Obituaries

Francis C. Gomeau, 85

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Francis Charles "Frank" Gomeau, 85, of 75 Champagne Ave. died Friday, 17, 2012, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in North Adams on Sept. 30, 1926, a son of George and...

Patricia L. Stout, 53

DALTON, Mass. — Patricia Lynn "Patsy" Stout, 53, of River Run Apartments, died early Tuesday morning, Feb. 14, 2012, of heart failure at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in...

Mark L. Daniels, 49

ADAMS, Mass. — Mark L. Daniels, 49, formerly of Adams and Cheshire, died Monday afternoon, Feb. 13, 2012, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Roxbury, where he was a patient...

Kevin J. McKeon, 50

ADAMS, Mass. — Kevin Joseph McKeon, 50, of 8 Godek St. died early Wednesday morning, Feb. 15, 2012, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on Sept. 12, 1961, a son of...

Hermon E. Allsop, 79

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Hermon Edward "Skip" Allsop, 79, life-long resident of Williamstown, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on April 20, 1932, son...

Robert Dixon Jr., 93

ADAMS, Mass. — Robert Dixon Jr., 93, of 52 Leonard St., died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at North Adams Commons. Born in Adams on Aug. 9, 1918, a son of Robert and Elizabeth Todt Dixon, he...

Arlene T. Malloy, 70

ADAMS, Mass. — Arlene "Molly" Theresa Malloy, 70, of 99 Bucklin Road, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Feb. 4, 1942, daughter of...

Tecla Dowd, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Tecla "Tina" Dowd, 81, of Rockaway Park, N.Y., formerly of North Adams, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, N.Y. Born in...

Joseph F. Gentile, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joseph Francis Gentile, 84, of 88 Walker St. died Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at his home. Born in North Adams on March 5, 1927, son of Michael Gentile and Gertrude Andrews...

Nancy E. Groom, 52

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Nancy Ellen Groom, 52, of Tampa, Fla., formerly of Williamstown, died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, at home. Born at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla., on May 13, 1959,...

William A. St. Pierre, 76

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William A. St. Pierre, 76, of 88 Crest St. died Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Williamstown on Oct. 1, 1935, a son of Ovila...

Arthur R. Holland, 33

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Arthur Robert "Skip" Holland, 33, of 448 Union St. died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in North Adams. Born in Pittsfield on April 9, 1978, son of Tina M. Bushika Holland of Adams and...

Dorothy C. Arabia, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Dorothy Clara Arabia, 86, of 74 Washington Ave. died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Clarksburg on Aug. 8, 1925, daughter of Albert and...

Arthur F. Barry, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Arthur Francis Barry, 83, of 102 Walker St. died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born in North Adams on Oct. 7, 1928, son of Arthur...

Andrew F. Lampiasi, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Andrew Francis Lampiasi, 75, of 20 Murray Ave. died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 9, 1936, son of Frank and Rose...

Theodore W. Goodman, 90

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Theodore W. "Ted" Goodman, 90, of Cluett Drive died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, of Parkinson's disease. A graduate of Swarthmore (Pa.) College, he received a master's degree...

Phyllis Jillson, 83

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Phyllis Jillson, 83, 193 Chantilly Ave. died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, at South County Hospital in South Kingstown, R.I., after a brief illness. Born in North Adams on...

Leonilda Codogni, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Leonilda "Nilda" Codogni, 92, of Williamstown died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, surrounded by her family in Williamstown. Born in Readsboro, Vt., on July 16, 1919, she...

Cecile M. Wojnicki, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Cecile Mary Wojnicki, 82, of 86 Lincoln St., Riverview Apartments, died Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, at the home of her daughter, Valida A. Wojnicki, at 109 Vista St.,...

Francis J. Wojtaszek Jr., 74

ADAMS, Mass. - Francis John "Tootsie" Wojtaszek Jr., 74, of 10 Sparrow St., died Saturday evening, Jan. 21, 2012, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Adams on May 13, 1937, son of...

Howard B. D'Amico, 86

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Longtime businessman and civic leader Howard B. D'Amico, 86, of 19 Bracewell Ave. died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at North Adams Regional Hospital. "The Chief" drew his last breath...

David A. Park, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — David Allen Park, 92, of Williamstown died at Williamstown Commons on Thursday evening, Jan. 19, 2012, surrounded by his family and friends. Born in 1919, the only...

Bertha M. Arigoni, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Bertha M. Arigoni, 80, of 24 Mohawk Forest Blvd. died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on Aug. 9, 1931, a daughter of Solomon and...

Gloria C. Peltier, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Gloria Claire Peltier, 86, of 213 White Oaks Road died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at Williamstown Commons. Born Underwood in Rutland, Vt., on April 30, 1925, she was...

Linda Manco, 64

ADAMS, Mass. — Linda Manco, 64, of Adams died early Saturday morning, Jan. 21, 2012, at home of natural causes. Born in Troy, N.Y., on Jan. 16, 1948, daughter of William Deveneau and of...