Obituaries

Richard Edward Collenburg

Richard Edward Collenburg, 54, of 37 Elm St. died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Queens, N.Y., on Oct. 15, 1949, son of Frank W. and Lydia Margaret Lang Collenburg, he graduated...

Leslie Marie Anderson

Leslie Marie Anderson, 51, of 121 River St. died Friday at home after a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Aug. 10, 1952, daughter of Rita Cote Accetta Oslizlo of North Adams and the late...

Justin Michael Farrell

Justin Michael Farrell, 22, of 661 High St. Hill died Wednesday afternoon from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Windsor. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 3, 1982, son of Robert and...

James R. Schoen

James R. Schoen, 81, of 225 Hemlock Lane died Tuesday at the Williamstown Commons. Born in Milwaukee on Aug. 21, 1922, son of Franklin M. and Hilda Giljohann Schoen, he attended schools there,...

Letizia I. Perra, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Letizia Irene "Lettie" Perra, 87, of 51 Frederick St. died Monday, May 10, 2004, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since November 2003. Born...

Jennie Pierce

Jennie Pierce, 94, of 499 Green River Road died Thursday at the Sweet Brook Health Care Centers, where she had been admitted on April 16. Death followed a brief illness. Born in Adams on Dec....

Estelle Guerin

Estelle Guerin, 84, of 611 State Road died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Candia, N.H., on Sept. 20, 1919, daughter of Adelard and Josephine Lariviere Lemaire, she moved to...

Loriana Estes, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Loriana "Lori" Estes, 84, of 88 Langlois St. died yesterday at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where she was admitted on Thursday, April 29,...

Helen Elizabeth Grover

Helen Elizabeth Grover, 90, of Kimball Farms, Lenox, formerly of 117 Dean St., died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Sept. 28, 1913, daughter of...

Normand Albert Ayotte

Normand Albert Ayotte, 70, of 23 Savoy Road died Friday evening at home after a long battle with cancer. Born in St. Agatha, Maine, on Feb. 21, 1934, son of Albert and Anne Marie Paradise Ayotte,...

John Stephen Trzpis

John Stephen Trzpis, 76, of 357 Lanesboro Road died Friday afternoon at home after a courageous six-year battle with cancer. Born in Adams on Aug. 19, 1927, son of Stefan and Mary Nowak Trzpis,...

Beverly Anne Jenks

Beverly Anne Jenks, 71, of 17400 SE 82nd St., Roslyn Court, The Villages, Fla., died Friday at Leesburg (Fla.) Regional Hospital. A longtime resident of 472 North St., Windsor, she had resided in...

Polly Bell

Polly Bell, 65, of 255 Hancock Road and Palm Beach, Fla., died Friday at home in Williamstown. Born in New York City on Aug. 2, 1938, daughter of William B. Putney III and Peggy Russell Putney,...

Selma Gertrude Tanguay

Selma Gertrude Tanguay, 83, of 35 Enterprise St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Olbersdorf, Germany, on March 4, 1921, daughter of Hermann and...

Leland Samuel Lowry

Leland Samuel Lowry, 79, of 6 Hastings St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted on Friday, April 30, following a brief illness. He was the former animal...

Theresa Doris Little Zimny

Theresa Doris Little Zimny, 77, of 17 Pleasant Street died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Patricia A. Studley, 490 Savoy Road, Cheshire, following a long illness. Born in Adams on Dec. 2,...

Irene A. Chittenden

Irene A. Chittenden, 82, of 7 Marshall Ave. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Adams on Jan. 31, 1922, daughter of Frank and Annie Sudacki Sudacki, she...

David I. Sookey, 93

ADAMS, Mass. — David I. Sookey, 93, of 75 East Road, a longtime Berkshire County businessman and civic leader, died Monday evening, May 3, 2004, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield....

Thomas E. Moran

Thomas E. Moran, 51, of 198 Orchard St. died Friday afternoon at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after a short illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 11, 1952, son of Thomas E. Moran of...

Sophie A. Norman

Sophie A. Norman, 88, of 3 Myrtle St. died Saturday afternoon at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Sept. 26, 1915, daughter of Henry P. and Tekla Jaworska Skowronski, she...

William E. "Jerry" Mills

William E. "Jerry" Mills, 73, of 116 Autumn Drive died Saturday, at Williamstown Commons, where he was admitted March 30. Born in South Acton on March 8, 1931, son of Charles and Zeta Proctor...

Paul Michael Roemelt

Paul Michael Roemelt, 47, of Paradowski Road, Glenville, N.Y., died Monday at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center in Guilderland, N.Y. Born in Adams on Nov. 14, 1956, son of Herbert R. and Helen...

Stuart Irving Pead

Stuart Irving Pead, 80, formerly of 72 Hathaway St., died yesterday at the East Longmeadow Health Care Center, where he had been admitted in 1997. Born in North Adams on June 1, 1923, son of...

Robert E. Bailot

Robert E. Bailot, 74, of 3 Myrtle St. died Sunday of lung cancer at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where he was admitted April 6. Born in Adams on Oct. 3, 1929, son of Alfred F. and...

James F. Louison Jr

James F. Louison Jr., 81, of 82 Lime St. died Sunday in a garage fire at his home. Born in Adams on May 24, 1922, son of James F. Louison Sr. and Ethel Heap Louison, he graduated from the former...