Obituaries

Mario A. Rodriguez, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Mario Antonio Rodriguez, 67, of 341 Walnut St. died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, at North Adams Commons. Born in Havana, Cuba, on April 30, 1942, son of Antonio and Mercedes...

Arnaldo Gavazzi, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Arnaldo Gavazzi, 82, of 153 State St. died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Cedrasco, Province of Sondrio, Italy, on July 14, 1927, son of...

Anne T. Westall, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Anne T. Westall, 91, of 310-A Bressett Road died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Jamaica Plain on Sept. 21, 1918, daughter of Edward and...

Erna W. Stehle, 96

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Erna Wilhemina Stehle, 96, of Sweetwood Retirement Community, 1611 Cold Spring Road, died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, at Sweet Bbrook Care Centers. Born in Frankfurt,...

Annina R. Dufraine, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Annina Rose "Lena" (Zappula) Dufraine, 96, of 180 Regan Road, Vernon, Conn., died Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 at the Vernon Manor Nursing Home. She was born in North Adams on...

Marie B. Letourneau, 85

STAMFORD, Vt. — Marie Blanche Letourneau, 85, of 117 Lincoln Road died Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at Bennington Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Readsboro on Nov. 19, 1924, daughter of Edward...

Henry D. Manners, 79

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Henry David "Dave" Manners, 79, of 99 Longview Terrace died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at home. Born in New York City on Jan. 22, 1931, son of David G. and Ida M....

Richard J. Vanasse, 82

STAMFORD, Vt. â€' Richard James Vanasse, 82, of 1477 Main Road and formerly of Williamstown, Mass., died on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at Williamstown Commons after a brief illness. Born in...

Honora T. St. Pierre, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Honora "Anna" T. St. Pierre, 96, died on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 at Chandler Hospice, Newton, Pa. Born in Fall River, Mass., Mrs. St. Pierre was the daughter of Joseph Patrick and...

Mary R. Healey, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mary Rita Healey, 90, of 490 North St. died Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Williamstown on May 28, 1919, daughter of James and Mary...

Ernest J. Monroe, 85

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Ernest James Monroe, 85, of 194 Water St. died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a period of declining health. Born in...

Susan Fabregas, 61

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Susan Fabregas, 61, of Smith Avenue, The Spruces, died on Jan. 29, 2010, at home. Born in Staten Island, N.Y., daughter of Bernard and Elizabeth Bruce Fabregas, she...

Lawrence E. Mattison, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Lawrence Elmer Mattison, 92, of 199 Luce Road died Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 at Williamstown Commons. Born in South Shaftsbury, Vt., on March 22, 1917, son of Carl H. and...

Margaret A. Valois, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Margaret A. "Peggy" Valois, 75, of 70 Crest St. died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Dec. 21, 1934, daughter of Arthur...

Anne F. DeMeo, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Anne F. DeMeo, 92, of 85 Notch Road, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 27, 1917, daughter of Frank and...

Albert J. Cummings III, 79

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Albert James Cummings III, 79, of 804 North Hoosac Road, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington. Born in Williamstown on April 1, 1930,...

Barbara Guertin Gardzina, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Barbara Elizabeth Guertin Gardzina, 76, of 136 Veazie St. died Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, at North adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 27, 1933, daughter of...

Helen Cleary Shepard, 98

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Helen A. Cleary Shepard, 98, of 606 Union St. died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, at the North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on March 21, 1911, a daughter of Domina and...

James T. Carpenter, 59

PITTSFIELD, Mass. â€' James T. Carpenter, 59, of 310 Cloverdale St. died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 29, 1950,...

Brendan E. Hayes, 38

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Brendan E. Hayes, 38, of Kissimmee, Fla., formerly of North Berkshire, died Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at home after being stricken there. Born in Westfield, son of Carol A....

Anne Dignon, 81

POWNAL, Vt. — Anne Dignon, 81, of 556 Mann Hill Road died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, at home. Born in West Orange, N.J., on June 7, 1928, daughter of Edward R. and Anne Richards Nichols, she...

Ethel M. Bullett, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ethel M. Bullett, 72, of Comanche Drive died Friday evening, Jan. 22, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown after a long battle with lung cancer. Born in...

Donald C. Rougeau, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Donald Charles Rougeau, 82, of 514 West Main St. died Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 25, 1927, son of Louis A. and Eva...

Kevin W. Bullett, 54

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kevin William "Bucko" Bullett, 54, of 358 Union St., died at home on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, surrounded by family and friends, after a long battle with lung...

Catherine C. Chalifoux, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Catherine Clare "Kitty" Chalifoux, 89, of 445 Church St. died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, peacefully at home attended by her two daughters. Born in North Adams on May 18,...