Obituaries

Thomas James Garner

Thomas James Garner, 58, of 585 State Road, died yesterday at home of natural causes. Born in North Adams on Aug. 21, 1948, son of James A. and Cecelia LaDouceur Garner, he graduated from Drury...

Jessica L. Gable

Jessica L. Gable, 23, of 97 Cromwell Ave., died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield on April 27, 1983, daughter of Robert A. and Susan Kellogg...

Julius "Red" Czaja

Julius "Red" Czaja, 86, a native of North Adams, died Sunday at Sunrise Assisted Living House in Columbia, Md., where he had resided for three years. Born at home on Beaver Street on March 31,...

Heather E. Bemis, 39

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Heather Elizabeth Bemis, 39, of Grant Street, formerly of Richmond, Mass., died Monday. Feb. 5, 2007, at home of cancer. Born in Adams, Mass., on Dec. 20, 1967, daughter of...

Stacia H. Soderstrom

Stacia H. Soderstrom, 90, of 26 Anthony St., died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on April 6, 1916, daughter of Karol and Zofia Swajkos Konieczny, she attended local...

Barbara J. Ryan

Barbara J. Ryan, 67, of 5 Jeffrey Drive, died Saturday at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 7, 1939, daughter of Raymond and Catherine...

Harriet Rosenblatt

Harriet Rosenblatt, 80, of 600 Laurel St., died yesterday at Laurel Lake Nursing Care Center. Born in New York City on Feb. 28, 1926, daughter of Charles Rosenblatt and Lena Rourke, she attended...

Rita S. Nesbit

Rita S. Nesbit, 93, of St. Patrick's Manor in Framingham, former longtime resident of Elmview Terrace, died Tuesday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 10, 1913, daughter of Peter A. and Lillian...

George D. Mason

George D. Mason, 58, of 590 South Main St., died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 5, 1949, son of George and Barbara Cochrane Mason, he moved to Southwick as a child and attended...

Eric R. Lagerwall

Eric R. Lagerwall, 68, of Route 295, East Chatham, N.Y., died Tuesday at his residence. He was the father of Glenn E. Lagerwall of Lanesborough. Born July 10, 1938, in Nyack, N.Y., son of the...

Barbara Emma Fulvi

Barbara Emma Fulvi, 81, of 27 Country Road, died Tuesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield, where she had resided for the past three weeks. She had resided in Hinsdale since...

Louis E. Bastien, 70

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Louis E. Bastien, 70, of 46 Summer St. died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007, at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in North Adams on Jan. 18, 1937, son of Harold and Dorothy...

Evelyn Barbara Rivard

Evelyn Barbara Rivard, 83, of 25 Overlook Terrace, died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Nov. 10, 1923, daughter of George and Fannie Hicks Smith, she was a 1941...

Sue Ellen Davignon, 55

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sue Ellen Davignon, 55, of 147 North St., died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Born in North Adams on Feb. 16, 1951, daughter of...

Ann A. Nixon Williams

Ann A. Nixon Williams, 88, of 498 South St., died yesterdayat Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Fall River on March 4, 1918, daughter of Stanley and Julia Banach Nixon, she was educated in...

Jonathan D. Levinsky

Jonathan D. Levinsky, 50, a native of Pittsfield and resident of Burlington, Vt., died yesterday of cancer. Born in Pittsfield on March 13, 1956, son of John and Jane Levinsky of Burlington, he...

John Ashton Frankenberg

John Ashton Frankenberg, 70, of 147 Patricia Ave., died Sunday at home. Born in Boston on Jan. 19, 1937, son of Thomas Lloyd and Dorothy Rollins Frankenberg, he graduated from Needham High School...

Paul F. DuFresne Sr.

Paul F. DuFresne Sr., 69, of County Road 23, Phelps, N.Y., a native of Pittsfield, died Thursday at the Hospeace House, Naples, N.Y. Born in Pittsfield, on Dec. 9, 1937, he was the son of Hazel...

Ruth Louise Fonda Bump

Ruth Louise Fonda Bump, 87, of 586 North Hoosac Road, died Tuesday at her home. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., on Feb. 25, 1919, daughter of William and Ethel Kastenbein Fonda, she moved to Bennington,...

Helen Cecilia Gwozdz Armata

Helen Cecilia Gwozdz Armata, 88, of 59 East St., died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital following a long illness. Born in Adams on Dec. 23, 1918, daughter of Piotr and Bronislawa Banas...

Angela M. Romero

Angela M. Romero, 93, of 64 Lyman St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Vobarno, province of Brescia, Italy, on July 6, 1913, daughter of Valeriano and Maria Zarneri Manini, she...

Olive M. Odierno

Olive M. Odierno, 87, of Melbourne Place, formerly of New Lebanon, N.Y., died yesterday at home under the care of HospiceCare in the Berkshires. She had resided at the facility since...

Walter V. Majchrowski

Walter V. Majchrowski, 91, of 13 Pleasantview Drive died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided since Jan. 16. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 25, 1915, son of Thomas and Anna Kukla...

Loretta MacDonald

Loretta MacDonald, 79, of 18 Summit Ave. died yesterday at the home of her sister, Gloria Charron of 855 Massachusetts Ave., following a one-year battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Sept....

Frederick Joseph LaVigne

Frederick Joseph LaVigne, 86, of 96 Cherry St. died Saturday at home. Born in North Adams on Oct. 15, 1920, son of John B. and Julia Andrews LaVigne, he attended the former Mark Hopkins, the...