Obituaries

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...

Robert Edward Kiwacz

Robert Edward Kiwacz, 63, of 54 Chase Ave. died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Oct. 22, 1941, son of Edward and Helen Frank Kiwacz, he graduated from...

Rocco P. Trimarchi

Rocco P. Trimarchi, 71, of 1 Berkshire Square died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on March 30, 1934, son of Rocco M. and Raffaella Burro Trimarchi, he attended North Adams schools and...

George "Carl" Sumner

George "Carl" Sumner, 77, of 108 Dean St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Oct. 21, 1927, son of George and Elizabeth Cradelton Sumner, he attended schools in...

Virginia Scribner

Virginia Scribner, 88, of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community died there Friday. Born in Cleveland on Aug. 6, 1917, daughter of Ezra G. and Ruth Bergetta Syverson Wilkinson, she received a...

Matthew Thomas Heller Zappone

Matthew Thomas Heller Zappone, 20, of 139 Barbour St. died Saturday morning in an automobile accident on Route 7, Lanesborough, while driving to work. Born in North Adams on March 23, 1985, son...

Constance Ellen Robinson

Constance Ellen Robinson, 68, of 50 Stonehedge Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Hudson Falls, N.Y., on Feb. 3, 1937, daughter of Wilbur F. and Jeannette Bullis Simpson, she was a 1954...

Vincent E. Beaudin

Vincent E. Beaudin, 58, of 1 Harding Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. Born in Adams on Sept. 16, 1946, son of Victor M. and Alma Tremblay...

Mildred M. Uyrus

Mildred M. Uyrus, 96, of 24 Water St. died Thursday at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro after a long illness. Born in Adams on Feb. 14, 1909, daughter of David Tosh Sr. and Margaret Nimons...