Obituaries

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....

Frederick C. Lindley

Frederick C. Lindley, 69, died yesterday, at his residence on Henderson Road following a long illness. Born Sept. 7, 1935, son of Frederick C. and Helen Decker Lindley, he was a 1953 graduate of...

William DeWitt Horrocks Sr.

William DeWitt Horrocks Sr., 95, died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. A resident of Sweet Brook Care Centers, in recent years he had lived in retirement facilities in Vero Beach, Fla.,...

T. Norman Bleau, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — T. Norman Bleau, 85, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Saturday morning, April 2, 2005, at home. Mr. Bleau had owned and operated Norm's Barber Shop from 1963...

Homer Henry Shays

Homer Henry Shays, 83, of 13 Millard Ave. died Monday at home. Born in North Adams on Feb. 6, 1922, son of Henry E. and Edna M. Phelps Shays, he attended schools there, including Drury High...

Francis Walter Michalski

Francis Walter Michalski, 66, of 9 Lower Linden St. died yesterday morning at home after a long illness. He was the first recipient of a successful heart transplant in the Berkshires and later...

Wallace Smith Griswold

Wallace Smith Griswold, 94, of 29 Burt St. died early yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born in New Lebanon, N.Y., on Aug. 21, 1910, son of George and...

William Francis Cozzaglio

William Francis Cozzaglio, 76, of 150 Ashland St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Sunday following a short illness. Born in North Adams on Sept. 10, 1928,...

Ellen Mary Sinderman, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ellen Mary Sinderman, 90, of 61 Chantilly Ave. died Sunday, March 27, 2005, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she was admitted March 17. Born in North...

Richard E. Davis, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Edward "Papa" Davis, 77, of 56 Hall St. died early Monday morning, March 28, 2005, at home. Born in North Adams on May 7, 1927, son of Edward J. and Dorothy...

Margaret Theresa "Peggi" Schneider

Margaret Theresa "Peggi" Schneider, 56, of 193 Church St. died Saturday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted March 20. Born in Adams on Dec. 8, 1948, daughter of...

Gertrude Hillard

Gertrude Hillard, 86, of 3 Loftus St. died Friday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 16, 1918, daughter of Frederick and Gertrude Strong Aubin, she attended the former St....

Ann Siliciano

Ann Siliciano, 80, of High Point Drive, Claremont, Calif., died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with a neurological disorder known as Charcot Marie Tooth disease. Born in Adams on March 30, 1924,...

Robert Anthony O'Neill

Robert Anthony O'Neill, 79, of 35 North St. died Wednesday at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Feb. 5, 1926, son of Thomas and Hazel Estes O'Neill, he attended schools...

Francis Eugene Messina

Francis Eugene Messina, 53, of 75 Commercial St. died Wednesday at home, following a short illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 15, 1952, son of Francis Joseph and Mary V. MacTavish Messina, he...

Peter N. Palmer

Peter N. Palmer, 60, of 35 Arnold St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at his home. Born in Lynn on Nov. 7, 1944, he was the adoptedson of John and Wilma...

Marie Volff

Marie Volff, 66, of 4 Columbia St. died Monday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Nov. 15, 1938, daughter of Archibald and Hazel O'Dell Brown, she attended Adams schools....

Lynn Vincent, 49

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lynn Arigoni Wroldson Vincent, 49, of 65 East Quincy St. died Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in North Adams on May...

Florence A. Senecal, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Florence Ann "Sandy" Senecal, 82, formerly of 37 Veazie St., died Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, after a long illness. Born in...

Lucille F. Baker, 77

ADAMS, Mass. — Lucille F. Baker, 77, of 19 Arnold St. died Sunday, March 14, 2005, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, following a long battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on...