Obituaries

Stanley J. Oslizlo

Stanley John Oslizlo, 73, of 102 Francis St. died Monday at home. Born in Adams on Jan. 31, 1929, son of Anthony and Mary Mihalec Oslizlo, he attended Adams schools. He served with Company M of...

Elinor Marie Zagorski

Elinor Marie Zagorski, 79, of 58 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Monday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Nov. 26, 1922, daughter of George H. and Gladys Palmer Whipple, she attended North...

Robert J. Stanton

Robert J. Stanton, 68, of 447 River St. died Sunday at Western Massachusetts Hospital in Westfield after a long illness. Born in North Adams on May 6, 1933, son of Francis W. and Victoria Arrighi...

Helen Ina James

Helen Ina James, 54, of Ashland Street High Rise died Wednesday at New England Medical Center in Boston. Born in New Ashford on Jan. 8, 1948, daughter of Garold T. and Violet Carr Packard, she...

Douglas Romano

Douglas Joseph Romano, 53, of 178 Barbour St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on April 18, 1948, son of Joseph J. and Marie A. Simon Romano, he was a 1966 graduate of...

Walter A. Duquette Sr., 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Walter Arthur Duquette Sr., 86, of 178 Fuller Ave., Corning, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died Saturday at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, N.Y. Born in...

Bertl F. Just

Bertl Fleischer Just, 83, of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community died yesterday morning at Sweet Brook Health Care Center. Born in Vienna, Austria, on March 6, 1919, daughter of Benzion and Taube...

Joyce Richardson

Joyce Ellen Richardson, 48, of 161B Spring Road died Wednesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center following a motor vehicle accident in Adams. Born in Adams on March 25, 1953, daughter of Doris...

Carson L. Eddy

Carson L. Eddy, 58, of Hampshire Drive, South Bend, Ind., formerly of Williamstown, died Feb. 28 at St. Joseph's Medical Center in South Bend of meningitis. Born Dec. 18, 1943, in Burlington,...

Joel W. Pierce

Joel W. "Mike" Pierce, 91, of 1100 Mohawk Trail died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Sunday. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Feb. 14, 1911, son of Joel W. and Blanche...

Casimer Gliwski

Casimer Gliwski, 79, of 4 Simon Ave. died Sunday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 3, 1922, son of John and Katherine Czech Gliwski, he attended St. Stanislaus' School and the...

Adolph C. Dziegiel

Adolph C. "Al" Dziegiel, 79, of 86 North Summer St. died yesterday afternoon at North Adams Commons Health Care Center. Born in Adams on Oct. 17, 1922, son of Stanislaw and Apolonia Kut Dziegiel,...

Victoria Bourassa

Victoria Veronica Bourassa, 94, of 461 State Road died Saturday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Sept. 7, 1907, daughter of John and Frances Sokolowski...

Prosper Lussier

Prosper Edward "Brownie" Lussier, 94, of 161 West Shaft Road died Saturday evening at home. Born in Williamsburg on Oct. 29, 1907, son of Prosper E. and Albina Cote Lussier, he moved to North...

Mildred Smith

Mildred Smith, 99, formerly of 39 Willow St., died Thursday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 10, 1902, daughter of Daniel and Catherine Fitzsimmons O'Connell, she...

Claire E. LaCasse, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Claire Emma LaCasse, 71, of 557 Church St. died Sunday morning, March 3, 2002, at North Adams Commons. Born in Pittsfield on April 14, 1930, son of John and Constance...

Winifred Tassone

Winifred J. Tassone, 82, of Millhouse Apartments, 75 Commercial St., died Wednesday evening at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on April 3, 1919, daughter of William and Ora McConnell Edwards,...

Billy Madewell Jr.

Billy Dean Madewell Jr., 53, of 45 Spring St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Prior to moving to North Adams a year ago, he had resided in Adams and Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on...

Martha Patton

Martha Frances Adele Patton, 67, of Sudbury, formerly of Cheshire, died Feb. 20 at Wayside Hospice in Wayland. Born in Pittsfield on July 6, 1934, daughter of Kenneth D. and Hope H. Negus, she...

Catherine Morrison

Catherine "Kitty" Morrison, 93, of 118 Church St., Proprietors Field, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Boston on Dec. 18, 1907, daughter of Robert and Mary Gunn Dowling,...

Alan James Gay

Alan James Gay, 49, of 74 Porter St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at home. Born in North Adams on June 16, 1952, son of Lois Gay Roy of North Adams, he...

Gary J. Skubel

Gary J. Skubel, 49, of 39 Wells Road died early Sunday morning at home, following a long illness. Born in Adams on Jan. 6, 1953, son of Thaddeus and Elaine Noel Skubel, he attended the former...

David C. Walker

David Charles Walker, 33, of 55 High St. died Sunday at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, where he was airlifted earlier in the day following a brief illness. Born in...

Artso J. Bormolini

Artso John "Pat" Bormolini, 90, formerly of 42 Northern Lights Ave. and longtime resident of Ashland Street, died yesterday morning at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in West Stockbridge on...

Agnes Helen Tatro

Agnes H. Tatro, 83, of 4 Pines Lodge Park, died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Center. Born in North Adams on March 24, 1918, daughter of John and Sadie Simon Tash, she moved to Williamstown as a...