Obituaries

Laretta M. Czapla

Laretta M. Czapla, 83, of 4 Beech St. died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Aug. 22, 1917, daughter of William and Emma Norman Brassard, she attended Adams schools. Mrs. Czapla was employed...

Rita P. Pedrin

Rita Pauline Pedrin, 85, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Monday at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Feb. 1, 1916, daughter of Frank and Pauline LeGrand Fortini, she attended...

Isabelle Kierstead

D. Isabelle Kierstead, 77, of 800 Windsor Bush Road, Windsor, and 2504 15th St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, died Thursday at her home in Windsor. Born in Pittsfield on July 4, 1924, daughter of...

Grace Cardimino

Grace M. Cardimino, 73, of Lake Tarpon, Fla., a native of Adams, died Friday in Woodside Hospice, North Panellas Park., Fla., where she had resided since May. Born in Adams on Dec. 20, 1927,...

Sylvia Costigan

Sylvia S. Costigan, 93, of Stonehenge Road died Sunday evening at home. Born in N.J., on Dec, 27, 1907, daughter of Gustav and Hulda Heinisiltaa Eskola, she graduated from New Jersey...

Roberta Lemaire

Roberta Anne Lemaire, 48, of 81 Commercial St. died of a heart attack yesterday morning at home. Born in Hartford, Conn., on June 2, 1953, daughter of Burton and Theresa Bonett Frazier, she...

Philip J. Burro, 52

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Philip Jerome Burro, 52, died Saturday, July 14, 2001, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield shortly after being admitted. He was a former longtime resident of...

Clara Annichiarico, 81

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Clara Anna Annichiarico, 81, of 30 Candlewood Drive died Friday, July 13, 2009, at home. Born in New York City on Jan. 4, 1920, daughter of Victor J. and Agnes Rielich...

William Seaman

William H. Seaman, 87, of 11 Windigo Road died Wednesday at home. He served on the town Finance Committee, Planning Board and Council on Aging. Born in Wantagh, N.Y., on Jan. 10, 1914, son of...

Irene L. Vareschi

Irene Louise Vareschi, 79, of 83 Cady St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Saskatchewan, Canada, on Aug. 7, 1921, daughter of Edward R. and Ruth Oleson Roberts, she spent...

Ruth A. Lewis

Ruth Alberta Lewis, 79, of 150 Ashland St., Apt. 305, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted Monday. Born in North Adams on Oct. 9, 1921, daughter of David and...

Robert F. Morey

Robert F. "Biff" Morey, 60, of 42 South St., Bernardston, died yesterday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in Adams on Feb. 6, 1941, son of Russell and Doris Green Morey, he graduated from...

Michael L. Burnett

Michael L. Burnett, 56, sergeant first class, 86th Troop Command, Vermont Army National Guard, of Northfield, Vt., formerly of Adams, died July 4 at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin, Vt.,...

Albert J. Sawyer

Albert J. Sawyer, 75, of 10 South Willow St. died Monday at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Feb. 13, 1926, son of Alfred and Rosana Lemieux Sawyer, he attended Adams schools. He was a...

Laurette Genest

Laurette Marie Genest, 92, of 640 State Road died Saturday evening at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown, where she was admitted April 25, 2000. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on Nov. 29, 1908,...

John F. Dagesse

John F. Dagesse, 66, of 2844 Hancock Road died Wednesday at home. Born in Woonsocket, R.I., on Nov. 23, 1934, son of Pierre and Dora Brodeur Dagesse, he received an associate of science degree...

Dorothy Brothers

Dorothy Alice Brothers, 90, of Ashland Park Apartments, 150 Ashland St., died Saturday at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since May 2000. Born in North Adams on March 1, 1911, daughter...

Domenica Melchiori, 100

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Domenica Maria Melchiori, 100, of 279 Houghton St. died Sunday, July 8, 2001, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, where she had resided since February. Born in...

Sandra M. Haley

Sandra Marie Haley, 56, of 345 Houghton St. died Saturday in Rural Clear Creek, Colo., after being stricken while traveling to Casper, Wyo. Born in North Adams on Sept. 29, 1944, daughter of...

Mary E. Hurlbut

Mary Elizabeth Hurlbut, 65, of 85 Eagle St. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on June 29, 1936, daughter of James E. and Mary Roe Hurlbut, she attended the former St. Joseph's Elementary...

Elisabeth Kabierske

Elisabeth Kabierske, 96, of 490 Wells Road died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Sachwitz, Germany, on Aug. 27, 1904, daughter of Karl and Anna BocnschKabierske, she attended schools...

Jessie T. Shafer

Jessie T. Shafer, 82, of 195 West Road died yesterday morning at home of a heart attack. Born in Adams on March 12, 1919, daughter of Anthony and Mary Michalek Oslizlo, she attended local...

Eileen M. Tanguay

Eileen M. Tanguay, 58, of 41 Richmond St. died Tuesday afternoon at the Center for Optimum Care in Pittsfield, where she had been a resident since 1991. Born in Adams on July 2, 1943, daughter of...

David J. Flaherty

David John Flaherty, 54, of 691 Curran Memorial Highway died Wednesday at home. He was a longtime member of the North Adams Police Department. Born in North Adams on Oct. 19, 1946, son of Lillian...

Henry 'Andy' Benedetti, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Henry "Andy" Benedetti, 86, of 98 Brickyard Court died Sunday, July 1, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Rowe on Feb. 20, 1915, son of...