Obituaries

Francis J. Champagne, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Francis J. Champagne, 81, of 1556 Massachusetts Ave. died Monday afternoon, March 29, 2004, at home. Born in North Adams on April 2, 1922, son of Joseph A. and Anna M....

Doris Helen Landy

Doris Helen Landy, 87, formerly of 15 Avon St., died Sunday evening at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on March 23, 1916, daughter of William J. and Martha Bostwick...

Mary F. Ziarnik

Mary F. Ziarnik, 83, of 41 Friend St. died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on April 30, 1920, daughter of Stephen and Agnes Hawryta Finik, she attended the...

James E. Kinner

James E. Kinner, 74, of 135 Rathbun Road died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Denver on Oct. 22, 1929, son of Lynn and Vera Williams Kinner, he was a 1949 graduate of...

Robert James DeMarsico

Robert James DeMarsico, 69, of 17 Tyler St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Sunday following a battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Oct. 28,...

Jeannette Rita Couture

Jeannette Rita Couture, 86, of 2 Forest Park Ave. died Tuesday evening at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Dec. 5, 1917, daughter of Eli and Sylvany Lavigne Fortier, she...

John L. Jennings

John L. Jennings, 76, of 11 East Walnut St. died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Jan. 20, 1928, son of John and Sylvia Jandran Jennings, he moved...

William W. Baker, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William Wolcott Baker, 80, of 1388 Massachusetts Ave. died Monday afternoon, March 22, 2004, at home. Born in Adams on June 4, 1923, son of William A. and Evelyn...

Harold Edwin Powell

Harold Edwin Powell, 91, formerly of 109 Marion Ave., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons, where he had resided since 1998. Born in North Adams on Aug. 25, 1912, son of George and Elizabeth...

Veronica Kapp

Veronica Kapp, 101, 150 Ashland St., died yesterday morning at Sweetbrook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Gorice, Poland, on July 6, 1902, daughter of John and Antonina Kozow Szczerba, she...

Vera V. Flood

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Vera V. Flood, 95, of 999 Massachusetts Ave., died Friday, March 19, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on March 14. Born in North Adams...

N. Janet Olson, 78

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — N. Janet Olson, 78, of 96 Emerald Lane died Saturday, March 20, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Nov. 30, 1925,...

Ernest Roy "Bud" Nicklien Sr

Ernest Roy "Bud" Nicklien Sr., 74, of 342 Potter Road died yesterday at home. Born in Williamstown on April 4, 1929, son of Walter and Bernice Hewes Nicklien, he attended local schools, including...

Doris Desroches

Doris Desroches, 82, of 16 Albert St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Adams on May 23, 1921, daughter of Eugene and Angelina Berube Poupart Serre,...

Ann Stella Luczynski

Ann Stella Luczynski, 89, of 341 Heathen Hill Road, Franklin, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died yesterday at Ashtabula (Ohio) Medical Center. Born in Reading, Pa., on Jan. 31, 1915, daughter of...

Richard H. Guettler

Richard H. Guettler, 68, of 12 East Orchard Terrace died yesterday morning at home after a prolonged illness. Born in Adams on Feb. 1, 1936, son of George J. Guettler Jr. and Gladys E. Orr...

Julia Elizabeth Filip

Julia Elizabeth Filip, 90, of 14 Hoosac St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Sept. 25, 1913, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Kluska Filip, she graduated from the former...

Cecilia "Sissy" Gaudet

Cecilia "Sissy" Gaudet, 47, of 8 Lower Linden St. died March 9 at University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester following a short illness. Born in Marion, S.C., on March 9,...

Edna Lee Gregalis

Edna Lee Gregalis, 93, of formerly 75 Commercial St., Mill Houses, died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where she had lived for several years. Born in Adams on Oct. 11, 1910, daughter of...

Merle Niles Bottum

Merle Niles Bottum, 73, of 101 Willow Cove and Davie, Fla., died Saturday at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Weston, Fla. Born in Williamstown on April 12, 1930, son of Norman D. and Mildred...

John A. Zaloga

John A. Zaloga, 79, of 85 Pine St., Frostburg, Md., a native and longtime resident of Adams, died March 2 at his home. Born in Adams on March 12, 1924, son of Caroline Janik Zaloga of...

Anna Elizabeth Sukanek

Anna Elizabeth Sukanek, 90, formerly of 22 Wood Lane, died yesterday at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown, where she had resided since 1999. Born in Cheshire on Oct. 2, 1913, daughter of John...

Lillian V. Schwarzer

Lillian V. Schwarzer, 90, formerly of 72 Richardson St. and formerly of Adams, died Thursday at the Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since August 1996. Born in...

Lewis M. Smith Jr

Lewis M. Smith Jr., 82, of 3 Whitcomb Hill Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Thursday. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., on Feb. 11, 1922, son of Lewis M. Smith Sr....

Eleanor Frances McCarthy Horton

Eleanor Frances McCarthy Horton, 85, formerly of 62 Bachand Ave., died Friday evening at Sweetbrook Care Centers, where she had resided since March 1995. Born in Haverhill on Jan. 17, 1919,...