Obituaries

Exilda Bianco

Exilda "DeeDee" Bianco, 96, formerly of 51 Chestnut St., died Sunday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center, where she had resided since 1997. Born in North Adams on Sept. 6, 1905, daughter of John...

Leonard Hoffman

Leonard A. Hoffman, 74, of Cherry Plain and Malone, N.Y., died yesterday morning of cancer at home in Malone. He was the father of Patricia Schmidt of Windsor. Born in Cherry Plain, son of Michael...

Sonya Sokolove

Sonya Sokolove, 92, of 175 West 12th St., New York City, formerly of North Adams, died Thursday afternoon at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Manhattan, N.Y. She moved to New York in 1959 to be with...

Helen Rita Dean

Helen Rita Dean, 77, of 108 Meadow St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 5, 1924, daughter of Felix and Julia Cavey Duquette, she attended North Adams schools, including...

Dorothy E. Amato

Dorothy Eva Amato, 90, of 489 East Main St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Cobalt, Ontario, on May 15, 1912, daughter of Frank H. and Eva M. Harris Stockwell, she attended elementary...

Arthur A. Rock Jr.

Arthur Albert Rock Jr., 72, formerly of 892 South Church St. died Tuesday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown, where he had resided since March 2000. Born in North Adams on Nov. 24, 1929,...

Roger Morrisey Sr.

Roger Joseph Morrissey Sr., 86, a former resident of Quincy Street, North Adams, died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons following a brief illness. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 19, 1916, son of...

Alfred V. Ostrowski, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Alfred Victor Ostrowski, 85, of 5 Elm St. died Wednesday morning, Aug. 7, 2002, at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Adams on Sept. 10, 1916, son of Jozef and Katarzyna...

Helen J. Adams

Helen Jean Adams, 65, of 840 Peaceful Valley Road, North Creek, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died yesterday morning at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Utica, N.Y., as a result of an automobile accident...

Robert E. Rohane, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert E. Rohane, 84, of Gibsonton, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died Saturday, July 27, 2002. He was a member of the North Adams City Council during the 1940s. Born in...

Norman V. Blair

Norman Victor Blair, 67, of 46 1/2 Hall St. died Thursday at home after a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 20, 1934, son of the late James H. and Clara McPhail Blair, he attended North...

Salvatore Mangano, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Salvatore Joseph "Sammy" Mangano, 72, formerly of 378 Cottrell Road, Hoosick Falls, N.Y., and of North Adams, died Thursday, Aug. 1, 2002, at the Vermont Veterans Home in...

Keith A. Witherell, 45

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Keith Allyn Witherell, 45, of 11 Apache Drive died Thursday morning, Aug. 1, 2003, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center as a result of a motorcycle accident July 29. Born in...

Helen Van Horn, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Helen E. Van Horn, 92, a resident of Water Street, died Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at Sweet Brook Care Centers following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 1,...

Edward J. Bury

Edward J. Bury, 82, of 42 Summer St. died yesterday afternoon at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt. Born in Adams on April 18, 1920, son of Frank and Catherine Kuza Bury, he attended...

Hilda Betten

Hilda Bashevkin Betten, 85, formerly of North Adams, died Friday at her home in Marco Island, Fla. A native of North Adams, she was born April 2, 1917, the daughter of David and Annie Feder...

Walter Bronson Jr.

Walter Michael Bronson Jr., 77, of 56 Liberty St. died Saturday at home. Born in North Adams on June 7, 1925, son of Walter M. and Helen Griffin Bronson, he graduated from the former St. Joseph's...

Richard Boucher

Richard Roland Boucher, 54, of 26 East Ave. died yesterday morning at home after a short battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on July 28, 1948, son of Eugene J. and Jeannette D. Lefave Boucher...

Edward Konopka

Edward J. Konopka, 96, of 154 Kemp Ave. died Saturday evening at Williamstown Commons, where he was admitted Nov. 3, 2001. He served as a city councilor from 1960 to 1968. Born in Adams on July...

Dorothy Martel Moody, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dorothy Evelyn Martel Moody, 86, of 86 Nutmeg Lane died Saturday, July 27, 2002, at Bennington (Vt.) Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born in North Adams on Sept. 24,...

Evelyn Giorgianni

Evelyn Maude Giorgianni, 88, of 66 Bachand Ave. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Jamaica, N.Y., on April 8, 1914, daughter of Thomas and Andrea Abrahams Thompson, she was a...

Roma Sweeney, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Roma Anna Sweeney, 87, formerly of Ashland Park Apartments, 150 Ashland St., died Monday, July 22, 2002, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on...

Henrietta Elder

Henrietta "Etta" Elder, 91, of 218 Franklin St. died Tuesday at home. Born in Adams on June 26, 1911, daughter of Robert and Mary Fischer Joppich, she attended Adams schools, including the former...

Alberta Normandeau

Alberta B. "Bert" Normandeau, 71, of 21 Harwood St. died yesterday at home. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Nov. 23, 1930, daughter of Benjamin and Rachel Bishop Butterfield, she attended schools in...

Juanita Terry

Juanita Terry, 95, of Spring Street, died Sunday at Springside of Pittsfield. Born July 25, 1906, in Evangeline, La., daughter of William Ernest Terry Sr. and Marie Effie Boudreaux, she graduated...