Obituaries

Reginald H. Race

Reginald H. Race, 76, of 89 Alford Road died yesterday at home after a long illness. Born in Egremont on May 16, 1928, son of Clarence S. and Jeanette Snow Race, he attended schools there and the...

Alfred H. Neveu, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Alfred H. Neveu, 80, of 129 Glen Ave. died Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken at home. Born in Adams on Nov. 18, 1924, son of...

Elaine Catherine Murach

Elaine Catherine Murach, 61, of 11 Winter St. died Tuesday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack at home. Born in Adams on March 1, 1943, daughter of...

Mary Louise Crews

Mary Louise Crews, 98, of 54 Kemp Ave. died yesterday at home. Born in North Adams on June 20, 1906, daughter of John and Agnes Black Smith Crews, she graduated from Drury High School. She...

James "Beaver" Bednarski III

James "Beaver" Bednarski III, 55, of Hill Road, Interlaken, died yesterday morning at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington after a yearlong battle with cancer. Born in Greenfield on Dec. 23,...

Gloria V. Beals

Gloria V. Beals, 72, of 546 Union St., Village East, Apt. 11A, died yesterday at home. Born in Keene, N.H., on Feb. 2, 1933, daughter of Kenneth P. and Cirena LaDue Upton, she attended schools in...

Margaret M. "Honey" Gaudette

Margaret M. "Honey" Gaudette, 72, of 239 South St. died Wednesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. She had lived on South Street since 1973. Born in Pittsfield, Jan. 31, 1933, daughter...

Steven Leonard Cahoon Sr

Steven Leonard Cahoon Sr., 46, of 850 Oberdorf Road, Readsboro, Vt., died Monday at his home. Born in North Adams on Aug. 4, 1958, son of Barbara May Lewitt Cahoon, currently of Clarksburg, and...

Dorothy M. Bogardus

Dorothy M. Bogardus, 90, formerly of Pomeroy Manor on East Deming Street, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. She had resided at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility for the past two...

Bolene Pauline Klemanski

Bolene Pauline Klemanski, 93, of 630 Hancock Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center following a short illness. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 28, 1911, daughter of Kalis and Feliksa...

Margaret R. "Meg" Derby

Margaret R. "Meg" Derby, 51, of Williamstown died yesterday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. She had resided at Williamstown Commons for six years. Born in Adams on Aug. 10, 1953,...

Caroline Craig

Caroline Craig, 91, formerly of Melbourne Place, died yesterday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility. Born in Naples, Maine, on Aug. 17, 1913, daughter of Leonard and Cora Nutter Shipp, her...

Mary Gasson

Mary Gasson, 87, of 79 Clark Road died Sunday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she was admitted 10 days ago. Born in Cohoes, N.Y., on April 27, 1917, daughter of Angelo and Angela...

Barbara T. Daley

Barbara T. Daley, 60, of 18 Crane Ave. died Sunday afternoon at home after a long illness. Born in Boston on July 3, 1944, daughter of Edward and Gladys Brown Hubbard, she moved to Pittsfield as...

Joseph George Brigley

Joseph George Brigley, 40, of 106 John St. died Sunday morning at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after suffering an apparent aneurysm. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28, 1964, son of John R....

Michael J. Passetto

Michael J. Passetto, 46, of 14 Patterson Road, Lenox Dale, died Saturday morning at home of brain cancer. Born in Pittsfield on March 12, 1958, son of the late August and Deloris Gramkowski...

George E. Moreau, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - George Edward Moreau, 84, formerly of 85 Eagle St., died Wedneday, Feb. 12, 2005, at North Adams Commons, where he had resided since April 17. Born in North Adams on June 29,...

Shirley B. Irace, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Shirley Beatrice Irace, 80, of 33 Lyman St. died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken at home. Born in Manchester, N.H., on...

Theodore E. Eksuzian

Theodore E. Eksuzian, 77, of 9 Dove St. died Friday afternoon at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on April 17, 1927, son of Theodore and Frances Perego Eksuzian, he attended...

Rita T. Czaja

Rita T. Czaja, 76, of 13 Crotteau St. died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Jan. 27, 1929, daughter of Eli and Emma Sawyer Caron, she attended Adams schools. A...

Francis W. Bourquard

Francis W. Bourquard, 78, of 340 Laurel Street died Friday morning at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Housatonic on June 15, 1926, son of Edmund and Rosa Meier...

Nelson Joseph Bossana

Nelson Joseph Bossana, 82, of 468 Fenn St. died yesterday at Williamstown Commons, 25 Adams Road, Williamstown, where he had resided since April 14. He was a former longtime resident of 97 Barth...

Richard Armstrong

Richard Armstrong, 74, of 22 Daniels Terrace died Thursday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. He was chief of police in Cheshire from 1984 to 1992. Born in North Adams on April 28, 1930, son...

Daniel James Rose

Daniel James Rose, 44, of 87 Chenaille Terrace died yesterday morning at home. Born in Nova Scotia on Oct. 28, 1960, son of Wilfred P. and Suzanne J. Winslow Rose, he attended schools in North...

Jane Louise Rice

Jane Louise Rice, 70, of 1635 Hewins St., Ashley Falls, died Saturday at Fairview Hospital. Born in Great Barrington on Oct. 10, 1934, daughter of Frank M. and Bertha Kittle Franklin, she was a...