Obituaries

Dana Bourgoin

Dana Bourgoin, 26, of 322 Union St. was pronounced dead Sunday in White Creek, N.Y., after drowning in the Hoosic River. He had been missing since Nov. 2, 2004. Born in Newburgh, N.Y., on June...

Capt. Gino M. Balardini, 83

ADAMS, Mass. — Retired Adams Police Capt. Gino M. Balardini, 83, formerly of 19 Apremont St., died April 19, 2005, of a heart attack at Sugar Hill assisted living facility in Dalton, where he...

Thomas Edward Mullaney Jr.

Thomas Edward Mullaney Jr., 38, of Adamstown, Md., formerly of Cheshire, died Saturday at home, after a two-year battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Born in Oakland, Calif., on Feb. 4, 1967, son of...

Julia R. Truskowski

Julia R. Truskowski, 79, of 6 Meadow Lane, died Thursday morning at her home. Born in Adams on April 30, 1925, daughter of John and Mary Kotry Czubryt, she attended schools there. Mrs....

Katherine Isabel Bliss

Katherine Isabel Bliss, 95, of 150 Ashland St., died Thursday afternoon at Williamstown Commons. Born in Stamford, Vt., on Nov. 21, 1909, daughter of Leon and Bessie Lesure Bliss, she attended...

Dr. Robert H. Cowing

Dr. Robert H. Cowing, 83, a longtime resident of Williamstown, died Tuesday from complications with pneumonia at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where he had resided for three years. He was former chief...

Helen Anna Turoczy

Helen Anna Turoczy, 93, of 36 Burt St. died Saturday afternoon at home after a long illness. Born in Adams on Sept. 15, 1911, daughter of August and Martha Wittig Oue, she attended the former...

Anita Lucille Dupuis

Anita Lucille Dupuis, 86, of 75 North St. died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on July 1, 1918, daughter of Joseph and Matilda Pinsonnault Fortin, she...

Norma Harris Solomon

Norma Harris Solomon, 78, of the Village at Fillmore Pond in Bennington, Vt., formerly of 189 Stratton Road, died Monday evening at Sweet Book Care Centers. Born in Chicago on Aug. 11, 1926,...

Edward H. Beers Sr, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Edward Hanford Beers Sr., 84, of 123 Adams Road died Sunday, April 10, 2005, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Stratford, Conn., on May 5, 1920, son...

Bernard V. Germanowski, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bernard Vincent Germanowski, 81, of 10 Hodges Cross Road died Sunday, April 10, 2005, at home after a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 22, 1924, son of Ludwig...

Anne Cohen

Anne Cohen, 83, of 75 Biltmore Ave. died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Sept. 8, 1921, daughter of Morris and Pauline Weisbrodt Pindick, she...

John Joseph Grover Sr.

John Joseph Grover Sr., 71, of 250 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Thursday afternoon at home. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Jan. 17, 1934, son of Clifford and Gertrude Terry Grover, he attended schools...

Arthur Joseph Boyer

Arthur Joseph Boyer, 91, of 334 Franklin St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Aug. 26, 1913, son of Alexander and Anna Franz...

Robert William Auge

Robert William Auge, 58, of 142 Marion Ave., a longtime area funeral director, died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a motorcycle crash earlier that day. Born in North Adams on Jan....

William Alfred "Bill" Collette

William Alfred "Bill" Collette, 78, of 201 East Road died Wednesday at the North Adams Commons, where he was admitted April 4. Born in North Adams on July 17, 1926, son of Joseph A. and Margaret...

Edward Brian Tetreault

Edward Brian Tetreault, 47, of 37 South St. died early Tuesday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, the victim of an assault. Born in Amesbury on July 14, 1957, a son of Edward Tetreault of...

Anna Pia Lazzeri

Anna Pia Lazzeri, 96, formerly of 75 Commercial St., died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Dro, province of Trento, Austria, on March 8, 1909, daughter of Stefano...

Ruth Gale

Ruth Gale, 92, of 75 Commercial St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Springfield on Sept. 12, 1912, daughter of Roy E. and Winifred Helen Wilder Crofton, she...

The Rev. Leslie T. Francis

The Rev. Leslie T. Francis, 87, formerly North Adams and Lee, died Friday at the Mayo Nursing Home in Northfield, Vt., where he had resided for four years. Born in North Adams on Sept. 21, 1918,...

Burton Ford Dopp

Burton Ford Dopp, 81, formerlyof 75 Commercial St., died Monday in the emergency room at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier in the day. He had been residing at North Adams...

Clara Jane Burgmaster

Clara Jane Burgmaster, 77, of Roaring Brook Road died yesterday at home. Born in Williamstown on Jan. 14, 1928, daughter of Walter and Bernice Hughes Nicklien, she was educated there. Mrs....

James "Russ" Stockley Sr.

James "Russ" Stockley Sr., 83, of 88 Moores Road died at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown on March 24 following a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 17, 1922, son of Walter J. and...

Gertrude Elizabeth Harvey

Gertrude Elizabeth Harvey, 94, of 128 East Road died early yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Nov. 15, 1910, daughter of George and Elizabeth Goodermote Frenya, her...

Wayne H. Champagne

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Wayne H. Champagne, 60, of 65 Quincy St. died Saturday, April 2, 2005, at home after being stricken there. Born in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Aug. 5, 1944, son of Betty M....