Obituaries

Blanche "Dolly" Mary Roukas

Blanche "Dolly" Mary Roukas, 74, of 150 Lenox Ave. died Wednesday evening at Berkshire Medical Center following a short and sudden illness. Born in Pittsfield on May 23, 1931, daughter of William...

Bertha F. Moro

Bertha F. Moro, 81, of 142 Christian Hill Road died Thursday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in West Stockbridge on Feb. 4, 1925, daughter of Nora Blake Winters, she attended...

Irene W. Lihou

Irene W. Lihou, 87, formerly a resident of New Marlborough, died Monday at the Cape Regency A. Radius Healthcare Facility in Hyannis. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., on Dec. 3, 1918, the daughter of Henry...

Lucy Rita Kenney

Lucy Rita Kenney, 91, of 46 Quincy St. died Wednesday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on Tuesday March 7th. Born in North Adams on June 13, 1914, daughter of the...

Alice Hempel

Alice Hempel, 78, of Englewood, Fla., formerly of Dalton, died Feb. 25 at Venice Regional Medical Center in Venice, Fla., after a 20-year battle with breast cancer. Born in Passaic, N.J., on Dec....

Anthony A. Wojcik, 53

ADAMS, Mass. — Anthony A. Wojcik, 53, of 7 North Summer St. died Wednesday morning, March 8, 2006, at his home following a long battle with cancer. Born on July 2, 1952, son of the late...

Edna M. Trzcinka

Edna M. Trzcinka, 72, of 126 Elizabeth St., died on Tuesday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Albany, N.Y., on April 25, 1933, daughter of Joseph and Pauline Zalrzewski Zuraski, she attended...

Robert Allen Pedercini Sr.

Robert Allen Pedercini Sr., 70, of 150 Ashland St. died Wednesday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Feb. 28, 1936, son of Owen Pedercini and Elizabeth Rarick...

Donald Arthur Mahoney

Donald Arthur Mahoney, 77, of 73 Bracewell Ave. died Tuesday morning at his home. Born in North Adams on July 24, 1928, son of the late Arthur and Naomi Dufrain Mahoney, he attended local...

Donald Lee Kurley

Donald Lee Kurley, 62, of 96 Main Road died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on Feb. 24, 1944, son of the late Stanley and Olive Bush Kurley, he attended Adams schools....

Barbara J. Dowsey

Barbara J. Dowsey, 63, of Westfield, formerly of North Adams and Pittsfield, died Monday at Noble Hospital in Westfield. Born in Chester on Jan. 16, 1943, daughter of Gilbert and Elsie Chaffee...

Kelly Anne Crosier, 43

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kelly Anne Crosier, 43, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Wednesday morning, March 8, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted on...

Rose D. Zieminski Stefanik

Rose D. Zieminski Stefanik, 88, of Clinton Crest and Dundee, N.Y., formerly of Adams, died Tuesday at the Homestead Nursing Home in Penn Yan, N.Y. Born in Adams on April 22, 1917, daughter of...

Alice A. Rowley, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alice Ann Rowley, 71, of 85 Eagle St., St. Joseph's Court, died Tuesday, March 7, 2006, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 27, 1934,...

Frank M. Maroni, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Frank M. Maroni, 84, of 26 Greene Ave. died Monday, March 6, 2006, at home. Born in North Adams on Jan. 4, 1922, son of Joseph and Gertrude Vicari Maroni, he attended...

Edward A. "Ted" Hubbard

Edward A. "Ted" Hubbard, 70, of 15 Kensington Ave. died Tuesday morning at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on Dec. 26, 1935, son of Edward R. and Gladys Brown Hubbard, he was...

John J. Wisnewski

John J. Wisnewski, 85, formerly of Greenfield, died Sunday at Franklin Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was the father of Barbara A. Mallet of Cheshire. Born in Greenfield on March...

Edward J. Tobin

Edward J. Tobin, 57, of Memorial Drive, Chicopee, formerly of Lenox, died Saturday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 28, 1948, son of Edward P. and Margaret Bond Tobin, he attended Lenox...

David W. Shewczyk

David W. Shewczyk, 20, of 1 Cedar Drive, Latham, N.Y., died Sunday in a snowmobile accident. He was a former resident of Adams. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Feb. 2, 1986, son of John "Jack" Shewczyk...

Gerald Liebert

Gerald Liebert, 79, of the Windflower Inn on South Egremont Road died Sunday at Fairview Commons Nursing Home after a long illness. Born in New York on Dec. 20, 1926, son of Samuel and Mena...

David W. Foote

David W. Foote, 68, of 7 Nelson St. died Sunday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 16, 1937, son of the late Edward and Mildred Hamilton Foote, he was a 1957 graduate...

James E. Bruce

Dr. James E. Bruce, 82, of 84 Brighton Ave. died Friday at home after a short illness. Born in Philadelphia on Nov. 28, 1923, son of William and Mary Brennan Bruce, he was educated in schools...

Patricia A. Dean

Patricia A. Dean, 72, of 518 White Oaks Road died Friday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Williamstown on April 6, 1933, daughter of Andrew and Helen Archambeault Nutting, she was a 1952...

Janet M. Krzynowek

Janet M. Krzynowek, 75, formerly of 899 Main St., died yesterday at Fairview Commons Nursing Home. Born in Great Barrington on Sept. 10, 1930, daughter of Roy and Elizabeth Waite Patterson, she...

F. Baxter Lane

Retired Air Force Col. F. Baxter Lane, 58, of 111 Merino Drive, Canonsburg, Pa., died yesterday at home of natural causes. Born in Pittsfield on July 18, 1947, son of the late Lawrence and...