Obituaries

Veleda V. Boucher, 76

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Veleda V. Boucher, 76, formerly of 549 State Road, North Adams, died Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Mooers, N.Y., on Sept. 2, 1939, a...

Edward C. Bergeron, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Edward Charles Bergeron, 83, of 3 Myrtle St., Adams, died Saturday March 12, 2016, at North Adams Commons. He was born in North Adams on May 26, 1932, a son of George and...

Susan Shepard, 57

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Susan Shepard, 57, of 10 Frederick St. died on Sunday, March 13, 2016, surrounded by her family. She was born in North Adams on July 17, 1957, a daughter of Rita Oslizlo...

Delia B. Andrews, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Delia Blanche Lewis Andrews, 75, of North Adams died on Monday, March 14, 2016 at North Adams Commons. She was born in Adams on Jan. 9, 1941, a daughter of Charles Henry...

Anna M. Mariani, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anna May Mulvaney Mariani, 97, of North Adams died Friday, March 11, 2016, at North Adams Commons. Mrs. Mariani was born in Clarksburg on May 25, 1918, daughter of David...

Murray Pinsker, 67

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Murray Pinsker, 67, of North Adams died Thursday, March 10, 2016 at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. Mr. Pinsker was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 12,...

Lois E. Morrissey, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Lois Eleanor Blanchard Morrissey, 86, died Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at Brookdale Fillmore Pond in Bennington, Vt. She was born in North Adams on Feb. 8, 1930, to Leon and...

Tadeusz Pytko, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Tadeusz "Ted" Pytko, 85, of North Adams died Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center. Mr. Pytko was born in Adams on May 29, 1930, son of Jan and...

Walter W. Foster, 51

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Walter William Foster, 51, of 69 Quincy St., died Monday March 7, 2016, at his home, surrounded by his family. Born in North Adams on Aug. 13, 1964, son of Erma...

Robert J. DeRose, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Joseph DeRose, 73, of Jefferson, Ohio, and formerly of North Adams, died Sunday, March 6, 2016, at Ashtabula County Medical Center in Ashtabula, Ohio. Born in...

Maisie M. Pierce, 96

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Maisie Marion Pierce, 96, of Williamstown, died Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 10, 1920, daughter of Jeremiah and Grace...

Diane L. Exford, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Diane Louise Exford, 68, of North Street died on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Nov.  16, 1947, a...

Mary R. Hartman, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary Rose Hartman, 91, of North Adams and West Yarmouth, died Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on June 8, 1924, daughter of Camillo...

Gail Cook, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gail Cook, 68, of North Adams died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Oct. 5, 1947, a daughter of Henry and Gladys Foster St. Pierre,...

Margaret L. Palmer, 80

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Margaret L. "Bunny" Palmer, 80, of Adams Road died Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. Born in 1935, daughter of...

Antoinette C. Caccavo, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Antoinette Constance Caccavo, 96, of Hanover, formerly of North Adams, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. Born in North Adams on Aug. 24,...

Bruce A. MacLean, 64

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Bruce Alan MacLean, 64, of Pittsfield died on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at Springside Rehabilitation. Born in North Adams on Oct. 19, 1951, a son of Alexander and Anna...

Margaret E. Senecal, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Margaret Emily Senecal, 66, of Woodlawn Avenue died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the North Adams Campus of Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 10, 1949,...

Lloyd H. Shippee, 89

STAMFORD, Vt. — Lloyd Homer Shippee, 89, of Main Road died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at Williamstown (Mass.) Commons.   Born in Stamford on Sept. 14, 1926, son of Alston L. and ...

Nancy E. Weyers, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Nancy Ellen Weyers, 82, of Williamstown, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at Centers for Living and Rehab in Bennington, Vt. Born in North Adams on Jan. 8, 1934, daughter of...

Mary T. Smith, 97

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mary Terese Smith, 97, a former longtime resident of North Adams and Williamstown, died peacefully on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at The Community Hospice House in Merrimack,...

Michael J. Spencer, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael Joseph Spencer, 50, of North Adams died Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on June 10, 1965, a son of Emily...

Beverly Canales, 91

NEW ASHFORD, Mass. — Beverly Canales, 91, of New Ashford died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 9, 1924, daughter of Forrest T. and Viola Kenyon...

Michael V. Malloy, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael Victor Malloy, 72, of North Adams died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at his home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 18, 1943, a son of Robert and Harselia Lefaive Malloy,...

Allan E. McLain, 89

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Allan Eugene McLain. 89, of Clarksburg died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born at his grandparents' home on Henderson Road in...