Obituaries

Lavenia Batchelder Mowe, 93

READSBORO, Vt. — Lavenia Batchelder Mowe, 93, formerly of 45 Tunnel St., died Sunday, June 7, 2015, at Vernon Green Nursing Home in Vernon. Born in Readsboro on Oct. 1, 1921, daughter of...

Ronald H. Wood, 68

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Ronald Henry Wood, 68, of 654 River Road died Sunday, June 7, 2015, at his home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 8, 1946, son of Ralph Wood Sr. and Aurore Rachael Lavigne...

Brigit C. Connerton, 43

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Brigit Cutler Connerton, 43, of Troy, N.Y., a North Adams native, died Friday, May 15, 2015, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, following a routine medical...

Ernest H. O'Dell, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ernest Hannen O'Dell, 83, of North Adams, died Thursday, June 4, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on March 8, 1932, son of Walter...

Barbara D. Przedpelski, 63

ADAMS, Mass. - Barbara Dorothy Przedpelski, 63, of 2 Burnett St. died Monday, June 1, 2015, at her home, surrounded by her family. Born in North Adams on June 8, 1951, a daughter of Raymond W....

David M. Kittler, 74

CHESHIRE, Mass. — David M. Kittler, 74, of 121 Depot St. died Saturday, May 30, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on June 17, 1940, son of Emil and Albertine...

Gerard E. Miller, 77

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gerard E. Miller, 77, of Velma Avenue died Friday evening, May 29, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center. Mr. Miller was a longtime city firefighter and 12-year chairman of...

Paul F. Tero, 58

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Paul Francis Tero, 58, of Buzzards Bay, formerly of North Adams, died Thursday, May 7, 2015, at his home. Born in Boston on Aug. 12, 1956, a son of Claire Goodhue Tero of...

Eugene R. Tatro, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Eugene Robin "Dean" Tatro, 63, of 7 Wood St. died Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at the Northern Berkshire Campus of Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Feb. 21,...

Daniel P. Phelps, 28

NEW ASHFORD, Mass. - Daniel Patrick Phelps, 28, of New Ashford died on Saturday May 23, 2015. Born on Dec. 5, 1986, the son of Harley "Hap" Phelps III and Bette Bassette Phelps of New Ashford, he...

Danforth H. Blanchard, 94

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Danforth Henry "Red" Blanchard, 94, of Venice, Fla., and a former longtime resident of Clarksburg, died Monday, May 25, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in...

Leslie D. Tenney Jr., 83

ADAMS, Mass. — Leslie Delos Tenney Jr., 83, of Derby, Conn., formerly of Adams, died peacefully on Friday, May 15, 2015, at Connecticut Hospice. Born in North Adams on April 16, 1932, the...

Helen M. George, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Helen Mary George, 89, of Williamstown died on Friday, March 27, 2015, at Care One at the Cupola in Paramus, N.J. Born in Pittsfield in 1926, daughter of Louis M. and...

Raymond F. Collier, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Raymond F. Collier, 87, of Barbour Street died on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on March 19, 1928, a son of Raymond...

Carol J. Beaudin, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Carol Joyce "Cookie" Beaudin, 68, or Rocky Mount, N.C., formerly of North Adams, died peacefully on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at her home with her loving husband, Michael W....

Yvonne E. DeSanty, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Yvonne Emilia DeSanty, 79, of Adams Street died Saturday, May 16, 2015. Born in Bedford on Jan. 4, 1936, daughter of Thomas and Emilia Gomes Boino, she was a child when...

Helen Davis, 99

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Helen Davis, 99, of Sweetwood Retirement Community died Saturday, May 16, 2015, at her apartment after a brief illness. Family and staff were at her side. Born in...

David A. Kanelos, 52

ADAMS, Mass. — David A. Kanelos, 52, of Victory Terrace died Friday, May 15, 2015, at his home. Born in North Adams on July 13, 1962, a son of Dolores Oslizlo Kanelos and the late, Louis...

Laurene M. Belisle, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Laurene M. Belisle, 66, of Westfield, formerly of North Adams, died suddenly after a brief illness on Thursday, May 14, 2015, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield,...

Frederick D. Shea Jr., 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Frederick Daniel Shea Jr., 75, of 143 Notch Road died on Friday, May 15, 2015. Born in Springfield on Oct. 9, 1939, a son of Frederick and Rosellen Southgate Shea, he...

Lawrence Roberts, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lawrence Roberts, 89, of 556 Barbour St. died Thursday, May 14, 2015, at North Adams Commons after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 18, 1925, son of Lucien...

Walter W. Worth, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Walter Wilson Worth, 70, of 150 Ashland St. died Thursday, May 14, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on June 12, 1944, son of William...

Jerry A. Whitney Jr., 45

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Jerry Allen Whitney Jr., 45, of 25 Gallup St. died May 9, 2015, in Boston. Born in North Adams on April 28, 1970, son of Hester Pierce Whitney Sheldon of North Adams and the...

Mary C. Pellerin, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Mary Catherine Pellerin, 88, of 16 Ray St. died Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at North Adams Commons following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Dec. 16, 1926, daughter of...

John H. Martin, 62

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John Henry Martin, 62, of 83 Hathaway St. died Friday, May 8, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center's North Adams campus. Born in North Adams on Aug. 3, 1952, son of Kenneth...