Obituaries

Ann M. Tassone, 89

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Ann Mildred Tassone, 89, of 93 Nutmeg Lane, The Spruces, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams, Mass. on May 4, 1920, daughter of John...

Virginia L. Walsh, 67

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Virginia Linda "Ginny" Walsh, 67, of Charles Street, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. Born in...

Joseph L. Marcil, 47

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joseph L. Marcil, 47, of Meade Avenue died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness. Born in North Adams, he was the...

Abbott Gomberg, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Abbott Gomberg, 88, of Jerome Drive died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, at home with his wife, Nada Samuels, at his side. Born in Fall River, on May 8, 1921, son of...

Doris J. Mazza, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Doris Juliet Mazza, 95, of 22 Veazie St., died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on June 17, 1914, daughter of Hector and Cecelia Reopel...

Emma L. Sherman, Infant

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Baby girl Emma Lynn Sherman died shortly after birth on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, at North Adams Regional Hospital. She was the daughter of Paul and Leah DiSanti Sherman...

Robert J. Swain, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Joseph Swain, 80, of 106 Bonair Ave. died Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, at Kindred Hospital in Springfield. Born in New Bedford on Nov. 28, 1929, son of Robert and Helen...

Margaret Whiteman, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Margaret Whiteman, 82, of Yarmouth, formerly of Williamstown, died Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, at home, surrounded by family. Born in West Haven, Conn., daughter of Michael...

Anne Olsen, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anne Olsen, 88, of 83 Hall St. died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Nov. 6, 1921, daughter of James L. and...

Sean B. Williams, 22

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Sean Busbee Williams, 22, of 140 Musterfield Heights died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, as a result of an automobile accident in Shelburne Falls. Born in North Adams on Aug. 26,...

Rosemarie V. Gelinas, 69

FLORIDA, Mass. — Rosemarie Veronica Gelinas, 69, of 11 Moores Road died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Stamford, Conn., on Jan. 16, 1940, daughter of Hugo and...

Jessica E. Bolognani, 18

READSBORO, Vt. - Jessica Elise Bolognani, 18, of 3420 West Hill Drive died Saturday Jan. 2, 2010, as a result of a snowmobile accident in Heartwellville. Born in Bennington on July 11, 1991,...

Mary Salisbury, 80

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Mary Salisbury, 80, of Pine Lane, Ashley Falls, died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009, at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Great Barrington on Feb. 6, 1929, daughter...

Deana M. Deschaine, 29

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Deana Marie Deschaine, 29, of Angeli Street died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, at home. Born in Holyoke on March 13, 1980, daughter of Dean A. and Susan M. Merritt Deschaine...

Clara R. Zinnermon, 94

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Clara Ruth Bell Zinnermon, 94, of South Main Street died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, at Fairview Commons. Born in Atlantic City, N.J., on Aug. 2, 1915,, daughter of...

Arnold S. Caplin, 80

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Arnold S. Caplin, 80, died Friday, Dec. 25, 2009, at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center after a long illness. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 8, 1929, he was the son of...

Sister Angela Bisol, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sister Angela Bisol, 94, of the Venerini Sisters of Worcester died there on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. Sister Angela taught in the former St. Anthony's Parish from the late...

Arthur J. Dassatti, 91

READSBORO, Vt. — Arthur James Dassatti, 91, of 74 Canal Drive died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009, at Bennington Health and Rehabilitation Center. He served on the Board of Selectman from 1957 to...

Irene I. Larese, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Irene Isabel Larese, 92, of 4 Grimes St. died Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on July 1, 1917, daughter of Lawrence and Maria Wojciek Pikul,...

Mary Ann Shand, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Mary Ann Shand, 76, of 94 Meadow St. died Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, at home. Born in Union City, N.J., on Aug. 13, 1933, daughter of James and Celia Floriani Oliveri, she...

Anna May Tryon, 90

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Anna May Tryon, 90, died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, at home, of congestive heart disease. Born in Sheffield on July 8, 1919, daughter of Frederick and Mary Clarke Woodbeck,...

Margaret Leete, 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Margaret "Peg" Leete, 93, of 332 North St. died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Cambridge on Aug. 22, 1916, daughter of James and...

Richard H. Gatland, 94

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Richard H. Gatland, 94, of Sweetwod Retirement Community, died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Lancaster, Pa., on Dec. 10, 1914, son of...

Rita L. Girardi, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Rita Louise Girardi, 88, of 391 Walnut St. died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Sept. 7, 1921, daughter of Louis and Julia Ercoliani...

Eleanor Cutler, 80

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Eleanor "MiMi" Cutler, 80, of 417 North Houghton St. died Thursday, Dec. 16, 2009, at North Adams Commons, surrounded by her family. Born in North Adams on Jan. 19,...