Obituaries

Amelia Adams

Amelia Adams, 45, of 585 Pine Cobble Road died Wednesday evening at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Wauwatosa, Wis., on Jan. 25, 1960, daughter of Edward "Ned" Gamsky and Joan Koch Gamsky,...

Patricia E. Larabee

Patricia E. Larabee, 66, of 470 North Hoosac Road died yesterday at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Oct. 17, 1938, daughter of William H. and Ester D. Larabee Reed, she...

Blanche M. Joyal

Blanche M. Joyal, 105, formerly of Everett Acres, Belchertown, died Sunday at Mountainview Healthcare Center in Montgomery. She was the mother of Anne E. West of Pittsfield. Born in Windsor,...

Leon J. Bodzioch

Leon J. Bodzioch, 81, of 71 Great Pines Drive, Mashpee, a native of Adams, died Saturday at Falmouth Hospital in Falmouth. He moved to Mashpee in 1995. Born on June 12, 1924, son of Frank and...

Dorothy Eileen West

Dorothy Eileen West, 80, formerly of 600 North Eagle St., died yesterday at Sweet Brook Health Care Center in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on Oct. 6, 1924, daughter of Thomas V. and Emma...

Charles R. Parsons

Charles R. Parsons, 78, of 5 Maple St., Housatonic, died yesterday at home. Born in Great Barrington on April 12, 1927, son of William and Helen Rebstock Parsons, he was a 1945 graduate of the...

Helen Marie Kostyun

Helen Marie Kostyun, 73, of Brown Street, Lenox Dale, died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Lee on April 14, 1932, daughter of James F. and Helena Carr Curley, she...

Joan Marie Fortier

Joan Marie Fortier, 46, of 2867 Humboldt Court, Las Vegas, a native of Adams, died Thursday at home after a short illness. Born in Adams on June 23, 1958, daughter of Joan Jamros Fortier Lillie...

Eileen N. Cande

Eileen N. Cande, 82, of 600 Main St. died at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston on Sunday after a long illness. Born in Lanesborough on Feb. 13, 1923, daughter of Harry J. and Lida Northup...

Alvah Warren Sanborn

Alvah Warren Sanborn, 90, of 140 Melbourne Road died Friday at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox, where he had lived for the past three months. Before moving to Pittsfield in 2003, he had...

Ralph S. Rod

Ralph S. Rod, 67, of 439 Oakhill Road and 93 Shore Drive died on Thursday evening at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Gardner, Jan. 29, 1938, son of Sigurd...

Irene M. Delisle, 69

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Irene Marie Delisle, 69, of 35 Willow Dell, died Friday, June 17, 2005, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Hartford, Conn., on April 17, 1936,...

Robert M. Bunnell

Robert M. Bunnell, 20, of 135 Brown St., died unexpectedly at home on Friday. Born in Pittsfield, July 11, 1984, son of Robert Bunnell of Pittsfield and Donna Daly Bunnell Wilbur of Lanesborough,...

Dorothy R. Blanchard, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Rita Blanchard, 86, of 28 Dover St. died Friday, June 17, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Aug. 10, 1918, daughter of Severe and...

Lempi E. Reynolds

Lempi E. Reynolds, 86, formerly of South Street, died Friday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility, where she had lived for four years. Born in Worcester, daughter of John and Maria Solomem...

Norma M. Kobus

Norma M. Kobus, 82, formerly of 2 Kemble St., died yesterday at Providence Care Center in Lenox where she had lived for the past four years. Born in Lee on May 2, 1923, daughter of Peter and...

Susan Lee Gerard

Susan Lee Gerard, 46, died at her home at 4 Meadow St. Born in Pittsfield, Dec. 26, 1958, daughter of Sheldon Allen of Lee and the late Sophie Budzianowski Allen, she attended Lee schools and...

James T. Vaughn

James T. Vaughn, 27, of 14 Davis St. died Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center as a result of an automobile accident earlier in the day on Route 9 in Cummington. Born in Pittsfield on Aug. 22,...

Claire M. Piaggi, 73

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Claire Marie Piaggi, 73, of The Spruces, 87 Emerald Lane, died Friday, June 17, 2005, at North Adams Regional Hospital after being stricken earlier at her home. She was the...

Frances Helena Ordyna

Frances Helena Ordyna, 87, of 23 Powers St. died Friday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was admitted June 7. Born in Cheshire on June 7, 1918, daughter of Leo and Helena Cleary...

Mary F. Gurney

Mary F. Gurney, 91, of 121 Castle Hill Road died Thursday at Fairview Commons, where she had resided for a month. Born in Woburn on May 17, 1914, daughter of James and Susan Douglas Gibbons, she...

Mary Ellen Davis

Mary Ellen Davis, 86, of Rose Manor Apartments died Thursday afternoon at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 13, 1918, daughter of Daniel J. and Mary McNiece Thornton, she was a 1938 graduate of St....

Mary D. Thorne

Mary D. Thorne, 89, of 32 Old Stockbridge Road died early Wednesday morning at home. Born in Liverpool, England, on Feb. 15, 1916, daughter of Thomas and Annie Thomas Dennitts, she earned a...

Suzanne Sheridan

Suzanne Sheridan, 72, of Lincoln Lane, formerly of Hanover, Pa., and Towson, Md., died Wednesday at home. Born in Larchmont, N.Y., on Feb. 16, 1933, daughter of Kenneth H. and Adelaide Wright...

Martha Marie Rousseau

Martha Marie Rousseau, 88, a former resident, died Wednesday at Mount Greylock Extended Care Facility in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on Nov. 7, 1916, daughter of Adolphe and Mary Mousseau...