Obituaries

Gail Cook, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gail Cook, 68, of North Adams died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Oct. 5, 1947, a daughter of Henry and Gladys Foster St. Pierre,...

Margaret L. Palmer, 80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Margaret L. "Bunny" Palmer, 80, of Adams Road died Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in 1935, daughter of...

Antoinette C. Caccavo, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Antoinette Constance Caccavo, 96, of Hanover, formerly of North Adams, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. Born in North Adams on Aug. 24,...

Bruce A. MacLean, 64

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bruce Alan MacLean, 64, of Pittsfield died on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at Springside Rehabilitation. Born in North Adams on Oct. 19, 1951, a son of Alexander and Anna...

Margaret E. Senecal, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Margaret Emily Senecal, 66, of Woodlawn Avenue died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the North Adams Campus of Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 10, 1949,...

Lloyd H. Shippee, 89

STAMFORD, Vt. — Lloyd Homer Shippee, 89, of Main Road died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at Williamstown (Mass.) Commons.   Born in Stamford on Sept. 14, 1926, son of Alston L. and ...

Nancy E. Weyers, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Nancy Ellen Weyers, 82, of Williamstown, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at Centers for Living and Rehab in Bennington, Vt. Born in North Adams on Jan. 8, 1934, daughter of...

Mary T. Smith, 97

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mary Terese Smith, 97, a former longtime resident of North Adams and Williamstown, died peacefully on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at The Community Hospice House in Merrimack,...

Michael J. Spencer, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael Joseph Spencer, 50, of North Adams died Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on June 10, 1965, a son of Emily...

Beverly Canales, 91

NEW ASHFORD, Mass. — Beverly Canales, 91, of New Ashford died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 9, 1924, daughter of Forrest T. and Viola Kenyon...

Michael V. Malloy, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael Victor Malloy, 72, of North Adams died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at his home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 18, 1943, a son of Robert and Harselia Lefaive Malloy,...

Allan E. McLain, 89

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Allan Eugene McLain. 89, of Clarksburg died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born at his grandparents' home on Henderson Road in...

Olga R. Kitterman, 88

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Olga R. Kitterman, 88, of 75 Pine Grove Drive died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, at Mount Carmel Care Center in Lenox, following a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on April 8...

John A. Casuscelli Sr., 53

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John Arthur Casuscelli Sr., 53, of Reeves Street died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. Born in North Adams on May 28, 1962, son of Elizabeth Racine Casuscelli Crosier of North...

Joan S. Gniadek, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joan Simone Gniadek, 70, of East Main Street died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, at Williamstown Commons after a long battle with cancer and congestive heart failure. Born in...

Rita Lively, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Rita Lively, 89, formerly of Danforth Street, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in Adams on Oct. 23, 1926, daughter...

Joan C. Manners, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Joan Carlisle Manners, 82, of 99 Longview Terrace died on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Hackensack, N.J., on March 8, 1933, daughter of James...

Nancy S. Luscier, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Nancy Stella Luscier, 77, formerly of Pittsfield, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, at the Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Nov. 11, 1938, a daughter of Francis and...

Christopher M. Crane, 78

DALTON, Mass. — Christopher Murray Crane, 78, of Dalton died peacefully at home after a long illness on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, surrounded by family.   A  papermaker for life, Mr....

Dorothy M. Racette, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Margaret Racette, 86, of North Adams died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on May 29, 1929, daughter of Arthur and Genevieve Boyer...

John F. Andrews, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John F. Andrews, 95, of North Adams, died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Feb. 13, 1921, son of Frederic and...

Anthony W. Czarnecki Jr., 47

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony Walter Czarnecki Jr., 47, of Comanche Drive died Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in North Adams on April 25,...

Howard F. Donovan Jr., 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Howard Frederick Donovan Jr., 83, of Mohawk Trail died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, at his home. Born in North Adams on July 3, 1932, a son of Howard and Vivian Wright Donovan,...

Albert C. Russo, 97

LENOX, Mass. — Albert C. Russo, 97, of 329 Pittsfield Road, Devonshire Estates, formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in...

John Bua, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — John Bua, 92, of Apremont Street died Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Chicago on April 10, 1923, son of Salvatore and Lena Corrente...