Obituaries

Joseph William "Bill" Widing Jr.

Joseph William "Bill" Widing Jr., 75, of 1611 Cold Spring Road died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers after a long illness. Born in Philadelphia on April 4, 1930, son of Joseph William Widing...

Marion Belle Henderson

Marion Belle Henderson, 85, formerly of Simonds Road, died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where she had resided for the past year. Born in Adams on Dec. 29, 1919, daughter of Harry D. and...

Letezia L. "Letty" Demo

Letezia L. "Letty" Demo, 95, of 101 North St. died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Elizabeth Spellios, at 3 Blueberry Hill Road, Wilbraham. Born in Calabria, Italy on Oct. 6, 1909, daughter...

John S. Babula

John S. Babula, 77, of 2028 Small Town Drive, New Braunfels, Texas, a native of Adams and former teacher at Charles H. McCann Vocational Technical High School, died early Friday morning at...

Angelina M. Ciaburri

Angelina M. Ciaburri, 89, of 4301 Rabbit Foot Lane. Richmond, Va., formerly of North Adams, died on Wednesday at the Lexington Court Nursing Home in Richmond, VA. Born in North Adams on Aug. 25,...

Leona Marie Pero

Leona Marie Pero, 81, of Starbrooke Drive, Newton, N.C., died Saturday at Palliative CareCenter and Hospice of Catawba Valley. Born in Adams on Nov. 16, 1923, daughter of Amedee Joseph and Mary...

Alice M. Godfrey

Alice M. Godfrey, 75, of 580 Henderson Road died Monday morning at the Sweetbrook Health Care Centers. Born in Williamstown on Feb. 27, 1930, daughter of Archie and Bessie Davis Godfrey, she...

Lawrence R. Keefe

Lawrence R. Keefe, 89, formerly of 50 1/2 Melrose St., died Friday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Nov. 11, 1915, son of Patrick and Virginia M. Wing Keefe, he was a...

Francis A. Colli

Francis A. Colli, 89, of 821 Pattison Road died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. He had moved to North Adams in 2004. Born in Agawam on Nov. 29, 1915, son of Frank and Susie Cebrelli...

Gerald E. St. Jean

Gerald E. St. Jean, 64, of 46 Mallard Cove died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He had resided in Cheshire for 5 1/2 years. Before that, he lived in Savoy, Adams and the town of...

Marilyn Shirley Gorman Alderman

Marilyn Shirley Gorman Alderman, 78, of 615 North Eagle St., formerly of 9 Meadow St., North Adams, died yesterday at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield of arteriosclerosis and kidney failure. Born...

Leona Lillian Ethier

Leona Lillian Ethier, 90, of 4 Columbia St. died early yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on July 8, 1915, daughter of Zotique and Angelina Gauthier...

Harold E. "Red" Affhauser

Harold E. "Red" Affhauser, 81, of 552 Reservoir Road died Wednesday evening at the Great Barrington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where he had resided since 1993. Born in North Adams on June...

Richard Joseph Endres

Richard Joseph Endres, 71, of 212 Bridges Road died yesterday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Jan. 31, 1934, son of William and Dorothy Morstatt...

Geraldine Lemoine

Geraldine Lemoine, 80, of 18 Reeves St. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on June 9, 1925, daughter of Homer and Alice LeBlanc Belanger, she attended Adams schools and was a 1944...

John Joseph Biros

John Joseph Biros, 87, of 9 Richmond Lane died Friday evening at home. Born in Warren, R.I., on April 11, 1918, son of Peter and Albina Ciszek Biros, and stepmother Mary Biros, who raised him...

Thomas Edward Slater

Thomas Edward Slater, 53, of 7 Fourth Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Nov. 13, 1951, son of Thomas R. Slater and the late Margaret A. Russell...

James E. Godfrey Sr.

James E. Godfrey Sr., 80, of 580 Henderson Road died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Williamstown on Jan. 11, 1925, son of Archie and Bessie Davis Godfrey, he was a 1942...

Rose A. Coyne

Rose A. Coyne, 100, of 47 Franklin St. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Clarksburg on Jan. 1, 1905, daughter of Edward J. Curry and Anna Gilbert Curry Morin, she was a...

Ronald H. "Cooch" Couture

Ronald H. "Cooch" Couture, 66, of 76 Birch Grove Road, died at home on Thursday after a battle with renal cell carcinoma. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 13, 1938, son of Henry F. and Emma F. Briere...

Charles H. Dixon, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Charles Henry Dixon, 85, of 145 Bellevue Ave. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 29, 1919, son of Robert and Elizabeth Todt Dixon, he was a...

Albert Joseph Volpi

Albert Joseph Volpi, 60, of 245 Houghton St. died Sunday afternoon at the emergency room of North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was taken after being stricken earlier at home. Born in Adams...

Helen Theresa Kruzel

Helen Theresa Kruzel, 89, of 108 Wells Road died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Adams on April 24, 1916, daughter of Peter and Apolina...

Nancy Lee Alibozek

Nancy Lee Alibozek, 60, of 420 Stewart White Road died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long battle with lung cancer. Born in North Adams on June 25, 1945, daughter of...

Rose C. Oleskiewicz, 83

ADAMS, Mass. - Rose C. Oleskiewicz, 83, of 12 Weber St. died Friday, Aug. 19, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Hamden, Conn., on Oct. 17, 1921, daughter of Fredrico and Maria...