Obituaries

Helen Anne Bombardier

Helen Anne Bombardier, 55, of 101 Brookside Drive, Stamford, Vt., died yesterday at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt., where she was admitted on May 14. Born in North Adams...

James F. Birge

James F. Birge, 79, of 600 Laurel St., formerly of Marble Street, died yesterday at Laurel Lake Center. Born in Easthampton on Sept. 13, 1926, son of George and Alice Ryan Birge, he was a 1943...

Barbara Whitney

Barbara Whitney, 62, of 4220 North Torch Road, Coolville, Ohio, died Thursday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg, W.Va., after a long illness. Born in North Adams on Oct. 5, 1943, daughter...

Ruth Watson

Ruth Watson, 95, formerly of Melbourne Place, died Sunday at Providence Care Center in Lenox, where she had resided since June 2005. Born in Somerville on May 3, 1911, daughter of Harry S. and...

S. Wayne Opdyke

S. Wayne Opdyke, 95, of Sugar Hill Senior Living Community in Dalton, formerly of 32 Summer St., died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. He moved to Sugar Hill in 2004. Born in Washington,...

Donald G. "Goody" Goodrich Jr.

Donald G. "Goody" Goodrich Jr., 72, of Columbia Street died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Pittsfield on May 20, 1933, son of Donald G. Goodrich Sr. and Gertrude...

Faith A. Fetridge

Faith A. Fetridge, 83, died Saturday at the home of her daughter Karen Lynn Arsenault at 44 South Merriam St. Born in Pittsfield on May 22, 1922, daughter of Sophia Davenport, she was a 1940...

Ruth Margaret Deep

Ruth Margaret Deep, 81, of 35-50 85th St., Jackson Heights, N.Y., died Sunday at City Hospital at Elmhurst in New York. She also owned and operated a guest house in Falmouth Heights during the...

Rita Inez White

Rita Inez White, 79, of 476 Fenn St. died Wednesday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox. Born in Pittsfield on March 3, 1927, daughter of Luigi and Geltruda D'Ascanio Taglieri, she was...

Edward R. "Cooch" Goodrich

Edward R. "Cooch" Goodrich, 76, of 17 Sherrill Ave. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center. He was the lead guitarist in the Starliters Band for 25 years. Born in Watervliet, N.Y., on Feb....

Maureen "Samm" Esposito

Maureen "Samm" Esposito, 61, of 145 Hess Boulevard, Lancaster, Pa., formerly of North Adams, died Thursday at home of cancer. Born in Adams on Jan. 22, 1945, daughter of the late Horace and Celia...

John B. Trela

John B. Trela, 59, of 1711 Wrenford Road, South Euclid, Ohio, a native of Adams, died Saturday at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. He was visiting relatives in Adams...

Edna Ruby Rabouin

Edna Ruby Rabouin, 99, of 106 Richmond Road died Friday at home. Born in Adams on April 13, 1907, daughter of Herbert H. and Mary Cain Fitzroy, she was a graduate of Charlemont High School and...

Sophie Almori

Sophie Almori, 81, of 256 State Road died Thursday at Laurel Lake Center for Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Housatonic on June 25, 1924, daughter of Paul and Alice Baldyga Krzynowek, she was...

Sgt. Maj. Robert Andrew Baribeau

Retired Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Robert Andrew Baribeau, 71, of 630 Savoy Road died yesterday at home. Born in Adams on Jan. 28, 1935, son of Leo and Rose St. Germain Baribeau, he graduated from...

Caleb J. Jacobbe, 8

CLARKSBURG, Mass. &mash; Caleb Joseph Jacobbe, 8, of 60 Cross Road died Wednesday,May 10, 2009, at Children's Hospital in Boston after a long battle with cancer. Born in North Adams on Feb. 4,...

Linda M. Raimer

Linda M. Raimer, 58, of 393 Swallow Hill Road, Pownal, Vt., formerly of Williamstown, died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital of cancer. Born in North Adams on June 14, 1947, daughter of...

Dominic Anthony Perrone

Dominic Anthony Perrone, 96, of 1689 Massachusetts Ave. died yesterday afternoon at Sweetbrook Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on June 21, 1909, son of Anacleto and Caterina...

Daniel W. Grady

Daniel W. Grady, 80, of 27 Rockland Drive died Wednesday afternoon, May 10, at Williamstown Commons, where he had resided for the past 5 weeks. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 25, 1925, son of John E....

Vera E. Carr

Vera E. Carr, 88, of 600 Main St., River Run Apartments, died Wednesday at Springside of Pittsfield, where she had resided since April 14. Born in Pittsfield on Sept. 2, 1917, daughter of Roswell...

Lewis H. Canedy, 89

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Lewis Homer "Bud" Canedy, 89, of Bickford Extension Avon, Conn., formerly of North Adams, died Sunday morning, May 7, 2006, at Avon Health Center in Avon. Born in North...

Jenniffer Kay Belsky

Jenniffer Kay Belsky, 28, of 235 North Main St. died Sunday, May 7, in Reno, Nev., where she had resided since February. Born in Fletcher, N.C., on March 29, 1978, daughter of Lisa A. Whisler and...

Lawrence W. Walker

Lawrence W. Walker, 66, of 716 North St. died Monday afternoon at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where he had resided for the past five weeks. Born in Pittsfield on May 24, 1939, son of...

Constance L. Real

Constance L. Real, 74, of Framingham, formerly of Stockbridge and Alford, died Monday at Eliot Health Care Center in Natick. Born in Arlington on Aug. 5, 1931, daughter of George and Katherine...

Paul Gerard Lepicier

Paul Gerard Lepicier, 74, a resident of 191 Watson Road, Hinsdale, for the past three months, formerly of 65 West Mountain Road, Cheshire and Adams, died Tuesday afternoon at North Adams Regional...