Obituaries

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...

Gertrude Stella Noel

Gertrude Stella Noel, 86, of 25 Adams Road, Williamstown Commons, died there Saturday. She had resided there for five years. Born in Clarksburg on April 10, 1919, daughter of William and Agnes...

Dorothy R. Porio, 73

ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Rose Porio, 73, of 48 Melrose St. died in her sleep Wednesday morning, Feb. 1, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on April 15, 1932, daughter of...

Rachel C. Daniels

Rachel C. Daniels, 84, of 813 Simonds Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Williamstown on May 8, 1921, daughter of J. Fred and Ruth C. Torry Cummings, she attended...

George J. Ciuk

George J. Ciuk, 87, of 47 Leonard St. died early Wednesday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Oct. 28, 1918, son of Jacob and Anna Mlecek Ciuk, he attended Adams schools. A veteran of the...

Arthur H. Brown

Arthur H. Brown, 92, of 135 Orchard St., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Cranston, R.I., on Aug. 15, 1913, he was the son of Arthur and Laura Harrop Brown. He graduated...

Eleanor Cumm

Eleanor Cumm, 86, formerly of 567 State Road, died Sunday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Dec. 2, 1919, daughter of Samuel and Addie Chittenden Foster, she attended schools there and in...

Gertrude Mary "Peggy" Falvey Churchill

Gertrude Mary "Peggy" Falvey Churchill, 98, of 1096 North Hoosac Road died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Clarendon, Vt., on May 13, 1907, daughter of Fred and Catherine McAllister...

Marian Claire Bradley

Marian Claire Bradley, 90, of 110 Riverside Drive died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Williamstown on July 16, 1915, daughter of Willard and Katherine Hastings Perry, she graduated...