Obituaries

Joan M. Tompkins, 78

CLARKSBURG, Mass. â€' Joan M. Tompkins, 78, of 100 Henderson Road died Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Adams on Sept. 1, 1934, daughter of Rene and Mary Donovan...

John J. Nolan, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John Joseph Nolan, 84, of 638 Ashland St. died Friday, April 19, 2013, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on May 21, 1928, son of John A. and Anne Merrigan...

Anne Marie Williams, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Anne Marie Williams, 63, of 51 Murray Ave. died Saturday, April 20, 2013. Born in North Adams on June 13, 1949, daughter of Leo P. and Roma B. Lemire Godbout, she...

Carlyn Mae Bass, 69

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Carlyn Mae Bass, 69, of 239 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at her home. Born in North Adams on May 4, 1943, daughter of Arthur and Lillian Ricke...

Arthur G. LaBonte, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Arthur G. "Buster" LaBonte, 74, of 5 Mundy Terrace died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Dec. 24, 1938, son of George...

Thomas A. Hart Sr., 93

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Thomas A. Hart Sr., 93, of Washington, D.C., formerly of Williamstown, died Jan. 5, 2013, at the Residences at Thomas Circle in Washington. Born in Williamstown on...

Daniel E. Galusha, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Daniel Eldridge Galusha, 92, of Fairfield Farms, died Sunday, April 14, 2013, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Williamstown on March 10, 1921, son of Daniel Jones and...

Richard G. Goodell, 62

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Richard George Goodell, 62, of Williamstown died Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on June 11, 1950, a son of Francis...

Stuart K. Sprague, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Stuart Kenneth Sprague, 89, of 227 Franklin St. died Thursday, April 11, 2013, at North Adams Commons. Born in Wardsboro, Vt., on Oct. 18, 1923, son of Lafayette H. and...

Warren F. Baker, 95

CLARKSBURG, Mass. â€' Warren Ford Baker, 95, of River Road died Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Born in North Adams on Oct. 26, 1917, son of Ralph and Mary Ford Baker, he attended Clarksburg schools...

Stephen F. Albareda, 54

ADAMS, Mass. — Stephen F. "Yumpa" Albareda, 54, of 11 Columbia Terrace, died on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, while in Canaan, N.Y. Born in Adams on Sept. 22, 1958, son of Frederick and Florence...

Vy Nhath, 36

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Vy Nhath, 36, of 3A Ballou St. died Sunday, April 7, 2013, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Cambodia on Oct. 5, 1976, a son of Chan Ley of North Adams...

Carl A. Westerdahl, 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Carl Arnold Westerdahl, 75, of Prospect Street died April 3, 2013, at home following a long illness. Born in Newark, N.J., on October 19, 1937, son of Carl A. Westerdahl Sr....

Teresa Owusu, 54

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Teresa Owusu, 54, of Pawtucket, R.I., died April 3, 2013, after a long illness. A native of North Adams, she had made her home in Pawtucket for the past 30 years. Born...

Ann Glaser, 94

BENNINGTON, Vt. — Ann Glaser, 94, of Bennington died on March 21, 2013, at her home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Sept. 14, 1918, a daughter of Max and Mary Mintzer, she graduated from James...

Robert A. Burdick, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Robert Allen Burdick, 88, of 17 Elm St. died Sunday, March 31, 2013, at the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington. Born in Adams on Feb. 28, 1925, son of Ernest and Ruth Allen...

Donald K. Primmer, 86

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Donald Kirkwood Primmer, 86, of 861 East Road died Friday, March 29, 2013, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on June 17, 1926, son of Daniel and Jennie Brown...

Daniel R. Scaia, 69

READSBORO, Vt. — Daniel Robert Scaia, 69, of 6934 Main St. died Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington. While he faced much adversity, he always...

Robert H. Delisle, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Robert Henry Delisle, 88, of 210 Phelps Ave. died Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at his home. Born in North Adams to Henry and Viola Belleau Delisle, he attended the former Notre...

Roberta M. Lawrence, 75

STAMFORD, Vt. — Roberta Maud Lawrence, 75, formerly of East Road, died peacefully on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Born in Ware, Mass., on April 14, 1937, daughter of Fay Chapman Scott Smith of...

Dorothy H. Farinon, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Dorothy Hazel Farinon, 87, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died on Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on April 10, 1925, a daughter of...

Lance Cpl. Roger W. Muchnick Jr., 23

LENOX, Mass. — Marine Lance Cpl. Roger W. Muchnick Jr., 23, formerly of Westport, Conn., and the grandson of Robert and Mary Ann Coakley of Lenox, died Monday night, March 18, 2013, during a...

Ruth E. Riordan, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ruth E. Riordan, 82, of North Adams died Saturday, March 23, 2013, after a long illness. Sge most loved family, friends, a smart turn on the dance floor and a well-played...

Dorothy A. Jackson, 97

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy A. Jackson, 97, of Union Street died Friday, March 22, 2013, at her home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 12, 1915, a daughter of Amos and Ada Plass LaBombard,...

Rachel O. Champney, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Rachel Olivine Champney, 87, of 118 Church St. died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Sept. 26, 1925, daughter of Ovid and...