Obituaries

Raymond H. Vallieres Sr., 78

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Raymond H. Vallieres Sr., 78, of 178 Middle Road on Wednesday morning, Jan. 18, 2006, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on June 21, 1927, son of Emile J. and...

Roma M. Mirke

Roma M. Mirke, 94, formerly of 87 North Summer St., recently of Wiliamstown Commons, died Tuesday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in Adams on Jan. 31, 1911,...

Robert Earl Darling

Robert Earl Darling, 71, of 648 State Road died yesterday morning at his home. Born in North Adams on March 13, 1934, son of Delbert E. and Dorothy Osborne Darling, he attended schools in North...

Dorothy Myrtle Briggs

Dorothy Myrtle Briggs, 93, of 72B Monroe Road died yesterday afternoon at Williamstown Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 19, 1912, daughter of Edward H. and Catherine Meehan Knight, she attended...

Bertha Vaughan Burdick, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bertha Vaughan Burdick, 88, of 100 Cliff St. died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Oct. 11, 1917, daughter of...

William George Shephard Sr.

William George Shephard Sr., 61, of 8 Glen St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born Nov. 10, 1944, in Adams, son of the late Emery and Phyllis Rougeau Shephard, he attended schools in...

Anthony Joseph Guerino

Anthony Joseph Guerino, 66, of 25 Maple St. died Tuesday afternoon at the North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 10, 1939, son of the late John P. Guerino and Philomena Pisano...

Wayne Edward Ballou

Wayne Edward Ballou, 60, of 156 Main Road, Monroe, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 18, 1945, son of the late Richard Ballou and Genevieve Marie Risch...

Rita M. Aragose, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rita Maria Aragose, 79, a longtime resident of North Adams, died Monday evening, Jan. 9, 2006, following a long illness. Born in the province of Caserta, Italy, on July...

George L. Quinn Jr.

George L. Quinn Jr., 79, of Agawam, formerly of North Adams, died Monday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Jan. 11, 1926, son of George L. Quinn Sr. and Ethel...

Claire Menkel

Claire Menkel, 87, of Rockridge Retirement Community in Northampton, formerly of Williamstown, died Sunday at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. Born in Ogdensburg, N.Y., on Oct. 20, 1918,...

Jean Mattimore

Jean Mattimore, 96, of 287 Mohawk Forest Boulevard, died Monday at North Adams Commons. She was a resident of Clarksburg for 75 years before moving to North Adams. Born in Tillicoultry,...

Giulio G. Brondoni, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Giulio Gino Brondoni, 83, of 189 State St., a resident of North Adams for 71 years, died Monday morning, Jan. 9, 2006, at home. Born in Voghera, province of Pavia,...

Robert A. Martin Sr.

Robert A. Martin Sr., 62, of 152 North Summer St. died Thursday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 6, 1943, son of the late William N. and Marian...

Robert H. Flagg

Robert H. Flagg, 53, of 42 Taft St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pownal, Vt., on March 3, 1952, son of George Flagg and Pauline Lincoln Flagg Ames, he attended Drury...

Joyce A. Cote, 65

FLORIDA, Mass. â€' Joyce Anne Cote, 65, of 69 Moores Road died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Florida on March 30, 1940, daughter of R. Harold and Albina...

Preston L. Smith III

Preston L. Smith III, 47, of 163 Pleasant St. died Saturday at North Adams Commons after a long illness. Born in North Adams on April 22, 1958, son of Preston L. Smith Jr. and Patricia Roy Smith,...

Bruno Rufo

Bruno Rufo, 77, of 61 Langlois Ave., a longtime area businessman and entrepreneur, died Saturday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 22, 1928, son of Candido...

Phyllis B. Avery, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Phyllis Burghardt Avery, 88, of 225 Adams St., Brooklyn, N.Y., a former resident of Williamstown, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, at home. Born in Bennington, Vt., on July...

Stanley J. "Stash" Sumy

Stanley J. "Stash" Sumy, 77, of 92 Howland Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on June 10, 1928, son of Anthony and Josephine Juras Sumy, he was a 1946...

Madeline A. Boyer, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Madeline Aleta Boyer, 86, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2006, at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where she had resided for three years. Born in Williamstown on Dec. 3, 1919,...

Michael J. Kustra

Michael J. Kustra, 58, formerly of Anthony Street, Adams, and a resident of The Commons of North Adams on Franklin Street died Monday morning in The Commons after a lengthy illness. Born March 21,...

Marjorie Boucher Wheeler, 77

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Marjorie Rita Boucher Wheeler, 77, of 112 Riverside Drive died Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was taken after being stricken at...

Anthony F. Scarpitto, 64

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony Francis Scarpitto, 64, of 10 Rand St. died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, at the home of his former wife, Elizabeth Sinclair, of 75 Commercial St., Adams, after a long...

Lynn Elizabeth Morris

Lynn Elizabeth Morris, 74, of 70 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Friday. She was co-owner of the Golden Eagle Gift Shop and Restaurant on...