Obituaries

Frances Clayton

Frances Clayton, 79, of 73 Valley St. died Feb. 17 at home. Born in Adams on July 22, 1922, daughter of Ralph and Rosanna Choiniere Moreau, she was a 1940 graduate of the former Adams High...

Betty Ann Horn

Betty Ann Horn, 61, of 29 Victory St., former owner of Betty's Boutique, died Saturday morning of cancer. Born in Adams on Nov. 30, 1940, daughter of Joseph and Frances Twardowski Kut, she was a...

Harry Alfred George

Harry Alfred George, 88, of 639 Ashland St., president of H.A. George and Sons Fuel Co. Inc., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Sunday. Born on Berlin...

Esmonde Manson

Esmonde John Manson, 84, of 27 Kemp Ave. died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was a longtime member of the North Adams Fire Department. Born in North Adams on Oct. 30,...

Sidney R. Benoit

Sidney Richard Benoit, 64, of 804 Daniels Road died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted after being stricken earlier at home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 8, 1937, son...

Ruth Lancto

Ruth Lancto, 90, of Alexandria, Va., formerly of Williamstown, died Feb. 15 at Woodbine Nursing Home in Alexandria of congestive heart failure. Born Nov. 13, 1911, in Williamstown, daughter of...

Peter Krzeminski Jr.

Peter John Krzeminski Jr. 72, of 124 North Summer St., Adams, died yesterday at Williamstown Commons Health Care Center, where he was admitted three weeks ago. Born in Adams on Aug. 17, 1928, son...

Agnes B. Grosz

Agnes B. Grosz, 77, of 10 North St. died Tuesday at the Commons of North Adams, where she was admitted Nov. 20. Born in Adams on May 18, 1924, daughter of Conrad P. and Elizabeth M. Frank Grosz,...

Richard J. Groves

Richard J. Groves, 72, of 16 Overlook Terrace died yesterday at Williamstown Commons Health Care Center, where he had been a resident since December. Born in Adams on April 26, 1929, son of Robert...

Paula A. Simonsen

Paula Auguste Simonsen, 90, of 2350 Mohawk Trail died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Cologne, Germany, on Dec. 15, 1911, daughter of Oskar and Martha Hennings Olsson, she lived...

Evelyn Maslak

Evelyn Maslak, 88, of 20 Turners Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Dec. 19, 1913, daughter of John and Amy Friese Fortier, she graduated from the former Notre Dame...

Anthony Loholdt

Anthony P. Loholdt, 64, of 15 Elliott Drive died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Easton, Pa., on June 29, 1937, son of the late Charles J. and Nagle Unnan...

Barbara Gaylord

Barbara A. Gaylord, 59, of 83 Richardson St. died Sunday at home. Born in Adams on June 16, 1942, daughter of Joseph and Ruth Leary Brunell, she was a 1960 graduate of Adams High School. She also...

Regina Barbeau, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Regina H. Barbeau, 94, of 150 Ashland St., Apt. 213, died Feb. 14, 2002, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 10, 1907, daughter of Henry and Alexina...

Vivian Brouillette

Vivian May Brouillette, 80, of 915 North Pleasant St., Amherst, formerly of North Adams, died yesterday morning at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. Born in North Adams on Aug. 15,...

Sister Mary Paciorek

Sister Mary Virginelle Paciorek, 92, of the Felician Sisters, Enfield, Conn., a native of Adams, died yesterday at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford. Born in Adams on Aug. 8, 1909, daughter of...

Mary Elizabeth Filerius

Mary Elizabeth Filerius, 86, of 39 North Summer St. died Sunday at The Commons of North Adams, where she had been a client since September 1997. Born in New Brunswick, N.J., on Oct. 24, 1915,...

Mae A. Pytko

Mae A. Pytko, 82, of 107 Summer St. died Monday at the Commons of North Adams, where she was admitted in 1995. Born in Adams on May 23, 1919, daughter of Stanislaus F. and Sophia Kogut Bator, she...

Hartley Shearer

Hartley Shearer, 57, of 202 Pine Cobble Road, part-time lecturer in art at Williams College, died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in New York City on Oct. 30, 1944, son of F. Hartley...

Fred E. Schultz

Fred Edward Schultz Sr., 74, of Los Angeles, a native of Adams, died Friday at home. Born on Nov. 15, 1927, son of Friedrich and Katherine Garozolona Schultz, he attended the former Adams High...

Charles Reardon Jr.

Charles Harold Reardon Jr., 77, of 183 Phelps Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on April 28, 1924, son of Charles H. Reardon Sr. and Beatrice Marran Reardon, he was a 1942 graduate...

Thomas R. Sheehan, 20

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Thomas Richard Sheehan, 20, of 133 Oak Hill Road died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002, as a result of a two-car accident on Route 8 in Lanesborough. Born in North Adams on May...

Mary V. Kleiner

Mary V. Kleiner, 88, of 18 Richmond St. died early yesterday morning at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on May 17, 1913, daughter of Frank and Katherine Ciolkosz Czarnik, she attended local...

Jean D. Delisle

Jean D. Delisle, 68, of 164 Cross Road died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Torrington, Conn., on Jan. 1, 1934, daughter of George and Florence O'Dell McKinney, she moved to North...

Harriet M. Brewer

Harriet M. Brewer, 94, of Colonial Village, Monson, formerly of North Adams, died Thursday at Wing Memorial Hospital in Palmer. Born in Astoria, N.Y., on Sept. 5, 1907, daughter of Stanley and...