Obituaries

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...

Louis John Davis

Louis John Davis, 84, of 95 Bracewell Ave. died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons following a long illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 29, 1918, son of John D. and Rhoda Rizk Davis, he was a 1937...

Dorothy A. Schneider Piaggi

Dorothy A. Schneider Piaggi, 88, of Loomis House Nursing Center, Holyoke, formerly of North Adams, died Monday evening at Holyoke Hospital, where she was admitted April 14. Born in North Adams on...

Forrest Earle “Newt” Newton

Forrest Earle “Newt” Newton, 68, of 901 South State Road died Saturday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a former selectman and former member of the Fire...

William Henry Lewis

William Henry Lewis, 46, of Kitchen Brook Trailer Park died Sunday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 12, 1956, son of Beverly A. Pettibone...

Lucille L. Lagesse

Lucille L. Lagesse, 88, of 17 Albert St. died Sunday at home. Born in Adams on May 28, 1914, daughter of George and Rose Lavigne Lagesse, she attended local schools. Miss Lagesse was employed...

Alden S. Jones Jr., 68

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Alden S. Jones Jr., 68, of 33 Wheeler Ave. died Monday morning, April 21, 2003, at home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 12, 1934, son of Alden S. Jones Sr. and Anna Belle...

G. Joseph Choquette, 80

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Gerard Joseph "Joe" Choquette, 80, of 39 Inga Ave. died Friday, April 18, 2003, at his home. Born in North Adams on March 30, 1923, son of Romuald J. and Regina A....

Hazel Charlott Mae Kornn

Hazel Charlott Mae Kornn, 87, of 2000 Jackson Church Road, Tennille, Ga., formerly of Williamstown, died Monday at Oconee (Ga.) Health Care. Born in Warren on March 11, 1916, daughter of William...

Robert E. Brownsword Sr., 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert E. Brownsword Sr., doctor of optometry, 89, of 62 East St. died Sunday, April 13, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted April 9. Born in...

Jeffrey J. Mach, 31

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Jeffrey John Mach, 31, of 57 Tyler St. died Friday evening, April 11, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted April 6 after being stricken at home. Born...

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...