Obituaries

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...

Vincent Jerry "Soapy" Zappone

Vincent Jerry "Soapy" Zappone, 72, of 429 Reservoir Road died Sunday night at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 28, 1932, son of...

Raymond Gene Yoakum

Raymond Gene Yoakum, 74, of 78 Candlewood Drive died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born in St. Louis on Oct. 30, 1930, son of Raymond I. and Gertrude Gunier...

Margaret "Peg" Moreau

Margaret "Peg" Moreau, 81, of Holy Family Terrace died yesterday at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Born in North Adams on March 5, 1924, daughter of Fredelin and Helena Tessier Bombardier, she...

William H. Briggs Sr.

William H. Briggs Sr., 82, of 72 Dublin Road died Sunday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after being stricken at home. Born in Adams on June 9, 1922, son of Helen Briggs...

Wilbert A. "Bill" Taff

Wilbert A. "Bill" Taff, 85, of 16 Aztec Drive died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 26, 1919, son of Charles E. and Eleanor Seaman Taff, he attended...

Clifford T. Morin

Clifford T. Morin, 89, of 186 School St. died Thursday afternoon, at the home of his daughter, Nancy Wadleigh, in Westford. Born in North Adams on March 1, 1916, son of David and Delina Morrier...

Emma Margaret Choquette

Emma Margaret Choquette, 90, of 12 Summer St. died early yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Huntington, W.Va., on Nov. 8, 1914, daughter of Cline and Marie Wilson Doss,...

Barbara Ann Dickinson

Barbara Ann Dickinson, 53, of 39 Navajo Drive died early Saturday morning at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Adams on Oct. 23, 1951, daughter of Donald F....

John R. Budz, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — John R. "Jack" Budz, 93, of 60 Saulnier Drive died Tuesday morning, March 8, 2003, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington. Born in Housatonic on Feb. 26, 1912, son...

Melvin Davenport "Doc" Crosier

Melvin Davenport "Doc" Crosier, 90, of 74 Mohawk Trail died Sunday at North Adams Commons. He was a former member of the Finance Committee and served on the Building and School Building...

Ellen Hamilton

Ellen Hamilton, 81, of 277 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 6, 1923, daughter of Lawrence E. and Catherine Walsh Morrissey, she...

Linda T. Gates

Linda T. Gates, 56, of 30 Depot St. died Saturday morning at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a short illness. Born in Kingston, N.Y., on Nov. 3, 1948, daughter of Paul and Jean...

Gladys V. Dziok

Gladys V. Dziok, 77, of 56 Summer St. died Friday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Oct. 8, 1927, daughter of Walter and Agnes Kupiec Zamora, she attended St....

James DeWitt Duprey Sr.

James DeWitt Duprey Sr., 84, of 60 Maple St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Harriman, Tenn., on Jan. 10, 1921, son of Louis and Minnie May Morgan Duprey, he moved to Middlefield and then...

Gladys Josephine Trzcinski

Gladys Josephine Trzcinski, 85, of 45 Highland St., West Hartford, Conn., a native of Adams, died Friday morning at Hughes Health and Rehabilitation Center in West Hartford after a brief illness....

Therese Loretta Barrett Lewis

Therese Loretta Barrett Lewis, 64, of 50 Mowhawk Forest Blvd., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on April 15, 1940, daughter of Wilfred J. and Rose D. Bachand...

Cynthia Mulder

Cynthia Mulder, 65, of 86 Buxton Hill Road died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. Born in Canandaigua, N.Y, on Nov. 1, 1939, daughter of Dr. Carl Benton Smith and Helen Laidlaw Smith, she was a...

Flora R. "Nani" Jones

Flora R. "Nani" Jones, 89, died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons. She had formerly resided on Walnut Street. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Dec. 10, 1915, daughter of Charles H. Jeffers Jr. and...

Sonny Ethel Nunes

Sonny Ethel Nunes, 61, of 8 Rand St. died early yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Feb. 11. Born in Adams on July 29, 1943, daughter of Henry J. and Anna...

Thaddeus "Teddy" Skubel

Thaddeus "Teddy" Skubel, 75, of 5 Water St. died Monday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 21, 1929, son of John and Honorato Gajda Skubel, he attended schools...

Ingrid L. Dickey,71

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Ingrid Louise Dickey, 71, of 100 Lincoln Drive died Monday evening, Feb. 28, 2005, at home after a long illness. A former longtime resident of North Adams, she moved to...

Donald Godbout

Donald Godbout, 69, of 125 Smoke St., Barrington, N.H., formerly of North Adams, died Thursday at the Portsmouth (N.H.) Hospital after a period of failing health. Born April 4, 1935, in North...

Miriam Adaline Carson

Miriam Adaline Carson, 87, of 810 Gage St., Bennington, Vt., died Wednesday evening at Southern Vermont Medical Center, Bennington, where she was admitted this past Sunday. A resident of 60...

Minnie R. Zanolli

Minnie R. Zanolli, 92, of Springfield died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. She was the mother of Michael Zanolli of Windsor. Born in Springfield on June 13, 1912, daughter of Joseph and...