Obituaries

Cheryl Ann Grogan, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Cheryl Ann Grogan, 66, of 4 Lamoureaux Place died Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at North Adams Commons. Born in Pittsfield on April 6, 1946, daughter of Francis J. and...

Susan Benedict, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Susan Carter Benedict, 82, of 35 Adams Road, Meadowvale Apartments, died peacefully on Saturday, June 9, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born on June 30, 1929,...

Gary W. Grogan, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gary W. Grogan, 75, of North Adams died Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital, after being admitted from Greylock Commons Nursing Home. Born in North...

Rufus W. Burdick, 84

FLORIDA, Mass. — Rufus W. Burdick, 84, of 23 Central Shaft Road died Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at his home. Born in Florida on March 13, 1928, a son of Harvey and Laura Hawes Burdick, he...

Ruth L. Abbott, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Ruth Lillian Abbott, 88, of Sun City, Ariz., formerly of North Adams, died Sunday, June 3, 2012 in Arizona. Born in North Adams on July 10, 1923, daughter of Ernest and Lily...

Margaret M. Garner, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Margaret Mae Garner, 94, of 118 Church St. died Saturday, June 9, 2012, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Feb. 5, 1918, daughter of Mials and...

Barbara C. Newman, 78

FLORIDA, Mass. - Barbara C. Newman, 78, of 197 Whitcomb Hill Road died on Friday, June 8, 2012, at her home surrounded by family. Born in North Adams on July 21, 1933, she was the daughter of the...

Violet E. Lewis, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Violet E. Lewis, 92, of 1159 Massachusetts Ave. died Thursday, June 7, 2012, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Williamstown on Aug. 8, 1919, the...

David P. Betti, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - David Peter Betti, 79, of 74 Cady St. died peacefully on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at his home. Born in North Adams on June 29, 1932, a son of Benjamin F. and Mary Louise...

Richard D. Kornn, 57

ADAMS, Mass. — Richard David Kornn, 57, of 23 Columbia St. died Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Oct. 16, 1954, son of Richard L. and Joyce Jones...

Jameson G. Lavo, 28

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Jameson "Jamie" Greeley Lavo, 28, of Northampton died Friday, June 1, 2012, in Northampton. He was the grandson of the late Lewis H. and Jean Hardy Canedy of North Adams. Born...

Scott W. Haring, 45

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Scott W. Haring, 45, of 47 Walden St. died Sunday evening, May 27, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on July 8, 1966, a son of Jack Haring of Savoy...

Constance A. Brassard, 95

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Constance Allen Brassard, 95, of 75 School St. died Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Feb. 19, 1917, daughter of Timothy and...

J. 'Dixie' Beauchemin, 84

ADAMS, Mass. - Josephine "Dixie" Beauchemin, 84, of 1 Cedar Lane died on Thursday, May 31, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 10, 1927, a daughter of Joachim and Anna...

Thomas F. Haggerty Jr., 88

ADAMS, Mass. — Thomas Francis Haggerty Jr., 88, of 16 Bieniek Ave. died on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on May 3, 1924, son of Thomas F....

Florence R. Swistak, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Florence R. Swistak, 85, of 24 Grove St. died early Friday morning, June 1, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 21, 1926, a daughter of Arthur and...

Rose A. Simard, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rose Agnes Simard, 96, of 106 Veazie St. died Saturday, June 2, 2012, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Aug. 27, 1915, a daughter of Louis and Rose Boyd...

Barbara C. Winn, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Barbara C. Winn, 84, formerly of Williamstown, died Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, at The Mennonite Home in Lancaster, Pa. Born in Williamstown on Nov. 10, 1927, she was the...

Harvey W. Brazeau, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Harvey William Brazeau, 89, of 586 State Road died Friday, June 1, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 24, 1923, son of George and Eva Secor...

Silvio J. Lamarre Jr., 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Silvio Jules Lamarre Jr., 82, of 71 Hawthorne Ave. died Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Nov. 5, 1929, son of Silvio J....

Agnes T. Martin, 83

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Agnes Therese Martin, 83, of 52 Moorland St. and 74 Mile Stretch Road, Biddeford Pool, Maine, died Saturday, May 26, 2012, at her home in Williamstown surrounded by...

Fern M. Goodrich, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Fern M. LeMieux Goodrich, 77, of Liverpool, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died May 3, 2012, at Iroquois Nursing Home in Jamesville, N.Y. Born in North Adams on Sept. 6,...

Aaron P. Ritcher, 21

READSBORO, Vt. — Aaron Peter Ritcher, 21, of 1806 Bosley Hill Road died Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at his home. Born in North Adams, Mass., on July 13, 1990, son of Samantha Hillman Ritcher of...

Harriet Phillips, 86

EGREMONT, Mass. — Harriet Phillips, 86, of North Egremont died Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Born on Aug. 4, 1926, in Brooklyn, N.Y., she moved to North Egremont many years ago and became an avid...

Marjorie Quimby, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marjorie Quimby, 88, of 44 Lois St. died peacefully Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on May 27, 1923, a daughter of...