Obituaries

Gene Arthur Soucie

Gene Arthur Soucie, 23, of 177 Kemp Ave. died Thursday at home. Born in Hartford, Conn., on Feb. 13, 1979, son of Arthur F. Soucie of Ottawa and Frances J. Chase Soucie of North Adams, he moved to...

Alfred A. Cermenaro, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alfred Anthony Cermenaro, 81, of 56 Olds St. died Thursday morning, Aug. 29, 2002, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. He was a local businessman and longtime...

Howard L. Lillie

Howard L. Lillie, 85, of 9 Church Place died Tuesday at the Commons of North Adams after a long, chronic illness. Born in North Adams on April 17, 1917, son of Louis E. and Edith L. Jones Lillie,...

James Robert "Jimo" Molloy

James Robert "Jimo" Molloy, 81, of 127 Franklin St., Franklin Court Apt. 11A, died Monday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Oct. 14, 1920, son of James J. and Julia E. Coons Molloy,...

Edith S. Bleezarde

Edith S. Bleezarde, 94, of 71 Benlise Drive died Monday at Sweet Brook Care Center, where she had resided since April. Born in Bluffton, Ind., on April 25, 1908, daughter of Thomas N. and Rosanna...

Dorothy Gladys Astorino

Dorothy Gladys Astorino, 87, of 611 State Road, former 60-year resident of 107 River St., died Monday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Dec. 12, 1914, daughter of Andrew and Lena Ruhm...

Kathleen Lewis

Kathleen Lewis, 98, of Orchard Street died yesterday at Williamstown (Mass.) Commons, where she had resided since Feb. 17, 2000. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Aug. 21, 1904, daughter of Albert...

Francis Stawarz

Francis Stawarz, 67, of 35 North Summer St. died Saturday afternoon at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Aug. 27, 1934, son of Frank and Anna Durejczyk Stawarz, he was a...

William M. Hussey, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William Morton Hussey, 88, of 483 Walnut St., died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2002, at his home following two months of failing health. Born in Adams on March 4, 1914, a son of...

Helen L. Tatro, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Helen Louise Tatro, 79, of 40 Central Ave. died Thursday morning, Aug. 22, 2002, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Oct. 1, 1923, daughter of Louis and...

Doris E.(Dickinson) Haley

Doris E.(Dickinson) Haley 76 of 118 Church Street Apt R#2 Proprietor’s Field, Williamstown,Ma. died Thursday August 22,2002 at the North Adams Regional Hospital. She was the widow of James...

Marion Frances Moloff

Marion Frances Moloff, 84, of 70 Harrison Ave. died Monday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in North Pownal, Vt., on Sept. 8, 1917, daughter of George Parley Kenyon and Bertha Agnes Jones...

Emil W. Schaffrick

Emil W. Schaffrick, 88, of 9010 Ruff Road, Youngstown, Fl., formerly of Old Windsor Road, died June 29 at home. Born in Seymour, Conn., on Jan. 10, 1914, son of Louis and Emma Swentor Schaffrick, he...

Alice Davis

CHESHIRE -- Alice Davis, 72, of Naples, Fla., and Cheshire, died July 26 at home in Naples. Born in Adams on Jan. 4, 1930, daughter of Albert and Bertha Langer Kordana, she was a 1948 graduate of the...

Clifford R. Shaw Jr., 37

ADAMS, Mass. — Clifford Raymond "Kippy" Shaw Jr., 37, of 20 Hoosac St. died Saturday, Aug. 17, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted on Friday following a brief...

Paul F. DiLego

Paul Francis DiLego, 62, of 95 Church St. died Wednesday at the Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. He was a longtime businessman, civic leader and city councilman. Born in North Adams on Feb....

Mildred Wheeler

Mildred Ferguson Wheeler, 92, formerly of Colonial Gardens, died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox. Born in Adams on July 6, 1910, daughter of T. Craig and Frances P. Jones Ferguson,...

Linda A. Gomeau, 49

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Linda Ann Gomeau, 49, of 490 Savoy Road died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2002, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 30, 1953, daughter of Joan V. Pilot...

Leonard E. Cote, 44

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Leonard Edward "Lenny" Cote, 44, of 70 Chase Ave. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Ardmore, Okla., on Aug. 17, 1957, son of Edward and Joyce Burdick Cote of the...

Marie L. Gattuso

Marie Louise Gattuso, 84, of 48 College Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 10, 1918, daughter of Alfred and Roseanne Lanier Lefebvre, she attended...

Helen C. Gallivan

Helen Catherine Gallivan, 89, of 20 Summer St. died Sunday morning at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she was admitted several years ago. Born in Worcester on Aug. 5, 1913, daughter of Frank J....

Exilda Bianco

Exilda "DeeDee" Bianco, 96, formerly of 51 Chestnut St., died Sunday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center, where she had resided since 1997. Born in North Adams on Sept. 6, 1905, daughter of John...

Leonard Hoffman

Leonard A. Hoffman, 74, of Cherry Plain and Malone, N.Y., died yesterday morning of cancer at home in Malone. He was the father of Patricia Schmidt of Windsor. Born in Cherry Plain, son of Michael...

Sonya Sokolove

Sonya Sokolove, 92, of 175 West 12th St., New York City, formerly of North Adams, died Thursday afternoon at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Manhattan, N.Y. She moved to New York in 1959 to be with...

Helen Rita Dean

Helen Rita Dean, 77, of 108 Meadow St. died yesterday morning at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 5, 1924, daughter of Felix and Julia Cavey Duquette, she attended North Adams schools, including...