Obituaries

Joan E. MacTavish, 73

ADAMS, Mass. — Joan Elaine "Babci" MacTavish, 73, of 101 Friend St. died Monday, April 11, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield after a four-year battle with cancer. Born in...

Alden S. Jones III, 53

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Alden Sumner Jones III, 53, of 2 Seneca Drive died Monday, April 11, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Adams on April 6, 1958, son of Patricia Mahar Jones of...

Radegonda M. Baruzzi, 94

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Radegonda Mary "Goldie" Baruzzi, 94, formerly of Brooklyn Street, died Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at Sweet brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on July 31,...

Michael R. Grogan II, 30

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Michael R. "Mikey" Grogan II, 30, of North Adams unexpectedly died Monday, April 4, 2011, at home. Raised in North Adams, the son of Michael Grogan and of Cheryl Condron...

Gertrud A. Creegan, 84

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gertrud Anna Creegan, 84, of Apache Drive died peacefully on Sunday, April 3, 2011, at home after a brief battle with cancer. Born in Adelebsen, Germany, on Aug. 10,...

Ralph E. Anthony Jr., 87

ADAMS, Mass. — Ralph Edgar Anthony Jr., 87, of 13 West Road died on Thursday, March 31, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Mr. Anthony was the longest serving member of the Alert Hose...

Alfred Z. Bourdon, 82

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alfred Z. "Sonny" Bourdon, 82, of 376 Church St. died Sunday, April 3, 2011, at home. Born in Adams on Jan. 11, 1929, a son of Alfred and Helen Michaels Bourdon, he...

Ruth E. Chenaille, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Ruth Eleanor Anna Chenaille, 86, of 1267 Cold Spring Road died Sunday, April 3, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in Williamstown on May 7, 1924, daughter of...

Florence M. Carriere, 93

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Florence M. Carriere, 93, of 628 State Road, died Friday, April 1, 2011, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Nov. 2, 1917, daughter of Telesphore and Mary...

William P. Toomey, 81

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William P. Toomey, 81, of North Adams died Friday, April 1, 2011, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on July 26, 1929, the son of Dr. William F. Toomey and...

Rose E. Hammann, 95

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Rose E. Hammann, 95, of 1 Haley St. died Saturday, April 2, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Sept. 29, 1915, a daughter Giovanni and...

Helen R. LaForest, 80

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Helen Rose LaForest, 80, of 154 Protection Ave., died Friday, April 1, 2011, at her home. She was born in North Adams on Sept. 22, 1930, daughter of Alfred and Rose Perras...

Louis P. Gaspardi, 70

CHESHIRE, Mass. - Louis Peter Gaspardi, 70, of 34 Fisk St. died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on Aug. 17, 1940, son of John Battista and...

Philip J. Fosser, 81

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Philip J. Fosser, 81, of 96 Cross Road died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Mr. Fosser was the town's police chief for many years and...

Gloria A. Gajda, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Gloria A. Gajda, 88, formerly of North Adams and Bayonet Point, Fla., died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Sedgewood Commons in Falmouth, Maine. Born in North Adams on...

Paul C. Cook, 90

CLARKSBURG, Mass. - Paul C. Cook, 90, of 427 West Road died Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in North Adams on July 7, 1920, a son of Charles and Alma...

Reno L. Maselli, 86

CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Reno Louis Maselli, 86, of 592 North Houghton St. died Sunday, March 27, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Clarksburg on Jan. 12, 1925, son of Modesto and Elide...

Alice E. Monette, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Alice Edna Monette, 91, of 14 West Shaft Road, died Sunday, March 27, 2011, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown. Born in Lynn on Sept. 9, 1919, daughter of...

Laurence P. Jones, 95

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Laurence Plummer Jones, 95, of North Adams died Sunday, March 27, 2011, at home after a brief illness. Born in Dennysville, Maine, on Feb. 27, 1916, the fifth of nine...

Rev. Theodore M. Atkinson Jr.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Rev. Theodore Mayo Atkinson Jr. of Berkshire Drive died Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Sweet Brook Care Centers in Williamstown after a time of declining health. The...

Gordon B. McWilliams, 82

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Gordon B. McWilliams, 82, of 138 Bulkley St. died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at home after a long illness. Born in New York City on May 1, 1928, son of Dr. Norman B....

Thomas W. Leavens Sr.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Thomas William Leavens Sr., 97, of 41 Hall St. died Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Smithfield, R.I., on July 29, 1913, son of Thomas N. and...

James J. Hyndman, 74

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — James John Hyndman, 74, of 1095 Mohawk Trail, died Thursday morning, March 24, 2011, at North Adams Commons, where he was admitted last week. Born in North Adams on...

Joan M. Murray, 75

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Joan Marie Murray, 75, of 400 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, Conn., former of North Adams, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at Seabury Nursing Home in Bloomfield. Born in North...

Peter J. Toromino Jr., 37

ADAMS, Mass. — Peter Joseph Toromino Jr., 37, of 23 Columbia St. died Sunday, March 20, 2011, at home. Born in North Adams on March 7, 1974, son of Peter J. Toromino Sr. and Deborah Lester...