Obituaries

Charles James Copeland

Charles James Copeland, 55, of 8 Castagnaro Way, Blackstone, a native of North Adams, died yesterday at Milford Hospital in Milford. Born in North Adams on Dec. 10, 1947, son of James and Lena...

Paul Rapelye Van Mater Jr

Paul Rapelye Van Mater Jr., 78, of 11 Moore’s Road died yesterday morning at home. Born in Summit, N.J., on April 25, 1925, son of Paul Rapelye Van Mater Sr. and Rose Barbara Hoskings Van...

Rev. David Whitlingum Ramsammy

The Rev. David Whitlingum Ramsammy, 86, of 150 Ashland St. died Friday afternoon at Williamstown Commons, where he had resided for a few months. Born in Berbic, Republic of Guyana, on Aug. 31,...

Richard T. McKnight

Richard T. McKnight, 82, of Bridges Road died Saturday at home. Born in Akron, Ohio, on April 13, 1921, son of William T. and Mildred B. White McKnight, he was a 1939 graduate of John Marshall...

Edith Mary Ensign

Edith Mary Ensign, 85, of 382 Water St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Thursday. Born in Pawtucket, R.I., on Dec. 16, 1917, daughter of Gordon E....

Rita T. Dupee

Rita T. Dupee, 75, of 434 Barbour St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Sept. 6, 1927, daughter of Henri and Eva Royal Dargie, she attended local schools, including the former Notre Dame...

Adam Joseph Skowronski

Adam Joseph Skowronski, 80, of 1 Wilfred Ave. died Saturday at home after a long struggle with cancer. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 17, 1922, son of Casimer and Tekla Lepak Skowronski, he graduated...

Bette Stephanie Gusmerini

Bette Stephanie Gusmerini, 67, of 71 Howland Ave. died yesterday morning at home after a battle with cancer. Born in Adams on May 9, 1936, daughter of Elizabeth Smachetti Volpi of Adams and the...

Dorothy L. Skorupski, 82

ADAMS, Mass. - Dorothy L. Skorupski, 82, of 65 Melrose St. died Friday, Aug. 29, 2003, at Williamstown Commons after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Sept. 20, 1920, daughter of Joseph I....

George Francis Moore

George Francis Moore, 76, of 41 Navajo Drive died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Branchville, N.J., on Aug. 2, 1927, son of George H. and Bertha Williams Moore, he attended...

Dennis P. Filiault, 55

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dennis Peter Filiault, 55, of 442 Notch Road died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after being stricken at Six Flags in Agawam, where he...

Homer R. Boucher

Homer R. Boucher, 82, of 118 Church St., formerly of Maple Street, died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 14, 1921, son of George T. and Corinne Cote Boucher, he attended schools...

Mary L. Maselli, 84

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Mary Louise Maselli, 84, of 361 Cross Road died Tuesday afternoon, Agu. 26, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Monday. Born in North Adams on...

Gertrude Ann Beaupre

Gertrude Ann Beaupre, 99, of 4 Columbia St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital after being admitted on Monday. Born in North Adams on June 4, 1904, daughter of Frank and...

Ferman Leroy Turner Jr

Ferman Leroy Turner Jr., 83, formerly of Williamstown, died Saturday at Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, where he had resided for several years. Born in Boston on Jan. 2, 1920, son of Ferman...

Walter Anthony Oparowski

Walter Anthony Oparowski, 85, of 68 Valley St. died Thursday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Jan. 25, 1918, son of Henry and Louise Zwolen Oparowski, he attended...

Dorothy B. Breda, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy B. Breda, 74, of 134 Harris St. died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Sunday. Born in North Adams on Feb....

Angelina M. Goudreau, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Angelina M. Goudreau, 71, of 2301 Northwest 15th Way, Boynton Beach, Fla., died Monday, Aug. 18, 2003, at the home of her daughter Tina Palermo of West Palm Beach. She had...

Joan A. Krezel

Joan A. Krezel, 75, of 18 Morningside Ave. died Sunday evening at the home of her sister, Jean S. Bryce of Stamford, Vt., who was also her caregiver. Death followed a long battle with cancer....

Sylvia D. Kirby

Sylvia D. Kirby, 90, of Kingston, formerly of Adams, died Sunday at Skilled Care Center at Silver Lake in Kingston. She and her late husband, George H. Kirby, owned and operated Kirby’s...

Rose B. Wnuk, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — Rose B. Wnuk, 91, of 90 Upper East Hoosac St. died Saturday evening, Aug. 16, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Adams on...

Lillian Lord Kent

Lillian Lord Kent, 95, formerly of 75 Commercial St., died Saturday afternoon at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on April 18, 1908, daughter of Julius and Agnes...

Mary Eurbin, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Eurbin, 84, of Village East, 546 Union St., died Thursday evening, Aug. 14, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 29, 1918, daughter...

Alice D. Senecal

Alice D. Senecal, 89, formerly of 873 East Road, died Thursday at North Adams Commons, where she had resided since November 2002. Born in Champlain, N.Y., on Oct. 24, 1913, daughter of Napolean...

Annette C. Caffrey

Annette C. Caffrey, 44, of 522 Union St. died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 4, 1958, daughter of Eugene C. Cuene and the late Mary M. Young Cuene, she attended schools in Lee and...