Obituaries

Frances Jean Saunders

Frances Jean Saunders, 71, of Greylock Apartments, 3 Myrtle St., died yesterday at North Adams Commons after a brief illness. Born in Adams on Jan. 27, 1933, daughter of Stanley and Marie Vitali...

Bradford O. Smith

Bradford O. Smith, 91, of Reservoir Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in New Haven, Vt., on March 27, 1912, son of Bradford J. and Lucy M. Swenor Smith, he was a...

Dominic Pisani

Dominic Pisani, 88, of 193 Elberon Ave. died Saturday at home. Born in the former Mountain Mills, Vt., on Sept. 1, 1915, son of Bruno and Margurite DeBonis Pisani, he attended Pittsfield public...

Hettie M. Diggens

Hettie M. Diggens, 93, formerly of 99 Valentine Road, died Saturday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since 1992. Born in Greenwich, England, on Dec. 15, 1910, daughter of...

Sophie K. Wilson

Sophie K. Wilson, 83, of 705 New Britain Ave., Hartford, Conn., formerly of Adams, died yesterday morning at the Avery Heights Health Care Center in Hartford. Born in Adams on May 14, 1920,...

Helen G. Towne

Helen G. Towne, 86, of Stratton Road died yesterday at her daughter's home in Williamstown. Born in Williamstown on May 22, 1917, daughter of Ernest and Crescent Goodermote Wright, she attended...

Norman L. Chenail, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Norman Louis Chenail, 87, of 79 Tremont St. died Thursday morning, March 4, 2004, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted Feb. 22. Born in Williamstown...

James H. Ceder

James H. Ceder, 87, of Beecher Lane died Wednesday evening at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Moline, Ill., on Feb. 11, 1917, son of Hjalmer and Louise Schmidt Ceder, he attended...

Francis C. Logan

Francis C. Logan, 76, of Williamstown Commons, died Saturday at the nursing home. Born in France on May 22, 1927, son of Robert Dupyre and Harriet R. Wood, he graduated from Stanford University...

Dorothy C. Heidel

Dorothy C. Heidel, 90, of 53 Yorkshire Ave. died Monday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Troy, N.Y., on April 13, 1913, daughter of Hans A. and Katharine Rall Wilde, she was a 1931 graduate...

Sister Mary Cecilius

Sister Mary Cecilius, 89, of the Sisters of Providence in Holyoke, died Monday in the Providence Place infirmary. She had served on the faculty of the former St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing...

Martha B. Boos

Martha B. Boos, 92, formerly of 59 Salisbury Court and Berkshire Place, died Feb. 20 at Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff, N.J. Born in Pittsfield on June 10, 1911, daughter of Paul and...

Stanley E. Stachura

Stanley E. Stachura, 74, of 37 Leonard St. died Sunday evening at home, following a two-year battle with cancer. Born in Adams on May 8, 1929, son of Joseph and Clara Gawron Stachura, he was a...

Lloyd "Bud" Hughes Jr

Lloyd "Bud" Hughes Jr., 77, of 10 Leslie Ave. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Gastonia, N.C., on April 13, 1926, son of Luther and Katie Kaley Hughes, he was educated there....

Everett M. Geno Sr., 82

STAMFORD, Vt. — Everett Michael Geno Sr., 82, of 263 Clough Road died Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, North Adams (Mass.) Regional Hospital, where he was admitted on Feb. 23. Born in Valley Falls,...

Mary Irene Bolduc

Mary Irene Bolduc, 75, of 46 Alfred Drive died Sunday morning at home. She had been a bacteriologist for the Pittsfield Health Department lab for 31 years. She retired in 1991. Born in...

James William Billings

James William Billings, 83, of 855 Middle Road died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where he was admitted earlier following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on March 21, 1920, the...

Gail Lynn White

Gail Lynn White, 50, of 45 Spring St. died Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 13, 1953, daughter of Franklin and Florence Cooke Hutchinson, she attended Lenox...

Katherine B. St. Germain

Katherine B. St. Germain, 59, of 136 North Summer St. died Thursday evening at her home after an illness. Born in Adams on April 21, 1944, daughter of Theodore and Nellie Banas Kaczka, she...

Rita G. Rosso, 76

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Rita G. Rosso, 76, of 5 Boison St. died Friday, Feb. 27, 2004, at Berkshire Medical Center under the care of HospiceCare in the Berkshires. Born in West Stockbridge on...

William Arthur "Billy" Kent

William Arthur "Billy" Kent, 21, of Elm Street, Lenox Dale, died Thursday in Lee. Born in International Falls, Minn., on Feb. 24, 1983, son of Ronald A. and Patricia A. Savela Kent of Lenox Dale,...

Ruth Ripley

Ruth Ripley, 91, of Devon Road died Friday at Kimball Farms following a brief illness. Born in Newton Center on July 7, 1912, daughter of Dr. John Bergeson and Charlotte Lucy True Bergeson, she...

Marilyn Anne Kirby

Marilyn Anne Kirby, 76, of Meadowvale, 35 Adams Road, died yesterday at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided since last October. Born in Greenfield on Feb. 8, 1928, daughter of Edward B....

Mary Clementine Gleba

Mary Clementine Gleba, 83, of 19 Rich St. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she had been admitted Thursday. Born in North Adams on July 24, 1920, daughter of Alexander and Anna...

Dianne L. Ameen

Dianne L. Ameen, 57, of 37 Garden St. died Friday morning at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 12, 1946, daughter of George and...