Obituaries

Walter S. Davis, 78

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Longtime North Adams Police Officer Walter Stewart Davis, 78, of 44 Veazie St. died Saturday, Nov 29, 2014, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born in...

Katherine Akers, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Katherine Akers, 90, of Sweetwood Retirement Community died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, at home in Williamstown. Born in Titusville, Pa., on Nov. 28, 1923, the fourth and...

Viola M. Brondoni, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Viola Marie Brondoni, 88, of 189 State St. died Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Feb. 4, 1926, daughter of Felix and Catherine...

Chad M. Boulger, 31

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Chad Matthew Boulger, 31, of 230 North Hoosac Road died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at his home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 20, 1983, son of Michael F. and Debra M....

Fay E. Beer, 87

FLORIDA, Mass. - Fay E. Beer, 87, of Drury died on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, at her home. Born in Florida on Sept. 9, 1927, a daughter of Adrian and Tressie Burdick Poirot, she attended schools in...

Ann Marie Burdick, 50

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Ann Marie Burdick, 50, of Simonds Road died Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, at her home. Born in North Adams in 1964, a daughter of Jean Boynton Burdick-Langlois of Williamstown and...

Catherine E. Southgate, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Catherine E. Southgate, 94, of North Adams, died peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, surrounded by her family at Williamstown Commons, where she had resided for the past...

Virginia Weinland, 102

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Virginia Weinland, 102, of Williamstown, formerly of Chappaqua, N.Y., died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Born in Cincinnati in 1912, daughter of to Thomas Lightfoot Pogue...

Thomas A. Rancatti, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Thomas Alfred Rancatti, 66, of 100 Lincoln St. died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Born in North Adams on Aug. 21, 1948, a son of Charles and Norma...

Patricia Ann Randall, 69

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Patricia Ann Randall, 69, of Walker Street died Nov. 17, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in North Adams on April 14, 1945, a daughter of Alcide...

Angelo A. Rancatti Jr., 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Angelo Anthony Rancatti Jr., 73, of West Orange, N.J., formerly of North Adams, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, at Livingston Care One in Livingston, N.J. Born in North Adams on...

Patricia M. Winters, 84

HANCOCK, Mass. — Patricia M. Winters, 84, of Hancock Road died on Friday, Nov. 14, 2014, at home. Born at her grandmother's home in Bennington, Vt., on Oct. 26, 1930, a daughter of John and...

William Clark, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William Clark, 66, of Solvay, N.Y., and formerly of North Adams, died Oct. 25, 2014, in New York. Born in North Adams on June 1, 1948, a son of William and Cara French...

Enrico F. Gaspardi, 85

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Enrico Francesco Gaspardi, 85, of 667 East Main St. died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, surrounded by his family. Born in North...

Raymond A. Bissaillon Jr., 56

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Raymond Alfred Bissaillon Jr., 56, of 711 Middle Road died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, at his home in his sleep. Born in North Adams on March 1, 1958, son of Beatrice Brazeau...

Edward O. Hartwig, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Edward Osborn Hartwig, 91, of 756 South Church St. died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Feb. 15, 1923, son of Rheinhold and Laura...

Ida E. Shepard, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ida Edith Shepard, 87, of North Adams and Pompano Beach, Fla., died peacefully in her sleep at home on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, one day short of her 88th birthday and with...

Chieko Mullett, 80

FLORIDA, Mass. — Chieko Mullett, 80, of 22 Tilda Hill Road died Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Born in Toyama, Japan, on Feb. 18, 1934, the oldest of...

Bernard W. Lord, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Bernard William Lord, 88, of Harding Avenue died on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, lovingly surrounded by his family. Born in North Adams on...

Christine E. Brazeau, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Christine Elizabeth Brazeau, 91, formerly of North Adams died Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, at Pleasant Valley Nursing Home in Derry, N.H. Born in Adams on Dec. 24, 1922, a...

Sandra B. Fierro, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sandra B. Fierro, 72, of 45 Leonard St. died on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, surrounded by her loving family at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Bridgeport,...

Dorothy H. Silverman, 90

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dorothy Hilda Silverman, 90, of North Adams died on Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Jan. 18, 1924, daughter of Guido and Delia...

Florence A. Longstaff, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Florence Alice Longstaff, 84, formerly of North Adams, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, at Craneville Place in Dalton. Born in North Adams on Nov. 29, 1929, a daughter of Leon and...

Michelle Ann Sweet, 44

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michelle Ann Sweet, 44, of 272 Beaver St. died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in South Kingston, R.I., on Feb. 21, 1970,...

Mary A. Culpo, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Mary A. Culpo, 94, of Jacksonville, Fla., a former longtime resident of North Adams, died Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, at Cypress Village Nursing Home in Jacksonville. Born in...