Obituaries

Elaine I. Shippee, 89

ADAMS, Mass. — Elaine Ida (Reynolds) Shippee, 89, of Adams, Mass., died on Sunday, June 3, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Elaine was born in Whitingham, Vt., on...

Rodger W. Davis, 71

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Rodger Williams Davis, 71, of Williamstown, Mass., died Saturday June 2, 2018, at Williamstown Commons. He was born in Peoria, Ill., on November 11, 1946, son of...

Rose I. Franceschetti, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Rose Ida Franceschetti, 86, of Williamstown, Mass., and formerly of Readsboro, Vt., died Thursday May 31, 2018, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Readsboro,...

Catherine A. Tomlinson, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Catherine Agnes (Fee) (Horsfall) Tomlinson, 92, of Palmer, Alaska, and formerly of North Adams, Mass., died Friday, June 1, 2018, at Memorial Hospital in Miramar,...

Linda J. Estes, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Linda Jane Estes, 71, of Southampton, Mass., passed away on June 1, 2018. She died of cancer after a long series of treatments at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, the Dana...

Marion J. Baran, 87

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Marion J. (Brooks) Baran, 87, of Adams died on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at Williamstown Commons.  She was born in Adams on October 30, 1930, daughter of the late...

Frederick H. Perras, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. ‐ Frederick Henry Perras, 78, of North Adams died Sunday, May 27, 2018, at his home.  He was born in North Adams on November 7, 1939, a son of the late Clement...

Patricia A. Bolza, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Patricia Ann (Finn) Bolza, 71, of North Adams died peacefully in the comfort of her daughters’ arms on May 25, 2018, at her home.  She was born in...

Kevin M. Roy Sr., 52

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Kevin Michael Roy Sr., 52, of Adams died on Thursday, May 24, 2018.  He was born in North Adams on January 6, 1966, son of Patricia (Racette) Goman and the late...

Charles L. Louison, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Charles Louis Louison, 93, of North Adams, Mass., died on Friday, May 18, 2018, at Williamstown Commons. He was born in Adams, Mass., on May 14, 1925, a son of the...

Fosca T. Bernardara, 88

ADAMS, Mass. — Fosca Teresa “Cooksie” Bernardara, 88, of Adams passed away Friday, May 18, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, with her family at her...

James P. Sherry, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James P. Sherry, 80, of Longwood, Fla., passed away peacefully at his home on May 16, 2018.  He was born in North Adams, Massachusetts on August 30, 1937 the...

Marcia J. Swenson, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Marcia Joan (Deraway) Swenson, 70, of Muncie, Ind., and formerly of North Adams, died Friday May 18, 2018, in Hartford City, Ind. She was born in North Adams, Mass.,...

Robert R. Mendel, 79

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Robert R. Mendel, 79, of Adams died Saturday, May 19, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in Adams on April 7, 1939, a son of the late Walter...

Stanley Bednarz, 73

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Stanley Bednarz, 73, of Adams died on Sunday, May 13, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in North Adams.  He was born in Adams on May 27, 1944, a son of the late...

Bernice L. Arbour, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bernice Louise (Bernard) Tower Arbour, 87, of North Adams, Mass., died Tuesday morning, May 15, 2018, at North Adams Commons. She was born in North Adams, Mass., on...

Carl H. Pierce, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Carl Henry Pierce, 74, of North Adams, Mass., died on Saturday, May 12, 2018, at North Adams Commons.  He was born in Warren, Vt., on February 7, 1944, a son to...

Cecelia M. Garner, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Cecelia Marie (LaDouceur) Garner, 87, of North Adams passed peacefully on May 11, 2018, at her home surrounded by her family.  She was born in Easthampton on...

Everett Harvey, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Everett Harvey, 85, of Windsor Locks, Conn., passed away April 30, 2018, after a courageous battle with cancer.  He was born on March 27, 1933, in North Adams,...

Rita Tessier, 96

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Surrounded by her family, Rita "Memé" Aurora (Daigneault) Tessier, 96, of North Adams, Mass., died Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at Albany Medical Center...

George J. Bigelow, 82

WINDSOR, Mass. — Mr. George J. Bigelow, 82, of Windsor, died on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.  He was born in Adams on September 24, 1935, a son...

Herbert R. Roemelt, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mr. Herbert R. Roemelt, 91, of Adams, died on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Williamstown Commons.  He was born in Adams on October 27, 1926, son of the late...

David W. Ansley, 63

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Mr. David W. Ansley, 63, of Clarksburg died Saturday, April 28, 2018, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.  He was born in Augusta, Georgia, on July...

Allen E. Murdock, 69

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Allen Ernest Murdock, 69, of North Adams passed away on Monday, May 7, 2018, surrounded by his loving family, at North Adams Commons after living with a lifelong...

Timothy J. Tero, 30

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Timothy James Tero, 30, of North Adams, Mass., died on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at BMC North Adams.  He was born in North Adams on June 9, 1987, a son of Virginia...