Obituaries

Irving Herbert Collins

Irving Herbert Collins, 81, of 432 Eagle St. died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a longtime Northern Berkshire businessman. Born in North Adams on Sept....

Rita Ann Hewitt Burgess

Rita Ann Hewitt Burgess, 73, formerly of 1095 Mohawk Trail died early yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided for some time. Born in Adams on Sept. 6, 1930, daughter of...

Phyllis Elizabeth Cilli

Phyllis Elizabeth Cilli, 87, formerly of 121 Berkshire Drive, died Monday morning in the emergency room at North Adams Regional Hospital after being transported from Williamstown Commons, where she...

Emelda Yarter

Emelda Yarter, 82, of 9 Anthony St. died Thursday at home. Born in Thetford Mines, Quebec, on Sept. 14, 1921, daughter of Desire and Doria Paquin Langlois, she came to North Adams with her...

Shirley Ann Scarbo

Shirley Ann Scarbo, 76, of 110 Bradley St. died Wednesday at La Vida Serena Nursing Home in Del Rio, Texas. Born in North Adams on June 22, 1927, daughter of William and Florence Moir Jennings,...

Clarence Richard Noyes

Clarence Richard Noyes, 99, of 41 Sand Springs Road, died Friday at the Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Oct. 18, 1904, son of Edgar and Clara Jones Noyes, he moved to Williamstown as...

Paul M. Moser

Paul M. Moser, 71, of 24 Aztec Drive died Saturday at home. Born in North Adams on March 16, 1933, son of Peter and Emma Frances Worth Moser, he attended schools there, including Drury High...

Paul William Grieger

Paul William Grieger, 77, of 144 Harding Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 23, 1926, son of Paul G. and Bessie Krause Grieger, he was a 1944...

Ruth Ann Follett

Ruth Ann Follett, 69, of 192 Church St. died yesterday at home. Born in Montpelier, Vt., on Feb. 27, 1935, daughter of Richard C. and Lily Hardaker Fiddock, she grew up in Berlin, Vt., and was a...

John Allen Gwozdz

John Allen Gwozdz, 57, of 198 Eagle St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted May 20, following a long illness. He was a city councilor from 1990 to 2000, and had...

Sophie Moderski

Sophie Moderski, 92, of 2 Cedar Lane died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons. Born in South Deerfield on May 28, 1912, daughter of Joseph and Sophia Milewski Butkiewicz, she graduated from South...

Edward Emery Lescarbeau

Edward Emery Lescarbeau, 73, of Ashland Park, 150 Ashland St., died Monday at North Adams Commons, where he had been admitted Thursday. Born in North Adams on March 27, 1931, son of Edward J. and...

Pauline Jeannette LaBonte

Pauline Jeannette LaBonte, 79, of 308 West Shaft Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 1, 1924, daughter of William H. and Mary P. LaFlam Jandran, she graduated from...

Louella J. Flanders

Louella J. Flanders, 90, a former resident of Berkshiretown Apartments in Pittsfield, died Thursday afternoon at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where she had resided less than a week. She and her...

William Martin Oakman

William Martin Oakman, 81, doctor of chiropractic, of 134 Riverside Drive died Sunday at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 31, 1923, son of William C. and Caroline Caso Oakman, he moved to...

Paula J. Raymond, 49

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Paula Jean Raymond, 49, of 26 Canedy Lane died Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 23, 1954, daughter of Alfred and Helen Rougeau Bourdon of North...

Blanche Hedwig Kaczka

Blanche Hedwig Kaczka, 83, of 15 Mill St. died early yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since December 2000. Born in Adams on April 30, 1921, daughter of Peter and...

Kate D. Rogalin

Kate D. Rogalin, 54, of Goshen, N.Y., died Wednesday at home. She was a native of Adams. Born in Adams on Sept. 11, 1949, she was the daughter of Alexander Grieve of Adams and the late...

Arthur V. Lee III

Arthur V. Lee III, 83, of Green River Road died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Born in Detroit on Nov. 24, 1920, son of Arthur V. Lee II...

Florence Margaret Dupre

Florence Margaret Dupre, 85, of Village East, 546 Union St., died Monday at the Laurel Center in Bedford, N.H., following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Feb. 11, 1919, daughter of Felix...

Donald E. Courtot, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Donald Edward Courtot, 86, of 45 Spring St. died June 1, 2004, at Northampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Born in Williamstown on Dec. 19, 1917, son of Charles B....

Pauline F. Calvi, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Pauline Frances Calvi, 86, of 103 East Ave. died Friday, May 29, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted earlier in the day after being stricken...

Doris E. Neveu

Doris E. Neveu of 3 Forest Park Ext. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a brief illness Born in Springfield on July 1, 1921, daughter of Hector B. and Maisie Ducette Foley, she...

Arpiar G. Saunders Sr

Arpiar G. Saunders Sr., 89, of Simonds Road and Eastham, died Saturday at home in Williamstown. In 1939, he founded Greylock Photoengraving Co. in North Adams, which he sold in 1973 to Excelsior...

Genevieve Sarkis

Genevieve Sarkis, 77, of St. Joseph's Court died Tuesday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Nov. 4, 1926, daughter of Anthony and Maskina Stevens Morin, she attended local schools,...