Obituaries

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...

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...