Obituaries

Mary A. Tassone

Mary Ann Tassone, 72, of 1292 Massachusetts Ave. died Saturday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, where she was admitted July 13. Born in North Adams on June 25, 1929, daughter...

James Conway

James Stewart Conway, 72, of 674 Main St. died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born in Cleveland on May 26, 1929, son of Timothy J. and Margaret Nelson Conway, he attended schools there and...

Addie Foster

Williamstown's Oldest Resident, Addie (Chittenden)Foster, 107, of 83 Nutmeg Lane, died Thursday, July 19, 2001 at the Sweetbrook Health Care Center in Williamstown. She was born in Stephentown,...

Wayne B. DeRose, 55

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Wayne Bruce DeRose, 55, of 334 Union St. died Wednesday morning, July 18, 2001, at home after a long illness. Born in North Adams on April 18, 1946, son of Joseph and...

Robert G. Burdick

Robert George Burdick, 73, of 224 Shadowland Cove died yesterday at home. He was a longtime North Adams teacher and businessman. Born in North Adams on March 24, 1928, son of Lawrence E. and...

Michael F. Cirullo, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Michael F. Cirullo, 88, of 78 Lincoln St. died Tuesday, July 17, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he had been admitted Sunday. Born in North Adams on Feb. 12,...

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...