Obituaries

Florence E. Baldessarini

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Florence Esther Baldessarini, "Tootsie,” passed peacefully on Monday, May 16, 2016, at the Wesley Health Care Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. She was...

'Siggy' Segalla

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Albert "Siggy" Segalla, 93, of North Adams died Sunday, May 15, 2016, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.  He was born in Pittsfield on...

Robert J. Saulnier, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Robert John Saulnier, 78, of North Adams died Monday, May 16, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in North Adams. He was born in North Adams on April 30, 1938, son of...

Patricia A. Callander, 68

ADAMS, Mass. — Patricia Ann (Gleba-Pikul) Callander, 68, of 17 Pleasant St., Adams, died Friday morning, May 13, 2016, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. She was born in Adams...

Harry M. Cohen, 65

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Harry Milton Cohen, 65, of North Adams died May 12, 2016, at North Adams Commons.  He was born in North Adams on November 30, 1950, a son of the late Milton and...

Judith A. Coughlin, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Judith Ann (Danaher) Coughlin, 82, of Berwyn, Pa., died on Friday, April 15, 2016, at Paoli Hospital, Pennsylvania.  She was born in North Adams, Mass., on...

Leonard J. Foisy Sr., 88

ADAMS, Mass. — Leonard J. Foisy Sr., 88, of 20A Harding Ave., passed away Monday, May 9, 2016, at his home.  Born in North Adams on June 17, 1927, son of the late Hector and Delia...

Irene L. Martell, 89

ADAMS, Mass. — Mrs. Irene Lucille (Lecuyer) Martell, a loving and kind person, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, surrounded by her loving family at her home at the age of 89. She is...

Marc H. Toureille, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Marc Henri Toureille, 86, passed away on Thursday, April 28, 2016, at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, in his sleep surrounded by family and friends after a...

Elizabeth A. Gagne, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Elizabeth Ann "Betty" (Zappone) Gagne, 81, of North Adams died Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at her home. She was born in North Adams on June 30, 1934, daughter...

James B. Boland, 58

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. James B. Boland, 58, of 9 Hathaway St., Adams, died on Sunday, May 8, 2016, at North Adams Commons.  He was born in North Adams on October 23, 1957, son of...

Manners Memorial Service

ADAMS, Mass.— A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of Joan Carlisle Underwood Manners, who died on February 18, 2016, will be celebrated on Saturday May 14, 2016, at 11: a.m. at the...

John 'Jack' Dempsey, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — John Matthew "Jack" Dempsey, 81, of North Adams died Saturday, May 7, 2016, at Williamstown Commons. He was born in North Adams on August 23, 1934, son of...

Bertha C. Zelazo, 92

ADAMS, Mass. — Bertha C. Zelazo, 92, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at her home.  Born in Pittsfield on June 6, 1923, daughter of the late Archie and Bertha Balz Thomson of...

Carolyn M. Boucher, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Carolyn Mae (Baribeau) Boucher, 74, of North Adams died Friday, May 6, 2016, at her home. She was born in North Adams on October 1, 1941, daughter of Henry and Anna...

Heather J. Stokes, 32

ADAMS, Mass. — Heather Jean (Gazaille) Stokes, 32, of Adams died Friday May 6, 2016, at her home. She was born in North Adams on April 27, 1984, daughter of Sandra Ann (Hranicka)...

James Anthony Nicola, 59

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James Anthony Nicola, 59, of Houghton Street died on Monday, May 2, 2016, at home.  He was born on March 28, 1957, a son of the late Armando Anthony &...

Jose Miguel 'Pepa' Huerta, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jose Miguel "Pepa" Huerta, 83, who lived in the same apartment in North Adams for 45 years, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at his home. He was born in San...

Zackary J. Decker, 17

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Zackary Joseph Decker, 17, of 117 Barbour St., North Adams, died Saturday, April 30, 2016, as a result of an automobile accident.  He was born in Pittsfield on...

Melissa J. Wheeler, 50

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Melissa Jean (Cooper) Wheeler, 50, of North Adams died on Saturday, April 30, 2016, at her home surrounded by her loving family and friends. Melissa was born in...

Robert C. Booth, 81

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Robert Clyde Booth, 81, of Clarksburg died Friday, April 29, 2016, at Albany Medical Center, Albany, N.Y.   He was born in North Adams, Mass., a son of the late...

Edward E. Blake, 68

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Edward E. Blake, 68, of North Adams died Friday morning, April 29, 2016, at Baystate Medical Center. Born in North Adams on May 16, 1947, he was the son of the late...

Chester Michalski, 94

ADAMS, Mass. — Mr. Chester S. Michalski, 94, of 12 Allen St., Adams, died on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at his home.  He was born in Cheshire on January 1, 1922, son of the late...

Mary (Mae) Reynolds, 100

ADAMS, Mass. — On Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at the age of 100 years, Mary (Mae) Reynolds peacefully passed over from this life to join her loving husband, Eddie, who she lost in 1941, her...

Gloria Card, 85

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Gloria (St. Cyr) Card, 85, of Williamstown died Monday April 25, 2016, at BayState Medical Center. She was born in North Adams on August 5, 1930, daughter of Joseph...