Obituaries

Leona Esther Porter Anderson

Leona Esther Porter Anderson, 83, of 487 Union St., died Thursday evening at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Williamstown on March 17, 1919, daughter of Richard Lansing and...

Edward William DeGere

Edward William DeGere, 74, of 134 Bellevue Ave., a longtime Adams businessman and civic leader, died early Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center following several weeks of failing health. Born in...

Edith Phelps

Edith Phelps, 88, of 41 Stetson Ave., Plainfield, died Thursday afternoon at the Williamstown Commons Health Care Center. Born in Adams on Oct. 17, 1914, daughter of Louis and Anna Allard Smith,...

Imelda "Mel" Vincelette

Imelda "Mel" Vincelette, 86, of Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown died Wednesday evening. She was a former resident of Adams. Born in Adams on Aug. 17, 1916, daughter of Joseph and Evelina...

Philip Spencer Hart

Philip Spencer Hart, 91, of Sweetwood died Tuesday at home. He was a longtime businessman and community leader. Born in Springfield on Oct. 26, 1911, son of Walter J. and Mary Ann Spencer Hart,...

Jean Perin

Jean Perin, 79, of 2523 Monument Ave., Bennington, Vt., died yesterday at Weston Haddon Convalescent Center in Bennington after a long illness. Born in North Adams on March 1, 1923, daughter of...

Alton L. Perry, 96

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Alton L. Perry, 96, of 89 Gale Road, a local businessman and civic leader, died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital. A gregarious man who dressed...

John P. Miller, 38

ADAMS, Mass. — John Patrick Miller, 38, of 82 Park St. died Monday, Feb. 3, 2003, at home following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 31, 1964, son of Frances Anne Hurley Miller...

Constance M. Caron, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Constance Marguerite Caron, 77, of 1585 Massachusetts Ave. died Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2003, at home. Born in North Adams on Feb. 27, 1925, daughter of Simeon A. and...

Peter Louis Rancatti Sr.

Peter Louis Rancatti Sr., 94, of 102 Harding Ave. died Monday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, following a brief illness. Born in the Hoosac Tunnel section of the town of Florida on...

Joseph L. Devanney Jr.

Joseph L. Devanney Jr., 44, of 344 Mohawk Trail died Sunday at home. Born in Lowell on June 11, 1958, son of Joseph L. Devanney Sr. and Marcy Michaud Devanney, he moved to North Adams with his...

Eleanor "Lena" Wojtaszek

Eleanor "Lena" Wojtaszek, 81, of 19 East Hoosac St. died early Sunday morning at home, following several months of failing health. Born in Adams on April 17, 1921, daughter of John J. and Zofia...

Armand Medrick Lively

Armand Medrick Lively 86, of 254 Walker St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Heath on Oct. 23, 1916, son of Medrick and Eleanor Cote Lively, he attended schools there. He moved to North...

Virginia Julia Filiault

Virginia Julia Filiault, 78, formerly of 1 Cherokee Drive, died yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since 1998. Born in North Adams on July 11, 1924, daughter of...

Marjorie Mae Moran

Marjorie Mae Moran, 78, of 150 Ashland St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital where she was admitted Jan. 24. Born in North Adams on Jan. 19, 1925, daughter of Armand and Eva C. Cross...

Gertrude M. Flaherty

Gertrude M. Flaherty, 88, of 505 Union St. died Wednesday evening at North Adams Commons, where she was admitted Jan. 7. Born in North Adams on May 11, 1914, daughter of Frank and Gertrude Ashline...

Domenico A. Grande, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Domenico Alfonso Grande, 85, of 216 North St., died Tuesday evening, Jan. 1, 2008,  at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, following a brief illness. Born...

Robert S. Brouillet, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Stanley Brouillett, 50, of 2 Winter St. died Monday, Jan. 27, 2003, at home following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on July 2, 1952, son of Mildred Embry...

Richard F. Falcon

Richard F. Falcon, 56, of Briar Drive, Milford, formerly of North Adams, died Monday at Milford-Whitinsville Regional Hospital in Milford. Born in North Adams on Jan. 24, 1947, son of William N....

Laurette C. Kegresse

Laurette C. Kegresse, 79, of 17 Pleasant St. died Monday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Montreal on Oct. 30, 1923, daughter of Arthur and Marie Pelletier Bonsant, she moved to...

Caroline Copeland

Caroline Copeland, 86, of Oblong Road died Monday at Sweet Brook. Born in Hanover, N.H., on July 15, 1916, daughter of Edmund E. and Emily Emerson Day, she graduated from Smith College in 1938....

Richard Stanley Brimage

Richard Stanley Brimage, 36, of 42 Blackinton St. died Thursday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Boston on Aug. 24, 1966, son of Eva Brimage McGee of Providence, R.I., and...

Cynthia Berna Gambell

Cynthia Berna Gambell, 56, of Carpenter Hill Road, Bennington, Vt., a native and former resident, died Wednesday at home after being stricken with a cardiac arrest. Born on Dec. 4, 1946, daughter...

Gilbert A. Lefebvre

Gilbert A. Lefebvre, 76, of 254 State Road, died Wednesday afternoon at the North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Feb. 28, 1926, son of Emil and Ida Ryan Lefebvre, he attended Adams...

Isadore Herbert Pindick

Isadore Herbert Pindick, 84, of 215 Ashland St., died Thursday morning at the home of his daughter, Gail B. Giorgi, of 75 Central Ave. Born in North Adams on Feb. 7, 1918, son of Morris Pindick...