Obituaries

Pamela Joan Jacques

Pamela Joan Jacques, 55, of 59 Notch Road died yesterday morning at home, following a six-month-long illness. Born in Pittsfield on March 3, 1948, daughter of Freda Hassell Poplar of Adams and...

Arthur Joseph Rupprecht

Arthur Joseph Rupprecht, 91, of 96 Bachand Lane, died yesterday at North Adams Commons. He had been there since July 2000. Born in Adams Feb. 25, 1912, son of Frank and Mary Charbonneau...

Carol Ann Gleason

Carol Ann Gleason, 61, of Mohawk Trail died yesterday at Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital after being stricken Sunday at her camp in Crown Point, N.Y. Born in North Adams on Dec. 21, 1941, daughter of...

Jeannette L. Girard, 47

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jeannette L. Girard, 47, of 71 State St., Northampton, a native of North Adams, died Sunday, April 6, 2003, at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. Born on April...

Helen Bard

Helen Bard, 90, of Oak Park, Clermont, Fla., formerly of 4 Columbia St., died Friday at Ocoee (Fla.) Health Care Center. Born in Adams on July 9, 1912, daughter of Joseph and Anna Leppelt...

Wilfred Walter Pierce

Wilfred Walter Pierce, 70, of 56 Murray Ave. died Monday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Jan. 20, 1933, son of Marion Gardner Pierce of Adams and the late Oliver W....

Charles W. Keating Jr., 64

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Charles William Keating Jr., 64, of 24 Harding Ave. died Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on June 30, 1938, son of...

Howard Phillip Chilson

Howard Phillip Chilson, 77, of 470 Union St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 28, 1926, son of Clarence and Lillian Chase Chilson, he attended local...

Eleanora Matilda Zauls

Eleanora Matilda Zauls, 94, formerly of North Adams, died Friday at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, where she was admitted earlier in the day. Born in Valmiera, Latvia, on Jan. 21, 1909, daughter...

Walter Frederick Bishop

Walter Frederick Bishop, 79, of 2130 Mohawk Trail died Friday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on May 3, 1923, son of Marion and Josephine Noga Biskup, he attended schools in Adams...

Madelyn V. Cross

Madelyn V. Cross, 87, of 269 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being admitted March 28. Born in Haverhill on Feb. 24, 1916, daughter of Henry T. and J....

Nicholas R. “Nick” Klein

Nicholas R. “Nick” Klein, 77, of 34 Leonard Ave. died early Wednesday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 21, 1925, son of Nicholas T. and Elizabeth Pritz...

Rita R. Jones

Rita R. Jones, 85, of Hancock Road died Monday evening at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on April 2, 1917, daughter of Mederick and...

Katherine “Katie” Morin

Katherine “Katie” Morin, 92, formerly of 382 Old Columbia St., died Saturday at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H., where she was admitted earlier that day. Born in...

A. Edward Horton

A. Edward Horton, 88, of 20 Glen St. died Saturday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been a patient for one day. Born in Adams on May 19, 1914, son of Alexander and Agnes...

Doris Ann Gamache

Doris Ann Gamache, 73, of 68 Columbia St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on April 14, 1929, daughter of Joseph Letourneau and Isabell Harrington Letourneau Coulombe, she attended local...

Walter Krypel

Walter Krypel, 83, of 9 Springs Road died yesterday morning at the Vermont Veterans Home of Bennington after a long chronic illness. Born in Adams on Feb. 20, 1920, son of Peter and Josephine...

Alexander Michael Groves

Alexander Michael Groves, 42, of 30 Maple St. died Saturday morning in the emergency room at North Adam Regional Hospital after suffering a heart attack at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 5,...

William A. Duquette, 54

FLORIDA, Mass. — William A. Duquette, 54, of 148 Mohawk Trail died Friday, March 28, 2003, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 5, 1949, son of Walter A....

Rita Marguerite Allard

Rita Marguerite Allard, 80, of 56 Galvin Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted March 21. Born in North Adams on July 11, 1922, daughter of Harold and...

Josephine M. Voight

Josephine M. Voight, 68, of 107 North Summer St. died yesterday morning at home after a lengthy battle with emphysema. Born in Adams on May 16, 1934, daughter of Joseph A. and Frances Twardowski...

Maribel M. Pantoja

Maribel M. Pantoja, 42, of North Adams died March 20 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 23, 1960, daughter of Angel and Maria Ponce, she attended...

Adele Lavigne, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Adele Lavigne, 74, of 59 Gallup St. died Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted one week ago. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on...

Helen E. Murphy, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Helen Elizabeth Murphy, 83, of 344 West Main St., died Monday, March 24, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pascoag, R.I., on April 8, 1919, daughter of...

Brian Daniel Dalton

Brian Daniel Dalton, 38, of Marietta, Ga., formerly of Adams, died Sunday at home. Born in Albany, N.Y., on March 14, 1965, son of Ann Paquette Dalton Clark of Cheshire and the late Daniel F....