Obituaries

Reinee A. Breen, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Reinee Agnes Breen, 86, of Saco Avenue, Old Orchard Beach, Maine, died peacefully Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in Portland, Maine, surrounded by her loving family. Born in North...

Peder T. Couture, 22

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Peder T. Couture, 22, of 61 Bridges Road died Feb. 1, 2015, of mitochondrial and Partington disorders. Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on May 19, 1992, he was the son of...

David A. Gancarz, 63

CHESHIRE, Mass. — David Andrew Gancarz, 63, of 489 Savoy Road died Sunday afternoon, Feb. 1, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Jan. 27, 1952, a son of...

Sandra DeLuca Richardson, 45

ADAMS, Mass. - Sandra L. DeLuca Richardson, 45, of 312 East Road died on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Greenfield on Dec. 12, 1969, daughter of David...

Isaac B. Colo, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Isaac Bernard Colo, 92, of Medway, formerly of North Adams, died on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. Born in Readsboro, Vt., the only son of Arduino and Elzina LaPan Colo, he was...

Mary Frances Dean, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Frances Dean, 86, of 108 Woodlawn Ave. died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on June 5, 1928, a daughter of James and...

Norman L. Lamoureux, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Norman L. Lamoureux, 94, of 267 Mohawk Forest Blvd., died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at Williamstown Commons, where he was a patient for the last month. Born in North...

Charles J. Bissaillon, 76

ADAMS, Mass. — Charles Joseph Bissaillon, 76, of 79 Lime St. died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on May 26, 1938, son of Andrew and...

Theresa Rose Morin, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Theresa Rose Morin, 80, of 524 State St. died Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, at Williamstown Commons, surrounded by her family. Born in Adams on July 29, 1934, daughter of...

Madeline E. DeMastrie, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Madeline E. "Bunny" DeMastrie, 68, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at her home. Born in North Adams on April 22, 1946, a daughter of...

Clare E. Langer, 87

ADAMS, Mass. - Clare E. Langer, 87, of 1 Berkshire Square died on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Feb. 15, 1927, a daughter of Joseph and...

Lucius M. Coody Jr., 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Lucius Monroe Coody Jr., 87, of 70 Frederick St. died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born in North Adams on June 28, 1927, a son of...

Ronald F. Skorupski, 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ronald Francis Skorupski, 61, of 47 Washington Ave. died on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, at his home. Born on Aug. 3, 1953, son of Alexander and Dorothy Cote Skorupski, he...

Henry A. Cyr, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Henry A. Cyr, 77, of College Avenue died after a long illness on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at his home surrounded by family. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on July 3, 1937, a son of Leon...

James L. May, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James L. May, 75, of North Adams, a former longtime resident of Florida Mountain and a professor emeritus of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, died peacefully at home...

Michael Brian Renzi, 50

RICHMOND, Mass. — Michael Brian Renzi, 50, of Swamp Road died Sunday, Jam. 18, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield as a result of a tragic automobile accident. Born in Pittsfield...

Thomas F. Lemaire, 60

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Thomas Francis Lemaire, 60, of River Road died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at his home. Born in North Adams on July 12, 1954 a son of Arthur P. Lemaire Sr. and Helen...

Lena Pitman, 101

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lena Pitman, 101, of Melbourne Place, 140 Melbourne Road, Pittsfield, formerly of North Adams, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care in Lenox. Born...

Theodore McAllister Jr., 70

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Theodore W. McAllister Jr., 70, of 464 North Houghton St. died Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at his home, surrounded his loving family. Born in Portland, Maine, on June 10,...

Robert G. Bach, 94

LENOX, Mass. — Robert G. Bach, 94, of Kimball Farms died on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. Born in Bronx, N.Y., in 1920, the son of Russian immigrants, he lived in Hancock, Williamston and Lenox,...

Joan Ellen Rivers, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joan Ellen Rivers, 67, of 435 Reservoir Road died on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in Adams on Dec. 26, 1947, daughter of Edwin...

Beverly J. Beaudreau, 55

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beverly Jean Beaudreau, 55, of Franklin, N.H., formerly of North Adams, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on March...

Lee W. Del Ratez, 40

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lee William Del Ratez, 40, of 62 North St. died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on June 4, 1974, son of William...

Herman G. Berkman, 91

ADAMS, Mass. — Herman Gerald Berkman, 91, of 1 Berkshire Square and of Lake Drive, Stockbridge, died on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Monticello,...

Stanley M. Uchman, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Stanley M. "Mike" Uchman, 91, of Notch Road died Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on April 20, 1923, son of Jakub and Aniela Kaszybski...