Obituaries

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...

William Reopell

William Reopell, 67, of 16 Prospect Hill Road, Royalston, N.H., a native of Williamstown, died Sunday at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, N.H., after being stricken. Born on May 6, 1936, son of...

Velta Kidder

Velta Kidder, 66, of 1100 Mohawk Trail, Lot 21, died yesterday at home. Born in Latvia on July 4, 1937, daughter of Andren and Lucy Anna Paulis Sparins, she emigrated to the United States in 1947...

Howard Alton Coulter

Howard Alton Coulter, 76, of 1606 Pinehurst Drive, Lady Lake, Fla., a native of Williamstown, died Tuesday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. He had been visiting the Berkshires for the summer. He...

Thomas Joseph Morrow

Thomas Joseph Morrow, 52, of 102 Locust Court, Pittsburgh, a native of North Adams, died of cancer Sunday evening at home. Born on Jan. 17, 1951, son of Elaine LeClair Morrow of North Adams and...

Mary C. McInerney

Mary C. McInerney, 88, of 244 Cole Ave. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Cambridge, N.Y., on Oct. 5, 1914, daughter of Thomas E. and Anna Plunkett McInerney, she attended...

Sherman Rowley Slaving

Sherman Rowley Slaving, 48, of Evergreen Lane in Woodford, Vt., formerly of Adams, died Thursday evening at the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation in Bennington, Vt. Born in Hartford, Conn.,...

Howard K. Marr

Howard K. Marr, 84, of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community, 1611 Cold Spring Road, and a resident of New York City, died Thursday at his home in Williamstown. Born in Vienna, Austria, on June 15,...

Bruce Charles Jordan

Bruce Charles Jordan, 57, of 1222 Southwest 25th St., Orlando, Fla., a native of North Adams, died Thursday at home. He had resided in Orlando for 30 years. Born on April 20, 1946, son of...

Catherine Materne Jones

Catherine Materne Jones, 86, died yesterday at Westminster Canterbury Health Care Unit in Richmond, Va. She and her husband had a home in Williamstown. Born in Utica, N.Y., on Dec. 31, 1916,...

Mary Burke Jayne

Mary Burke Jayne, 84, of 1393 South State St. died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Tuesday. Born in North Adams on Feb. 13, 1919, daughter of Newton and...

Florence A. DiLego, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Florence Ann DiLego, 77, of 495 Church St. died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted July 29 following a short illness....

James I. Sprowson Jr., 39

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James I. "Butch" Sprowson Jr., 39, of 1904 Jemini Circle, Conway, S.C., a former resident of North Adams, died Tuesday in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Born in North Adams on Feb....

Helen Wilson Hawley

Helen Wilson Hawley, 90, of 110 Harding Ave. died Sunday at Williamstown Commons, where she was admitted Friday. Born in North Adams on Jan. 10, 1913, daughter of Byrde L. and Margaret Reilly...