Obituaries

Donald Arthur Mahoney

Donald Arthur Mahoney, 77, of 73 Bracewell Ave. died Tuesday morning at his home. Born in North Adams on July 24, 1928, son of the late Arthur and Naomi Dufrain Mahoney, he attended local...

Donald Lee Kurley

Donald Lee Kurley, 62, of 96 Main Road died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Feb. 24, 1944, son of the late Stanley and Olive Bush Kurley, he attended Adams schools....

Barbara J. Dowsey

Barbara J. Dowsey, 63, of Westfield, formerly of North Adams and Pittsfield, died Monday at Noble Hospital in Westfield. Born in Chester on Jan. 16, 1943, daughter of Gilbert and Elsie Chaffee...

Kelly Anne Crosier, 43

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kelly Anne Crosier, 43, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Wednesday morning, March 8, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on...

Rose D. Zieminski Stefanik

Rose D. Zieminski Stefanik, 88, of Clinton Crest and Dundee, N.Y., formerly of Adams, died Tuesday at the Homestead Nursing Home in Penn Yan, N.Y. Born in Adams on April 22, 1917, daughter of...

Alice A. Rowley, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alice Ann Rowley, 71, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Tuesday, March 7, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 27, 1934,...

Frank M. Maroni, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frank M. Maroni, 84, of 26 Greene Ave. died Monday, March 6, 2006, at home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 4, 1922, son of Joseph and Gertrude Vicari Maroni, he attended...

Edward A. "Ted" Hubbard

Edward A. "Ted" Hubbard, 70, of 15 Kensington Ave. died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 26, 1935, son of Edward R. and Gladys Brown Hubbard, he was...

John J. Wisnewski

John J. Wisnewski, 85, formerly of Greenfield, died Sunday at Franklin Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was the father of Barbara A. Mallet of Cheshire. Born in Greenfield on March...

Edward J. Tobin

Edward J. Tobin, 57, of Memorial Drive, Chicopee, formerly of Lenox, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28, 1948, son of Edward P. and Margaret Bond Tobin, he attended Lenox...

David W. Shewczyk

David W. Shewczyk, 20, of 1 Cedar Drive, Latham, N.Y., died Sunday in a snowmobile accident. He was a former resident of Adams. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Feb. 2, 1986, son of John "Jack" Shewczyk...

Gerald Liebert

Gerald Liebert, 79, of the Windflower Inn on South Egremont Road died Sunday at Fairview Commons Nursing Home after a long illness. Born in New York on Dec. 20, 1926, son of Samuel and Mena...

David W. Foote

David W. Foote, 68, of 7 Nelson St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 16, 1937, son of the late Edward and Mildred Hamilton Foote, he was a 1957 graduate...

James E. Bruce

Dr. James E. Bruce, 82, of 84 Brighton Ave. died Friday at home after a short illness. Born in Philadelphia on Nov. 28, 1923, son of William and Mary Brennan Bruce, he was educated in schools...

Patricia A. Dean

Patricia A. Dean, 72, of 518 White Oaks Road died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Williamstown on April 6, 1933, daughter of Andrew and Helen Archambeault Nutting, she was a 1952...

Janet M. Krzynowek

Janet M. Krzynowek, 75, formerly of 899 Main St., died yesterday at Fairview Commons Nursing Home. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 10, 1930, daughter of Roy and Elizabeth Waite Patterson, she...

F. Baxter Lane

Retired Air Force Col. F. Baxter Lane, 58, of 111 Merino Drive, Canonsburg, Pa., died yesterday at home of natural causes. Born in Pittsfield on July 18, 1947, son of the late Lawrence and...

Sara Elizabeth Silver

Sara Elizabeth Silver, 93, formerly of Pleasant View Drive in Claverack, N.Y., died Friday at Chestnut Hill Nursing Home. She was the mother of Dr. Steven Silver, a former area resident who worked at...

Helene A. "Pokey" Stannard

Helene A. "Pokey" Stannard, 62, of 7 Dogwood Lane died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 26, 1943, daughter of Gifford Potter Sr. and Mabel...

Lena "Eleanor" Adriance

Lena "Eleanor" Adriance, 80, of 20 Crystal St. died Thursday at home. Born in Pittsfield on July 7, 1925, daughter of Dominick and Francesca Pintalla Pizzuto, she was a graduate of Pittsfield...

William Leon Crooker

William Leon Crooker, 87, a resident of Devonshire Estates since 2001, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. He was a former longtime resident of Reading. Born in Brockton on April...

Dorothy Hickey

Dorothy Hickey, 90, of Woodcock Road died yesterday at Crescent Manor Care Centers in Bennington, Vt. A licensed nursing home administrator, Mrs. Hickey purchased the main house of the former...

Marie E. Howard

Marie E. Howard, 90, of Craneville Place, a former longtime resident of Dalton Division Road in Pittsfield, died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Craneville Place since 1997....

Robert A. Johnson

Robert A. Johnson, 80, of 20 Sawmill Park, Southwick, formerly of Burr Drive, died Thursday at Noble Hospital in Westfield. Born in Durham, N.H., on Nov. 17, 1925, son of Arthur and Alice Spinney...

Barbara E. Vanderburgh

Barbara E. Vanderburgh, 67, of 109 Sullivan St. died Thursday at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 21, 1939, daughter of the late G. Peter and Leona Porter Anderson, she attended...