Obituaries

Robert Earl Pause

Robert Earl Pause, 68, of 28 Meadow St. died Wednesday evening at home. Born in Adams on July 21, 1933, son of William and Frances Demarais Pause, he graduated from the former Adams High School in...

Muriel B. Rowe

Muriel Buesing Rowe, 69, of 303 Harlan Road, North Bennington, Vt., died Monday following a long illness. She retired as a secretary from Williams College. Born April 5, 1932, in Belvidere, Ill.,...

Diana Liszka

Diana Liszka, 89, of 32 Richmond St. died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Dec. 8, 1912, daughter of Joseph and Katherine Hospod Gorczyca, she attended local...

Rita L. Robinson

Rita L. Robinson, 80, of 169 Valentine Road died Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 20, 1921, daughter of William J. and Blanche Lange Mooney, she attended local...

Lillian L. Downey

Lillian Lorraine Downey, 82, formerly of Rose Manor, died Tuesday at Hillcrest Commons, where she had resided for the past two years. Born in Pittsfield on April 8, 1919, daughter of John P. and...

James McMahon

James F. McMahon, 84, of Westfield died Tuesday at Laurel Lake Center, where he had resided since August. Born in Westfield on June 13, 1917, son of Thomas and Mary Ellen Donovan McMahon, he...

Donald C. Racine

Donald C. Racine, 71, of 376 Old Columbia St. died Tuesday at North Adams Regional Hospital following a short illness. Born in Albany, N.Y., on Oct. 1, 1930, son of Thomas and Rose Gladu Racine,...

Charlotta Grant

Charlotta Grant, 83, of 75 Atwood Ave. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Springfield on Oct. 21, 1918, daughter of Ruth Barnabas Grant, she was a graduate of Pittsfield High...

Paula C. Faddis

Paula Connelly Faddis, 57, of 290 Sherman Ave., Waynesburg, Pa., formerly of Lenox, died Monday at Washington Hospital in Washington, Pa., after a long illness. Born in Lenox on Oct. 30, 1944,...

Jean B. Stockwell

Jean B. Stockwell, 85, of Shellpoint Village in Fort Myers, Fla., a native of Adams, died Saturday at home after a brief illness. Born in Adams on Dec. 21, 1915, daughter of David and Isabell...

Laura H. Getman

Laura Harrington Getman, 90, formerly of Cheshire and Sharren Lane, Enfield, Conn., died yesterday at Suffield House in Suffield, Conn. Born in Adams on May 31, 1911, daughter of Gilbert A. and...

Elizabeth McCormick

Elizabeth DeCane McCormick, 81, of 77 Bull Hill Road died Sunday at home. Born in Somerville on Aug. 14, 1920, daughter of Arthur and Elizabeth Nugent DeCane, she attended schools there and...

Clarke H. Gray Sr.

Clarke H. Gray Sr., beloved husband and father, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, at his home in Port St. John, Fla. A memorial service will take place Friday, Dec. 21, at 9 a.m. at Faith Evangelical Lutheran...

Gerard Edward Smith

Gerard Edward Smith, 85, of 35 Thistle Path, a former businessman and civic leader in Williamstown and North Berkshire, died Thursday at home. He was a former chairman of the Williamstown Planning...

Romolo L. Guarda

Romolo L. Guarda, 68, of 5 Pine St., formerly of West Stockbridge, died Saturday at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Born in Richmond on March 6, 1933, son of Dominic and Aurelia Pellizaro...

Richard Skinner

Richard E. Skinner, 48, of East Bridgewater, formerly of Lee, died Saturday at Brockton Hospital after a short illness. Born in Providence, R.I., son of Claire Dube Skinner and the late Richard...

Hilbert H. Finn

Hilbert H. Finn, 76, of 205 Old Stockbridge Road, a retired insurance agent and active community volunteer, died yesterday morning at Berkshire Medical Center after being stricken at home. Known...

Walter Green

Walter Green, 62, of 11 Riverside Drive, New York City, died Sunday at home after a 10-year battle with Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). He was the brother of Stephan Green of West Stockbridge. Born in...

Ralph Heath

Ralph Heath, 80, of 41 Daniels Ave., formerly of Lee, died Wednesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Lee on Aug. 26, 1921, son of Ralph and Sadie Brazee Heath, he attended Lee schools. In...

Joseph A. Fachini, 79

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joseph Augustino Fachini, 79, of 221 Furnace St. died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001, at home. Born in North Adams on March 8, 1922, son of Lino and Mary "Margi" Leonesio...

John Lorette Sr.

John J. Lorette Sr., 75, of 65 Mandaley Road died yesterday at New Milford (Conn.) Hospital of a heart attack. Born in Lenox on Sept. 9, 1926, son of Charles and Ethel McKegg Lorette, he attended...

Edward H. Ginn

Edward Harriman Ginn, 60, of 1413 North East 4th Court, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., formerly of Pittsfield, died Monday at Broward General Hospital in Fort Lauderdale. Born in Jacksonville, Fla., on...

Edward Dougherty

Edward Dougherty, 46, of Hickory, N.C., formerly of Pittsfield, died yesterday at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro, N.C. Born in Paterson, N.J., on Oct. 31, 1955, son of Hugh B. and Helen McLeod...

Ralph C. Lincoln

Ralph C. Lincoln, 76, formerly of Columbus Arms Apartments, died yesterday at the Center for Optimum Care in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 17, 1925, son of Leopold and Mabel Wilson...

Martin Kosberg

Martin Kosberg, 76, of Woodmont Road, West Hartford, Conn., formerly of North Adams, died Tuesday at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. Born in North Adams on July 13, 1925, he was the son of...