Obituaries

Bernadette M. Jones

Bernadette M. Jones, 82, of 76 Myers Ave., died Sunday at her home. Born in Granby, Québec, on Dec. 3, 1924, daughter of Hector and Delia St. Amand Foisy, she moved to North Adams as a child...

Mary Dunaj

Mary Dunaj, 92, a former longtime resident of Adams, died Monday at Northampton Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Windber, Pa., on Aug. 30, 1914, daughter of Anthony and Katherine Leja...

Tracyee Alexander Afari

Tracyee Alexander Afari, 51, of 89 John St., died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 1, 1955, daughter of Earl G. and Iris Bowery Persip, she was a 1973 graduate of Taconic High School and...

Marilyn H. "Lynn" Squires

Marilyn H. "Lynn" Squires, 77, a three-year resident of Hillcrest Commons, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. She lived previously at Rose Manor. Born in Sunderland, Vt., on Nov. 4,...

Joseph John Rosse

Joseph John Rosse, 83, of 1100 Mohawk Trail, Lot 61, died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 12, 1923, son of Giovanni and...

Nicholas D. Placido

Nicholas D. Placido, 79, of 43 Atwood Ave., died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 25, 1928, son of Antonio F. and Mary Marini Scipione Placido, he attended Pittsfield schools. He...

Craig A. Paul Sr.

Craig A. Paul Sr., 54, of 533A Main St. died Sunday at home after a long illness. Born in Pownal, Vt., on Oct. 10, 1952, son of the late George A. Paul Sr. and Helen Owens Paul, he moved to the...

Katherine Mendonsa

Katherine Mendonsa, 56, of 5303 North 7th St., Phoenix, formerly of North Adams, died Thursday at Sherman Hospice House in Phoenix. Born in North Adams on Dec. 8, 1950, daughter of Barbara Haskins...

Frances A. Mack

Frances A. Mack, 83, of Hillcrest Commons, died there Saturday. Born in Central Falls, R.I., on Nov. 8, 1923, daughter of Frank and Josephine Posneck Siatkowski, she moved to Adams as a child and...

Jacqueline Patricia Holcomb

Jacqueline Patricia Holcomb, 30, of 154 Barnes Road, Falls Village, Conn., a native of Pittsfield, died May 24 from injuries sustained in an automoblie accident. Born on March 4, 1977, daughter of...

Richard L. Doak

Richard L. Doak, 69, of 93 Roselyn Drive, died Friday at home. Born in Newcastle, Wyo., on Nov. 28, 1937, son of Harry and Edna Scott Doak, he graduated from Ohio University in 1960 with a...

Ruth Ester Critelli

Ruth Ester Critelli, 89, of 15 Tyler St., died yesterday at Williamstown Commons. Born in Bennington, Vt., on March 31, 1918, daughter of Ronald and Laura Packard Morris, she moved to North Adams...

Elvera Rose Uberti

Elvera Rose Uberti, 90, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died yesterday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Sept. 25, 1916, daughter of Ralph and Rose Critelli...

John F. Shaw

John F. Shaw, 60, of 276 East St., died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on April 29, 1947, son of John and Priscilla White Shaw, he moved to Albany, N.Y., at an early age and was a 1967...

Lillian Grace Schnopp

Lillian Grace Schnopp, 94, of 876 South St., died Thursday at home. Born in Greenwich, N.Y., on April 7, 1913, daughter of Albert and Margaret Moon Ward, she was educated in schools there and...

John Samuel "BeeBop" Ordyna

John Samuel "BeeBop" Ordyna, 84, of 1248 Main Road died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital after being admitted Wednesday. Born in Adams on March 24, 1923, son of Walter and Josephine...

Virginia McAuley

Virginia McAuley, 87, of 8 Whipple St., formerly of Cheshire, died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Adams on Feb. 26, 1920, daughter of George and Caroline Urban McAuley, she attended...

Bernice J. Estes

Bernice J. Estes, 97, formerly of 130 East Windsor Road, died Wednesday at Curtis Manor Retirement Home, where she had resided since November 2005. Born in Mansfield on April 17, 1910, daughter of...

Mary Agnes Bonneville

Mary Agnes Bonneville, 75, of 350 Ponce Place, Boulder, Colo., died Monday at home. Born in Pittsfield on May 30, 1931, daughter of Eugene and Mary Anna Bonneville, she graduated from Smith...

Daniel P. Mahoney

Daniel P. Mahoney, 62, of 58 Brown St., died Friday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 30, 1945, son of Daniel J. and Gertrude Tyer Mahoney, he was a graduate of St. Mary's Grammar School in Lee...

Dina Costi Gardieff

Dina Costi Gardieff, 90, of 415 East Housatonic St., died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 21, 1917, daughter of Faustino and Lena Volpi Fontana, she lived in the...

William J. Cuthbertson

William J. Cuthbertson, 90, formerly of 31 Donna Ave., died Thursday at Craneville Place in Dalton, where he had resided for a month. Born in Pittsfield on March 15, 1917, son of William and Anna...

Sylvia S. Ayers

Sylvia S. Ayers, 64, of 92D Pomeroy Ave., died Friday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a battle with cancer. Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, on April 21, 1943, daughter of Jennie...

Lillian M. Wagner

Lillian M. Wagner, 85, formerly of Benedict Road, died Saturday at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 22, 1921, daughter of Erik and Sarah Kernam Meyer, she was a St. Joseph's...

Ruth A. McCarthy, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Ruth Ann McCarthy, 77, formerly of 149 Church St., died Sunday, May 27, 2007, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on July 13, 1929, daughter of Arthur and Marion...