Obituaries

Dr. Edward W. Luczynski Jr., 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dr. Edward W. Luczynski Jr., 84, a longtime resident of Williamstown, died on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Born in Bayonne, N.J., on July 25, 1930, son of Dr. Edward W....

Diana L. Kennedy, 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Diana Lynn Kennedy, 57, of 38 North Holden St. died Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center North. Born in North Adams on May 20, 1957, daughter of Maitland...

Leonard S. Smith, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Leonard S. Smith, 91, of 249 Franklin St. died on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, at Bay State Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Westfield on April 17, 1923, a son of...

Jeffrey D. Hoag, 47

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jeffrey Dayton Hoag, 47, of 77 Holbrook St. died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, at his home. Born in Cambridge, N.Y., on Feb. 27, 1967, son of Alan Hoag and Myra Slocum Geib,...

Robert F. McConnell, 72

ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Francis McConnell, 72, of 31 Harding Ave. died on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center North in North Adams. Born in North Adams on Oct. 21, 1941, a son...

Rita C. Wilusz, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rita Catherine Wilusz, 95, of 611 State Road died Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. at Williamstown Commons. Born in Salerno, Italy, on April 5, 1919, daughter of Ciro and Rosa...

Michael D. Tassone, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael D. Tassone, 73, of 51 Parker St. died Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, at the Vibra Hospital in Springfield. Born in Westfield on Aug. 5, 1941, a son of Domenick and...

Dorothy E. Smith, 81

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Dorothy Elizabeth Smith, 81, of 21 Stoney Brook Drive died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Mystic, Conn., on Sept. 5, 1933, a...

John A. Johannes, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John Anthony Johannes, 96, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Palmerton, Pa., on Aug. 11, 1918, the son...

Loyola M. Fitzpatrick, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Loyola M. Fitzpatrick, 91, formerly of North Adams, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, at the Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, surrounded by her loving family....

Elaine Minor, 82

STAMFORD, Vt. — Elaine Minor, 82, of 1180 Bergrucken Lane died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014 at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in Manhattan, N.Y., on May 3, 1932, a...

Cecilia S. Dupuis, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Cecilia Suzan Dupuis, 93, of 73 Furnace St. died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Dec. 15, 1920, a daughter of the...

Barbara A. Levesque, 67

ADAMS, Mass. — Barbara A. Levesque, 67, of 17 Pleasant St., died Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, at the Brigham & Woman's Hospital in Boston surrounded by her family. Born in Springfield on Aug. 2,...

Margaret DeMyer, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Margaret DeMyer, 87, of Williamstown died Thursday Sept. 4, 2014, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 5, 1927, a daughter of Joseph William and Helen...

Mildred De Lay, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Mildred De Lay, 89, died Sept. 1, 2014, at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since January 2012. She died after a long and slow decline. Born in Calhoun, Ga., in...

Norman J. Thomas, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Norman Joseph Thomas, 77, of 288 Houghton St. died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., on April 22, 1937, son of...

Anselmo Ashe Benoni, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anselmo Ashe Benoni, 89, of 345 Walnut St. died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Dec. 12, 1924, son of Giuseppe and Maria Rossi...

William M. Kirby Jr., 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — William Moses Kirby Jr., 87, of 1108 North Hoosac Road died on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, at the BMC Emergency Satellite Facility in North Adams. Born in North Adams...

David C. Lewis, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — David Carl Lewis, 74, of 42 Apache Drive died Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014 a Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Sept. 3, 1939, a son of Baden and...

Steven M. Farrar, 55

BENNINGTON, Vt. - Steven Michael Farrar, 55, of 26 School St. died following a long illness on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, surrounded by his loving family, at the Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in...

Douglas K. Wylde, 79

STAMFORD, Vt. — Douglas K. Wylde, 79, of 1135 Main Road died Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, at the BMC Satellite Emergency Facility in North Adams, Mass. A civic and business leader, he was the...

Elmo Demo, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Elmo Demo, 91, of Chantilly Avenue died peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014, in the loving care of Williamstown Commons.Born in North Adams on May 25, 1923, son of...

Eugene F. Libardi, 99

READSBORO, Vt. — Eugene Francis "Gino" Libardi, 99, of Readsboro died peacefully on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, at home with his family. Born in Richmond, Mass., on Aug. 2, 1915, son of Carlo...

Donald B. Beliveau, 82

ADAMS, Mass. - Donald Bernard Beliveau, 82, of 17 Pleasant St. died Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on June 13, 1932, son of Bernard and Anna...

Agnes F. Vanuni, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Agnes Frances Vanuni, 84, of 4 Woodlawn Ave. died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on May 18, 1930, daughter of...