Obituaries

Sara C. Foote

Sara C. "Sally" Foote, 91, of Williamstown died Tuesday in Williamstown. . Born in Chicago on Nov. 11, 1909, daughter of William N.C. Carlton and Sara Hayden Carlton, she moved to Williamstown in...

Raymond Rarick

Raymond Charles Rarick, 76, of 490 Middle Road died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Friday. Born in North Adams on Sept. 26, 1924, son of Abraham L. and Adelina...

Frederick Chichester

Frederick Chichester, 72, of 11548 Hollyridge Drive, Tyler, Texas, died May 25 at home. He was the husband of the former Neoma A. Joppich of Adams. Born in New Haven, Conn., on April 28, 1929, son...

Dwight Martin

Dwight Martin, 65, of 53 Chase Ave., formerly of Worcester, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on June 9, 1936, son of William Martin and Marion Hazel Martin...

Charles R. Palmer

Charles Raymond Palmer, 90, of 5 Melrose St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Saturday. Born in Adams on April 29, 1911, son of Charles E. and Margaret...

Lillian R. Ritcher, 65

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Lillian Rita Ritcher, 65, of 35 Jordan Ave. died Sunday, June 10, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital after a 10-year battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Jan....

Irene F. Leitch

Irene Frances Leitch, 82, of 39 Morningside Ave. died Sunday afternoon at Williamstown Commons. Born in West Warren on Aug. 20, 1918, daughter of Ladislaw and Alexandria Ziak Lemanski, she moved...

Sylvia Paradis

Sylvia Paradis, 93, of 17 Forest Park Ave. died Wednesday evening at the Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on July 6, 1907, daughter of William H. and Mary L. Seymour Paradis,...

Rev. Milton Rohane, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Rev. Milton Alan Rohane, 78, of San Diego, Calif., formerly of North Adams, died May 28, 2001, in London, England, while on his annual trip to Europe. Born in North...

Germaine Blanchette

Germaine Blanchette, 96, of 4 Columbia St. died yesterday at the Williamstown Commons Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on July 4, 1905, daughter of Hilaire and Eugenie La Belle...

John R. Murphy

John Richard Murphy, 52, of 23978 Circle Drive, Quail Valley, Calif., died Tuesday at home, following a long battle with cancer. Born in Long Island, N.Y., on Aug. 26, 1948, son of Veronica Hickey...

Lionel A. Danis

Retired Air Force Col. Lionel Arthur Danis, 69, of Fairfax, Va., formerly of North Adams, died May 9 at his home of congestive heart failure. He had maintained a home in Fairfax since the early...

Andrew Rumgay

Andrew C. Rumgay, 78, of 17 Pleasant St. died Monday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Sunday. Born in North Adams on Nov. 3, 1922, son of Andrew C. Rumgay Sr....

Gladys Ruth St. Pierre

Mrs. Gladys Ruth (Foster) St. Pierre, 79, of 71 Bachand Ave., Williamstown, MA, died Friday morning June 1, 2001 at the North Adams Commons. She was the widow of Henry St. Pierrre whom she married...

Esther B. Rivest, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Esther Barbara Rivest, 79, of South Hadley, a native of North Adams, died Saturday, June 2, 2001, at Meadowood Nursing Home in South Hadley after a short illness. Born on...

Francis LaPointe

Francis John "Frenchy" LaPointe, 40, of 1156 Russell Drive, Mount Pleasant, S.C., a native of North Adams, died Monday at home. Born in North Adams on April 7, 1961, son of Marguerite Theresa...

Frances M. Mace

Frances M. Mace, 82, of 62 Charles St., a former longtime resident of Chelmsford, died Wednesday afternoon at Sweet Brook Care Center. Born in Arlington on May 20, 1919, daughter of Oscar and Mary...

Walter Richardson Jr., 77

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Walter Charles Richardson Jr., 77, of 60 Bachand Ave. died Wednesday morning, May 29, 2001, at home. Born in Adams on March 25, 1924, son of Walter C. and Elizabeth I....

H. Norton Schell

H. Norton Schell, 93, formerly of 90 Candlewood Drive, died May 14 at Willowood Health Care Center. Born in North Adams on June 20, 1907, son of Harlan P. and Elizabeth Horton Schell, he graduated...

Irene Mongue

Irene Mongue, 87, of 360 West Housatonic St., Pittsfield, a former longtime resident of Worthington Road, East Windsor, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Cleveland on Oct. 20,...

Carolyn F. Westwood

Carolyn F. Westwood, 78, of 154 Windsor Bush Road, died Monday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston of complications following heart surgery in March. Born in Boston on Feb. 19, 1923,...

Gary F. Bourdon

Gary Francis Bourdon, 47, of 5 Madison Lane, Merrimack, N.H., a native of Adams, died Tuesday evening at Southern New Hampshire Regional Medical Center in Nashua, N.H., shortly after being admitted....

Frances Harrison

Frances Elizabeth Harrison, 68, of 27 East St. died Wednesday at home. Born in Adams on Sept. 27, 1932, daughter of John and Anna Gwozdz Kordana, she graduated from the former Adams High School....

Richard N. Roberts, 58

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Richard Norman "Rainbow" Roberts, 58, of 105 Ashton Ave. died Wednesday, May 23, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Nov. 5, 1942, son of Norman A....

Helene Boibeaux

Helene Rose Lona Boibeaux, 95, formerly of Millhouse Apartments, 75 Commercial St., died Sunday at Merrimack County Nursing Home in Boscawen, N.H. Born in Adams on Aug. 24, 1905, daughter of Paul...