Obituaries

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...

Joseph A. Bernier

Joseph Armand Bernier, 82, of 54 Alger St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in St. Eugene, Canada, on Aug. 4, 1918, son of Joseph Ernest and Blanche Tanguay Bernier, he attended...

Florence Haigh

Florence Mary Haigh, 93, formerly of 1398 Massachusetts Ave., died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted a week ago. She had resided at Willowood nursing home in...

Charles L. Vigeant

Charles L. Vigeant, 84, of 30 Fourth St. died Monday at home. Born in Adams on Feb. 5, 1917, son of Delphis and Georgiana Molleur Vigeant, he graduated from the former Adams High School. Mr....

Dorothy R. Marcil, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Rose Marcil, 77, of 17 Meade Ave. died Monday evening, May 14, 2001, at home. She had been in failing health since January. Born in Burlington, Vt., on Dec. 26,...

William Morrisey

William J. Morrisey Jr., 84, of 4363 Minerva Drive, Green Acres, Lake Worth, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died Friday at Integrated Health Services in Lake Worth. Born in Arlington, Vt., on July...

Ruth E. Miller

Ruth Evelyn "Tootie" Miller, 78, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a long illness. Born in North Adams on May 20, 1922, daughter of William J. and Martha Bostwick Wilson, she...

Laura E. Fortin

Laura E. Fortin, 92, of Gilroy, Calif., formerly of 7 Kerr Ave., died Saturday in Gilroy. She moved to Gilroy some years ago. Born in Adams on Jan. 2, 1909, daughter of Arthur and Mary Beaudin...

Margaret A. Slater

Margaret A. "Peg" Slater, 69, of 5 Seminole Drive died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on May 30, 1931, daughter of James and Gertrude Leppelt Russell, she moved to North...

Albert N. Hardy Jr., 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Albert Nelson Hardy Jr., 84, of 8343 Black Walnut Drive, East Amherst, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday, May 5, 2001, at Millard Fillmore Hospital in East...

Lydia Decoteau

Lydia A. Decoteau-Boynton, 42, of 97 North Summer St. died Saturday evening at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 1, 1958, daughter of Richard B. Boynton of Orlando, Fla., and the late Jean Horn...