Obituaries

Grace Patenaude

Grace Rose Patenaude, 83, of St. Joseph's Court, 85 Eagle St., died Friday at home. Born in North Adams on July 21, 1918, daughter of Dominic and Maria Colucci Benincasa, she attended North Adams...

Laura A. Beverly

Laura Amelia Beverly, 94, a former resident of Pine Lodge Park, died Friday at North Adams Commons. Born in Williamstown on Feb. 24, 1908, daughter of Frank and Florence Lee Godfrey, she was...

Hazel A. Bellows

Hazel Ann Hurley Bellows, 75, formerly of 121 River St., died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where she was admitted June 27. She had been a resident of Hillcrest Commons in...

Edna N. Kittler

Edna Norma Kittler, 93, formerly of 65 Valley St., died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown, where she had resided for two years. Born in Adams on July 21, 1909, daughter of E....

Grace R. Burdick

Grace Rosellen Burdick, 75, of Elm Street died Wednesday at home. Born in Williamstown on Jan. 7, 1927, daughter of Lawrence E. and Mary Jane Smith Walden, she was a 1945 graduate of the former...

Helen Lightholder

Helen May Lightholder, 87, died Monday at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown, where she had resided since 1995. Born in North Adams on Jan. 14, 1915, daughter of William J. and Venice A. Jepson...

Dorothy Marquette

Dorothy P. "Dot" Marquette, 91, of 22 Tuck Road, Hampton, N.H., a native of Adams, died Tuesday at the Seacoast Health Center. She moved in the late 1970s from Pittsfield to Portsmouth, where she...

William A. Burke

William A. Burke, 89, of East Falmouth, formerly of Adams, died June 18 at JML Care Center in Falmouth. Born in Springfield on Aug. 28, 1912, son of Edward and Katherine Hall Burke, he attended...

Paul W. Guettler

Paul W. Guettler, 52, of Pembrook Pines, Fla., died July 9 at home. Born in Adams on Aug. 12, 1949, son of Stacia Trela of Pembroke Pines and the late Raymond W. Guettler, he graduated from the...

Stanley Conrad Jr.

Stanley Curtis "Two-and-a-Half" Conrad Jr., 60, of 296 West Shaft Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Sharon on July 4, 1942, son of Stanley Curtis Conrad Sr. and Roberta...

Robert A. Johnson

Robert Anthony Johnson, 73, of 175 Franklin St., a former resident of Holy Family Terrace, died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after he was admitted. Born in Fall River on March...

Dorothy Brooks

Dorothy Brooks, 74, of 15 Hermon Ave. died Thursday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center on Cold Spring Road in Williamstown after a long illness. Born in Carrollton, Ala., on June 25, 1928, daughter...

Francis P. 'Pat' Cariddi

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Francis P. "Pat" Cariddi, 69, of 117 Church St. died Thursday evening, July 11, 2002, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he was admitted June 17 after a...

Edward L. Farinon, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Edward L. "Fiock" Farinon, 77, of 32 Pebble St. died Saturday, July 13, 2002, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, where he was admitted July 2. Born in North Adams on March 14,...

Raymond G. Paul

Raymond George Paul, 93, of 400 Britton St., Chicopee, a former Adams resident, died Saturday evening at Geriatric Authority in Holyoke. Born in Chicopee on Aug. 8, 1908, son of George E. and...

Lawrence Wikander

Lawrence E. Wikander, 86, of 21 Cluett Drive, former librarian at Williams College, died Saturday evening at home. Born in Pittsburgh on Dec. 16, 1915, son of Oscar R. and Mary Gerdes Wikander, he...

John B. Tetreault

John Baptiste Tetreault, 99, of 455 East Main St. died Saturday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown, where he had resided since May 31. Born in Taftville, Conn., on Sept. 11, 1902,...

Ruth E. Vergunst

Ruth E. Vergunst, 78, of 39 Chesbro Ave. died Wednesday at North Adams Commons. Born in Charleston, S.C., on Dec. 16, 1923, daughter of Ralph and Beatrice Millar, she graduated from schools in...

James D. Thrasher

James Dale Thrasher, 64, of 27 1/2 Commercial St. died yesterday morning at the North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had recently been admitted. Death followed a brief illness. Born in...

Alice McAndrews

Alice McAndrews, 76, of Todd Drive, Attleboro, formerly of Clarksburg, died yesterday at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro. Born in Clarksburg on June 23, 1926, she was the daughter of Richard...

Robert L. Roach

Robert Lee Roach, 73, of 345 Eagle St. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on April 12, 1929, son of Miles and Beatrice Lee Roach, he attended Drury High School. He enlisted in the Navy...

Nicolena Pugliese

Nicolena "Lena" Pugliese, 98, formerly of 384 Ashland St., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons, 25 Adams Road, Williamstown, where she had resided since January 28, 1998. Born in North Adams on...

Loisanne C. Ware

Loisanne Claire Ware, 72, of Shepherd House, 405 Smith Level Road, Chapel Hill, N.C., formerly of Williamstown, died early yesterday morning at Britt Haven Nursing Home in Chapel Hill. Born in...

Lena Rita Calvano

Lena Rita Calvano, 87, of 86 Lyman St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons, 25 Adams Road, Williamstown, where she had resided since February 2001. Born in the Hoosac Tunnel section of Rowe on...

Robert LaBombard Sr., 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Robert John LaBombard Sr., 70, of 55 Seminole Drive died Friday, July 5, 2002, at home. Born in North Adams on Oct. 6, 1931, son of Wilfred L. and Marion Walden LaBombard, he...