Obituaries

Elizabeth Zoito, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Elizabeth "Bess" Zoito, 87, of North Hoosac Road died Monday evening, Sept. 27, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a 18-month courageous battle with...

Francis H. Gaspardi, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Francis Henry Gaspardi, 79, of 1589 South Church St. died Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Aug. 29, 1931, son of John Battista and...

Clifford E. Mahar, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Clifford E. Mahar, 83, of 101 Furnace St. died Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Adams on Feb. 14, 1927, a son of Wilson and...

William J. Blay, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William Joseph Blay, 84, of 546 Union St. died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Feb. 26, 1926, son of Godfrey...

Mary C. Gaudreau, 78

ADAMS, Mass. - Mary C. Gaudreau, 78, of 24 Anthony St. died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, at home surrounded by her husband and children, following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on June 16,...

Theresa M. Buck, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Theresa M Buck, 82, of Main Street died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on Aug. 14, 1928, daughter of Walter and Mary...

Mary F. Messier, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Frances Messier, 97, of 546 Union St. died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on March 9, 1913, daughter of Frank and Vittorina...

Patricia Currant Robare, 74

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Patricia Ann Currant Robare, 74, of 594 Walker St., died Sunday, Sept. 19, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Jan. 27, 1936, daughter of Jean and...

Ethel V. Dickinson, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Ethel V. Dickinson, 90, of 720 New Ashford Road, South Williamstown, died Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, at the Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Williamstown on Feb. 14, 1920, a...

Barbara Schwartz, 85

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barbara Schwartz, 85, of 5 Alcot Lane died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in North Adams on March 6, 1925, daughter of Charles...

Beatrice J. Conroy, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beatrice J. "Aunt Bea" Conroy, 91, of 70 East Quincy St., died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, at North Adams Commons with her niece Nancy Walker and sister Judy Walker at her...

Harriet B. Lyons, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Harriet B. Lyons, 84, of Sweetwood Retirement Community, died peacefully Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Mineola, Long Islond, N.Y., on Jan. 1,...

Carol Ann Abate, 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Carol Ann Abate, 75, of Birch Lane died peacefully at home, surrounded by her family on Friday, Sept. 10, 2010, after a long, courageous battle with Lewy Body disease. Born...

Henry J. Wright Sr., 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Henry J. Wright Sr., 72, of 150 Ashland St. died at Williamstown Commons on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. Born in North Adams on March 26, 1938, a son of Henry S. Wright Sr. and...

Eva M. Ferris, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Eva Mildred Ferris, 96, of 150 Ashland St. died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, at her home. Born in North Adams on July 30, 1914, daughter of Eugenio and Julia Barbieri Arrighini,...

Virginia Roark Colo, 86

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Virginia Adalla Roark Colo, 86, of Weaverville, N.C., and formerly of Pittsfield, died Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, in Asheville, N.C. Born in Putney, Vt., on Oct. 7, 1923, daughter...

Elizabeth Carlow, 94

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Elizabeth Carlow, 94, of 20 Henderson Road, died Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 at Sweet Brook Care Center. She was born in North Adams on Aug. 16, 1916, daughter of Fred and Elizabeth...

Francis C. Chapman, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Francis C. "Chip" Chapman, 86, of 1147 North Hoosac Road died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, at his home surrounded by his family. Born in Williamstown on Jan. 27, 1924, a son...

Francis J. Brazeau, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Francis Julien Brazeau, 78, 205 East Main St. died Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams, son of Edward and Rachel Perreault Brazeau, he attended...

Winthrop R. Burdick, 69

FLORIDA, Mass. — Winthrop Roger Burdick, 69, of 41 A Central Shaft Road died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on April 29, 1941,...

Rita G. Lussier, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rita Gloria Lussier, 84, of 18 Tyler St. died Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Born in Adams on March 8, 1926, a daughter of Leon and...

Dianne L. Filiault, 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dianne Louise Filiault, 65, of 20 College Ave. died Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, at home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 29, 1944, daughter of Joseph and Ann Ziemba Tassone, she...

David P. Face, 62

POWNAL, Vt. — David Paul Face, 62, of 1054 South Stream Road died Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., on Jan. 29, 1948,...

Moonray Kojima, 73

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Moonray Kojima, 73, of New York City died peacefully Thursday evening, Aug. 12, 2010, at his summer home in Williamstown after a long battle with cancer. Born in...

Eleanor I. Blair, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Eleanor Irene Blair, 88, of 45 Spring St. died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 15, 1921, daughter of George and Bertha...