Obituaries

Betsy H. Debevoise, 97

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Betsy Hart Debevoise, 97, of Williamstown, died peacefully at home on Sunday, May 23, 2010. Born in Williamstown on July 27, 1912, daughter of professor William Howard...

Stella Carlow, 92

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Stella Carlow, 92, of 53 Walker St. died Sunday, May 23, 2010, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on March 13, 1918, daughter of Telesphore and Delia...

William M. Boland, 72

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — William Martin Boland, 72, longtime executor director of the North Adams Housing Authority and former city councilor, died Friday, May 21, 2010, at home of a heart...

Esther Poplaski, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Esther Poplaski, 91, of 22 School St. died Saturday, May 22, 2010, at home surrounded by family and friends Born in North Adams on Feb. 17, 1919, a daughter of Pasquale...

Harry J. Duffy, 87

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Harry James Duffy, 87, of 12 Canedy Lane died Thursday, May 20, 2010, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on May 2, 1923, son of Ambrose and Edith...

Elizabeth Conroy, 99

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â€' Elizabeth Conroy, 99, died Wednesday, May 19, 2010, at the Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Rathgilbert, Ballylinan Leix, Ireland, daughter of Denis and Margaret Mape...

Kurt T. Hurley, 66

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Kurt Thomas "Tom" Hurley, 66, of 150 Ashland St. died Thursday, May 20, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in Brattleboro, Vt., on Feb. 22, 1944, son of William A....

Charlene Fisk, 67

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Charlene Fisk, 67, of North Hoosac Road died Monday, May 17, 2010, after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Born in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., on Sept. 4, 1942, she was the...

Mary J. Henry, 92

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mary June Henry, 92, of 244 Bridges Road died Monday, May 17, 2010, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield of natural causes. Born in Beaumont, Texas, to William S....

Ida C. Fix, 99

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Ida Cornelia Fix, 99, of 102 Elm St. died Sunday, May 16, 2010, at Williamstown Commons. Born in North Adams on March 24, 1911, daughter of August and Lenore LaForest...

Katherine Farnham, 87

HANCOCK, Mass.— Katherine Farnham, 87, of 137 Whitman Road died Saturday, May 15, 2010, at Williamstown Commons. Born in Flint, Mich., on May 2, 1923, daughter of Chris and Mary Czybelski...

Nicholas A. Morgan, 23

ADAMS, Mass. — Nicholas Alan Morgan, 23, of 164 Columbia St. died Sunday, May 9, 2010, at home. Born in North Adams on Nov. 11, 1986, son of Laurie Morgan Foskett of Adams and the late Mark...

Patricia A. Lapan, 86

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Patricia Ann Lapan, 86, of 118 Church St., Apt. D2, died Sunday, May 9, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in North Adams on June 2, 1923, daughter of Patrick A....

Jean H. Canedy, 88

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Jean Hamer Canedy, 88, of Rockridge, 25 Coles Meadow Road, Northampton, died Friday, April 30, 2010, at Hospice of the Fisher Home in North Amherst. She and her husband, Lewis...

Donald R. Cote, 48

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Donald Rene Cote, 48, of 74 Veazie St. died Saturday, May 1, 2010, at home. Born in North Adams on Dec. 23, 1961, son of Edward L. Cote of the town of Florida and the...

Shirley A. Burnham, 87

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Shirley Ann Burnham, 87, a longtime Williamstown resident, died Thursday, April 27, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in St. Clair, Ill., on Feb. 21, 1923,...

Daniel J. Faustini, 53

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Daniel John Faustini, 53, of Afton, Wyo., died Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at his home. Born in North Adams on Sept. 7, 1956, son of Jean Bellows Faustini of North Adams and the...

Elizabeth Mae Higley, 58

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Elizabeth Mae Higley, 58, of 427 State St. died Monday, April 26, 2010, at Kindred Hospital Parkview in Springfield. Born in Rome, N.Y., on Oct. 29, 1951, daughter of...

Moira P. Buoni, 72

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Moira Pauline Buoni, 72, of 511 Stratton Road, died Monday morning, April 26, 2010, shortly after admission to the emergency room at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born...

Evelyn Baird, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Evelyn Baird, 91, died Thursday, April 22, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers. Born in New York City on Feb. 13, 1919, the only child of Louis and Jessica Lloyd McCord, she...

Frances A. Baird, 91

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Frances Ann Baird, 91, died April 12, 2010, at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where she had resided since July 2006. She was the aunt of Carol Umlauf of Williamstown. Born...

Raymond A. Delisle, 73

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. â€' Raymond Armand Delisle, 73, of Nottingham Street, Springfield, formerly of North Adams, died Thursday, April 15, 2010, in Springfield. Born in North Adams on Dec. 29,...

Robert T. Barbuto Sr., 80

ADAMS, Mass. — Robert T. Barbuto Sr., 80, of 166 Orchard St. died Friday, April 23, 2010, at North Adams Commons. Born in North Adams on Dec. 6, 1929, son of Anthony Francis and Celina...

Ruth D. Lamon, 91

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Ruth Daisy Lamon, 91, of 1701 Massachusetts Ave. died Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at North Adams Regional Hospital. Born in North Adams on June 21, 1918, daughter of John...

Richard Vanesse, 56

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Richard "Rick" Vanesse, 56, of Coral Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, died Friday, March 26, 2010, in Coral Bay after being suddenly stricken. Born in Northampton on...