Obituaries

Michael A. Ritcher, 47

READSBORO, Vt. - Michael Aaron Ritcher, 47, of 1806 Bosley Hill Road died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, at his home. Born in North Adams, Mass., on Sept. 12, 1964, son of Clarence and Betty Ann Bostwick...

Barbara A. Raymond, 78

ADAMS, Mass. — Barbara Ann Raymond, 78, of 116 Howland Ave. died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on July 24, 1933, daughter of William...

Sybil M. Kemp, 79

SAVOY, Mass. — Sybil Miriam Kemp, 79, of 67 Brier Road died Sunday morning, Dec. 4, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Westfield on Dec. 21, 1931, daughter of Fred and...

Charles W. Latimer, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Charles White Latimer, 86, of 488 East Main St., died Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in New York City on April 20, 1925, son of Harold and Edith Thayer...

Laura J. Gomeau, 35

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Laura J. Gomeau, 35, of 150 Ashland St. died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, at home. born in North Adams on June 16, 1976, a daughter of James Gomeau of Adams and Barbara DeMers...

Lawrence E. Mille Sr., 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lawrence Edward Mille Sr., 65, of North Adams died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Jan. 6, 1946, son of...

Charles Goddard, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Charles Goddard, 73, formerly of North Adams, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at Sugar Hill Assisted Senior Living Community in Dalton, where he had resided since June 2010. Born...

Vera Davine Libardoni, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Vera Leah Davine Libardoni, 86, of 25 Myers Ave. died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 3, 1925, a daughter of William and Katherine Timothy,...

Barbara E. Rizzo, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Barbara Ellen Rizzo, 66, of 93 Cleveland Ave. died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Nov. 21, 1945, a...

Tim A. Bolognani, 49

READSBORO, Vt. — Tim Alan Bolognani, 49, of 3420 West Hill Drive died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, while hunting in Readsboro. Born in North Adams, Mass., on Aug. 26, 1962, son of Betty Whitney...

Benjamin I. Birch, 39

READSBORO, Vt. - Benjamin Isaac Birch, 39, of 7053 B Main St. died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, in a hunting accident in Readsboro. Born in Bennington, Vt., on July 28, 1972, son of William E. Birch...

Prince H. Gordon, 98

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Prince Hodgson "Red" Gordon, 98, of Sweetwood Retirement Community, 1611 Cold Spring Road, died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011, at his home. Born in Athens, Ga., on Aug. 11,...

H.C. 'Sonny' Devio Jr., 62

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Homer Clarence "Sonny" Devio Jr., 62, of 153 Corinth St. died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, Thanksgiving Day, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born in North...

Celina F. Dupre, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Celina Flora Dupre, 88, of 150 Ashland St. died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on April 1, 1923, daughter of...

Michael A. Kline, 59

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael Allen Kline, 59, of 57 Tyler St. died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, at home. Born in North Adams on June 19, 1952, son of Marion A. Whitmore Kline of North Adams and...

Shirley A. Clukey, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Shirley Agnes Clukey, 86, of Cameron House, Lenox, formerly of Williamstown, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, at her home. Born in North Adams on May 16, 1925, daughter of...

James W. Schmehl, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James W. Schmehl, 66, of 61 State Road died Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Perth Amboy, N.J., on Feb. 16, 1945, a son of Robert and...

Linda L. Lavanway, 60

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Linda Lou Lavanway, 60, of 484 Middle Road died Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on April 25, 1951, daughter of...

Claire Bassie-Strickland, 68

ADAMS, Mass. — Claire Ann Bassie-Strickland, 68, of 17 Newark St. died early Monday morning, Nov. 14, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Feb. 20, 1943, a...

Gordon S. Fisk Jr., 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Gordon S. Fisk Jr., 75, of 1062 North Hoosac Road died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on March 16, 1936, a son of Gordon S. and...

Robert E. Brzozowy, 61

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Eugene Brzozowy, 61, of 38 North Holden St. died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, at home. Born in North Adams on May 7, 1950, son of Ruth Wickline Brzozowy Tirrell of...

William B. Davis, 95

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — William Blackinton Davis, 95, of 35 Adams Road, formerly of Elm Street, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, at home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 21, 1915, a son of Clifford...

Josephine A. Birch, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Josephine Ann Birch, 87, of 34 Harold Ave., Latham, N.Y., died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, at North Adams Commons. She was a former longtime resident of 72 Marietta St. Born in...

Marie V. Lamarre, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marie Virginia Lamarre, 84, of 71 Hawthorne Ave. died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 13, 1927, daughter of Silvio J. Lamarre...

Angelia M. Giracca-Sisto, 36

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Angelia Mary Forrest Giracca-Sisto, 36, of 347 East Main St. died peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, at home, surrounded by family. Despite multiple operations,...