Obituaries

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,...

Agatha DeCarley

Agatha Rose DeCarley, 98, a former resident of Cold Spring Road, died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Pownal, Vt., on Sept. 10, 1903, daughter of Patrick F. and Katherine O'Connell...

Evelyn E. Young, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Evelyn E. Young, 91, of 69 William St. died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001, at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 5, 1910, daughter of Nelson Albert and Hermine Sweeney Plankey,...

Rita C. Quinton

Rita C. Quinton, 74, of 368 Houghton St. died Saturday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on March 23, 1927, daughter of Francesco and Lucy Scavo DePari, she attended local schools and...

Richard Morin, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard Morin, 76, of 532 State St. died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2001, at home. Born in Providence, R.I., on Jan. 5, 1925, son of Carl and Anna Nicholas Morin, he attended...

Alfred J. Shaker

Alfred J. Shaker, 88, formerly of 55 North Holden St., died Saturday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 19, 1913, son of Abraham and Julia David Shakar, he was a 1931 graduate of...

Douglas Shepley

Douglas Shepley, 78, of 227 Franklin St., Franklin Court Apartments, formerly a longtime resident of Church Street, died Wednesday morning at Williamstown Commons. Born in Stockport, Cheshire,...

Lucian Siciliano, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lucian Benedict Siciliano, 86, of 745 West Heber St., Glendora, Calif., formerly of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Friday, Oct. 26, 2001, at Foothill Presbyterian...

Nancy I. Blaisdell

Nancy Irene Blaisdell, 63, of 90 Bachand Ave. died Sunday at home. Born in Adams on Feb. 16, 1938, daughter of Albert A. and Irene Brousso Duprey, she attended Adams schools, including the former...

George E. Bushika, 68

FLORIDA, Mass. — George Edward Bushika, 68, of 58 Tilda Hill Road died Monday, Oct. 29, 2001, at Williamstown Commons, where he was admitted Oct. 17. He was a longtime town assessor and poll...