. Martell Sr., 62, of 504 North Hoosac Road died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Dec. 3, 1943, son of the late Edward P. and Aldea Beauvais Martell, he...

Dorothy M. DeSanty, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy M. DeSanty, 78, formerly of 78 Richview Ave., died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on May 30, 1927, daughter of Antonio W. Bellard...

Sophie T. Bombardier

Sophie T. Bombardier, 82, of 31 Lanesborough Road died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 27, 1923, daughter of Stanley and Josephine Kacensky Stodulski, she was a...

Duncan Weet MacKenzie

Duncan Weet MacKenzie, 73, of 35 Longview Terrace died Tuesday at the Williamstown Commons after a long battle with cancer. Born in Scarsdale, N.Y., on May 2, 1932, son the late Duncan R....

Roma Kathleen Lanier

Roma Kathleen Lanier, 89, of 4 Columbia St., died Tuesday evening at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on March 22, 1916, daughter of Peter and Mary Bachinske Martin, she...

Ernest P. Laurent, 55

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Ernest Perry Laurent, 55, of 182 East Main St., died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield as the result of a brain injury related to a...

Vincent M. Barnett Jr.

Vincent M. Barnett Jr., 92, of 1611 Cold Spring Road, professor emeritus at Williams College and former president of Colgate University, died Saturday at home. Born in Whittier, Calif., on Sept....

Josephine V. Waryjasz

Josephine V. Waryjasz, 89, formerly of Myrtle Street Apartments and a resident of Williamstown Commons for the past year, died Saturday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Charlemont...

Pearl L. Pfister, 73

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Pearl Lila Pfister, 73, of 15 Jenks Road died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on June 18, 1932, daughter of Richard L....

W. Everett Evans

W. Everett Evans, 92, of 759 Massachusetts Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 23, 1913, son of Walter E. and Minnie Ludwig Evans, he graduated from Drury High School in...

Bernard G. Blanchard, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bernard George Blanchard, 80, of 227 Franklin St. died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2006, at North Adams Commons. He was a past chairman and longtime member of the North Adams...

Jennie L. Melito, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jennie Louise Melito, 92, of 231 North St. died Tuesday evening, Feb. 7, 2006, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on July 7, 1913, daughter of Alfonso and...

Viola L. Jacobs

Viola L. Jacobs, 84, formerly of 11 Stearns Road, died at Springside of Pittsfield on Saturday. She had resided there since September 2002. Born in Nassau, N.Y., Feb. 20, 1921, the daughter of...

Donald P. Brookman, 79

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Donald Phelps Brookman, 79, of 370 Pine St., Springfield, a formerly of Williamstown, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born on...

Dorothy Roche

Dorothy Roche, 84, of 101 Brooklyn St. died Sunday at the Sweetbrook Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on May 8, 1921, daughter of Alfred and Mary Timothy Foote, she attended...

Anthony Vigna, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony Vigna, 85, of 14 Haggerty St. died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Sept. 1, 1920, son of Frank and Carolina Gaglianese...