Obituaries

Laura H. Getman

Laura Harrington Getman, 90, formerly of Cheshire and Sharren Lane, Enfield, Conn., died yesterday at Suffield House in Suffield, Conn. Born in Adams on May 31, 1911, daughter of Gilbert A. and...

Gerard Edward Smith

Gerard Edward Smith, 85, of 35 Thistle Path, a former businessman and civic leader in Williamstown and North Berkshire, died Thursday at home. He was a former chairman of the Williamstown Planning...

Joseph A. Fachini, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joseph Augustino Fachini, 79, of 221 Furnace St. died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, at home. Born in North Adams on March 8, 1922, son of Lino and Mary "Margi" Leonesio...

Martin Kosberg

Martin Kosberg, 76, of Woodmont Road, West Hartford, Conn., formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in North Adams on July 13, 1925, he was the son of...

Frederick Berthiaume

Frederick D. Berthiaume, 77, of 1 Noble Place died Sunday in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., while visiting the southwest. Born in North Adams on Dec. 23, 1923, son of George and Matilda Therriault...

Frank S. Mazza, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frank Saverio "Pancho" Mazza, 86, of 31 Veazie St. died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. Born in North Adams on...

Ellen L. Crocker

Ellen L. Crocker, 89, of 13 Marshall Ave. died Monday at Williamstown Commons. She was admitted on Nov. 30. Born in Adams on April 16, 1912, daughter of Harry E. Haff and Jessie O. Morton, she...

Daniel H. Petithory, 32

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Sergeant First Class Daniel Henry Petithory, 32, of 289 Railroad St., Cheshire, was killed in action on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001, while serving in the Army in Kandahar,...

Bonnie R. Doire

Bonnie Rae Doire, 55, of 150 Ashland St. died Monday at home. Born in Providence, R.I., on Feb. 20, 1946, daughter of Howard Fisher of Warwick, R.I., and the late Olga Carlson Fisher, she attended...

Walter C. Zepka

Walter C. Zepka, 87, of 16 Grandview Terrace, longtime Adams businessman and town official, died Sunday afternoon at home. Born in Adams on May 5, 1914, son of John and Aniela Ptak Zepka, he...

Molly Lenhoff

Molly Lenhoff, 85, formerly of 19 Royal Ave., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on April 22, 1916, daughter of Jacob and Fannie Snyder Lenhoff, she attended North Adams...

Mary E. Sawyer

Mary Elizabeth Sawyer, 90, of Jerome Drive died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 17, 1911, daughter of Henry H. and Mary Elizabeth Williams Spencer, she attended St....

Gladys M. Allard, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gladys Markland Allard, 78, of 390 Walker St. died Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Westhoughton, England, on July 5, 1923,...

Norman Schulze

Norman Dwight Schulze, 92, of 55 Marion Ave. died yesterday morning at home. Born in Quincy on Aug. 9, 1909, son of Henry H. and Edna Herrick Schulze, he attended grammar school in Quincy before...

William Pedercini

William Robert Pedercini, 64, of 45 Leonard St., owner of Simon's Market in Pittsfield, died Saturday evening at home. Born in North Adams on Oct. 14. 1937, son of George and Katherine Hickey...

Lena M. Boichot

Lena M. Boichot, 95, of 4 Columbia St. died Saturday morning at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Feb. 4, 1906, daughter of Ludger and Adele Charbonneau Jarvis, she graduated from Notre Dame...

Aurore McDevitt

Aurore A. McDevitt, 92, formerly of 52 Maple St.,died yesterday at North Adams Commons, where she had been a resident for two weeks. Born Jan. 1, 1909, in Cochituate, daughter of Herman and...

Gerard A. Dragon

Gerard Andrew Dragon 81, of 142 Church St. died Wednesday afternoon at home. Born in Gilbertville on May 21, 1920, son of Appolinaire and Alexina Richards Dragon, he attended schools in...

Edward J. Hakes

Edward J. Hakes 79, of 34 Commercial St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Nov. 12. Born in Adams on June 12, 1922, son of William H. and Lena...

Matthew Loszynski, 86

ADAMS, Mass. — Matthew Peter "Spike" Loszynski, 86, of Millhouse Apartments, 75 Commercial St., died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001, at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Dec. 13, 1914, son of...

Lawrence Urbano

Retired Superior Court Judge Lawrence B. Urbano, a Williamstown native and former member of that town's Select Board, died Tuesday evening at the Hampshire Care Center in Leeds. Urbano, who lived on...

Yolanda Puppolo

Yolanda Maria "Donda" Puppolo, 84, of 380 Ashland St. died yesterday at Springside of Pittsfield Nursing Home. Born in North Adams on April 22, 1917, daughter of Geaue and Adele DelDebbio...

Catherine Beaulieu

Catherine Mary Beaulieu, 82, a native and former resident of Church Street, died Monday at her home in Decatur, Ga., where she had resided for the past nine years. Born in Cheshire on Oct. 21,...

Ruth D. Switzer

Ruth D. Switzer, 93, of 170 The Knolls died Sunday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center, where she had resided since 1999. Born in Manhattan, N.Y., on Feb. 13, 1908, daughter of Archibald Battle...

Helen A. Brown

Helen Amelia Collings Brown, 91, of 243 Mohawk Forest Boulevard died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Thursday. Born in North Adams on Feb. 2, 1910, daughter of...