Obituaries

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...

Alice P. Carson, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alice Patricia Carson, 72, of 45 Spring St. died Monday, Nov. 26, 2001, at home. Born in North Adams on June 19, 1929, daughter of Edward and Sarah Giroux Lauzon, she...

Diane E. Vincent

Diane E. Vincent, 49, of 89 Friend St. died Thursday afternoon at home after a long illness. Born in Springfield on July 18, 1952, daughter of the late Robert J. and Ruth Huff O'Dell, she moved to...

Robert G. Ashton, 81

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Robert George Ashton, 81, of 80 Langlois Ave., The Spruces, and 214 Third St., West Nokomis, Fla., died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2001, at Bon Secoeurs Hospital in Venice, Fla.,...

Richard M. Davine, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Michael Davine, 77, of 1474 South Church St. died Saturday evening, Nov. 17, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Rutland, Vt., on Dec. 17, 1923, son...

Mary V. Brown

Mary Victoria Brown, 81, of 41 Notch Road died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Cynthia Morin of West Castleton, Vt. Born in North Adams on Dec. 30, 1919, daughter of John and Louise...

Mathew Nazzewski

Mathew Nazzewski, 90, of 9 1/2 Richmond Lane died yesterday morning at home. Born in Fulton, N.Y., on Dec. 25, 1910, son of Victor and Anna Topor Nazzewski, he moved to Stamford, Vt., as a child...

Doris A. Belanger

Doris Connors Belanger, 91, of 56 May St. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in North Pownal, Vt., on Oct. 15, 1910, daughter of Daniel G. and Pearl Frances Gurney Pettibone, her family moved to...

Stella V. Hakes

Stella Veronica Hakes, 91, of 69 North Summer St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on July 22, 1910, daughter of John and Katherine Krawczyk Jamros, she attended Adams...

Louis Wabnig Jr.

Louis J. Wabnig Jr., 70, of 41 North Summer St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Feb. 18, 1931, son of the late Louis J. and Mary Zirknitzer Wabnig, he graduated...

Patricia Mangano

Patricia AnnaMaria Mangano, 55, of Ashland Park apartments, 150 Ashland St., died Monday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, where she was admitted on Sunday. Born in Springfield on Nov. 18, 1945,...

Linda J. Giardina

Linda Jean Giardina, 47, of 125 North St. died Monday at Bay State Medical Center in Springfield, where she was admitted Nov. 3. Death followed a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Dec. 5,...

John Courtney Jr.

John D. Courtney Jr. of Naples, Fla., a former sheriff of Berkshire County and former chief of police in Williamstown, died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mary Courtney Kennedy, at 784 North...

Eleanor M. Drury, 69

ADAMS, Mass. — Eleanor M. Drury, 69, of Woodbury, Minn., formerly of Adams, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2001, of cancer at Our Lady of Good Counsel Hospice in St. Paul, Minn., where she had resided...

Rose G. Adamczyk

ADAMS, Mass. — Rose G. Penczar Adamczyk, 92, of 102 North Summer St. died Saturday evening, Nov. 10, 2001, at North Adams Commons. Born in Lawrence on March 14, 1909, daughter of Andrew and...

Ralph D'Elia Sr.

Ralph Frederick D'Elia Sr., 89, of 136 South St. died yesterday morning at home. Mr. D'Elia was a longtime member of the Planning Board and of the Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission, where...

Helen Morawiec

Helen M. Morawiec, 74, of 1 McKinley St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Oct. 28. Born in Adams on Aug. 7, 1927, daughter of John and Mary Niziolek Adamczyk,...