Obituaries

Patricia A. Berard, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ms. Patricia Ann (Lescarbeau) Berard, 85, of North Adams, died on Saturday, March 14, 2020, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in North Adams on February 8,...

Frances Charbonneau, 94

WALNUT CREEK, N.C. – Frances Kulpa Charbonneau, 94, of 614 Lake Shore Drive, formerly of Adams, Mass., died early Sunday morning, March 15, 2020, at Wayne Memorial Hospital. A native of...

Peter I. Whitney, 73

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Mr. Peter I. Whitney, 73, of Cheshire, died Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at his home. He was born in Adams on April 13, 1946, a son of the late Charles and Fronie (Jones)...

Walter Vogt, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Walter Scott Vogt, 84, of North Adams, Mass., died on Monday, March 9, 2020, at Williamstown Commons. He was born in Jamaica, N.Y., on August 1, 1935, a...

Peter J. Alibozek, 73

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Peter J. Alibozek, 73, of Adams died Wednesday morning, March 11, 2020, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born in Adams on May 29, 1946, the son...

Rose J. Baker, 74

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Rose Julia Baker, 74, of Cheshire, Mass., passed away March 8, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on February 18, 1946, she was the daughter of...

Jean C. Zabek, 76

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Jean C. (Starsiak) Zabek, 76, formerly of Adams and Cheshire, died Thursday morning, March 5, 2020, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams on April 24, 1943, the...

Gail Nelson, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gail M. Nelson, 72,  of North Adams, a longtime licensed practical nurse, died on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short...

Susan R. Ostrowski, 39

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The family of Susan Rose "Suzy" Ostrowski tearfully share their grief of her unexpected and peaceful passing at her North Adams home on March 4,...

Kenneth E. Randall Sr., 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Kenneth Earl Randall Sr., 81, of North Adams, Mass., died Friday, March 6, 2020, at his home. He was born in North Adams, Mass., on February 19, 1939, son...

Barbara Bednarz, 82

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Barbara J. (Heywood) Bednarz, 82, of Adams died on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at her home. She was born in Adams on December 9, 1937, daughter of the late John and...

JoAnn Maselli, 96

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — JoAnn (Cariddi) Maselli, 96, of Clarksburg, Mass., died Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at Bear Mountain Health Care in West Springfield. At the time of her death, she resided at...

JoAnn Delisle, 62

ADAMS, Mass. — JoAnn (Malloy) Delisle, 62, of Adams died Friday morning, February 28, 2020, at her home. She was born in Adams on July 20, 1957, a daughter of Dorothy (Wandrei) Malloy and...

Nancy Reid, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. —  Nancy Ann (Trimarchi) Reid, 70, of Main Street, Spencer, Mass., died peacefully and comfortably at her home on Sunday, March 1, 2020. She was born on March...

Phyllis Wylde, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Phyllis Mae (Jones) Wylde, 86, of Williamstown, Mass., died Sunday, March 1, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born on January 23, 1934, in North Adams, Mass., a...

Albert J. Messina Jr., 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Albert Joseph Messina Jr., 71, of North Adams, Mass., died Saturday, February 29, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. He was born in Adams, Mass., on November 6,...

Sandra Bissaillon, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sandra (Exford) Bissaillon, 77, of North Adams died March 1, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in North Adams on November 4, 1942, a daughter of the late...

Vincent Duprat, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Vincent E. Duprat, 86, of North Adams died Friday, February 28, 2020, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Clarksburg on February 4, 1934, a son...

Charles W. Cowell Jr., 70

ADAMS, Mass. —  Mr. Charles William Cowell Jr., known to many as "Chuck the Plumber," 70, of Adams died on Thursday, February 27, 2020, at Sweet Brook Care Center in...

Priscilla L. Hall, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Priscilla Louise (Myers) Hall, 71, died Thursday, February 27, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on September 26, 1948,...

Ramona Turgeon, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mrs. Ramona M. Turgeon, 88, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020, at her home. Mrs. Turgeon was a native of Pownal, Vt., where she lived most of her life. She was a...

Loretta Rysz Vinette, 89

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Loretta Jane (Kolodziej) Rysz Vinette, 89, born on July 27, 1930, daughter of the late Henry and Celia (Pliszka) Kolodziej, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 25,...

Thomas A. Walsh, 80

ADAMS, Mass. —Thomas A. Walsh, 80, of Adams, a high-school teacher who touched the lives of countless students in his hometown over four decades, died Feb. 24, 2020, at North Adams Commons...

Germaine Couture, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Germaine Jeanne (Deslauriers) Couture, 92, of North Adams, Mass., died Sunday, February 23, 2020, at Berkshire Medical Center after a stroke. She was born in...

Ronald Emile Couture, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Ronald Emile Couture, 92, of North Adams, Mass., died on Monday, February 24, 2020, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after a hip fracture. He was born on February 12,...