Obituaries

Kathleen Lewis

Kathleen Lewis, 98, of Orchard Street died yesterday at Williamstown (Mass.) Commons, where she had resided since Feb. 17, 2000. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Aug. 21, 1904, daughter of Albert...

Francis Stawarz

Francis Stawarz, 67, of 35 North Summer St. died Saturday afternoon at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Aug. 27, 1934, son of Frank and Anna Durejczyk Stawarz, he was a...

William M. Hussey, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William Morton Hussey, 88, of 483 Walnut St., died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2002, at his home following two months of failing health. Born in Adams on March 4, 1914, a son of...

Helen L. Tatro, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Helen Louise Tatro, 79, of 40 Central Ave. died Thursday morning, Aug. 22, 2002, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Oct. 1, 1923, daughter of Louis and...

Doris E.(Dickinson) Haley

Doris E.(Dickinson) Haley 76 of 118 Church Street Apt R#2 Proprietor’s Field, Williamstown,Ma. died Thursday August 22,2002 at the North Adams Regional Hospital. She was the widow of James...

Marion Frances Moloff

Marion Frances Moloff, 84, of 70 Harrison Ave. died Monday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in North Pownal, Vt., on Sept. 8, 1917, daughter of George Parley Kenyon and Bertha Agnes Jones...

Emil W. Schaffrick

Emil W. Schaffrick, 88, of 9010 Ruff Road, Youngstown, Fl., formerly of Old Windsor Road, died June 29 at home. Born in Seymour, Conn., on Jan. 10, 1914, son of Louis and Emma Swentor Schaffrick, he...

Alice Davis

CHESHIRE -- Alice Davis, 72, of Naples, Fla., and Cheshire, died July 26 at home in Naples. Born in Adams on Jan. 4, 1930, daughter of Albert and Bertha Langer Kordana, she was a 1948 graduate of the...

Clifford R. Shaw Jr., 37

ADAMS, Mass. — Clifford Raymond "Kippy" Shaw Jr., 37, of 20 Hoosac St. died Saturday, Aug. 17, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted on Friday following a brief...

Paul F. DiLego

Paul Francis DiLego, 62, of 95 Church St. died Wednesday at the Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. He was a longtime businessman, civic leader and city councilman. Born in North Adams on Feb....

Mildred Wheeler

Mildred Ferguson Wheeler, 92, formerly of Colonial Gardens, died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Adams on July 6, 1910, daughter of T. Craig and Frances P. Jones Ferguson,...

Linda A. Gomeau, 49

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Linda Ann Gomeau, 49, of 490 Savoy Road died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 30, 1953, daughter of Joan V. Pilot...

Leonard E. Cote, 44

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Leonard Edward "Lenny" Cote, 44, of 70 Chase Ave. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Ardmore, Okla., on Aug. 17, 1957, son of Edward and Joyce Burdick Cote of the...

Marie L. Gattuso

Marie Louise Gattuso, 84, of 48 College Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 10, 1918, daughter of Alfred and Roseanne Lanier Lefebvre, she attended...

Helen C. Gallivan

Helen Catherine Gallivan, 89, of 20 Summer St. died Sunday morning at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she was admitted several years ago. Born in Worcester on Aug. 5, 1913, daughter of Frank J....

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...