Obituaries

Jane E. VanZandt

Jane E. VanZandt, 86, of Hampden, died yesterday at home. Born in Lee on Oct. 7, 1919, daughter of Edward H. and Rose Kearin Armstrong, she was raised in Lenox and graduated from Stockbridge High...

Doris H. Gaudette, 91

FLORIDA, Mass. — Doris H. Gaudette, 91, of 31 Phelps Road died Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Clarksburg on Aug. 24, 1915, daughter of Danforth V. and...

Ronnie Lynn Russo

Ronnie Lynn Russo, 63, of 16 Whitehead Place died Tuesday at home from complications resulting from diabetes. Born in New York on Aug. 30, 1943, daughter of Emil and Amelia Kusoff Revyuk, she...

Paul David Ranzoni

Paul David Ranzoni, 49, of 26 Second St. died Thursday at home. Born in North Adams on Oct. 24, 1956, son of Raymond P. and Barbara West Ranzoni, he graduated from Drury High School in 1975 and...

Mary Virginia "Ginny" Ramsay

Mary Virginia "Ginny" Ramsay, 85, of Camelot Drive, Nokomis, Fla., a former longtime resident of Lenox, died Wednesday at Tidewell Hospice in Sarasota, Fla.. Born in Frankfort, Ky., on Sept. 4,...

Dorothy May Maher

Dorothy May Maher, 89, a longtime resident of Park Street North, died Tuesday at Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canaan, Conn., where she had been a resident for three years. Born in...

John H. Campbell III

John H. Campbell III, 85, of Hickory Road, Niskayuna, N.Y., father of Patricia Tremblay of Lanesborough, died Wednesday at Roswell Park Cancer Institute after a short illness. Born in Troy, N.Y.,...

George A. Brunelle

George A. Brunelle, 47, of 72 Kittredge Road died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. He had been paralyzed since the age of 2 because of illness. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 27, 1958, son...

Stella W. Russo

Stella W. Russo, 81, of 49 Peck's Road died Friday at home after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 16, 1925, daughter of Konstanty "Gus" and Pauline Koziol Gromacki, she attended local...

Albert Francis Dorwin

Albert Francis Dorwin, 71, of 367 Massachusetts Ave. died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Aug. 12, 1935, son of Francis B. and Edna Estes Dorwin, he...

Linda J. Trudeau

Linda J. Trudeau, 58, of 17 Tilda Hill Road died Friday of cancer at North Adams Commons, where she was admitted Aug. 8. Born in Adams on March 11, 1948, daughter of the late Robert A. Burdick...

Michael Slosky

Michael Slosky, 76, of 176 Columbus Ave. died Thursday at Williamstown Commons in Williamstown. Born in Pittsfield on Jan. 31, 1930, son of Nicholas and Mary Souwich Sokolowski, his original...

Herman L. "Nick" Nichols

Herman L. "Nick" Nichols, 87, of Algerie Road died Friday at home. Born in Bellows Falls, Vt., on April 20, 1919, son of Joseph and Flora Delil Nichols, he attended culinary school there....

Larry R. Murray

Larry R. Murray, 63, of Main Street died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on July 26, 1943, son of Edward and Virginia Bowen Murray, he was a 1961 graduate...

Joseph Thomas Cormier

Joseph Thomas Cormier, 76, of State Road died Saturday at home. Born in Waterbury, Conn., on May 22, 1930, son of Philip and Grace Leonard Cormier, he attended schools there and graduated from...

Mary Lucy Tenney Barbuto

Mary Lucy Tenney Barbuto, 80, of 166 Orchard St. died yesterday at Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Center, 1561 Cold Spring Road, Williamstown. Born in Old Town, Maine, on June 10, 1926,...

Alyse Marie Rose

Alyse Marie Rose, 86, of 20 Stockbridge Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in Lenox Dale on June 21, 1920, daughter of James A. and Katherine Feeney Farrington, she was a 1936 graduate of Lenox...

Francis James "Fritz" Gigliotti

Francis James "Fritz" Gigliotti, 85, of 259 Route 7 died Sunday at home. From 1953 to 1978, he and his wife, the former Marguerite "Marge" Dunn, and their children owned and operated the New...

William Frances Garneau

William Frances Garneau, 92, formerly of Colonial Gardens, and a longtime resident of Wellington Avenue, died Thursday at Westview Nursing Home in Dayville, Conn. Born in Adams on July 16, 1914,...

Kenneth Charles Thomas

Kenneth Charles Thomas, 64, of 4 Columbia St. died Monday at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. Born in Adams on Feb. 7, 1942, son of Joseph and Dora Louison Thomas, he...

Jacqueline C. Powers

Jacqueline C. Powers, 52, of Kenwood Street died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a short illness. Born on May 14, 1954, in Great Barrington, daughter of the former...

Jerry Kief

Jerry Kief, 83, of 132 Main St. died Thursday at the Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Centers in Williamstown. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 15, 1923, son of the late Charles Kieverstein...

Mary D. Handley

Mary D. Handley, 94, formerly of Berkeley, Calif., died Monday at Sugar Hill Senior Living Community, where she had resided for the past year and a half. Born in Middletown, Ohio, on Aug. 7,...

Irma M. Derivan

Irma M. Derivan, 95, formerly of Highview Drive, died Saturday at Hillcrest Commons, where she has resided since August 1996. Born in the town of Florida on Dec. 15, 1910, daughter of Joseph and...

Donald Wayne Demers

Donald Wayne Demers, 42, of 625 Middle Road died Monday at the North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at his home. Born in North Adams on June 20, 1964, son of C. Kenneth...