Obituaries

Charles A. Comer

Charles A. Comer, 52, of 8 Rand St., Apt. 25, died Monday at home after a long illness. Born in Shellman, Ga., on Dec. 24, 1949, son of Earl Comer and Curry Logue Comer, he attended schools in...

Moses E. Harwood

Moses E. Harwood, 59, of River Street died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 8, 1943, son of Walter and Blanche Coppersmith Harwood, he...

Lois A. Degere

Lois A. Degere, 69, of 70 Langlois Ave. died Thursday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Adams on Nov. 17, 1932, daughter of Francis and Rachel Brodeur Kelly, she was a...

Mary Wiswell

Mary Wiswell, 87, of Stone Mountain, Ga., a former resident of Pittsfield, died Thursday at her daughter's home in Stone Mountain. Born in Adams on Jan. 7, 1914, daughter of Henry J. and Mary E....

Mary F. Corrigan

Mary Frances Corrigan, 82, of 11 Randall St. died yesterday at home. Born in Montague on Feb. 5, 1920, daughter of Arthur J. and Helen Firth Courteau, her family moved in 1923 to Adams, where she...

Lennox N. Lee

Lennox N. Lee, 73, of Dover, N.H., formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday at Langdon Place of Dover. Born in Pennsauken, N.J., on Oct. 31, 1928, he was the son of Lennox and Ethel Melville Lee. He...

Frank Pniak

Frank Pniak, 85, of 30 Greylock Ave. died yesterday morning at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in New Bedford on June 17, 1916, son of John and Louise Pasterzyk Pniak, he moved to Adams as a...

Catherine Hyams

Catherine Mary Hyams, 89, of 84 Bachand Ave. died Wednesday at North Adams Commons. Born in Scotland on June 12, 1912, daughter of Felix and Rose Foran McParland, she came to the United States as...

Richard Marden

Richard Gibbs Marden, 92, of Topsham, Maine, died Monday at Midcoast Memorial Hospital in Brunswick, Maine. He was the father of Alan L. Marden, president of the North Adams City Council. Born in...

Lucy R. Cozzaglio

Lucy Rita Cozzaglio, 82, of 31 Veazie St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. She had resided there since January 2001. Born in North Adams on Feb. 25, 1920, daughter of Saverio and Nicolina...

Roger B. Ottman, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Roger Benzie Ottman, 77, of 863 Massachusetts Ave. died Sunday, April 28, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted April 20. Born in North Adams on...

Harry J. Pierpan

Harry Joseph Pierpan, 92, of 1115 State Road died Friday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown, where he was admitted March 16. He was a longtime civic, religious and business...

Gertrude Dale

Gertrude Dale, 98, of 1 Oak Lane died yesterday afternoon at Williamstown Commons. Born in Lancashire, England, on April 20, 1904, daughter of John and Eliza Neild Dale, she came to this country...

Lois Courtney

Lois Courtney, 71, of North Hoosac Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a brief illness. She was the widow of former Berkshire County Sheriff John D. Courtney. Born in...

Gerald T. Ronan

Gerald Timothy Ronan, 80, of 65 Hathaway St. died Wednesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Aug. 30, 1921, son of Michael and Catherine Murphy Ronan, he attended North...

Stanley Wintemberg

Stanley Wintemberg, 89, of 24 Dean St. died Sunday at North Adams Commons, where he had resided since last year. He had previously resided in Hinsdale and in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on May...

Blanche Schofield

Blanche M. Schofield, 87, of 7 Hathaway St. died Saturday evening at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on April 2, 1915, daughter of Charles and Marie Louise Rauthier Clerc, she attended Adams...

Patrick F. Tobin

Patrick Frank Tobin, 76, of 568 South Main St., Centerville, a native of Adams, died of a heart attack Saturday at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Margaret T. and John Curtin, at 99 Grove...

Irene C. Leavens, 81

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Irene Carolyn Leavens, 81, of Hall Street died Sunday morning, April 21, 2002, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on July 2, 1920, daughter of Donald H. Meekin...

Sylvia C. Sheehan

Sylvia Carmen Sheehan, 93, of 212 Eagle St. died Sunday at the Glenn Falls (N.Y.) Hospital. Born in North Adams on Nov. 22, 1908, daughter of Stephen and Clementina Gazzaniga Rosasco, she...

Mary K. Girard

Mary K. Girard, 83, of 13 Simon Ave. died Friday afternoon at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Canaan, Conn., on April 8, 1919, daughter of Stefano and Rosa Belini Smachetti, she lived in...

Felix Lescarbeau

Felix E. "Nookie" Lescarbeau, 67, of 370 Cross Road died Sunday at home. Born in North Adams on May 15, 1934, son of Edward J. and Emaline Lord Lescarbeau, he attended schools there. A Navy...

Angela M. Mullen

Angela Marie Mullen, 85, of 81 Wells Ave., a registered nurse, died yesterday at Sweetbrook Health Care Center in Williamstown, where she had resided since June 2001. Born in North Adams on Aug....

Arthur O. Teichert

Arthur Otto Teichert, 89, of 1065 Massachusetts Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 4, 1912, son of Otto and Emma Schantenz Teichert, he was a graduate of Drury High...

William Milos

William "Mickey" Milos, 80, of Barrett House, 17 Pleasant St., died Tuesday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Feb. 7, 1922, son of Walenty and Mary Kondel Milos, he attended local...