Obituaries

William McGuire

William M. McGuire, 73, of 189 Stratton Road died Sunday morning at home. Born in New York City on Aug. 5, 1927, son of Robert and Ellen Burke McGuire, he attended schools there and graduated from...

Margaret Mary Kelly

Margaret Mary Kelly, 93 of 44 Greene Ave., North Adams, MA, former longtime educator died Friday morning, April 27, 2001 at her home. She was born in North Adams, MA on December 30, 1907 a daughter...

Harriet Morin

Harriet Morin, 85, of 340 State St. died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Maryann Durant, at 358 State St. Born in Housatonic on Jan. 27, 1916, daughter of John and Anna Peontek...

Edgar Amrol

Edgar Amrol, 56, of 48 South State St., Concord, N.H., died Saturday at home. He was the father of Nicole Amrol of Adams. Born in Concord, son of John V. Amrol Sr. and Marie Michaud Amrol, he...

Columbia C. Taft

Columbia Claire Taft, 78, of 75 Commercial St. died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Wednesday. Born in North Adams on June 10, 1922, daughter of...

Jane Konopka

Jane Isabel "Jean" Konopka, 70, of 26 Pinehill Terrace died Tuesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where she was admitted five weeks ago. Born in North Adams on April 2, 1931, daughter...

Geraldine Francis

Geraldine S. Francis, 83, of 1561 Cold Spring Road, formerly of 71 Pine St., Pittsfield, died Monday at Sweetbrook Care Center, where she had resided for two years. Born in Boston on Dec. 22,...

Rita E. Charron

Rita Elizabeth Charron, 84, of 150 Ashland Park Apartments died Sunday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on July 2, 1916, daughter of Nelson D. and Georgianna...

Martha Eichinger

Martha Eichinger, 79, of 85 Eagle St., formerly of Main Road, Stamford, Vt., died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Skien in Telemark, Norway, on June 7, 1921, daughter of Jorgen J....

Josephine Campedelli, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Josephine "Pep" Campedelli, 85, of 115 Phelps Ave., died Wednesday, April 18, 2001, at her home. Death followed a brief illness. Born in Piani di Albanesi, Italy, on...

Ralph E. Strange, 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ralph Emerson Strange, 65, of 119 Sullivan St. died Tuesday, April 17, 2001, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 14, 1935, son of Florina...

Jacqueline Ann Peck

Mrs. Jacqueline Ann (Miller) Peck, 69, of 343 Cross Road, Clarksburg, MA, died Wednesday afternoon April 18, 2001, at the North Adams Regional Hospital where she was admitted on Monday, April...

Robert Lorenzini

Robert A. Lorenzini, 83, of 3506 Hancock Road died at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. an engineer and the holder of many patents, he had resided in Hancock for the past 31 years, moving from...

Olive C. Pudlo

Olive Cathleen Pudlo, 97, of 10 Briggs St. died Monday at Willowood Health Care Center in North Adams. Born in North Adams on Aug. 26, 1903, daughter of Patrick and Sarah Murphy Prendergast, she...

James LaFleche Jr.

James E. LaFleche Jr., 52, of 717 Waxwing Court, Kissimmee, Fla., died Tuesday, April 3, of a heart attack. He previously had been a resident of Cheshire for 10 years. Born in Adams on Jan. 7,...

Dixon Hall Daniels

Dixon Hall Daniels, 79, of 7 Daniels Ave. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. He was a longtime Adams businessman and civic leader. Born in Adams on Sept. 30, 1921, son of Rupert B....

Zora M. Rozinak

Zora M. Rozinak, 80, a resident of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community, died Wednesday at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on Nov. 1, 1920, daughter of Bedrich and Karla...

Philip E. Kalker

Philip E. Kalker, 68, of 94 Ide Road and Hilton Head Island, S.C., died at his Williamstown home Sunday after a long illness. He was a former member of the Planning Board and Finance Committee....

Felicia A. Banas

Felicia Alice Banas, 88, of 69 North Summer St. died early yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Adams on May 18, 1912, daughter of John and Katherine Krawczyk Jamros, she...

Carrie E. Murach

Carrie Elizabeth Murach, 82, of 2 Fisk St. died Sunday evening at Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in Springfield on June 6, 1918, daughter of Ernest and Annie Freeman Chamberlain,...

Dorothy M. Kustra

Dorothy Mary (Macksey) Kustra, 82, of 24 Anthony St., Adams, died Monday evening in Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield after her transfer there by ambulance following a motor vehicle accident in...

Robert J. Dean

Robert James Dean, 75, of 108 Woodlawn Ave., a longtime schoolteacher in North Adams, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Thursday. Born in North Adams on Aug....

Leo J. Andrews

Leo Joseph Andrews, 64, of 40 Brooklyn St. died Friday at home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 13, 1936, son of Elsie Sorel Andrews Cote and the late Leo J. Andrews, he lived in Cheshire and attended...

Sue Eleanor Davis

Sue Eleanor Elizabeth Davis, 82, of Sweetwood Continuing Care Community died Friday at home. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on April 22, 1918, daughter of William G. and Kathryn Walsh Crandall, she grew up...

Alona Walden

Alona Walden, 82, of Lindley Terrace died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Hudson Falls, N.Y., on May 28, 1918, daughter of Thomas J. and Mabel Breneisen...