Obituaries

Nora Boschetti Oakes, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Nora May Boschetti Oakes, 93, of Williamstown died Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Oct. 13, 1921, a daughter of Louis and...

William E. Circe, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - William E. Circe, 90, of Lancaster, Pa., died Thursday, March 12, 2015, at his residence. Born in North Adams, he was the son of Ernest and Mary Alice King Circe, he earned...

Nadene L. Lane, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Nadene Lenore Lane, 93, of 14 Windflower Way died Saturday, March 14, 2015, at her home. Born in Indianapolis on Feb. 2, 1922, daughter of Frederick A. and Helen F....

Margaret Barry, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Margaret "Marge" Barry, 91, of 1361 Massachusetts Ave. died Saturday, March 14, 2015, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamsport, Pa., on April 4, 1923, a daughter...

Jane B. Marino, 100

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jane B. Marino, 100, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at North Adams Commons following a brief illness. In October, she had celebrated her 100th birthday...

Charlotte A. Meacham, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Charlotte Anne Meacham, 82, died peacefully on Friday, March 13, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Williamstown on June 23, 1932, daughter of Everett and...

Christine M. Boucher, 44

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Christine Marie Boucher, 44, of 208 Walker St. died Thursday, March 12, 2015, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on July 15, 1970, daughter of Arthur James and...

Keith A. Rock, 53

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Keith A. Rock, 53, of Beaver Street died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, at his home. Born in North Adams on July 11, 1961, a son of Margaret Anderson Camacho of Abilene, Texas, and...

Madeleine F. Boyer, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Madeleine Florence "Maddy" Boyer, 90, died on March 10, 2015, at the Williamstown Commons, where she was cared for lovingly. Born in Williamstown on Nov. 27, 1924,...

Elsie I. LaPlante, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Elsie Irene LaPlante, 93, of 142 Riverside Drive, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in North Adams on June 5, 1921, daughter of Eskiel and...

Gertrude Fields, 96

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Gertrude Fields, 96, of 118 Church St., Proprietor's Field, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Canada on Feb. 16,...

David L. Brown, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - David Linden Brown, 75, of North Adams, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Dexter, Maine, on Feb. 9, 1940, son of Donald W. and...

Irene D. Soja, 88

ADAMS, Mass. — Irene D. Soja, 88, of 23 East St. died Sunday evening, March 8, 2015, at her home. Born in Adams on April 5, 1926, a daughter of John and Anna Kuna Soja, she attended St....

Joseph J. Davis, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joseph John Davis, 94, of 73 Meade Ave. died Monday, March 9, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Dec. 13, 1920, a son of Said and...

Phyllis Groves King, 78

ADAMS, Mass. — Phyllis Groves King, 78, of 1 Berkshire Square died on Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on April 29, 1936, a daughter of...

Stanley A. Dzierga, 93

ADAMS, Mass. — Stanley Andrew Dzierga, 93, of 43 Meadow St., died on Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Adams on Dec. 27, 1921, a son of Andrew...

Ernest H. DelDebbio, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ernest Henry DelDebbio, 82, of 225 State St. died Sunday, March 8, 2015, at the Berkshire Medical Center Emergency Facility in North Adams. Born in North Adams on Aug....

Warren G. Randall, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Warren G. Randall, 84, of Union Street died Sunday, March 8, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on July 29, 1931, he was a son of Warren...

Annette C. Leveque, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Annette C. Leveque, 83, of 191 Ashland St. died Friday March 6, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born on May 10, 1931, in Cornwall, N.Y., a daughter of...

Norman M. Gaudreau, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Norman Marc Gaudreau, 85, of 74 Lincoln St. died Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at his home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 6, 1929, a son of Osias and Albia Babeu Gaudreau, he...

Rita E. Renton, 100

CHESHIRE, Mass. - Rita Emma Renton, 100, of Sandmill Road, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Born in North Adams on June 10, 1914, daughter of Henry and Vitaline Giguere Gageant, she attended local...

James L. Whitney, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - James Lawson "Skip" Whitney, 82, of 5 Whitman St. died Sunday, March 1, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on May 24, 1932, son of Sceva E....

Richard F. Tenczar, 69

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Richard Francis Tenczar, 69, of 236 Devonshire Drive died early Sunday morning, March 1, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Jan. 20, 1946, a...

James Y. Hart Sr., 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - James Yuman "Snooky" Hart Sr., 92, of 65 Hall St., died at home on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, surrounded by his loving family and caregivers, Ellen and Barbara. He was a longtime...

Mary A. Sullivan, 98

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Agnes Sullivan, 98, of North Adams died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2015, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on May 21, 1916, a daughter of...