Obituaries

Peter B. Schryver, 85

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Peter Brinckerhoff Schryver, 85, of Williamstown died Wednesday, January 4, 2017, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt. He was born in...

Charles H. McGovern, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Charles Henry McGovern, 83, of North Adams died Wednesday January 4, 2017, at Williamstown Commons. He was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on July 21, 1933, son of...

Monica B. Nowak, 95

ADAMS, Mass. — Monica B. Nowak, 95, of Adams died Wednesday morning, January 4, 2017, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Adams on December 19, 1921, a daughter of the late John...

Norman 'Big Norm' Sweet Jr., 85

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Norman E. "Big Norm" Sweet Jr., 85 of Williamstown died peacefully on December 30, 2016, at home. Born in Williamstown on September 24, 1931, he was the...

Irene M. LaFleur, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Irene Marie (Bombardier) LaFleur, 84, of North Adams died Thursday, January 5, 2017, at her home.   She was born in Adams, Mass., on July 5, 1932, daughter of...

Michael E. Roy, 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— Michael E. Roy, 65, of North Adams, a longtime North Adams firefighter, died on Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. He was born in...

Margaret Beaudin, 90

ADAMS, Mass. — Margaret Beaudin, 90, of 1 Berkshire Square passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016, at the Sweet Brook Nursing Home in Williamstown. Born in Adams on January 15, 1926,...

Herbert H. Palmer, 88

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Herbert H. Palmer, 88, of Williamstown died December 9, 2016. The only child of Harold and Elsa Palmer, he was born in Bennington, Vt., and went to Williamstown...

Marie-Therese Lavoie, 90

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — On the evening of Thursday, December 22, 2016, Marie-Therese “Therese” (Delisle) Lavoie, 90, of Clarksburg went to live in heaven in peace. She spent the last...

Dorothy "Dot" Stachura, 87

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Dorothy "Dot" (Rivard) Stachura, 87, of Adams died on Friday, December 30, 2016, at Albany Medical Center. She was born in North Adams on July 26, 1929,...

Storm C. Bombardier, 59

ADAMS, Mass. — Storm Cheryl (Andrews) Bombardier, a longtime resident of Adams, died Thursday, December 29, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in 1957 in Willimantic,...

Eugenie H. Fitzhugh, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Eugenie Harris Fitzhugh, 91, of Plymouth, formerly of Brockton, passed away peacefully Dec. 29, 2016. Born in Boston, she was a graduate of Williamstown High...

Vivian M. Mould, 98

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Vivian May (Brown) Belanger Mould, 98, of North Adams died Tuesday, December 27, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. She was born in Warren, Vt., on August 31, 1918,...

Nancy Ostrander Bird, 69

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Nancy Ostrander Bird, 69, of 971 North State Road died Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at Hillcrest Commons surrounded by her loving family. Born in North Adams, daughter...

Bradley F. Beaudreau, 34

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bradley Francis Beaudreau, 34, of North Adams died on Sunday, December 18, 2016, at the Berkshire Medical Center North. He was born in North Adams on January 15,...

Bernard R. Barbeau, 84

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Bernard R. Barbeau, 84, of Adams died Friday morning, December 14, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center.  He was born in North Adams on June 8, 1932, a son of the...

Richard T. "Dick" Dean, 89

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Richard T. "Dick" Dean, 89, of Adams, died Wednesday evening, December 14, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer.  He was born in North Adams on...

Juliann I. McCarthy, 75

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Juliann Irene (West) McCarthy, 75, of 45 Chestnut St., Williamstown, died on Saturday December 17, 2016, at her home with her husband at her side. She was born in...

Cecilia I. Bressette, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Cecilia Irene (Baker) Bressette, 87, of North Adams, formerly of Williamstown, Mass., died on Thursday, December 15, 2016, at her home.  She was born in North...

Marcia J. Payette, 72

ADAMS, Mass. — Ms. Marcia Jane (Pontier) Payette, 72, of Adams died on Sunday, December 11, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a brief illness. She was born in North...

Shirley A. Therrien, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Shirley Ann (Belair) Therrien, 76, of North Adams died Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at the Springside Nursing Home in Pittsfield, Mass. She was born in Pittsfield on...

George L. McMullin, 85

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — George Lawrence McMullin, 85, of Williamstown, formerly of Hawley, Mass., passed peacefully in his sleep on November 28, 2016. George was born July 8, 1931, in...

Betty L. Poirot, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Betty Louise (Ogert) Poirot, 85, formerly of 455 Mohawk Trail, Drury, Mass., died on Monday, December 5, 2016, at Southport Nursing Center in Southport,...

Gertrude L. Oles, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gertrude Lilymay (Lasher) Oles, 84, of Holy Family Terrace in North Adams, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, died Monday,...

Joann R. Walton

WINDSOR, Mass. — Joann Regina Mawhinney Walton of Windsor, who died Tuesday, November 29, 2016, was born to John J. Mawhinney and W. Regina Foley in Pittsfield, Mass., on her father's...