Obituaries

Norma V. Pierpan

Norma Victoria Pierpan, 94, of 1115 State Road died Tuesday at Sweetbrook Care Center in Williamstown, where she was admitted March 22 following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Aug. 7,...

Frances M. Bushee

Frances Marie Bushee, 66, of 42 Chase Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Buskirk, N.Y., on May 8, 1935, daughter of Henry J. Coon and Mabel Agnes Condon Coon, she...

Anne Foote, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anne Willey Foote, 80, formerly of 472 Daniels Road, died Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at Silver Lake Nursing Home in Dover, Del. Born in Monroe on Jan. 16, 1922, daughter...

Henry V. Rabouin

Henry V. Rabouin, 95, of 106 Richmond Road died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Springfield on Feb. 28, 1907, son of Henry and Flora Bernier Rabouin, he moved to...

Frances Trudeau

Frances Ann Trudeau, 77, of 4 Isbell St. died Sunday at Williamstown Commons, where she had been admitted March 11. Born in North Adams on July 25, 1924, daughter of Charles E. and Florence G....

Charles Mills Jr.

Charles Mills Jr., 73, of 1400 Main Road, Stamford, Vt., formerly of Williamstown, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in South Acton on Oct. 24, 1928, son of Charles Mills Sr. and Zeta...

Marcia Doran

Marcia Doran, 61, of 672 Barbour St., director of Hospice of Northern Berkshire, died yesterday at home of cancer. Born in North Adams on Oct. 23, 1940, daughter of Carlton and Ruth Bates Green,...

Stella Mae Malloy, 61

ADAMS, Mass. — Stella Mae Malloy, 61, of 75 Commercial St. died Saturday, March 23, 2002, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where she was admitted earlier that day after being struck...

Thomas DeSanty, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Thomas Vincent DeSanty, 74, of 10 Adams St. died Friday, March 22, 2002, at his home following a prolonged illness. Born in North Adams, a son of Vincent and Antoinette...

Geraldine McBride

Geraldine Claire McBride, 93, of 4 Liberty St. died Wednesday evening at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown, where she had resided since 1991. Born in North Adams on Oct. 19, 1908, daughter...

Earl Williams Jr., 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Earl Franklin "Rusty" Williams Jr., 57, of 26 Montgomery St. died Monday, March 18, 2002, at New England Medical Center in Boston. Born in North Adams on March 14, 1945,...

Dorothy Lincoln

Dorothy Lincoln, 74, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died yesterday at North Adams Commons. Born in Greenfield on Sept. 7, 1927, daughter of Howard P. and Helen Kenney Burleigh, she attended...

Josephine Harding

Josephine "Lorraine" Harding, 71, of 42 Isabell St. died Monday at home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 27, 1930, daughter of Joseph and Yvonne Devio Morandi, she attended North Adams schools. In...

E. Margery Sobon

E. Margery Sobon, 79, of 3 Kerr Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Place in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Aug. 10, 1922, daughter of Roy F. and Ethel Taylor Carpenter, she graduated from the former...

Bernadette Kupiec

Bernadette Irene Kupiec, 86, of Browning Road, Lithia, Fla., a former resident of Adams and Cheshire, died Friday at home. Born in Lake Elmo, Minn., on Dec. 13, 1915, daughter of Charles and...

Richard W. Wells

Richard W. Wells, 63, of 1315 North St. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital after an apparent heart attack. Born in Cheshire on April 12, 1938, son of Wilmarth and Angeline Jeffrion...

Raymond Lapine

Raymond J. Lapine, 83, of N. 5027 Walnut St., Spokane, Wash., formerly of North Adams, died Feb. 28 in Spokane, where he had lived for more than 25 years. Born in North Adams on March 3, 1918,...

John Breen, 44

ADAMS, Mass. - John Paul Breen, 44, of 14 Second St. died Monday evening, March 11, 2002, at Lake Umbagog, Errol, N.H., as a result of a snowmobile accident. Born in North Adams on May 16, 1957,...

Cecelia A. Maher

Cecelia Agnes Maher, 93, of 165 Cottage St., Chelsea, formerly of Beech St., died Sunday at home following a brief illness. Born in Winooski, Vt., on Jan. 17, 1909, daughter of William and Agnes...

Stanley J. Oslizlo

Stanley John Oslizlo, 73, of 102 Francis St. died Monday at home. Born in Adams on Jan. 31, 1929, son of Anthony and Mary Mihalec Oslizlo, he attended Adams schools. He served with Company M of...

Elinor Marie Zagorski

Elinor Marie Zagorski, 79, of 58 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Monday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Nov. 26, 1922, daughter of George H. and Gladys Palmer Whipple, she attended North...

Robert J. Stanton

Robert J. Stanton, 68, of 447 River St. died Sunday at Western Massachusetts Hospital in Westfield after a long illness. Born in North Adams on May 6, 1933, son of Francis W. and Victoria Arrighi...

Helen Ina James

Helen Ina James, 54, of Ashland Street High Rise died Wednesday at New England Medical Center in Boston. Born in New Ashford on Jan. 8, 1948, daughter of Garold T. and Violet Carr Packard, she...

Douglas Romano

Douglas Joseph Romano, 53, of 178 Barbour St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on April 18, 1948, son of Joseph J. and Marie A. Simon Romano, he was a 1966 graduate of...

Walter A. Duquette Sr., 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Walter Arthur Duquette Sr., 86, of 178 Fuller Ave., Corning, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died Saturday at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, N.Y. Born in...