Obituaries

Billie Jo Caruso

Billie Jo Caruso, 38, of 618 North Eagle St. died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 27, 1965, daughter of James Angelo...

Fioramante Maruco, 89

ADAMS, Mass. — Fioramante Mario "Fiore" Maruco, 89, formerly of 19 Friend St., died Tuesday, May 2, 2003,at the Soldiers' Home in Chelsea, where he had resided for several years. He was a...

George F. Knapp, 92

ADAMS, Mass. â€' George Franklin Knapp, 92, of 4 West Pine St. died Monday, May 19, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Aug. 28, 1910, son of William M. and...

Roger Allen Rynkowski

Roger Allen Rynkowski, 36, of 64 North Summer St., died Wednesday at his home following a brief illness. Born in North Adams July 8, 1966, son of Marjorie Emma Barrington Rynkowski and the late...

A. Jean Gurney Rice

A. Jean Gurney Rice, 90, of Village East Apartments, 546 Union St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in New Bedford on April 10, 1913, daughter of Preston S. Gurney and Sarah...

George L. McManus, 85

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — George Louis "Louie" McManus, 85, of 196 Southworth St. died Tuesday evening, May 13, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Sunday. Born...

Dorothy Ruth McGraw

Dorothy Ruth McGraw, 77, formerly of Church Street, died yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons, following a long illness. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 8, 1925, daughter of Albert James...

Anna Dubis

Anna Dubis, 94, of 36 Mill St. died early yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on June 9, 1908, daughter of John and Mary Mularz Wol, she attended local...

Evelyn Dolores Trueheart

Evelyn Dolores Trueheart, 87, of 187 Liberty St. died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Dec. 8, 1915, daughter of Chester and Georgiana Frisby Williams, she was educated in...

Robert N. Giroux

Robert N. Giroux, 72, of 63 Notch Road died Tuesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, following a long illness. Born in Adams on Aug. 30, 1930, son of Samuel F. and Anna Kustra...

Wilfred William Stack

Wilfred William Stack, 80, of 832 West 36th Lane, Yuma, Ariz., formerly of Adams, died Monday at home of a heart attack. Born Joseph Wilfred William Stack in North Adams on May 26, 1922, son of...

Russell Joseph Lussier

Russell Joseph Lussier, 84, of 14 Tyler St., died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on April 9, 1919, son of Joseph A. and Sadie Charbonneau Lussier, he attended the...

Barbara Agnes Toniatti

Barbara Agnes Toniatti, 60, of 28 Rich St. died Saturday evening at Williamstown Commons, following a long illness. Born in Adams on July 23, 1942, daughter of Roscoe W. and Alma A. Fortier Cain,...

Eleanor L. “Grammy” Pierce

Eleanor L. “Grammy” Pierce, 89, of 68 Elm Terrace, Greenfield, formerly of Windsor, died Friday at Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield. Born in Troy, N.Y., on April 23, 1914,...

Robert Vincent Furey

Robert Vincent Furey, 62, of 153 Notch Road died Sunday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 11, 1940, son of Howard V. and Geraldine Davis...

Joseph Raymond Chrostowski

Joseph Raymond Chrostowski, 80, of Millhouse Apartments, 75 Commercial St., died early yesterday morning at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 10, 1922, son of John and Maryanna Danilowicz...

Ellen Agnes Alongi

Ellen Agnes Alongi, 96, of 209 Ashland St. died Thursday afternoon at North Adams Commons. Born in North Pownal, Vt., on Sept. 21, 1906, daughter of E. Matthew Convery and Bertha Kelley Convery,...

Stuart Arthur Tracy

Stuart Arthur Tracy, 66, of 145 Main St. died Wednesday evening at his home. Born in Cheshire Aug. 10, 1936, son of Elmer and Mildred Buckbee Tracy, he attended schools in Cheshire and Adams, and...

Arthur H. Molyneux, 85

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Arthur Herbert Molyneux, 85, of 118 Church St. died Wednesday evening, April 30, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted April 26. Born in...

Leo Wilfred Lavigne

Leo Wilfred Lavigne, 84, of 55 Ice Pond Lane died Tuesday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Feb. 6, 1919, son of Wilfred and Albina Clairmont Lavigne, he attended...

Rodney Allen LeBeau

Rodney Allen LeBeau, 55, of 53 Tilda Hill Road died yesterday morning after a long illness. Born in Adams on March 7, 1948, son of Dorena M. Allen LeBeau and the late Joseph A. LeBeau, he was a...

Ronald A. Meehan, 69

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ronald Allen Meehan, 69, of Hollywood, Fla., a native of North Adams, died April 13, 2003, at Parkway Memorial Regional Hospital in Miami after a short illness. Born on...

Jeannette Doris Adams Desnoyers

Jeannette Doris Adams Desnoyers, 81, of Village East, 546 Mohawk Trail, died yesterday morning at her home. Born in North Adams Sept. 24, 1921, daughter of Clodomir and Marie Louise Pinsoneault...

Raymond Paul Bedard

Raymond Paul Bedard, 77, formerly of 57 School St., died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where he had resided since January. Born in Adams April 17, 1926, son of Joseph...

Yvette M. DuBois

Yvette M. DuBois, 90, of Northeast Road, Pownal, Vt., died Tuesday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center following a brief illness. A former resident of Adams, she was the sister of Dorena LeBeau...