Obituaries

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....

Margaret Nadeau

Margaret Nadeau, 79, of 3 Lamoureaux Place died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted two days earlier. Born in the Farnums section of Cheshire on Sept. 2, 1923,...

Barbara Ann Cashin

Barbara Ann Cashin, 81, of 53 Cherry St. died Tuesday, March 18, at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on May 10, 1921, daughter of James E. Wall, founder of the former...

Florence Mary Beaudin

Florence Mary Beaudin, 88, of St. Joseph’s Court, Apt. 205, died Friday at Sunbridge Care Center in Northampton. Born in North Adams on the family farm on Jan. 27, 1915, daughter of Joseph...

Angeline LaValley

Angeline LaValley, 94, of 46 Beech St. died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Italy on March 23, 1908, daughter of Vincent J. and Anna Maria Mancuso Modena, she...

Caroline Mary Coombs

Caroline Mary Coombs, 87, of 25 Adams Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Bronx, N.Y., on Nov. 5, 1915, daughter of Charles and Frieda Rodenhizer Coombs, she attended...

Robert Lawrence Barschdorf

Robert Lawrence Barschdorf, 85, of 79 Bellevue Ave. died Thursday evening at home. Born in Adams on March 12, 1918, son of Charles and Anna Riedel Barschdorf, he graduated from the former Adams...

Rosia Marie Richard

Rosia Marie Richard, 96, formerly of 83 Dean St., died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown, where she was admitted April 30, 1996. Born April 18, 1906, in St. Edouard, Quebec,...

Helen Matuszak

Helen Matuszak, 89, of 13 Richmond St., died early yesterday morning at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 5, 1913, daughter of Anthony and Barbara Maslanka Armata, she attended schools...

Julia DeMayo

Julia DeMayo, 87, of 74 Elm St., died Wednesday at the North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted March 10. Born in Watertown on May 8, 1915, daughter of Giuseppe and Maria Ortolino...

Lena Dopp

Lena Dopp, 79, formerly of Ashland Park Apartments, 150 Ashland St., died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She had resided at Craneville Nursing Home in Dalton for...

Anna M. Wojtaszek

Anna M. Wojtaszek, 87, of 75 Commercial St. died yesterday afternoon at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on May 11, 1915, daughter of Stephen and Maria Nowak...

Vivian Mae Senecal

Vivian Mae Senecal, 78, of 329 West Main St. died early yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on April 29, 1924, daughter of Delphis J. and Margaret...

Sister Gertrude Kiely

Sister Gertrude Kiely, 90, formerly Sister John Francis, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield for 70 years, died yesterday at Holyoke Hospital. Born in North Adams, daughter of...

Helen Veronica Tarjack (Twardzik)

Helen Veronica Tarjack (Twardzik), 92, formerly of 12 Union St., died Saturday at Mont Marie Health Care Center in Holyoke, where she had resided since 1999. Born in the Housatonic section of...

Lena Angelina Puppolo

Lena Angelina Puppolo, 89, of 80 Autumn Drive died yesterday morning at the home of her son, John Michael Puppolo Jr., of Kingston, N.Y., after a short illness. Born in North Adams on Aug. 17,...