Obituaries

Bertl F. Just

Bertl Fleischer Just, 83, of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community died yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Health Care Center. Born in Vienna, Austria, on March 6, 1919, daughter of Benzion and Taube...

Joyce Richardson

Joyce Ellen Richardson, 48, of 161B Spring Road died Wednesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center following a motor vehicle accident in Adams. Born in Adams on March 25, 1953, daughter of Doris...

Carson L. Eddy

Carson L. Eddy, 58, of Hampshire Drive, South Bend, Ind., formerly of Williamstown, died Feb. 28 at St. Joseph's Medical Center in South Bend of meningitis. Born Dec. 18, 1943, in Burlington,...

Joel W. Pierce

Joel W. "Mike" Pierce, 91, of 1100 Mohawk Trail died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Sunday. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Feb. 14, 1911, son of Joel W. and Blanche...

Casimer Gliwski

Casimer Gliwski, 79, of 4 Simon Ave. died Sunday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 3, 1922, son of John and Katherine Czech Gliwski, he attended St. Stanislaus' School and the...

Adolph C. Dziegiel

Adolph C. "Al" Dziegiel, 79, of 86 North Summer St. died yesterday afternoon at North Adams Commons Health Care Center. Born in Adams on Oct. 17, 1922, son of Stanislaw and Apolonia Kut Dziegiel,...

Victoria Bourassa

Victoria Veronica Bourassa, 94, of 461 State Road died Saturday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Sept. 7, 1907, daughter of John and Frances Sokolowski...

Prosper Lussier

Prosper Edward "Brownie" Lussier, 94, of 161 West Shaft Road died Saturday evening at home. Born in Williamsburg on Oct. 29, 1907, son of Prosper E. and Albina Cote Lussier, he moved to North...

Mildred Smith

Mildred Smith, 99, formerly of 39 Willow St., died Thursday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 10, 1902, daughter of Daniel and Catherine Fitzsimmons O'Connell, she...

Claire E. LaCasse, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Claire Emma LaCasse, 71, of 557 Church St. died Sunday morning, March 3, 2002, at North Adams Commons. Born in Pittsfield on April 14, 1930, son of John and Constance...

Winifred Tassone

Winifred J. Tassone, 82, of Millhouse Apartments, 75 Commercial St., died Wednesday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on April 3, 1919, daughter of William and Ora McConnell Edwards,...

Billy Madewell Jr.

Billy Dean Madewell Jr., 53, of 45 Spring St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Prior to moving to North Adams a year ago, he had resided in Adams and Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on...

Martha Patton

Martha Frances Adele Patton, 67, of Sudbury, formerly of Cheshire, died Feb. 20 at Wayside Hospice in Wayland. Born in Pittsfield on July 6, 1934, daughter of Kenneth D. and Hope H. Negus, she...

Catherine Morrison

Catherine "Kitty" Morrison, 93, of 118 Church St., Proprietors Field, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Boston on Dec. 18, 1907, daughter of Robert and Mary Gunn Dowling,...

Alan James Gay

Alan James Gay, 49, of 74 Porter St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at home. Born in North Adams on June 16, 1952, son of Lois Gay Roy of North Adams, he...

Gary J. Skubel

Gary J. Skubel, 49, of 39 Wells Road died early Sunday morning at home, following a long illness. Born in Adams on Jan. 6, 1953, son of Thaddeus and Elaine Noel Skubel, he attended the former...

David C. Walker

David Charles Walker, 33, of 55 High St. died Sunday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, where he was airlifted earlier in the day following a brief illness. Born in...

Artso J. Bormolini

Artso John "Pat" Bormolini, 90, formerly of 42 Northern Lights Ave. and longtime resident of Ashland Street, died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in West Stockbridge on...

Agnes Helen Tatro

Agnes H. Tatro, 83, of 4 Pines Lodge Park, died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Center. Born in North Adams on March 24, 1918, daughter of John and Sadie Simon Tash, she moved to Williamstown as a...

Frances Clayton

Frances Clayton, 79, of 73 Valley St. died Feb. 17 at home. Born in Adams on July 22, 1922, daughter of Ralph and Rosanna Choiniere Moreau, she was a 1940 graduate of the former Adams High...

Betty Ann Horn

Betty Ann Horn, 61, of 29 Victory St., former owner of Betty's Boutique, died Saturday morning of cancer. Born in Adams on Nov. 30, 1940, daughter of Joseph and Frances Twardowski Kut, she was a...

Harry Alfred George

Harry Alfred George, 88, of 639 Ashland St., president of H.A. George and Sons Fuel Co. Inc., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Sunday. Born on Berlin...

Esmonde Manson

Esmonde John Manson, 84, of 27 Kemp Ave. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a longtime member of the North Adams Fire Department. Born in North Adams on Oct. 30,...

Sidney R. Benoit

Sidney Richard Benoit, 64, of 804 Daniels Road died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted after being stricken earlier at home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 8, 1937, son...

Ruth Lancto

Ruth Lancto, 90, of Alexandria, Va., formerly of Williamstown, died Feb. 15 at Woodbine Nursing Home in Alexandria of congestive heart failure. Born Nov. 13, 1911, in Williamstown, daughter of...