Obituaries

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...

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...