Obituaries

Leon K. Berry Jr., 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Leon Kim Berry Jr., 94, of 900 Tamiami Trail, South 430, Venice, Fla., formerly of North Adams, died on May 7, 2015, at Venice Hospital, after a brief illness. Born in...

William M. Girardi Sr., 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William M. "Shep" Girardi Sr., 91, of 281 Walnut St., died Monday, May 11, 2015, at Henry Haywood Hospital in Gardner. Born in North Adams on Aug. 3, 1923, son...

Martha LaValley, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Martha LaValley, 86, of 18 Meadow St. died at her home on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, surrounded by her loving family. Born in North Adams on Sept. 27, 1928, the daughter of...

Francis E. McSweeny, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Francis E. "Frank" McSweeny, 87, of Stonington, Conn., formerly of Williamstown, died Thursday, April 30, 2015, in the company of loving family and friends. Born in...

Edith E. Goodermote, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Edith E. Goodermote, 95, of 243 State St. died on Thursday, April 30, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born on June 30, 1919, in Fort Edward, N.Y., she...

Grace L. Scarfone, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Grace Louise Scarfone, 87, of 484 Barbour St. died Friday, May 1, 2015, at Mount Marie Health Care Center in Holyoke. Born in North Adams on April 9, 1928, a daughter...

Samuel R. Ross, 96

LENOX, Mass. — Samuel R. Ross, 96, of Devonshire Estates died Friday, April 24, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Russia on May 15, 1918, the son of Lewis and Pearl...

Mary V. Fulginiti, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary V. Fulginiti, 97, of 118 Liberty St. died Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Aug. 10, 1917, daughter of Joseph and Marianna...

Gerald Luscier, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Gerald Luscier, 83, of North Hoosac Road died on Monday, April 27, 2015, at the Berkshire medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Oct. 30, 1931, a son of...

Carol Joyce Ogert, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Carol Joyce Ogert, 77, of Rockland Road, North Scituate, died Friday, April 24, 2015, at Woodpecker Hill Health Center in Greene, R.I. Born in North Adams in 1938, a daughter...

William H. Scanlan, 73

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — William H. Scanlan, 73, of North Hoosac Road died of congestive heart failure at his home on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. A longtime newspaperman, he had worked at The...

Alba Ramona Oliva, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Alba Ramona Oliva, 84, of 1570 Massachusetts Ave. died Sunday, April 26, 2015, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Santa Ana, Honduras, on Feb. 28, 1931, daughter of Mercedes and...

Simone Marie Chouinard, 99

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Simone Marie Chouinard, 99, formerly of 138 East Quincy St. died Monday, April 27, 2015, at Heritage Hall in Agawam. Born in Napierville, Quebec, on Aug. 31, 1915,...

Phyllis M. Spofford, 85

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Phyllis Marie Spofford, 85, of Clarksburg and Dunedin, Fla., died peacefully on Saturday, April 25, 2015, in Palm Harbor, Fla. Born in North Adams on April 11, 1930, the...

Joan Goldener Mann, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Joan Theresa Goldener Mann, 87, of 113 Longview Terrace died Saturday, April 25, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Providence, R.I., on Jan. 8, 1928, daughter of...

Beverly Ann Gibeau, 69

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beverly Ann Gibeau, 69, of North Adams died Thursday, April 23, 2015, at her home. Born in North Adams on Feb. 13, 1946, a daughter of Nelson and Eva Niles Briggs, she...

Nellie Mary Ferris, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Naheela "Nellie Mary" Ferris, 96, of 35 Olds St. died Thursday April 23, 2015, at the home of her daughter, Lorraine Brown of North Adams. Born in North Adams on April...

Gloria A. Norman, 60

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Gloria A. Norman, 60, of 28 Charles St. died on Thursday, April 23, 2015, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Miami on Feb. 22, 1955, a daughter of George and Irene Fisk...

Shirley M. Lincoln, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Shirley M. Lincoln, 80, of North Adams died on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on March 21, 1935, a daughter of...

Thelma E. LaPier, 81

HANCOCK, Mass. — Thelma E. LaPier, 81, of Hancock Road died on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Stephentown, N.Y., on April 29, 1933, a...

Norman N. Perenick, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Norman Nicholas Perenick, 88, of North Adams, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. Born in North Adams on July 7, 1926, he was the oldest of five children of Salvatore and...

Rita A. Baker, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Rita Angela Baker, 95, of Windsor, Conn., formerly of North Adams, died peacefully on Saturday, April 18, 2015. Born in North Adams on Feb. 15, 1920, though she always...

Ruth B. Moody, 90

DALTON, Mass. - Ruth B. Moody, 90, of Dalton and Center Harbor, N.H., died Thursday, April 16, 2015. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 10, 1924, the only child of John L. and Lillian V. Bowerman, she...

Donna Cooper-Goodell, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Donna Lee Cooper-Goodell, 76, of North Adams died Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at her home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 5, 1939, daughter of Nelson and Edith Estes Shaw, she...

Edna Mae Williams, 96

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Edna Mae Williams, 96, of 81 Brooks Heights died at home on Mercy Sunday, April 12, 2015, after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Aug. 13, 1918, daughter of John T....