Obituaries

Gerson George Gordon

Gerson George Gordon, 84, of Muirfield Drive died Sunday afternoon at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. Born in Wurtenberg, Germany, on March 23, 1918, son of Sydney and RoseGordon, he came to...

Frances Mae Pszeniczny

Frances Mae Pszeniczny, 84, of 9 Marietta St. died Sunday evening at Mercy Care of Springfield, where she was admitted Jan. 8. Born in North Adams on June 1, 1918, daughter of Albert C. and...

Emil J. "Supy" Supranowicz

Emil J. "Supy" Supranowicz, 78, of 55 Allengate Ave. died Sunday evening at Hillcrest Commons, where he had resided for three days. Born in Pittsfield on May 13, 1924, son of Paul A. and Jadwiga...

Antonio M. Corrente

Antonio M. Corrente, 83, of 1209 North Westcott Road, Rotterdam, N.Y., formerly of 104 Lebanon Ave., died Sunday evening at home. Born in Providence, R.I., on July 8, 1919, son of Carmine and...

Bruce E. Pearson, 53

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Bruce E. Pearson, 53, of 19 Pines Lodge died Friday evening, Feb. 7, 2003, at Williamstown Commons after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Jan. 17, 1950, son of Alice...

Joseph Paul Damiano

Joseph Paul Damiano, 98, of 47 Amherst St., West Springfield, a former North Adams resident, died yesterday morning at Renaissance Manor Nursing Home in Westfield. Born in Castel Marrone, province...

William H. "Mickey" Bessette

William H. "Mickey" Bessette, 56, of Malden, a native of Adams, died Saturday at Salem Hospital after a long illness. Born on Dec. 7, 1946, son of the late Gerald Bessette and Geraldine Kearns...

Melvin Schwartz

Melvin Schwartz, 73, of 22 Marlboro Drive died yesterday morning at home. Born in New York City on Oct. 19, 1929, son of Leon and Hannah Nichthauser Schwartz, he was a 1946 graduate of the Bronx...

Hazel L. Murphy

Hazel L. Murphy, 95, formerly of High Street, Housatonic, died yesterday at Fairview Hospital. She had resided at Great Barrington Healthcare since 1998. Born in New Marlboro on Aug. 2, 1907,...

Joseph Miller Jr

Joseph Miller Jr., 72, of Bradley Street died Friday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Nashua, N.H., on Jan. 15, 1931, son of Joseph and Blanche Janis Miller, his family moved to...

James P. Gasser

James P. Gasser, 96, of PineHill at Kimball Farms died yesterday at home. Born in New York City on May 6, 1906, son of Roy and Josephine Wise Gasser, he was a 1925 graduate of Exeter Preparatory...

Ralph W. Emerson

Ralph W. Emerson, 76, of 13 North Lincoln Ave., Lehigh Acres, Fla., and State Road in Richmond, died Wednesday at Hope Hospice in Fort Myers, Fla. Born in Pittsfield on March 28, 1926, son of...

Marie T. Staro

Marie T. Staro, 89, who formerly resided at 84 Tor Court, died Thursday at Craneville Place of Dalton, 265 Main St., where she had resided since Dec. 9, 1998. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., on May 1,...

Leona Esther Porter Anderson

Leona Esther Porter Anderson, 83, of 487 Union St., died Thursday evening at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Williamstown on March 17, 1919, daughter of Richard Lansing and...

Edward William DeGere

Edward William DeGere, 74, of 134 Bellevue Ave., a longtime Adams businessman and civic leader, died early Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center following several weeks of failing health. Born in...

Edith Phelps

Edith Phelps, 88, of 41 Stetson Ave., Plainfield, died Thursday afternoon at the Williamstown Commons Health Care Center. Born in Adams on Oct. 17, 1914, daughter of Louis and Anna Allard Smith,...

Imelda "Mel" Vincelette

Imelda "Mel" Vincelette, 86, of Sweet Brook Care Center in Williamstown died Wednesday evening. She was a former resident of Adams. Born in Adams on Aug. 17, 1916, daughter of Joseph and Evelina...

Philip Spencer Hart

Philip Spencer Hart, 91, of Sweetwood died Tuesday at home. He was a longtime businessman and community leader. Born in Springfield on Oct. 26, 1911, son of Walter J. and Mary Ann Spencer Hart,...

Jean Perin

Jean Perin, 79, of 2523 Monument Ave., Bennington, Vt., died yesterday at Weston Haddon Convalescent Center in Bennington after a long illness. Born in North Adams on March 1, 1923, daughter of...

Alton L. Perry, 96

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Alton L. Perry, 96, of 89 Gale Road, a local businessman and civic leader, died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2003, at North Adams Regional Hospital. A gregarious man who dressed...

Vincent Eugene Blake

Vincent Eugene Blake, 88, formerly of Springside Avenue, died Monday morning at Springside of Pittsfield, where he had resided for two years. Born in Lenox on July 9, 1914, son of George and...

John P. Miller, 38

ADAMS, Mass. — John Patrick Miller, 38, of 82 Park St. died Monday, Feb. 3, 2003, at home following a brief illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 31, 1964, son of Frances Anne Hurley Miller...

Constance M. Caron, 77

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Constance Marguerite Caron, 77, of 1585 Massachusetts Ave. died Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2003, at home. Born in North Adams on Feb. 27, 1925, daughter of Simeon A. and...

Richard Edward Vittone

Richard Edward Vittone, 76, of 691 Crane Ave. died Sunday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after suffering a stroke. Born in Pittsfield on Feb. 13, 1926, son of Anthony R. and Sarah E....

Peter Louis Rancatti Sr.

Peter Louis Rancatti Sr., 94, of 102 Harding Ave. died Monday at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown, following a brief illness. Born in the Hoosac Tunnel section of the town of Florida on...