Obituaries

Bob Circe, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bob Circe, 83, of Yuba City, Calif., died June 19, 2017 at Rideout Hospital.  Born in North Adams, Mass., he was a Yuba Sutter resident for 47 years. He was...

Rosemary A. Andrews, 82

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Rosemary Ann (Garvie) Williams Andrews, 82, of Clarksburg, Mass., died on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at North Adams Commons.  Rosemary was born in North Adams, MA...

Warner L. Smith, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Warner L. Smith, formerly of Williamstown, Mass., died Thursday, July 13, 2017. Warner was born in Nuremberg, Germany, on February 23, 1927. He was the only child...

Angela M. Shartrand, 48

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Angela Marie Shartrand, of Florence, died in her home, Monday, June 26, 2017, at the age of 48. Born in North Adams on April 16, 1969, daughter of Nancy Galli...

Isabel T. Hyndman, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Isabel Thompson Hyndman, 95, of North Adams died Monday, July 10, 2017, at North Adams Commons.   Born in North Adams on July 8, 1922, daughter of David and...

Sylvia C. Shugg, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Sylvia Caesar Shugg, 90, a former longtime resident of Williamstown, died peacefully at home in Orono, Maine, in the early hours of Friday, June 30,...

Elizabeth E. LaPlante, 85

WILLIASMTOWN, Mass. — Elizabeth Ellen LaPlante, 85, of Pines Lodge Park died on Monday, July 10, 2017, at Williamstown Commons.    Born in Williamstown on Dec. 30, 1931, a...

Ronald R. Marony, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ronald Romeo Marony, 92, of North Adams died on Sunday, July 9, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on April...

Herbert H. Palmer, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Herbert Harold Palmer, 88, of Williamstown died Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. Born in Bennington, Vt., on Oct. 25, 1928, the only child of Harold and Elsa Palmer, he...

Jeanne M. Bogino, 56

HANCOCK, Mass. — Jeanne M. Bogino, 56, of Hancock, Mass., died unexpectedly at Northwestern Hospital in Chicago while traveling for work on June 26, 2017.  She was born in...

Peter A. D'Amico Jr., 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Peter A. D'Amico Jr., 80, of North Highlands, Calif., formerly of North Adams, Mass., passed away June 13, 2017, in North Highlands. Born in North Adams on...

Stanley J. Kopala, 85

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Stanley J. Kopala, 85, of Adams, Mass., died on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center-North Adams. He was born in Adams on April 17, 1932, a son of the...

Douglas V. Pleshaw, 74

ADAMS, Mass. — Douglas V. Pleshaw, 74, formerly of Adams, Mass., died on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at North Adams Commons.  He was born on June 30, 1942, a son to the late Gervin and...

Daniel M. Perras, 60

ADAMS, Mass. — Daniel Milton Perras, 60, of Adams, Mass., died June 23, 2017, at his home.  He was born in North Adams, Mass., on February 26, 1957, a son of Madelyn (Moreau) Perras...

Leo W. Senecal, 70

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Leo William Senecal, 70, former director of Public Works for the City of North Adams, of Woodlawn Avenue, North Adams, Mass., died Monday, June 26, 2017, at Berkshire...

Katherine M. Desormeaux, 67

FLORIDA, Mass. — Katherine Marie (LaFrance) Desormeaux, 67, of Florida, Mass., died Saturday, June 24, 2017, at her home. She was born in Adams on October 9, 1949, a daughter of the...

Christopher M. Burnham, 45

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Christopher M. Burnham, 45,  passed into the arms of mother earth and father sky in his home in Cheshire, Mass., as a result of a severe asthmatic attack in the early...

William A. Burdick, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William A. Burdick, 63, of Adams died June 21, 2017, at his home.  He was born in North Adams on July 15, 1953, a son of the late Calvin and Margaret (Gardner)...

Kristina G. Biros, 27

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kristina Gabrielle Biros, 27, of North Adams died peacefully on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield due to complications from a heart...

Rita Beebe, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Rita Zanett Morehouse Beebe, 91, died peacefully on Thursday, June 22, 2017. She was born on March 3, 1926, in North Adams, a daughter of Clementina Lutterotti...

Kenneth D. Davis, 71

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kenneth Darcy Davis, 71, of North Adams, Mass., died Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born in San Diego, Calif., on September 26,...

Helen E. Biondo, 84

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Helen Elizabeth (LeBarron) Biondo, 84, of Williamstown, Mass., died Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Hancock, Mass., on April 19,...

Richard D. Vallieres, 60

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Richard David Vallieres, 60, of North Adams, Mass., died on Monday, June 19, 2017, at his home. He was born in North Adams on December 31, 1956, a son of the late...

Thomas C. Ferris, 63

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Thomas Charles Ferris, 63, died on May 3, 2017, after a long illness. He was born on April 27, 1954, a son of the late Michael M. & Vina (Greenlaw)...

Ellen G. Tietgens, 93

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Mrs. Ellen G. (Shields) Tietgens, 93, of Clarksburg, Mass., died Thursday morning, June 15, 2017, at North Adams Commons. She was born in North Adams on November 23,...